Canadian Yearling Sale Posts Gains
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The Canadian Thoroughbred Horse Society's Ontario Division held its annual Premier Yearling Sale at Woodbine sales pavilion at Woodbine Racetrack Aug. 29, with gains reported in gross, average, and median prices when compared with 2018.
According to CTHS, 157 Canadian-bred yearlings were sold for CA$3,381,400 (US$2,541,460), for an average price of $21,538 ($16,188) and a $13,000 ($9,771) median. With 273 head cataloged, the 88 yearlings that went unsold from 245 offered represented an RNA rate of 35.9%.
Last year, 152 yearlings grossed CA$2,816,900 (US$2,182,252), with an average of $18,532 ($14,357) and a $10,750 ($8,328) median price. The RNA rate was 37.9%.
CTHS reported the top price of $240,000 ($180,384) was paid by Frank Stronach for a bay filly (Hip 115) from the second crop of Silver Max that was bred and consigned by Stronach's Adena Springs North. Silver Max, who ranks third on Canada's leading first-crop sire list through Aug. 29, stands at Adena Springs North, where his 2019 fee was CA$3,000.
The filly is the second foal produced from the Holy Bull mare Holy Cargo, a half sister to Stronach's homebred Preakness Stakes (G1) winner and sire Red Bullet and stakes winner and sire Millennium Allstar.
The second-highest reported price and top price for a colt was the CA$200,000 (US$150,320) paid by Mike De Paulo, agent for New Generations Racing Stable, for a son of Society's Chairman consigned as Hip 122 by Shannondoe Farm, agent. The dark bay/brown colt bred by Robert Marzilli is the first foal out of Jademarie, a winning daughter of Malibu Moon who earned $122,334.
The colt's second dam is Jill Robin L, a grade 2-winning daughter of Precocity and a half sister to Canadian Horse of the Year Caren, who is also by Society's Chairman.
Shannondoe was leading consignor with 14 head grossing $485,500 ($364,901).
Horses that went through the ring at the yearling sale are eligible for a series of sales stakes at Woodbine. On the Aug. 28 Woodbine program this year, six stakes were carded for sale graduates (either sold or bought back), with purses totaling CA$750,000.