Category: General News

Overanalyze, the top-ranked First-Crop Sire in North America, got his 13th juvenile winner of 2017 on Friday evening when Chilly Willis won a six-furlong maiden special weight affair by one length (VIDEO). Owned by Castle Stables, Chilly Willis was locked in battle for the lead the entire trip before edging away in deep stretch to […]

Evaluator’s electric last-to-first move on the Saratoga turf course in a Saratoga $73,000 maiden special weight resulted in four-length victory for the 2-year-old Overanalyze colt (VIDEO). Overanalyze now has 12 winners from his first crop, leading all Freshman Sires and the only one with a double-digit number of winners. Evaluator broke very awkwardly and found […]

With none of his six lots to sell for less than $300,000 at the August 7-8 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Selected Yearlings sale, More Than Ready’s sales average of $318,333 was among the best for all sires at the two-day auction. Four of the six individuals sold during Tuesday’s session, led by hip No. 123, a colt […]

One day after having a $500,000 colt at the Aug. 7-8 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearlings sale, Tiznow’s Tuesday returns included a $450,000 colt by the champion WinStar stallion. Tiznow closed the sale with an average price of $356,667, just above his overall 2017 yearling sales average of $332,500. James Herbener, Jr., agent consigned the $450,000 […]

Distorted Humor wrapped up the Aug. 7-8 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearlings sale with a total of four lots selling for an average of $292,000, with final prices falling in between $240,000 and $400,000. Day 2’s top seller for the WinStar stallion was hip No. 143, a colt consigned by Taylor Made Sales Agency that sold […]

A pair of colts from the first crop of Fed Biz during Tuesday evening’s session of the Aug. 7-8 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearlings sale brought an average price of $217,500, more than 17 times his bred-on stud fee of $12,500. Hip No. 130, consigned by Select Sales as agent for Machmer Hall, topped the day’s […]

Monday evening’s session of the Aug. 7-8 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearlings sale saw two More Than Ready youngsters go through the ring for an average of $350,000. Lothenbach Stables was the winning bidder on both colts. Hip No. 54 sold first, bringing a winning bid of $400,000 for the chestnut consigned by Bluewater Sales, agent. […]

Garrett O’Rourke, on behalf of Juddemonte Farms, signed the ticket for a $400,000 Congrats filly during the first night of the Aug. 7-8 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearlings sale. O’Rourke said the ultimate plan after her racing career was to breed her to their champion Arrogate, who is currently prepping for a run in the Pacific […]

Bodemeister, the leading Second-Crop Sire of 2017, had four yearlings sell during Monday evening’s session of the Aug. 7-8 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearlings sale for an average of $243,750, more than eight times his 2015 bred-on stud fee. Topping the list was hip No. 40, consigned by Warrendale Sales for Tall Oaks. Centennial Farms was […]

Modern, who has won more than a third of his 31 lifetime starts, earned his ninth career stakes win on Aug. 7 when the son of Tiznow took the $50,000 Classic H. at Hastings Park. Winner of the $75,000 Lieutenant Governor S. in his prior outing, Modern won a thrilling four-way photo in the Classic, […]