For the second straight year, the Los Alamitos Equine Sale posted record figures thanks to a tremendous catalog that included 16 yearlings that sold for at least $100,000 each led by a Burns Ranch-bred colt from the legendary cross of Favorite Cartel and Remember Me Rose, who was purchased by Rosenthal Ranch for a sale topping price of $730,000.
This year’s average yearling sale price of $48,121 represented a 7.7% increase from the previous record average yearling sale price of $44,876 set last year. A total of 142 yearlings were sold at the 2025 Los Alamitos Equine Sale for a gross figure of $6,833,200. In comparison, the 2024 sale had 130 yearlings go for $5,809,100 in gross sales. And with this event now in the books, the last four editions of the Los Alamitos Equine Sale have resulted in the four highest sale averages during the event’s 21-year history.
All in all, the 2025 Los Alamitos Equine Sale had 154 hips go for total receipts in the amount of $7,021,700 for an average of $45,595, which is a record.
It only made sense for Rosenthal Ranch to make Sixth Sense the sale topper. After all, Sixth Sense, who was Hip 151 in the catalog, is a full brother to many of Rosenthal Ranch’s Grade 1 winning superstars. That list includes AQHA champion Cyber Attack, Los Alamitos Two Million Futurity winner Bomb Cyclone, multiple Grade 1 winner Powerful Favorite and Grade 1 Golden State Million Futurity winner Runforyourlife. Rosenthal Ranch has enjoyed incredible success by trusting the incredible cross of Favorite Cartel and Remember Me Rose.
“Sixth Sense has a tremendous pedigree with Favorite Cartel and Remember Me Rose, you just don’t get any better than that,” said trainer Paul Jones, who represented Rosenthal Ranch at the sale. “Ms. Rosenthal loves the family and has had a lot of success with the family. He’s a nice colt, a May baby but very well developed for a younger horse. We really liked him and I’m very pleased to have the colt in my barn. I’m happy for Ms. Rosenthal. She’s happy to own this horse and it’s all her.”
This is the fifth consecutive year that a yearling by Favorite Cartel out of AQHA Dam of Distinction Remember Me Rose has topped the Los Alamitos Equine Sale.
“Sixth Sense was a May baby, and he is a good one,” Steve Burns said. “I think people recognized that and anted up. It was a great sale for Burns Ranch. We had Separate Tac and Attack The Cartel line that has been doing well. We have some good mares and people like to invest in their yearlings. We still have a few babies out of Babe On The Fly and they sold well. It was successful Los Alamitos Equine Sale, not only for Burns Ranch, but all the consignors seemed to have a good time and a good sale.”
Rancho El Cabresto presented a consignment for the first time at Los Alamitos Equine Sale and the results were outstanding. Rancho El Cabresto’s consignment included Hip 186 AJ Wise Lady, a filly by Apollitical Jess out of Another Wise Lady, who was purchased by Bobby Cox for $450,000 to make her the event’s second highest seller and the highest selling filly. AJ Wise Lady is a full sister to AQHA champion 3-year-old filly A Political Lady and a half-sister to the stakes winner and $213,189 earner Kevins Wise Corona. Family owned and operated; Rancho El Cabresto sold six yearlings for a total of $869,000 for an average price of $146,500.
“We’re very excited to be here because Los Alamitos has brought us a lot of memories with Apollitical Time and Apollitical Jess,” said Marbella Tirado of Rancho El Cabresto. “This is where my father started 28 years ago and we’re happy for our debut (as consignors). I’ve been here before but being a consignor is just different experience, being around the clients. I want to thank the clients that stopped by to view our horses and took them out. We love the weather, we love California, we love Los Alamitos. I can tell you that we’ll be back. We brought six yearlings this year. We’ll be back with some more horses.”
Sam Green purchased Remember The Moment, a filly by Favorite Cartel out of Remember Me Rose and a full sister to top seller Sixth Sense, for $310,000 from the Burns Ranch consignment to make her the weekend’s third highest seller. Her full siblings also include Grade 1 Ruidoso Futurity and $528,428 earner Cyber Monday and $109,755 earner Temple Court. Remember The Moment was Hip 120 during Sunday’s session.
Gamaliel Garza, who last year purchased the Favorite Cartel and Remember Me Rose colt Accelerated for the Los Alamitos Equine Sale record price of $850,000, had the winning bid on Hip 166 Uptick for $232,000 from the consignment of Quarter Horse racing’s all-time leading breeder Ed Allred. Uptick is a colt by Favorite Cartel out of the stakes winning mare Up For It. Uptick is also a full brother of Up And Atem, winner of the Restricted Grade 1 Spencer Childers California Breeders Championship Handicap, and Ready For It, a multiple stakes winner at Los Alamitos. He’s also a half-brother of Governor’s Cup Futurity and $219,647 earner She Goes Up.
Tom Lipar’s Paragon Farms purchased the Favorite Cartel filly Cold Shoulder for $190,000 to make her not only the top seller during the opening session of this year’s Los Alamitos Equine Sale, but also the weekend’s fifth highest seller. Consigned by Burns Ranch, Cold Shoulder was Hip 70 and is out of the Walk Thru Fire mare Just Walk By. Cold Shoulder is a full sister to 2024 Grade 1 Ed Burke Million Futurity runner-up Ultimate Battle.
Burns Ranch was the top consignor with 63 hips selling for a total of $3,662,000. Ed Allred was second top consignor with 27 hips selling for $1,242,500. On debut, Rancho El Cabresto was the third top consignor with $879,000. Completing the top five consignors were Vista Equine Colorado LLC. with $234,000 and Roy Rich with $205,000.
The Los Alamitos Equine Sale is operated by Ed Allred, the owner of Los Alamitos Race Course, and Dr. Steve Burns. Now in its 21st year, the sale is managed by the Pacific Coast Quarter Horse Racing Association.
“We are so thankful for the great buyers and consignors that made this year’s event such a big success,” said Dino Perez, the business manager of the PCQHRA. “We were going against record numbers that included a record purchase, so it’s a remarkable to have surpassed the yearling sale average. All the credit goes to our wonderful consignors and great buyers. It was also great to see that the catalog provided buyers with a lot of value throughout both sessions of the sale.”
It was another great Equine Sale for the incredible sire Favorite Cartel. The outstanding California-based stallion sired nine of the yearlings that sold for over $100,000 while also being the leading sire with 33 hips selling for a gross total of $3,484,500.
Yearlings sired by Apollitical Jess sold for an average of $157,667 and the sire also had five yearlings that sold for $100,000 or more. The stallions Mpshinning and Flying Cowboy 123 each had one yearling that sold for at least $100,000.
Rosenthal Ranch was the leading buyer with one purchase of $730,000. Ed Allred was the second leading buyer after acquiring 10 hips for $712,000. Bobby Cox was third leading buyer with one purchase for $450,000. Gamaliel Garza acquired three hips for a total of $384,000 with Sam Green rounding out the top five buyers after his $310,000 investment on the filly Remember The Moment.
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