sales-result-2022.pdf (ctba.com)
POMONA, Calif. (Feb. 1, 2022) – Le Vron James, a 2-year-old son of the late Vronsky, sold for a session-topping $85,000 to lead sizeable year-over-year gains at Tuesday’s California Thoroughbred Breeders Association Winter Mixed Sale at Fairplex.
There were 113 horses sold for gross sales of $1,298,407, an average of $11,490 and a median of $5,200. At last year’s Winter Mixed Sale, 73 sold for gross sales of $575,100, an average of $7,878 and a median of $3,200.
The California-bred Vronsky colt, out of the Cee’s Tizzy mare Arousing, was bred by Harris Farms & Donald Valpredo and purchased by Dare to Dream, Don Calabria & John Crawford. He previously sold to Jeff Ganje at the 2021 CTBA Northern California Yearling Sale for $32,000.
A close second to the topper was Prince Jimmy, a California-bred son of Jimmy Creed out of the Tiznow mare Following a Dream, which sold to Super Horse, agent Sweetwater Trading, for $75,000. He was bred by Tony Busching & Carol Busching.
The highest-priced filly purchase was a 2-year-old Kentucky-bred filly by Gun Runner, out of the A.P. Indy mare Mahogany Lane, purchased by Ron Thomsen for $42,000.