The full-brother (hip 136) to MGSW and Hill 'n' Dale stallion Barnes (Into Mischief) lit up the board and set a new Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale record at $4.2 million selling to Hunter Rankin on behalf of Flying Dutchman. “He's such…
A colt by leading general sire Into Mischief (Hip 121) was the first to cross the $2-million threshold in Tuesday's second and final session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale, selling to a partnership that includes Spendthrift Farm, Whisper Hill's Mandy…
Last August, the New York State Gaming Commission (NYSGC) voted to eliminate many coupled pari-mutuel entries. The commission accomplished this by changing the wording in rule 4025.10 so the operative term got switched to “may” be coupled instead of “must,”…
2.30 Salisbury, Novice, 2yo, 6fT FORBIDDEN FIRE (GB) (No Nay Never) is the seventh foal to represent Jeff Smith's Juddmonte International heroine Arabian Queen (Dubawi) and the first by the sire, who will have injected some speed into this rare…
Betfred Derby winner Christmas Day (Camelot) headlines 27 entries for the 250th running of the oldest Classic in British Flat racing, the Betfred St Leger, which takes place at Doncaster on Saturday, September 12. The St Leger has a prize…
I generally agree with Tom Gallo's recent Letter to the Editor regarding the Jockey Club Round Table Conference: as an industry, we desperately need to market to kids. Are we uncomfortable talking about marketing to children because gambling and lifestyle…
Record participation characterised the Tattersalls Online August Sale, with 437 bidders participating in the auction which was headlined by Castlehyde Stud's young broodmare Carriage (No Nay Never), who sold to Hardys of Kilkeel for 62,000gns. Offered in foal to Coolmore's…
Gather ye rosebuds while ye may. And if not rosebuds, then Hall of Fame trainers–or, come to that, Girvin foals. During his lifetime, some of us risked vexing the most self-effacing of trainers by suggesting that those preceding him to…
The Florida Thoroughbred Breeders' and Owners' Association today unveiled an all-new brand and logo for Ocala, Marion County, Horse Capital of the World®–the federally registered trademark it has owned and managed since 1997–the organization said in a Tuesday press release.…
Andrew Balding has described Item (Frankel) as “a horse we've always had huge belief in” ahead of next week's G1 Juddmonte International at York, with the unexposed colt now a general 5-1 chance to lower the colours of Ombudsman (Night…