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Although technically the 10th race day at Saratoga Race Course this year, the traditional opening day card July 10 seemed to carry the same excitement for winning connections as it always does.

Prineville OTOBA Stakes

Heading into Fasig-Tipton's The July Sale, industry consensus was that this is a good collection of first-crop yearling stallions. The auction results seemed to support that, as many of those stallions yielded positive results in the ring.

Six horses owned by the estate of Wayne Lukas and other partners were popular with buyers during Fasig-Tipton's July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale near Lexington.

Kenny McPeek, trainer of 2024 Horse of the Year Thorpedo Anna, was active at the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearling Sale July 8, purchasing eight horses for $1,445,000, including the top-priced filly—Hip 141 by 2024 champion first-crop sire Vekoma.

Records fell at the Fasig-Tipton July Horses of Racing Age Sale July 8 when the striking Bashford Manor Stakes winner Romeo exited the ring, bringing $1.7 million from Mahmud Mouni.

The Racing Secretary Summit returns to the Global Symposium on Racing, kicking off an expanded slate of Monday programming that includes expert-led workshops.

Fasig-Tipton has cataloged 222 selected yearlings for the 104th The Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton's select yearling sale, to be held Aug. 4-5, in Saratoga Springs, N.Y. Sessions will begin each evening at 6:30 p.m. ET.