Already crowned with a name that portends great things, Dynasty, a full brother to 2023 Preakness Stakes (G1) winner National Treasure , sold for $750,000 to Wathnan Racing at the Aug. 4 opening session of The Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton’s select yearling sale. As Hip 10, the bay colt by Quality Road out of the Medaglia d’Oro dam…
Just days after Gun Runner ‘s 2024 champion 3-year-old male Sierra Leone captured the Whitney Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course, another son of the Three Chimneys Farm stallion commanded $2.7 million from Ron Winchell’s Winchell Thoroughbreds at the Aug. 4 opening session of The Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton’s select yearling sale. The bay colt, consigned as Hip 37, is…
Mystik Dan ,winner of the 2024 Kentucky Derby (G1), is set to make his turf debut Aug. 9 as he travels to Colonial Downs for the $1 million Arlington Million Stakes (G1T). Trainer Kenny McPeek said he has been anxious to get the horse on the grass in his career, and having recently finished a solid fourth…
August 4, 2025 5:13 PM 2:22 Trainer Kenny McPeek shares his thoughts on Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mystik Dan‘s five-furlong turf work in 1:02.17 at Saratoga Race Course‘s Oklahoma Training Track Aug. 1. The son of Goldencents is entered in the Aug. 9 Arlington Million (G1T) at Colonial Downs. …
The catalog for Book 1 of the 2025 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, which will take place Oct. 7-9, is now online and can be viewed at www.tattersalls.com. Europe’s premier yearling sale numbers 537 lots, all of which are eligible for the industry leading £25,000 Tattersalls October Book 1 Bonus scheme which has paid out £9,620,000…
Christon Jackson, a 24-year-old native of Lexington, was destined to become involved with horses, one breed or another. Jackson grew up surrounded by Arabians and Saddlebreds bred by his parents. From a young age, he was hands-on with horses and frequently in the saddle. The summer before entering the University of Kentucky, where he would…
Through seven months, 2025 was shaping up into a year of what could have been for Chunk of Gold . Five races—four graded stakes, four seconds (three by 2 1/4 lengths or less), plus a ninth in the Kentucky Derby (G1). But all that woulda-coulda-shoulda talk now looks like it referred to a colt who was still…
It’s been just over 20 years since Patrick Ewing last graced the National Basketball Association court to end his Hall of Fame playing career. Now, Ewing , the 2-year-old colt, is growing into a rising star within the sport of Thoroughbred racing. A son of Horse of the Year Knicks Go , who was not actually named for the…
Steve Landers Racing’s Destino d’Oro sat a perfect trip and drew off with authority to win the $399,400 Pucker Up Stakes (G3T) Aug. 3 at Ellis Park. Trained by Brad Cox and ridden by Luan Machado, Destino d’Oro completed the 1 1/8-mile turf contest in 1:45.64 to earn her first graded stakes victory. It was…
The excitement leading up to Fasig-Tipton’s The Saratoga Sale each year is second to none. It comes on the heels of Whitney Stakes (G1) weekend where the top runners in the handicap division vie for one of the sport’s most historic prizes. And it routinely boasts a catalog filled with remarkable pedigrees, proven sires, and plenty…
