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2010 OKC YEARLING SALE CATALOG
INDEX TO CONSIGNORS, SIRES, DAMS
The Oklahoma City Summer Yearling Sale 2010 is set for Monday, August 23 at the Oklahoma City Fairgrounds Sale Arena. Sale day immediately follows opening weekend of Remington Park’s 2010 Thoroughbred meeting.
One of strongest sales in 2009,
this year promises to be even better!
"Saratoga in the City" Monday, August 23, 2010
Oklahoma City Fairgrounds Sale Arena
CATALOG AVAILABLE HERE
INDEX TO CONSIGNORS, SIRES, DAMS
(PDF files-you’ll need Acrobat Reader - free download)
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SALE RESULTS
A $50,000 Ocean Terrace colt was the highlight of the first two-year-old in training sale at Remington Park held June 5. Boyd Caster, agent for Gerald Dixon of Guymon walked away from the inaugural sale Saturday with the sale topper. The colt is out of a stakes winning mare of nearly $200,000 and she has produced multiple winners, including the sale topper of the first OKC Summer Yearling Sale three years ago. (Video of sale topper)
“We love this colt and this family,” said Cindi Bigheart, consignor of the sales topper. “We couldn’t be happier.” Bigheart repurchased the colt at the OKC yearling sale last August for $24,000 and was pleased when the colt topped the inaugural OKC Two-Year-Olds In Training Sale.
The colt is paid into the Oklahoma Classics which is set to be a Million Dollar Day for the first time on October 22 at Remington Park.
Sales Manager Terri Carter said she was pleased with the first training sale. “We had a great crowd and Remington Park was the perfect setting. Scott Wells, Matt Vance and the rest of the team at Remington Park did such a professional job at showcasing these young horses. There isn’t a better venue for a two-year-old sale,” Carter said.
“Our buyback rate of 38 percent is right in line with what we have been seeing at our other Oklahoma sales and shows that consignors see the value in retaining ownership in Oklahoma-breds due to the high purse structure. However, we expect the buyback rate to drop in the future as we attract new owners and the Oklahoma thoroughbred industry becomes more comfortable with the two-year-old sale concept, Carter said.
“Horses from two-year-old in training sales represented 100 percent of the 2-year-old championships in 2009, 71 percent of the Grade 1 two-year-old winners and 50 percent of the Eclipse Award winners on the flat. Over 27 percent of all Grade 1 winners in 2009 also came from 2-year-old sales. These sales show you which horses are like two-year-old little boys that just have to play outside to be happy. Training sales have great success rates because they identify the horses that blossom under training- the ones that have to run to be happy.” Carter continued.
“We scheduled this sale in early June so an owner could pick up a horse and have it ready to race when Remington opens in August,” she said. “Win one race and you’ve paid for the horse. Win the Classics in October and that kind of fun that fast can’t be found anywhere else,” Carter said.
The second high seller was a gelding by Seeking Greatness. After handily working a quarter in 22.4, he sold for $20,000 to Norma Stockseth of Corpus Christi, Texas. A filly by Cozzene also sparked a lot of interest at the sale when she received a bid of $72,000 but did not meet the consignor’s reserve. Twenty-one horses went through the ring with 13 selling producing a 38 percent buyback rate. The average was $9,792. Eight horses were bought back with an average of $19,625.
Carter said they hope to double the entries next year.
“Our number one goal as a sales company has been to help establish an Oklahoma Market for thoroughbreds. We feel this sale is a successful second step in that process. Once we have the market established and on sound economic footing, then we can begin to grow it in a sustainable way.”
“Our racing is too strong, not to have sales where people can market yearlings and two-year-olds,” Carter said.
VIDEO OF $50,000 SALE TOPPER
2-YEAR-OLDS IN TRAINING SALE RESULTS
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Proving once again that Oklahoma racing is strong enough to hold off economic trends the OKC
summer sale saw the smallest decrease in averages at any sale this year.
The average fell 7.8 percent while averages have fallen up to 50 percent at other sales. Yearlings
at Ocala’s open sale this week averaged $7067 dropping 30 percent while the OKC yearlings
averaged $7381
For our yearlings to average higher than Ocala , that is a really strong statement about racing and
our economy," said Sales Manager Terri Carter
The Oklahoma sale increased it's gross by 22 percent with gross receipts of $420,700 up from
$328,000. "We offered more horses and had an increase in buybacks but we tripled the
number of buyers at the sale and we held our own in a very tough economy" Carter said.
The sale was an evening sale this year modeled after Saratoga.
"We had dinner with good friends and we are optimistic about the future of racing here,"
she continued.
The sale stopper was an Alphabet Soup colt consigned by Red Earth Training Stables for John and
Barbara Smicklas. It was purchased for $33,000 by Norma Stockseth of Corpus Christi Texas. The
Stockseths won a trip to Saratoga and tickets to see Oklahoma native Toby Keith perform live.
2009 YEARLING SALE RESULTS
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