PLEASANTON, Calif. (July 29, 2014) – Six graduates from last year’s Northern California Yearling and Horses of Racing Age Sale, four of them 2-year-olds, have already posted wins in 2014.
That includes Rowdy Dylan, topper of last year’s sale, who ran off in a July 14 $42,000 maiden special weight dash for 2-year-olds at Los Alamitos.
This year’s sale will be held Tuesday, August 12, at the Alameda County Fairgrounds, beginning at noon and conducted by the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association.
Rowdy Dylan is by Sky Mesa, out of the Broken Vow mare Serious Vow, was bred by H & E Ranch in Kentucky, is owned by David Lanzman Racing Stable and Rockingham Ranch and trained by Peter Miller.
The colt sold for $60,000 at last year’s Northern California Yearling Sale to Del Playa Bloodstock, then was re-sold for $280,000 at Barretts March Select 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale. He ran the 5 ½ furlongs in 1:03.40 and won by 7 ¼ lengths as the 2-5 favorite.
This year’s sale also marks the inaugural $250,000 bonus to be paid to the registered owner at the time of nomination to the first yearling that goes through the ring at the Northern California Yearling Sale and wins a Grade I race in North America at ages 2, 3 or 4 years. The registered owner will be determined according to The Jockey Club papers.
Since the sale returned under the direction of the California Thoroughbred Breeders Association in 2004, it has produced stakes winners such as Jedi Mind Trick, who took last year’s I’m Smokin Stakes at Del Mar; Bai and Bai, an earner of $724,983; Grade II winner Sierra Sunset; and Grade III winner Autism Awareness.
Supplemental entries will be accepted until the day of sale.
For more information, please contact Cookie Hackworth, California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Sales Coordinator, at cookie@ctba.com or 800-573-2822 ext. 243.