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A pair of seven-figure colts by leading sire Tapit headlined a strong opening session of Fasig-Tipton’s Saratoga Selected Yearlings Sale Monday night at the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion. In all, 70 yearlings grossed $21,745,000, compared to 64 horses selling for $18,267,000 during last year’s opening session. The session average was up 8.8% to $310,643 and...
With an eye towards shipping Triple Crown and recent GI Haskell Invitational S. hero American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) in for the GI Travers S. Aug. 29, trainer Bob Baffert spent time on the Saratoga backstretch Monday morning while in town for the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearling Sale. “I’m just here doing a little recon...
When Air Force Blue (War Front) quickened impressively to take the Keeneland Phoenix S., this son of War Front provided trainer Aidan O’Brien with his 14th winner of this Group 1 contest in the space of only 18 years. With a sample of this size, it is inevitable that not all of the previous 13...
There was no mistaking the theme to the The Jockey Club’s 63rd annual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing Sunday morning: support for federal legislation to put in place uniform national medication rules with oversight by the United States Anti-Doping Agency. The two-hour program in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., concluded with a salute to...
The Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearlings Sale kicks off its two-day stand at the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion Monday evening at 7 p.m. A total of 209 yearlings have been catalogued for the two-day boutique auction, with 27 outs as of Sunday evening. Optimism was high during a busy day of showing at the sales ground...
Looking just a work in progress when runner-up in the G2 Coventry S. when last seen at Royal Ascot June 16, Susan Magnier’s Air Force Blue (War Front) upped his game off a break to provide Aidan O’Brien with a remarkable 14th success in The Curragh’s G1 Keeneland Phoenix S. on Sunday. Having scored on...
Nyquist (Uncle Mo) continued the hot streak of owner Reddam Racing and trainer Doug O’Neill with a dominant display in Saturday’s GII Best Pal S. at Del Mar. The 2-year-old became the second graded stakes winner for his freshman sire, 2010 juvenile champion Uncle Mo (Indian Charlie). “I think it’s safe to say he stays...
Honor Code (A.P. Indy), who stormed to a dominating victory in the June 6 GI Metropolitan H. last time out, added the GI Whitney H. to his resume with a dramatic late-gasp win over pacesetting Liam’s Map (Unbridled’s Song) Saturday at Saratoga. “It was a spectacular race,” said trainer Shug McGaughey, who was winning his...
Stonestreet Stable’s Cavorting (Bernardini) came from well back and bound clear late to score an easy 2 1/2-length victory in Saturday’s GI Longines Test S. at Saratoga. “It’s a great win,” said winning trainer Kiaran McLaughlin. “Grade I wins are hard to come by and it was a great team effort. It’s great to win...
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,...
With seven Grade I winners and combined purse earnings of nearly $13 million among its 10 entrants, Saturday’s $1.25-million GI Whitney S. at Saratoga boasts one of the strongest fields assembled in recent memory and offers an automatic berth into the GI Breeders’ Cup Classic. Lane’s End Racing and Dell Ridge Farm’s Honor Code (A.P....
Champion Take Charge Brandi (Giant’s Causeway) returns to action in Saturday’s GI Test S. at Saratoga. The GI Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies upsetter is currently riding a four-race winning streak, including the GI Starlet S. at Los Alamitos Dec. 13 and the Martha Washington S. at Oaklawn Jan. 31. The ‘TDN Rising Star’ emerged from...