2022 Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale Set for April 6
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Photo: Denis Blake/Texas Thoroughbred Association
A horse breezes at the Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale
The 2022 Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale will be held Wednesday, April 6, at Lone Star Park, the Texas Thoroughbred Association and the Dallas-area racetrack announced Nov. 3. The breeze show will be held Monday, April 4.
The Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale comes on the heels of the strong 2021 Texas Summer Yearling Sale. That sale saw an increase in the number of horses cataloged and sold, as well as a positive jump in the average and median sale prices.
"Based on what we saw with the Texas Summer Yearling Sale, I think there's a lot of anticipation for the upcoming Texas 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale in April," TTA sales director Foster Bridewell said. "I think we're uniquely positioned in the 2-year-old sales landscape to provide a quality sale for our owners, trainers, and breeders and still attract out of region buyers and sellers."
The sale will be held about three weeks before Lone Star Park kicks off its 2022 Thoroughbred meet with 48 days of racing starting April 28. As usual, the Texas Thoroughbred Association Futurity, for TTA sales graduates and accredited Texas-breds made eligible through consignor or buyer berths, will be held on closing weekend at Lone Star with two divisions, each at $150,000 guaranteed.
Graduates of the Texas Yearling or 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale will also be eligible for the new Texas Thoroughbred Association Derby and Oaks for 3-year-olds. Both will be held at Sam Houston Race Park in 2023.
"The expanded stakes program for Texas Thoroughbred Association sales graduates certainly gives buyers something extra to think about when they're bidding on horses," Bridewell said. "Our graduates have had success in the Texas Thoroughbred Association Futurity, and that's carried over in other stakes races around the country, including the first-, second-, and third-place finishers in this year's Clever Trevor Stakes at Remington Park.
"Also, thanks to the passage of HB 2460 in 2019, the Texas horse industry benefits from the infusion of $25 million per year, increasing purses and accredited Texas-bred incentive awards," Bridewell added. "It really does pay to breed, sell, and race in Texas."