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With a final hammer price of $200,000 at the Aug. 10-11 Saratoga New York Bred Preferred Yearling sale, WinStar stallion Congrats was represented by one of the top-10 prices paid at the auction. Consigned by Select Sales, agent as hip No. 432, the colt was purchased by Xavier International Bloodstock, agent. The bay colt is […]

Speightstown had the second-highest priced seller overall at the Aug. 10-11 Saratoga New York Bred Preferred Yearling sale when a winning bid of $300,000 was placed by Cheyenne Stables for hip No. 392. Speightstown also finished the auction with the second-best average sale price for all sires. Consigned by Indian Creek, agent, the filly is […]

William Schettine was the high bidder, at $90,000 on a filly from the first crop of Hold Me Back at the Aug. 10-11 Saratoga New York Bred Preferred Yearling sale. The winning bid was 15 times the 2013 stud fee of $6,000 for the WinStar stallion. Consigned by Saratoga Glen Farm LLC, agent, as hip […]

Kentucky Derby (G1) champion Super Saver sired the top-priced yearling by a freshman sire at the Fasig-Tipton Preferred Sale held August 10-11 in Saratoga Springs, NY.  Hip 426, a filly out of multiple stakes winner Reata’s Quik Punch, by Two Punch, sold for $230,000 to Clark Brewster. Consigned by Select Sales, Agent, the bay miss […]

Cat’s Holiday romped to a 4 3/4-length victory in Sunday’s $75,000 Malvern Rose S. at Presque Isle Downs (VIDEO), giving Harlan’s Holiday his second stakes winner of the weekend, coming on the heels of Notacatbutallama’s win in the Grade 2 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame S. Saturday at Saratoga. Harlan’s Holiday now has […]

The hot streak of winners continued for Artie Schiller on Sunday at Saratoga when the 2-year-old colt We Miss Artie broke his maiden on the turf to become the sixth winner in as many days for his sire. We Miss Artie, who was second in his debut going five furlongs July 4 at Belmont Park, […]

WinStar Farm’s homebred Brethren stepped out to a 3 1/4-length victory Saturday night in the $125,000 Evangeline Mile H. (VIDEO). Co-owned by Winchell Thoroughbreds, 5-year-old Brethren in by Distorted Humor, sire of some 10 stakes winners this year, including top turf horse Boisterous  (G1 Man o’ War S.) and sprinter Jimmy Creed (G2 Potrero Grande […]

Spring at Last’s 3-year-old filly Seaneen Girl captured the $100,000 Monmouth Oaks (G3) on Saturday by an impressive six lengths to give the filly her second career graded victory (VIDEO). Spring at Last’s second crop earnings have eclipsed the $1.2 million mark, ranking ninth among all sophomore sires. Seaneen Girl made her winning move after […]

Harlan’s Holiday’s 3-year-old colt Notacatbutallama continued his impressive summer run of stakes victories, this time in Friday’s Hall of Fame S. (G2) at Saratoga, earning his third straight stakes triumph. Trained by Todd Pletcher for Repole Stable, Notacatbutallama proved best in the 1 1/8-mile feature on Friday, which also marked as his second graded stakes […]

Distorted Humor was the leading sire by average at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Sale, held August 5 and 6 in Saratoga Springs. Five yearlings by the Champion Sire sold during the venue, for an average price of $567,000, nearly double the overall sale average of $295,093. Leading the sales figures for Distorted Humor was Hip […]