American Pharoah Headlines First Crop Stallions at Fasig-Tipton July
American Pharoah headlines this year's new sires The first major yearling sale in the United States in 2018, this year’s Fasig Tipton July Sale has the distinction of offering the first American Pharoah horses of the yearling season among its 349 yearlings (before outs.) One hundred and nine sires will be represented in the pavilion with a large group having their first yearlings in the spotlight here after good weanling sales. Here are 10 first crop sires to be aware of when you watch the sale on Tuesday, July 10. Possibly the most greatly anticipated first crop sire of the past three decades is 2015 Triple Crown winner American Phaorah ( Pioneerof the Nile). The stallion’s first weanlings and short yearlings to go through the ring were unsurprisingly well received with 13 sold for an average of $467,307 and $400,000 median according to the Thoroughbred Daily News’s Sales PPs. Those 13 horses included a $1 million colt and a $1 million filly among the five horses to go ...