The Texas summer yearling sale has cataloged 175 head for its auction next month at Lone Star Park, the Texas Thoroughbred Association announced Wednesday. The book includes some horses of racing age. The sale is scheduled for Aug. 24. 

The sale will host bidders both onsite and online. For those who wish to bid online, registration is due a week in advance, on Aug. 17.

“We had to cancel our 2-year-old sale due to the COVID-19 pandemic, and we’ve been working since then to ensure we are able to conduct this sale because of its importance to the region,” Mary Ruyle, executive director of the TTA, said in a press release. “We normally wouldn’t have a horses of racing age session at this sale, but we are happy to offer that this year to fill the needs of consignors and buyers. The HORA section is quite impressive.”

 The sale has twice as many horses as last year, according to the announcement.  

“In addition to boosting purses in Texas, the passage of HB 2463 allows the horse industry to create new ways to grow, so we were able to provide consignors with a rebate of up to half the consignment fee,” said Ruyle. “We saw a great response to that incentive, which resulted in more consignors bringing their horses to sell in Texas." 

Tim Boyce is the sales director. 

"We made an investment in technology to allow buyers to bid from anywhere,” he said in the press release. “Starting in early August we will allow online bidders to register in advance, so we encourage anyone who is interested to do that on our website.”