“What everybody dreams of”: Maryland farms hit Saratoga sale
The just-completed Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale of select yearling represented a milestone for one Maryland farm and showcased a new dimension for another.
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Md Million: New sires hoping for fast starts
This year’s Maryland Million could mark coming-out parties for several first-crop stallions seeking to get a leg up in the race to see who’s next.
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Md Million: Miss Nondescript give sire Mosler first stakes win
A grinding run got Miss Nondescript up late to win the Maryland Million Lassie and give her sire, Mosler, his first stakes and Maryland Million win.
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Bella Aurora on the rise after Gin Talking win
A pair of two-year-olds, Bella Aurora and Monday Morning Qb, took the overland route in rallying to stakes victories Saturday at Laurel Park.
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Md. Million Classic: Forest Fire wins as sires spread the riches
Seven different sires won the seven primary Maryland Million stakes, with Friesan Fire’s son Forest Fire narrowly prevailing in the Classic.
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Monte Crista leads trio of maiden winners at Laurel
Monte Crista, a half-sister to Maryland-bred Horse of the Year Just Howard, broke her maiden Saturday at Laurel Park in her first try on the lawn.
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Limited View: “Putting it all together,” cruises in Marshua Stakes
The fleet, flighty LImited View was on good behavior today and cruised to win the Marshua Stakes at Laurel Park.
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Md. Million: Juarez completes hat trick as Bonus Points surges to victory
Young jockey Nik Jaurez won three races — topped by Bonus Points taking the Maryland Million Classic — on his return home today.
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Maryland to increase state-sired maiden bonus
Breeders of horses bred and sired in Maryland that break their maidens in-state will receiv a 50 percent bonus, starting with the Laurel Park fall meet.
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Analysis: Box-checkers and buybacks at Fasig-Tipton Mixed
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.”
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Fasig-Tipton Mixed Sale inches up from ’16
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.
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Some hips to watch at Fasig-Tipton yearling sale
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.
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