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The Louisiana Thoroughbred Breeders Association’s Breeders Sales of Louisiana held its 2023 Yearling Sale followed by Mixed Session.

Keeneland had a strong day of trade during Wednesday’s ninth session of the September Yearling Sale, led by a colt by Practical Joke from the family of Group 1 winner X Y Jet sold for $250,000 to CJ Thoroughbreds.

Fillies by Bucchero and Street Boss breezed quarters in :20 3/5, sharing honors for the fastest work at the distance at the fifth session of the 2023 OBS June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age.

A quartet of juveniles tied for the overall fastest time for an eighth of a mile at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale on Wednesday, each stopping the clock in :10 flat.

Spendthrift Farm freshman sire Vino Rosso is well-represented with his first crop in the 2023 Ocala Breeders' Sales Co. Spring 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, with 40 entered in the signature catalog of the North American juvenile auction season.

A daughter of Mendelssohn consigned by Off the Hook, Agent, sped an eighth in :09 3/5 to post the fastest work at the distance Sunday at the opening session of the Under Tack Show for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2023 Spring Sale of Two-Year-Olds in Training, a session marked by increasing headwinds throughout the day.

Hip No. 332, a son of No Nay Never sped a quarter in :20 4/5 to post the fastest work at the distance at the second session of the Under Tack Show for the Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2023 Spring Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training.

Tapit Trice has been a resounding victory for Gainesway's breeding operation from the jump, selling at auction for seven figures, winning multiple graded stakes races en route to a start in the Kentucky Derby, and carrying the banner for cornerstone Gainesway sire Tapit every step of the way.

Now a winner in three of his four starts, Tapit Trice (by Tapit) bounded into classic consideration with a dramatic come from behind victory in the Grade 3 Tampa Bay Derby.

Hip No. 116, a daughter of Adios Charlie consigned by Ocala Stud, worked a quarter in :21 flat to post the fastest work at the distance at the opening session of the Under Tack Show for Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s June Sale of Two Year Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age.