The Heritage Place Quarter Race Horse Yearling Sale, September 16 through 18 in Oklahoma City, saw an increase of 12.5 percent in gross sales over 2009. The individual average, including repurchases, was $11,553, an increase of 3.5 percent over 2009.

“We believe the consignors deserve the credit for our success,” said Heritage Place general manager Jeff Tebow. “Our catalog was definitely stronger in depth than it has been over the past several years and our results verify it.”

The sale grossed $10,964,200 on 949 horses with a repurchase rate of 18.5 percent. Seventy-one horses were withdrawn from the 1020-lot catalog; the 2009 catalog featured 934 lots.

The sale’s high-selling yearling was Jess Sass Dash at $150,000. The First Down Dash colt, the second foal out of stakes winner Jess Sass Me, was purchased by Jose Avila. Lazy E Ranch, agent, was listed as consignor.

Aah Hah Moment, also consigned by Lazy E Ranch, was the second-highest priced lot, going to Prewitt & Maze for a bid of $146,000. The Corona Cartel-sired colt is out of a full sister to G1 stakes-placed Gulfstream Five.

The high-selling filly (unnamed), the third-to-last horse in the catalog, was by Corona Cartel colt out of G1 Rainbow Futurity winner Wild Six. She was purchased for $130,000 by Johnny Trotter and Burnett Ranches and from the Lee & Sherwood Racing/Mineer consignment.

Five other yearlings sold for $100,000 or more: One Famous Brioni at $125,000, by Mr Jess Perry; Big Daddy Cartel at $113,000, by Corona Cartel; Thunder Wagon at $102,000, by First Down Dash; First In Class DBS at $100,000, by First Down Dash; and Thebest Isyet Tocome at $100,000, by Coronal Cartel.

Corona Cartel led the sale’s sires with 15 head averaging $68,267; the 16 First Down Dash-sired lots averaged $58,313; while Mr Jess Perry’s 13 offspring averaged $44,308.