The 2022 Texas 2-Yr-Olds in Coaching Sale will probably be held Wednesday, April 6, at Lone Star Park, the Texas Thoroughbred Affiliation and the Dallas-area racetrack introduced Nov. 3. The breeze present will probably be held Monday, April 4.
The Texas 2-Yr-Olds in Coaching Sale comes on the heels of the sturdy 2021 Texas Summer season Yearling Sale. That sale noticed a rise within the variety of horses cataloged and offered, in addition to a optimistic soar within the common and median sale costs.
“Primarily based on what we noticed with the Texas Summer season Yearling Sale, I believe there’s quite a lot of anticipation for the upcoming Texas 2-Yr-Olds in Coaching Sale in April,” TTA gross sales director Foster Bridewell stated. “I believe we’re uniquely positioned within the 2-year-old gross sales panorama to offer a high quality sale for our homeowners, trainers, and breeders and nonetheless entice out of area consumers and sellers.”
The sale will probably be held about three weeks earlier than Lone Star Park kicks off its 2022 Thoroughbred meet with 48 days of racing beginning April 28. As traditional, the Texas Thoroughbred Affiliation Futurity, for TTA gross sales graduates and accredited Texas-breds made eligible by means of consignor or purchaser berths, will probably be held on closing weekend at Lone Star with two divisions, every at $150,000 assured.
Graduates of the Texas Yearling or 2-Yr-Olds in Coaching Sale will even be eligible for the brand new Texas Thoroughbred Affiliation Derby and Oaks for 3-year-olds. Each will probably be held at Sam Houston Race Park in 2023.
“The expanded stakes program for Texas Thoroughbred Affiliation gross sales graduates definitely provides consumers one thing additional to consider after they’re bidding on horses,” Bridewell stated. “Our graduates have had success within the Texas Thoroughbred Affiliation Futurity, and that is carried over in different stakes races across the nation, together with the first-, second-, and third-place finishers on this 12 months’s Intelligent Trevor Stakes at Remington Park.
“Additionally, due to the passage of HB 2460 in 2019, the Texas horse trade advantages from the infusion of $25 million per 12 months, growing purses and accredited Texas-bred incentive awards,” Bridewell added. “It actually does pay to breed, promote, and race in Texas.”
