Boyd Browning

Fasig-Tipton's catalogue for The July Sale of selected yearlings, to be held starting at 10 a.m. ET on Tuesday, July 14, at Newtown Paddocks in Lexington, Kentucky, is available online, the company said in a press release on Wednesday. "We look forward to kicking off yearling sales season with a strong catalogue of selected yearlings in July," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. "The quality of individuals on offer in this year's sale is perhaps the strongest we have had in recent years, and the sire power has improved as well."...

TIMONIUM, MD - The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, conducted for the first time after an untimed under-tack preview, produced its highest ever gross, average and median when it concluded Tuesday evening in Timonium. Over two days, 382 horses sold for $52,835,500 for an average of $138,313 and a median of $70,000. Those figures improved on records set just last year when 327 horses sold for $44,317,500, an average of $135,528 and a median of $60,000. "We are absolutely thrilled with the results of the 2026 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic...

TIMONIUM, MD - Midway through Monday's first session of the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale in Timonium, one bloodstock agent quipped, "Turns out untimed works, work." The final figures of the auction's opening session--conducted a week after the company's first untimed under-tack preview show--seemed to bear the sentiment out, with the session's average and median concluding well ahead of last year's sale record-setting figures. "It was a tremendous start to the Fasig Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training sale," Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning said Monday evening. "There were pretty...

The two-day under-tack show for the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale--with no timed workouts from the sales company and new whip restrictions--begins Tuesday morning at 8 a.m. at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium. The show had originally been scheduled over three days, but was condensed to sessions just Tuesday and Wednesday ahead of an expected rain storm in the area later in the week. Consignors at the auction have the option to breeze or gallop their horses at the under-tack show, but "Fasig-Tipton will not time the...

Keeneland Association, Fasig-Tipton Company Inc., Ocala Breeders' Sales Company Inc. and a group of leading North American stallion farms announced a significant expansion of their financial commitment to the Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance in a press release Monday morning. Beginning with the 2026 Fasig-Tipton July Sale, the three sales companies will double their contribution to the TAA, allocating 0.1% of each sale's gross proceeds. Participation in the program will also become mandatory for both buyers and consignors at every sale, with each contributing 0.1% of their respective transactions. Based on 2025...

Bayne Welker and Boyd Browning--Fasig-Tipton's executive vice president and president, respectively--were chin-wagging in the car recently when the conversation turned to how much the industry has changed, and Fasig-Tipton's role in that evolving landscape. "I think that's what separates us from the others," Welker said, of what the two men agreed was Fasig-Tipton's predominating strength: "our ability to quickly adapt, quickly make a change and go with the times." A prime example of that adaptability, said Welker, is Fasig-Tipton's March Digital Selected Sale launched in 2022, which ushered in an...

Grade I Del Mar Oaks winner Iscreamuscream (Twirling Candy) (hip 385) provided a much-needed warm up to central Kentucky as she topped the Fasig-Tipton Winter Mixed Sale, selling to Japan's Katsumi Yoshida for $1.5 million. Consigned by Taylor Made Sales, the 5-year-old mare was undefeated in her first four starts including a win in the GII San Clemente before going on to Grade I glory. Her sales price was the highest at a Winter Mixed Sale since Zetta Z (Bernardini), the dam of 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Nysos...

The 2026 Fasig-Tipton Winter Mixed Sale opens for a single-day session in a frigid Lexington, Kentucky, Monday at Newtown Paddocks with bidding set to begin at 10 a.m. on 411 catalogued entries. And while temperatures have failed to eclipse the freezing mark for days and wind chills below zero have left buyers and consignors alike with the shivers, there was an overwhelming sense of optimism headed into Monday's action. "We've got a very good catalogue," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. "There's literally something for everybody in here. There's some really...

Springboard Mile Stakes victor Express Kid (Bodexpress), a California-bred with 10 points on the Road to the Kentucky Derby, brought down the gavel for $800,000 on the Fasig-Tipton Digital platform Friday. The freshly minted 3-year-old sold to Brad Kleven and was consigned by Paramount Sales, agent. "We live for results like this one," said Paddy Campion of Paramount Sales. "A good horse really can come from anywhere and it's made all the more rewarding when you have connections like owner Steve Haahr and trainer Wade Rarick who, from the little...

Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 350 entries for the main catalogue of its Kentucky Winter Mixed Sale, to be held Monday, February 9, in Lexington, Kentucky, the company announced Friday. The sale will begin at 10 a.m. The catalogue can be viewed in its entirety here. "Strategically positioned before the start of breeding season, Kentucky Winter Mixed is an important marketplace within our industry," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. "There is plenty of quality for buyers to choose from in 2026, including 200 yearlings with strong sire power." Covering sires represented include...

When torrential rain and severe weather forced the third and final under-tack session of last year's Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds In Training Sale into a gallop-only, untimed preview, the adjustment was used as an experiment of sorts. How would buyers react to the change and ultimately, how would the horses that galloped at the sale go on to perform on the racetrack? While the sale defied the storm to produce all-time gross, average and median records, three of the top 10 lots and eight of the top 20 were horses...

Purchased for $50,000 over a cool million by Zedan Racing at this year's Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May sale and named for that auction house's chief cook and bottlewasher Boyd Browning, Boyd (Violence) was sent to Hall of Fame trainer Bob Baffert. The juvenile debuted a winner at the seaside oval by a margin of 5 3/4 lengths, which earned him a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard', for his effort. Shipped to Louisville for the Ed Brown Stakes, Boyd was bet down to 3-5 here. The Zedan color bearer bobbled a...