A yearling by two-time Grade 1 winner and first crop sire Gunite led the way at the 2026 Texas Summer Yearling Sale at the Mary Ruyle Sales Pavilion at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas.

The hammer fell at $140,000 for the Texas-bred son of Gunite, selling as hip 41, who is the second foal out of the winning American Pharoah mare Wild America. Ken Reimer purchased the colt who hails from the immediate family of Grade 3 winner Wild About Hilary. Scott Mallory, Agent for Greenhill at Dunvegan, consigned the colt.

“Who wouldn’t want to buy a good Gunite,” Susan Montanye, agent for Ken Reimer, said. “He looks fast and classy. We’ll take him to Florida and get him going then we’ll send him to Steve Asmussen to race.”

Reimer was also the buyer for hip 52, a colt by Cyberknife consigned by Scott Mallory for $95,000, and hip 74, a colt by Pappacap consigned by Vinery Sales for $90,000.

“Ken has had good luck buying out of the Texas Sale with stakes winners like Braken Poppa and Thebabeslayer,” Montanye said. “The Cyberknife reminded us of Thebabeslayer, he is smooth and athletic, and the Pappacap is a colt with good bone, substance, and looks like he’ll stretch out.”

One-hundred-eight yearlings sold for a total of $1,920,100. The average was $17,779, an increase of about 10% compared to the 2025 Texas Summer Yearling Sale. The median increased by more than 30% year over year at $10,000 this year; the median was $7,500 in 2025. Thirty-two yearlings did not meet the reserve.

“We’re obviously happy with the results, especially with the increase in the average and median because it shows the quality we had on the grounds,” TTA Sales Director Foster Bridewell said. “And I must express gratitude to our consignors, buyers, and the horses who all had to deal with very hot temperatures over the showing days. We thank everyone for that and, considering the results, I think they found good horses here in Texas.”

The Horses of Racing Age section concluded with eight of ten offerings sold for a total of $158,500. Four-time winner Blingster topped the Horses of Racing Age portion of the sale when he sold for $42,000. Sean Perl, agent for Danielle Ferguson, signed the ticket on the stakes-placed Texas-bred son of Bradester.

Full results are available at TTAsales.com.

Yearlings by the leading third-crop stallion Vekoma and top-ten freshman stallions Nashville and Cyberknife, as well as yearlings by Army Mule, Dialed In, Jackie’s Warrior, and leading regional stallions Aurelius Maximus, Creative Cause, and Shoplifted are represented in the 2026 Texas Summer Yearling Sale catalog.

First crop stallions Gunite, Fulsome, Pappacap, Zandon, and Kentucky Derby winner Mage also have yearlings in the catalog. In total, 148 yearlings are cataloged to sell at the 2026 Texas Summer Yearling Sale on August 25^th at The Mary Ruyle Sales Pavilion at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas.

“We’re thrilled with the diversity and quality that we’ve attracted to our 2026 Texas Summer Yearling Sale,” Texas Thoroughbred Association Sales Director Foster Bridewell said. “We have yearlings by featured national and regional stallions as well as siblings to stakes horses from deep black type families.”

Sales graduates are now eligible for up to six stakes races for horses who pass through the Texas sales with purses totalling $700,000. The Texas Thoroughbred Association Board of Directors approved a pair of new sales-restricted $100,000 stakes races for two-year-olds, a filly division and a colt/gelding division, that will be held in partnership with Lone Star Park during the spring/summer meet starting in 2027. These two races join a strong stakes schedule for sales graduates with the two divisions of the TTA Sales Futurity held at Sam Houston Race Park and the TTA Derby and TTA Oaks at Lone Star Park.

“Adding these two new stakes races for TTA Sales graduates certainly adds incentive for our consignors, sellers, and buyers,” Bridewell said. “I thank the TTA Board members for supporting our sales and continuing to promote a positive racing environment for our breeders, sellers, and buyers.”

There will also be a Horses of Racing Age portion to the 2026 sale in August. Those horses are cataloged as Hips 159-163. Texas-breds Blingster, winner of a division of the Texas Stallion Series and the Two Altazano at Sam Houston, and TX Code, winner of the Assault Stakes at Lone Star Park, headline the race horse portion of the sale.

A digital PDF catalog and the interactive catalog are available at TTAsales.com. Catalogs will be mailed. Supplements to the catalog are anticipated.