There were moments during the last week when Fasig-Tipton president and CEO Boyd Browning Jr. wasn’t sure how he and his team could pull off its Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale in Timonium, Md. Excessive rainfall last week deteriorated the condition of the track, leading to breezing being canceled and replaced with galloping, plus…
Donato Lanni waited. And then he waited some more. Hours passed—about 11 of them—May 20 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale in Timonium, Md., before he was finally able to land his target. Such is the life of a bloodstock agent. But when the pen met the paper and Lanni hung up…
Fasig-Tipton has not been shy about its efforts to lure foreign buyers to its sales. The Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale has had a particular appeal to this segment of buyers. Mahmud Mouni, serving as representative for Tagermeen Racing—a group of five Libya-based owners—made a big splash May 20 at the sale, spending $2,795,000 on…
If there were marketing campaigns for purchases at horse sales, bloodstock agent Kerri Radcliffe might have a second career waiting in the wings. “So get the Memo with AMO,” she said moments after signing the sale ticket for $1,100,000 for Hip 368, a Girvin filly, that was bought for Memo Racing and AMO Racing—the first…
President/CEO and Racing Manager Elliott Walden reflects on WinStar’s success on the 25th anniversary of the farm. Source link
This column highlights the performances of 2- and 3-year-old maidens who have made no more than five starts and who either sold for more than $500,000 at public auction, have siblings that are graded/group winners, or have dams that are graded/group winners. BloodHorse research shows maiden winners, in particular, who meet these criteria are more…
With the May 17 Preakness Stakes (G1) impacted by the absence of Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Sovereignty , viewership of the second jewel of the Triple Crown dipped this year. An average of 5.9 million viewers watched Journalism ‘s win in the 150th Preakness Stakes from 7-7:15 p.m. ET on NBC and Peacock, and 4.6 million viewers tuned…
While there is no doubt that the highlight of Preakness Day at Pimlico Race Course was the remarkable triumph of Journalism in the second Triple Crown classic, the card did showcase stakes-winning efforts by a pair of 3-year-olds, Reagan’s Wit and Crudo , who scored in a manner suggesting that more will be heard from them…
The Kentucky Horse Racing and Gaming Corporation on May 20 advanced a rule change to allow historical horse racing operators to use approved results located from pari-mutuel racetracks outside the United States in addition to those from U.S. tracks. The rule change, approved before a special meeting of the KHRGC in Lexington, now will be presented…
Even though the six fillies and mares entered in the May 25 Santa Margarita Stakes (G2) at Santa Anita are based in Southern California, they have taken different routes to get to the race. The three veterans have traveled far and wide to amass stakes victories throughout the country, while the three relative newcomers have…
