Fasig-Tipton's Enhanced Catalog Now Online
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Fasig-Tipton's Enhanced Catalog, featuring virtual inspection videos, for next week's Selected Yearlings Showcase may now be viewed online.
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A popular staple of Fasig-Tipton's November and July Horses of Racing Age sales, the Enhanced Catalog has been upgraded with new features that are being debuted for the Selected Yearlings Showcase.
The Selected Yearlings Showcase will be held on Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. 9-10, at Fasig-Tipton's Newtown Paddocks in Lexington. The sale will begin each day at 10 a.m. Print catalogs are also available from all Fasig-Tipton offices and the catalog may also be viewed via the Equineline sales catalog app, which also has links to each yearling's Enhanced Catalog page.
The Enhanced Catalog provides an individual web page for each yearling cataloged in the sale. Featured prominently on this page are "Virtual Inspection Videos" (walking videos), which provide a profile conformation shot, as well as walking footage from the side, front, and rear.
Prospective buyers have the option of watching a "Virtual All Show," which will play all walking videos on a continuous loop. Videos may be "favorited" either in the index, or on the video itself, to create a shortlist of hips that can then be shared via Email, Facebook, or Twitter. Buyers may also utilize the index to filter the catalog by sire, dam, consignor, or region foaled. The index will generate a "short list" of hips that match the buyer's desired criteria. When a user sorts by consignor, they will be taken to a consignor-branded page and the index will offer a "Consignor All Show."
The Enhanced Catalog also offers a new feature named "Consignor Insights." Located next to the walking videos, Consignor Insights offer information supplied by a yearling's consignor that may not always be immediately obvious on a catalog page—information often traditionally found in a consignor's "front man" book.
Other features offered include conformation photos, stallion register information, and a pedigree updates tab.
"When designing the upgraded Enhanced Catalog, our goal was to provide the information and tools needed by buyers who cannot attend a sale in person," said Max Hodge, Fasig-Tipton's vice president of client services. "The Enhanced Catalog provides valuable resources that complement the on-site buyer experience."
Fasig-Tipton will continue to add Virtual Inspection Videos and Consignor Insights in the coming days as they are submitted.
For buyers attending the sale in person, a list of registration requirements and COVID-19 Protocols may be found at fasigtipton.com. Fasig-Tipton will offer online bidding and phone bidding services, as well.