Boyd Browning Jr.

When the Maryland Million program, the brainchild of famed sportscaster Jim McKay, was launched in 1986, it was hailed as one of the most innovative and successful programs of its kind. It has been something that has been copied in racing states across the country. But when TK Kuegler took over as the president of the Maryland Million, he decided it was time to move the event forward, and make it bigger, better, and more lucrative. "It's been kind of sleepy for 40 years," Kuegler said. "Jim McKay launched it...

Orla Donworth has joined Fasig-Tipton as its new Global Brand & MultiMedia Manager, according to the organization on Wednesday. "We are delighted to have Orla join the team at Fasig-Tipton," said Fasig-Tipton President and CEO Boyd Browning Jr. "Her experience and expertise will assist us in delivering content for both our live and digital sales." A graduate of the University of Limerick in 2014, Donworth spent six years at top farms around the world including Ireland's Baroda Stud, Roundhill Stud and Rathmore Stud, in addition to Woods Edge and Dell...

The Jockey Club has announced the election of 10 new members. In alphabetical order, they are: Craig Bernick: president and CEO of Glen Hill Farm, as well as president of the Lavin Family Foundation Peter M. Brant: founder of White Birch Paper Company in addition to a magazine publisher, philanthropist, art collector, and film producer Boyd T. Browning, Jr.: president and CEO of Fasig-Tipton Case Clay: founder of Case Clay Thoroughbred Management Dennis Drazin: CEO of Darby Development, the operator of Monmouth Park; president of Drazin & Warshaw; and chair...

Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 222 selected yearlings for the 104th Saratoga Sale, to be held on Monday and Tuesday, Aug. 4 and 5, in Saratoga Springs, New York, it was announced Wednesday morning. Sessions will begin each evening at 6:30 pm in the Humphrey S. Finney Sales Pavilion. "We have assembled another outstanding group of yearlings for Saratoga, the type of quality that buyers expect to find at the number one ranked yearling sale by percentage of Grade I winners," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. The Saratoga Sale is once again...

In 2024, the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale--hosted over two days--was largely buoyed by the Lothenbach dispersal that saw seven of the sale's top nine mares--including a pair of seven figure offerings--originate from that consignment. While Monday's single-session renewal of the sale didn't quite attain the levels of one year ago, the latest edition did offer several of its own highlights. Hailing from the Red Oak Stable dispersal, Hip 395, a colt by Curlin led the day with a $775,000 final bid from Maverick, bidding online. Out of Grade I...

The catalogue for the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Mixed Sale, to be held Monday, Feb. 3, 2025, at the company's Newtown Paddocks complex, is now online. Bidding for the single-session auction will begin at 10 a.m. ET. A total of 348 horses have been catalogued for the sale, including broodmares in and out of foal, short yearlings and horses of racing age. Covering sires represented include Arabian Lion, Arcangelo, Constitution, Corniche, Elite Power, Forte, Girvin, Gunite, Hard Spun, Jackie's Warrior, Mage, McKinzie, Nyquist, Olympiad, Oscar Performance, Upstart, Volatile, and Yaupon. Yearling sires...

1/ST, the ownership group behind Gulfstream Park and Santa Anita Park, is partnering with auction company Fasig-Tipton, who will be their title sponsor for the new Fasig-Tipton 3-Year-Old Filly Series, the company said in a press release on Wednesday. The collaboration will spotlight the GII Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Park Oaks and the GII Fasig-Tipton Santa Anita Oaks, which are the final preps at both tracks for the GI Kentucky Oaks. The new series will debut Jan. 1 at Gulfstream Park with the Fasig-Tipton Cash Run Stakes and will conclude with the...

LEXINGTON, KY - The Fasig-Tipton October Yearlings Sale reached its halfway mark with a vibrant day of trade topped by a $550,000 son of Curlin who was one of the last horses through the ring Tuesday. "It was tremendous second session of the 2024 Kentucky October Yearling sale," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning, Jr. "There was really spirited bidding from the very beginning of the sale to the very end of the sale. The level and consistency of the bidding throughout the day was truly encouraging." Through two sessions of...

Ramatuelle (Justify--Raven's Lady {GB}, by Raven's Pass), a 'TDN Rising Star' and recent winner of the G1 Prix de la Foret Stakes at ParisLongchamp, headlines the latest group of supplemental entries to Fasig-Tipton's November Sale which will take place on Monday, Nov. 4 beginning at 2 p.m. ET in Lexington, Kentucky, the auction company said in a release early Friday morning. The 3-year-old daughter of the Triple Crown winner and top sire will be offered as hip 310, and is consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by Bedouin Bloodstock, agent. Winner...

The Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Fall Mixed Sale will welcome 315 broodmares and weanlings to the Humphrey S. Finney Sales Pavilion when it kicks off Tuesday for a single session beginning at 12 p.m. "It's as strong if not a stronger catalog than even what we had last year," said Fasig-Tipton President & CEO Boyd Browning, Jr. "The New York-bred program continues to be strong and in demand. What we saw over the summer with the New York-bred yearlings is that there is plenty of quality here and the buyers really respond...

If the weather in Saratoga Springs of late is any indication of what's to come at the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion Monday and Tuesday evenings, the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale is poised for a volcanic renewal. In 2023, a total of 154 yearlings sold for $75,055,000, averaging $487,370 with a median of 375,000. The gross jumped from $66,955,000 generated for 143 sold in 2022. "The vibe feels good here," confirmed Taylor Made's Frank Taylor. "Everybody you would want to see in the courtyard, you would have seen walk in. The horses...

Just days after he was represented by his eighth individual winner from his first crop, Spendthrift freshman sire Vekoma was responsible for a New Jersey-bred colt who was knocked down to Chris Gracie's Gracie Bloodstock for $150,000 to top Tuesday's Fasig-Tipton Midlantic June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training in Timonium, Maryland. While last year's inaugural sale featured a $500,000 topper, four six-figure horses and turnover in excess of $2.5 million, Tuesday's trade was considerably more subdued. From a catalogue that was approximately 20% leaner than 12 months prior, a total...