TUESDAY, JULY 9, 2019 JALEN JOURNEY TOPS F-T HORA SALE YEARLING SALES SEASON By Christie DeBernardis and Jessica Martini STARTS WITH LEXINGTON, KY--Current form proved profitable once again at the Fasig-Tipton July Horses of Racing Age Sale Monday as F-T JULY TUESDAY recent GIII Smile Sprint S. runner-up Jalen Journey (With Distinction) topped the auction on a bid of $510,000 from agent Raymie Lightner, acting on behalf of Rockingham Ranch. Out of 204 catalogued horses, 136 went through the ring and 95 changed hands for a gross of $6,548,500, good for a median of $45,000 and an average of $68,932. Forty-one horses failed to meet their reserves for an RNA rate of 31%. Twenty horses summoned six figures from 19 individual buyers. AThe market is exactly what you would expect,@ said Fasig- Tipton President Boyd Browning, Jr. Cont. p4 IN TDN EUROPE TODAY THE WEEKLY WRAP: TRIUMPH AND DISASTER Fasig-Tipton hosts the year=s first yearling sale Tuesday John Berry has the latest edition of The Weekly Wrap, where Fasig-Tipton photo Enable (GB) (Nathaniel {Ire}) shone in the G1 Coral-Eclipse, while the racing career is over for Sea of Class (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) by Jessica Martini after a bout of colic. Click or tap here to go straight to TDN LEXINGTON, KY - The Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearlings Sale, Europe. which jumpstarts the yearling sales season, will be held Tuesday at the Newtown Paddocks in Lexington. A total of 364 yearlings have been catalogued for the one-day auction, with bidding scheduled to begin at 10 a.m. AWe have another great group of yearlings this year,@ said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning, Jr. AWe have a nice mix of proven stallions and young stallions. The July Sale has been known for years for being a great place to buy and sell precocious, athletic yearlings and I think the catalogue this year reflects that. I think it is a very good group of horses and I expect it to be very active.@ The July sale comes on the heels of a record-setting spring of strong 2-year-old sales which surpassed the $200-million mark in total gross for the first time. The results of the juvenile sales and a robust economy have Browning optimistic heading into the yearling sales. AThe worldwide economy is good and I think that was reflected in what we saw at the 2-year-old sales with near record, if not record, sales,@ he said. 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European Editor Emma Berry [email protected] Associate International Editor Heather Anderson @HLAndersonTDN Newmarket Bureau, Cafe Racing Sean Cronin & Tom Frary [email protected] 60 Broad Street, Suite 100 Red Bank, NJ 07701 732-747-8060 | 732-747-8955 (fax) www.TheTDN.com TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 3 OF 19 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JULY 9, 2019 FTK July Yearling Sale Preview cont. from p1 As temperatures steadily climbed through the 80s on a balmy day in Lexington, action was steady at the sales barns Monday ACertainly the financial picture in the United States is good and consignor Pat Castello of Paramount Sales is looking forward today and it is solid around the world,@ Browning, Jr. continued. to a strong yearling market. AThere are lot of positive things going on in terms of purses AI think the 2-year-old sales were all very positive, so I think it=s throughout the United States. The interest level is very high and all going to drive on again,@ Costello said. AI=d say, it should be on I certainly would anticipate it continuing with the yearlings.@ par with last year, anyway, we=d hope. There are plenty of people out here looking at horses and we=re looking forward to a good season.@ Asked if he had seen a broader middle market at the juvenile auctions, Costello said, AAbsolutely. And we=re seeing that here in the showing of horses, people are picking out horses at every level.@ The July sale has long been known for presenting a strong bench of first-crop sires and 25 stallions will be represented by their first yearlings at auction Tuesday: Air Force Blue, Ami=s Holiday, Anchor Down, Brody=s Cause, California Chrome, Cinco Charlie, Exaggerator, Firing Line, Frosted, Hit It a Bomb, Jess=s Dream, Laoban, Mosler, Mshawish, Not This Time, Nyquist, Outwork, Runhappy, Social Inclusion, Speightster, Tamarkuz, Texas Red, Tourist, Upstart and Vancouver (Aus). Boyd Browning, Jr. | Fasig-Tipton photo Cont. p4 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 4 OF 19 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JULY 9, 2019 FTKJUL Preview cont. APeople are always very anxious to see the yearlings by the new stallions,@ Browning said. ACertainly there is always great interest and anticipation to see the first crops of some of the horses we watched and admired on the racetrack. This year is certainly another interesting group of first-crop yearlings and there should be a lot of very popular stallions that emerge from this group and I think the market will receive some of them very well.@ From a catalogue of 349 head, a total of 196 yearlings sold at the 2018 July sale. The average was $100,829 and the median was $75,000. A colt by Flatter brought the auction=s top price of $520,000. Silvertonguedevil (c, Flatter--No Curfew, by Curlin) topped last year=s Fasig-Tipton July Sale on a bid of $520,000 from Al Rashid Stable Fasig-Tipton photo TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 5 OF 19 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JULY 9, 2019 Fasig-Tipton July HORA Sale cont. from p1 AThere was great competition on what were perceived on the higher quality offerings and not as much competition on what were perceived as the lower quality offerings. The competition in a Horses of Racing Age catalogue changes dramatically from year to year. I thought the market was fair tonight.@ Two of the more fancied entities, >TDN Rising Star= Fierce Lady (Competitive Edge) and undefeated More Roses (Uncle Mo), were among the group that left the ring unsold. The former, an impressive debut-winning juvenile at Belmont, RNA=d for $725,000, while the two-for-two 3-year-old filly More Roses failed to sell at $485,000. AWe obviously missed on a couple of the more expensive horses,@ said Browning. AThe owners have options. I am sure we More Roses out for a pick of grass | Fasig-Tipton photo will see some of the higher-priced RNAs tonight running in high- quality races in the near future and we wish those connections The horses of racing age sale continued to prove popular with the best of luck. Hopefully, we get an opportunity to sell them buyers looking to restock ahead of the busy summer racing somewhere down the road.@ schedule. A total of 100 horses found new homes at last year=s renewal AI think the sale serves a real purpose in the calendar, with of this sale for a gross of $9,318,000. The average was $93,180 Saratoga and Del Mar and other opportunities for people and the median was $50,000. The 2018 edition was topped by wanting to get in and have a nice horse,@ said Tony Lacy of Four stakes winner My Miss Tapit (Tapit), who summoned $700,000 Star Sales, which sold the topper. from Breeze Easy and was sold by Elite Sales. Cont. p6 TDN HEADLINE NEWS • PAGE 6 OF 19 • THETDN.COM TUESDAY • JULY 9, 2019 Fasig-Tipton HORA Wrap cont. 551 Storm Rising Horse in training 165,000 AI think it=s fantastic and I think Fasig has done a fantastic job (f, 4, Medaglia d=Oro--Storm Tide, by Storm Cat) putting it together over the last couple of years. It=s really gained Consignor: Timber Town (Mr & Mrs T Wayne Sweezey), momentum.