Saturday’s Coalition Stakes at Timonium has drawn a competitive field of locally-based runners, including five stakes winners.
With increased purses, a stakes race — and of course a Ferris wheel — hopes are high for the rejuvenated Timonium race meet which kicks off Friday.
The $75,000 Coalition Stakes will take place August 26 at Timonium and has drawn 43 nominations, including some graded stakes horses.
Saturday’s edition of “Off to the Races on The Racing Biz Radio Network” will feature the Maryland Jockey Club’s Sal Sinatra, trainer Mike Gorham, and more.
Good horses found buyers Sunday at the Fasig-Tipton mixed sale, but the market remains “polarized” — and there’s a need for regional “sire power.”
Buybacks were up and the average, down, but the good news was that the gross at today’s Fasig-Tipton Mixed Sale was up 2.7 percent from last year.
We talked to five consignors bringing sizable contingents to Sunday’s Fasig-Tipton mixed sale. Here are their horses to watch.
Consignor Bill Reightler has 62 hips for Sunday’s Timonium sale — the largest consignment by far and one with options for every pocketbook.
Sunday’s Fasig-Tipton mixed sale has a much larger book than in 2016, and consignors are hoping for the best even as the national market has lately struggled.
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.