Horses bred in the mid-Atlantic accounted for 62 percent of yesterday’s Fasig-Tipton yearling sale’s total volume — and the top two sellers.
The average and gross sales both rose today at the Fasig-Tipton yearling sale, while the buyback rate declined.
Total mid-Atlantic handle rose in September versus the prior month, but the average daily handle fell.
Tuesday’s Fasig-Tipton Yearlings sale brings together some with leading sires and flashy pedigrees and some with more regional bloodlines. A few to watch.
Four-year-old Chief Istan won his first stakes today in a rugged renewal of the $75,000 Challedon Stakes at Laurel Park.
Mary Eppler trainee Lovable Lady took today’s Politely Stakes at Laurel Park for her second consecutive stakes victory.
Fasig-Tipton’s Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale takes place Tuesday, and several market participants said they were cautiously hopeful about the event.
Connect, crushed last out in the Travers, scored a 10-1 upset in today’s G2 Pennsylvania Derby at Parx Racing.
Songbird remained unbeaten with yet another facile score today in the G1 Cotillion Stakes at Parx Racing.
Though some observers called the July disqualification of Freudie Anne “the worst” they’d seen, the Maryland Racing Commission yesterday voted to uphold the stewards’ decision.