The National Snaffle Bit Association’s tenth annual NSBA Markel Insurance Breeders Championship Futurity Yearling Sale set a new record for gross sales on Friday, August 19, as buyers and consigners saw big numbers throughout the night.
The gross sales on 96 yearlings was $2,107,350, providing consignors with a sale average of $21,951 per head. The top ten sale average was $83,500, and the top 20 sale average was $60,050.
“NSBA had just a phenomenal sale,” noted Bill Kaven, NSBA sale manager. “We had a great group of yearlings from wonderful consignors and an active group of buyers for this year’s sale. It was our best one yet.”
The 2022 NSBA Markel Insurance Breeders Championship Futurity Yearling Sale generated an estimated purse of $213,106 that will be set aside for sale graduates who will compete either as two year olds in 2023 in a designated Breeders Championship Futurity two year old class, or as three year olds in 2024 in a designated Breeders Championship Futurity three year old class. The Sale Graduate purse is in addition to NSBA’s Breeders Championship Futurity and Color Breeders Championship Futurity payouts that are provided in each BCF and Color BCF class.
Top Sellers
High Selling Mare – Cool Sultry Lady, Hip number 66, a black filly by RL Best Of Sudden and out of NSBA Hall Of Fame mare Cool Krymsun Lady (One Hot Krymsun) who was consigned by Sara Heeley and sold for $160,000.
High Selling Gelding – Win N Doubt/CWH Win N Doubt, Hip number 95, a double-registered AQHA/APHA gelding by No Doubt Im Lazy and out of Congress and NSBA world champion producing mare She Kisses The Best (RL Best Of Sudden), who was consigned by Bret and Heather Caplinger and sold for $155,000.
High Selling Stallion – Doubt It, Hip number 56, a red roan colt by No Doubt Im Lazy and out of Only Yours, who was consigned by Bill and Cindy Cosentino and sold for $60,000.
High Selling Hunt Seat Prospect – Its A Summer Thing, hip number 51, a filly by Its A Southern Thing and out of Sleepy Pleasures, dam of five producing foals earning more than $65,000 in earnings (Too Sleepy To Zip), who was consigned by Gumz Farms and sold for $70,000.
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