Heading into the 2025 edition of Fasig-Tipton’s The July Sale, industry consensus was that this is a good collection of first-crop yearling stallions. The results of the auction seemed to bear that view out, as most of the 21 stallions represented produced positive results in the ring. Spendthrift Farm’s Jackie’s Warrior led the charge with the highest yearling…
Heading into the 2025 edition of Fasig-Tipton’s The July Sale, industry consensus was that this is a good collection of first-crop yearling stallions. The results of the auction seemed to bear that view out, as most of the 21 stallions represented produced positive results in the ring. Spendthrift Farm’s Jackie’s Warrior led the charge with the highest yearling…
Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 222 selected yearlings for the 104th The Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton’s select yearling sale, to be held Aug. 4-5, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Sessions will begin each evening at 6:30 p.m. ET in the Humphrey S. Finney Sales Pavilion. “We have assembled another outstanding group of yearlings for Saratoga, the type of quality…
Lane’s End stallion and second-crop sire Game Winner will shuttle to Haras Fazenda Mondesir in Brazil for the 2025 and 2026 Southern Hemisphere breeding seasons. Game Winner is a son of top sire Candy Ride , who was champion in his native Argentina before arriving in the United States. Bred by Summer Wind Equine and out of…
The path to becoming one of the top turf horses in the United States began for Far Bridge during the Saratoga Race Course summer meet with a win in the Sword Dancer Stakes (G1T) last year. As this year’s summer meet, he looks to keep the ball rolling July 12 in the $200,000 Bowling Green Stakes…
A Tattersalls July Sale record was set July 9 when the blue-blooded Orchid Bouquet was hammered down at 550,000 guineas (US$786,000, 1 guinea=US$1.43). An online bidder went up against Grant Pritchard-Gordon, who was leaning nonchalantly against the rail in the packed gangway. The rivals engaged in a protracted tussle until Pritchard-Gordon created a little slice…
Duke of Cambridge Stakes (G2) one-two Crimson Advocate and Cinderella’s Dream face off in a fascinating rematch after both were declared for the July 11 Falmouth Stakes (G1) at Newmarket Racecourse. A length and three-quarters separated the duo at Royal Ascot last month, with the former emerging victorious and now set to bid for her first…
The Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit has suspended the Pennsylvania Equine Toxicology and Research Laboratory’s probationary Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority Equine Analytical Laboratory accreditation status for a minimum of six months. Effective immediately, samples collected in Pennsylvania are being sent to Industrial Laboratories in Colorado for analysis. PETRL was one of four HIWU-accredited laboratories in…
The city of Ruidoso, N.M., and surrounding areas, hammered by wildfires and flash flooding last summer, experienced further flooding July 8 after heavy monsoonal rains. The flood waters led to three deaths around the city, officials said, and impacted homes and businesses, including the Quarter Horse racetrack located there, Ruidoso Downs. Speaking during a morning…
The New York Racing Association, Inc. (NYRA) today announced the appointment of Katie Keenan as Senior Vice President and Chief Experience Officer (CXO). Keenan is a global live event and venue operations executive with two decades of sports industry experience. Prior to joining NYRA, she was Vice President for Live Events & Operations at the…
