DONNA FREYER S., (NB) $76,000, PRX, 11-15, (C), 2yo, f, 6 1/2f, 1:18.81, ft. EIGHTH WONDER, f, 2, Pioneerof the Nile 1st Dam: Cheeksandpeanuts, by Pioneering 2nd Dam: Magestic Willowa, by Magesterial 3rd Dam: Willowa, by Son Ange Click for the Equibase.com chart, VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton or the Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Those who watched [...]

The Fasig-Tipton October Fall Yearling Sale will begin its four-day run Monday at Newtown Paddocks in Lexington, with a catalogue boasting 1485 horses. The sale has grown over the last few editions, and will expand to the four-day format for the first time this year. The yearling auctions have produced steady results all season and [...]

Michael Evans's Sheltowee Farm brings a consignment of 11 into the Fasig-Tipton October Sale. Evans, the son of horseman James Earl Evans, grew up on Spendthrift farm. The lifetime horseman now owns and operates Shetlowee Farm alongside his wife Marsha and sons Michael Evans II and Travis. Sheltowee does a little bit of everything in [...]

Four yearlings by champion Frankel (GB) (Galileo {Ire}–Kind {Ire}, by Danehill) will highlight Book 1 of the Keeneland September sale, marking the first foals from the Juddmonte freshman sire to enter a North American sales ring. The Frankels will surely be some of the most intriguing offerings during the first four sessions of the sale, [...]

Midmorning on Friday, Sam the Bugler called to the post the class of 2015 at the National Racing Hall of Fame induction ceremony, which was held in the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion in Saratoga Springs, NY. Racing fans and industry professionals packed the pavilion to watch Midlantic trainer King Leatherbury, the late jockey Chris Antley, [...]

Anderson Farms returns to the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale for the first time since 2010 when it sends hip 153, a filly by Street Cry (Ire), through the sales ring Tuesday evening. It will be a bittersweet moment for David Anderson, who took over the farm after the passing of his father Robert in 2011. Although [...]

On July 30, 2011, 2-year-old Repole Stable colorbearer Giant Surprise graduated in his Saratoga debut by 4 1/2 lengths earning a 90 Beyer Speed Figure under the care of trainer Todd Pletcher and ridden by Johnny Velazquez. The bay sustained a non-displaced, condylar fracture to his left foreleg during the race and was retired to [...]

Triple Crown winner American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) took his first spin around the Oceanport oval Thursday morning after the first renovation break around 7:30 a.m. in preparation for Sunday's GI William Hill Haskell Invitational. The bay, who arrived in the Garden State Wednesday afternoon, jogged once around the track the opposite way under a [...]

Shortly after 4 p.m. Wednesday afternoon, Triple Crown hero American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) took his first step towards the last half of a brilliant sophomore campaign as he arrived on the Monmouth Park backside. The Zayat homebred, who will contest Sunday's GI William Hill Haskell Invitational, left his homebase at Del Mar around 1:30 [...]

The journey back to upstate New York tuned out to be a particularly sweet one for owner-breeder Brant Laue, who got his first debut winner Sunday with homebred Sage Hall (Cape Blanco {Ire}). The 11-1 shot, who is trained by Hall of Famer Bill Mott, graduated by four lengths Sunday afternoon. “Sometimes lightning just strikes,” [...]

The Fasig-Tipton July Sale, the first yearling sale of the season, will be held Thursday starting at 10 a.m. at Newtown Paddocks in Lexington. The one-day sale has 332 catalogued horses in the yearling section, and will be immediately followed by the selected Horses of Racing Age section, which has 123 hips catalogued. The sale [...]

The Fasig-Tipton July Sale, which will be held Thursday, July 9, will see the yearlings sales debut from 22 freshman sires. Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning is pleased with the variety of freshmen stallions represented at the auction and believes this crop of yearlings should do well in the ring.  “We've got a very nice group [...]