Sales companies announce uniform policies

Officials from Barretts, Fasig-Tipton, Keeneland and Ocala Breeders' Sales

Company (OBS) announced Wednesday

uniform auction sales policies for medication, prohibited practices, riding

crops and horseshoes for sales beginning with the OBS Selected Two-Year-Olds in

Training Sale on February 17.

"The sales companies have spent considerable time and effort developing these

parameters," Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning said. "We consulted with the

NATC (National Association of Two-Year-Old Consignors), CBA (Consignors and

Commercial Breeders Association), buyers and veterinarians to get a broad base

of input. We are optimistic this will further the confidence buyers and sellers

have in the auction process."

The new policies discuss the use of therapeutic medications, exogenous

anabolic steroids and other prohibited practices and substances; the use of the

riding crop at under tack shows; and the use of front toe grabs.