Kenny McPeek, trainer of 2024 Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna , was active at the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearling Sale July 8, purchasing eight horses for a total of $1,445,000, including the top-priced filly—Hip 141 by 2024 leading first-crop sire Vekoma . McPeek has always been a strong supporter of the July Sale, as he has…
Fasig-Tipton saved its most explosive fireworks for the final horse through the sales ring on July 8 when bloodstock agent Mahmud Mouni outlasted other bidders to purchase Bashford Manor Stakes winner Romeo for $1.7 million during The July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale near Lexington. Romeo, a late addition to the sale as Hip…
Hall of Fame trainer Wayne Lukas was renowned for securing top talent at yearling sales, often purchasing some of the most attractive horses that went through the sales ring. So it was only fitting July 8 that six horses owned by his estate and other partners would prove fancied by buyers during Fasig-Tipton’s July Selected…
July 8, 2025 8:11 PM 2:40 Hear Boyd Browning’s take on the 2025 Fasig-Tipton July Sale—plus, Kenny McPeek explains why he keeps coming back. A total of 65 yearlings were sold for a total sale price of $6,708,500. View Comments Source link
Eyes were drawn to the purchase of Red Route One for $550,000, the second-highest purchase of Fasig-Tipton’s July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale near Lexington. Taylor Made Sales Agency consigned the 5-year-old chestnut son of Gun Runner , a four-time graded stakes winner for Winchell Thoroughbred and Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen. FTKHRA, Hip…
Del Mar is taking steps to minimize disruption in the event that federal agents conduct an operation at the Southern California track. Speaking with horsemen July 8, track officials laid out the plans in the event Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents or any other law enforcement entity attempt to “raid” the premises. Del Mar president…
Fasig-Tipton saved its most explosive fireworks for the final horse through the sales ring on July 8 when bloodstock agent Mahmud Mouni outlasted other bidders to purchase Bashford Stakes winner Romeo for $1.7 million during The July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale near Lexington. Romeo, a late addition to the sale as Hip 370,…
A busy week in Newmarket began with a day of businesslike trade at the Tattersalls July Sale. The opening stanza of the three-day sale July 8 produced a clearance rate of 82% as 192 lots sold from 235 offered. Those transactions generated turnover of 4,427,200 guineas (US$6,647,440.80, 1 guinea=US$1.43), which was down 13% against the…
The National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced July 8 its support for the bipartisan Fair Accounting for Income Realized from Betting Earnings Taxation Act. The FAIR BET Act, introduced by Rep. Dina Titus (D-NV), seeks to restore the 100% deduction for gambling losses. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act, just recently signed into law, amended the deduction so…
A week and a half removed from his victory in the June 28 Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs over Sierra Leone and Mystik Dan , Mindframe remains No. 1 in the National Thoroughbred Racing Association Top Thoroughbred Poll for the second consecutive week. Mindframe, a 4-year-old son of Constitution trained by Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher,…
