Louisiana Yearling Sale Triples 2025 Gross

The Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association's Breeders Sales of Louisiana held its Preferred Yearling Sale Sept. 1 at the Louisiana Equine Sales and Event Center, and the results didn't just meet expectations—they blew past them.

Of the 160 yearlings that passed through the ring, 121 sold for a gross of $2,580,200—an average of $21,324, more than double last year's average of $10,083—and a median of $13,000, well above last year's $5,000 median. Thirty-nine horses failed to meet their reserve.

A dispersal of Mansfield Farms' horses of racing age followed the yearling session, pushing the overall sale gross to $2,776,700—more than triple last year's total.

"Louisiana's Thoroughbred breeding program is on a trajectory that is climbing quickly," said Roger Heitzmann, LTBA secretary/treasurer and Breeders Sales of Louisiana director. "Our breeders have upped their game, and today's sales are proof positive that they are on the right path."

For the first time, Breeders Sales of Louisiana split its annual sale into a live preferred yearling sale in September, to be followed next month by a digital mixed sale. The move to an earlier date paid off immediately; a record number of buyer registrations and credit applications poured in ahead of the sale, keeping consignors busy showing their stock to eager prospective buyers throughout the day.

A Filly Leads The Way

The sale topper was Hip 87, Cyberchase, a chestnut filly from the second crop of Cyberknife  , out of Killer Dress , who is a half sister to multiple graded stakes-placed Glory. In addition, Killer Dress' granddam Dressed to Thrill won the 2002 Matriarch Stakes (G1T), as well as the All Along Breeders' Cup Stakes (G3T). Relentless Pursuit Racing purchased the filly for $140,000 from the Clear Creek Stud consignment.

The second-highest price of the day also came from the Clear Creek Stud consignment: Hip 59, a filly out of the grade 2 stakes-winning mare Fanticola , by perennial leading Louisiana stallion Star Guitar  , went to Brittlyn Stables for $100,000. She is a half sister to six-time graded stakes winner Formidable Man , who has won the Shoemaker Mile Stakes (G1T), the 2025 Frank E. Kilroe Mile Stakes (G1T), and the 2024 Hollywood Derby (G1T).

Notably, the five highest-priced yearlings of the sale were all fillies. Hip 109, a filly by Strike Power  out of the mare Mystic Blue, sold to Set-Hut for $97,000 from the Blanchet Farms, agent for Red River Farms, consignment; Hip 32, a filly by Early Voting   out of the mare Brittney Brat, was purchased by Sean Romero for $87,000 from the Scott & Company Farm consignment; and Hip 45, a daughter of Star Guitar   out of Clearly Sailing, was purchased by Allen Landry and Larry Romero for $77,000 from the Boutte Sales consignment.

Complete results are available on the LTBA website at LouisianaBred.com.