Mike Tomlinson

With a clearance rate of 91%, the Fasig-Tipton May Digital Sale closed Tuesday with gross sales of $2,229,500. Topping the 69 sold was Blessed Flyer (Dialed In), who hammered for $270,000 to Mike Tomlinson, agent for Mark Farrar and Patricia's Hope LLC. Consigned by Evergreen Equine, agent and sold as hip 1, Blessed Flyer is a 2-year-old colt who captured his debut in a Keeneland maiden special weight Apr. 16. "I'm really excited about the results, especially as we had only a week from the April sale to put together...

The horse racing industry is a unique societal tapestry of people who approach each race day from a different perspective. You have your core glass half full optimists, who see every race and every horse as the key to a financial windfall, but we also know we can easily find those pessimistic half empty folks as well. If you happen to ask Kyle McGinty, Founder and President of the Blackout Group, how he perceived his glass, he would probably retort, "it doesn't really matter as long as his glass has...