Yearling Sales and Auctions in TRM

Yearling Sales are not the normal Market

The normal Horse, Staff, and Equipment Market resets every day at 12:05 AM Eastern. The Yearling Sale has its own schedule, its own books, and a separate Sale Day.

The Yearling Sale schedule

Why there are three books

The books split the catalog into groups instead of dropping every horse at once. Book placement gives you a rough idea of how the catalog views the yearling, but it is not a promise about the horse's hidden ceiling.

That matters because scouting and pedigree still have value. A Book 1 horse is not automatically the best future racehorse, and a later-book horse is not automatically poor.

What you can see on a yearling card

Each lot shows the yearling's name, sex, age, coat, sire, dam, parent records, and whatever potential information your current scouting level has revealed.

Before scouting, some personality, archetype, surface, distance, and potential information can be hidden or shown as a broad range.

Scouting narrows the uncertainty

Each scouting step gives you a better read on the lot. Scouting can reveal identity clues first, preferences next, and then tighter potential ranges.

Even a fully scouted yearling is still shown as a range. You are making a better-informed decision, not buying a guaranteed final rating.

Bidding is sealed

You can see your own bid. You do not see another player's bid, the current leader, or a public high-bid number while the auction is open.

This is a first-price sealed auction: the highest valid bid pays the amount they bid. If two current valid bids are exactly the same, the earlier current bid wins the tie.

Placing a bid reserves that amount from your available cash. If you change your bid, only the difference is reserved or returned. You can withdraw an active bid before bidding closes and get the reserved cash back.

Use My Bids

My Bids is there so you can keep track of the lots you have acted on without opening every book again. It shows your own bid, not whether you are currently winning while bidding is open.

What happens on Sale Day

Bidding closes when October 4 begins in Eastern Time. The highest valid sealed bid wins each lot. Losing bids are refunded, and winning yearlings are added to their new stables.

If your stable is full when you win, you still keep the win. The yearling is held for delivery until you free an active stable slot.

Do not bid from the portrait or one stat

A yearling is a long-term decision. Look at the whole card:

• Potential ranges.
• Sire and dam quality.
• Bloodlines and pedigree.
• Likely surface and distance.
• How much uncertainty is left after scouting.
• What your stable already owns.

Yearlings are age 1 horses

Age 1 horses use the yearling portraits in TRM. They are not ready to train or race yet. Their value is about what they may become, not what they can do on the track today.

Simple auction checklist

1. Read the book before bidding.
2. Scout the lots where more information could change your decision.
3. Set a maximum price before you place the bid.
4. Use My Bids to keep track of your lots.
5. Do not assume Book 1 means guaranteed star.
6. Remember that hidden development still matters after the sale.

For the normal daily market, see the Market & Scouting guide.