Texas 2-Year-Old Sale Posts Record Numbers
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Photo: Denis Blake/Texas Thoroughbred Association
The Tiznow filly consigned as Hip 85 gallops April 5 at Lone Star Park
The April 7 Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale at Lone Star Park recorded the highest gross, average, and median since the Texas Thoroughbred Association and Lone Star took over operation of the auction in 2016, TTA reported Wednesday evening.
After the 2020 sale was canceled due to COVID-19, 89 horses sold from 104 offered for gross sales of $2,907,700, a 66% increase from the 2019 auction total of $1,751,400. The average price was $32,671, a 39.9% jump from the 2019 average of $23,352. The median increased by 37.9% to $20,000 from $14,500. The buyback rate was 14.4%, compared to 31.8% in 2019.
"This was one of the best sales we've ever had at Lone Star Park, including the prior years with Fasig-Tipton," said sales director Tim Boyce. "We had a big crowd in the sales pavilion and lots of action with online bidding, so that speaks well about the demand for Texas-breds, Louisiana-breds, Oklahoma-breds, and racehorses in general in this region. The increased purses and incentives in Texas have made the Southwest an even more desirable place to race than it already was."
Hip 85, named The Reese Beast, brought a sale-topping bid of $240,000 from Austin Gustafson. Consigned by Asmussen Horse Center, the Virginia-bred Tiznow filly is out of the winning and stakes-producing Jump Start mare Delta Weekend. The filly galloped at the under tack show held Monday at Lone Star.