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Saratoga Sale 2012: Starlight Racing

Esther Marr talks with Starlight Racing's Frankie Brothers and Jack Wolf

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Saratoga Sale 2012: Day 1 Wrap

Esther Marr recaps day 1 of the Saratoga Yearling Sale.

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Saratoga Sale 2012: Galileo Yearlings

Esther Marr talks with Tom VanMeter of VanMeter Sales and Pat Costello of Paramount Sales about their Galileo yearlings.

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Saratoga Sale 2012: Mark Taylor

Esther Marr asks Mark Taylor of Taylor Made Sales about his optimism in the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Yearling Sale.

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F-T Racing Festival Set for Saratoga

Fasig-Tipton Company and the New York Racing Association (NYRA) are teaming up to develop the inaugural Fasig-Tipton Festival of Racing at Saratoga Race Course The festival will be held the second weekend of the Saratoga racing season, Aug. 8 and 9, and will precede the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select yearling auction Aug. 10 and 11.

Pinhooking: Taking Risks at Saratoga

If buying and selling horses is a risky venture, those taking the most risks year-in and year-out are pinhookers primarily looking for horses to resell at a profit.

Fasig-Tipton's Kentucky, Saratoga Sale Dates Unchanged

Three days after rival Keeneland announced a one-year hiatus for its select yearling sale in July due to the effects of mare reproductive loss syndrome on the pool of early maturing foals of 2002, Fasig-Tipton Company said it was sticking to its traditional sale dates for Lexington in July and Saratoga Springs, N.Y., in August.

Prices Down Sharply at Saratoga's Second Session; Forestry Brother Bought Back for $3.8 Million

Wednesday night's Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale ended not with a bang but a whimper, as the highly anticipated Storm Cat colt--the last yearling through the ring--was bought back by consignor Robert Evans for $3.8 million.

Saratoga Sale's Opening Session Fails To Keep Pace With Last Year

The Saratoga select yearling sale got off to a lackluster start on Tuesday night in New York. The number sold, gross revenue, average price, and median price all were down from last year's comparable session, and the buy-back rate was up significantly.

Saratoga Yearling Sale Loses Top Prospect

The Saratoga select yearling sale has lost one of its top prospects, it was learned Thursday. Bill Casner and Kenny Troutt have scratched the bay Storm Cat colt that they bred in the name of their WinStar Farm near Versailles, Ky.

Fasig-Tipton Officials Hoping For Solid Saratoga Sale

The Saratoga select yearling sale has enjoyed one of the most impressive business upswings in the Thoroughbred auction business.But the fireworks at the top of the market might not be as spectacular this year.

TVG To Cover Saratoga Yearling Sale Live

TVG will offer live coverage of the Saratoga select yearling sale.

One of Top Prospects Withdrawn from Saratoga Sale

The Saratoga select yearling sale has lost one of its top prospects, it was learned Thursday.

Saratoga Sale on Record Pace; Saudi Poetry's Full Brother Brings $3.3 Million

Fasig-Tipton's Saratoga yearling sale is on pace to break last year's all-time record average price of $305,847, defying the conventional wisdom that many observers took into this year's start of the yearling sale season in July. Wednesday's numbers were up 70% from the second night session's gross in 2000, the average was up 56%, and the median 29%.

Stone Farm To Offer Its First Saratoga Consignment

Arthur B. Hancock III's Stone Farm will offer its first consignment ever at Fasig-Tipton's Saratoga select yearling sale, which is scheduled to begin on Aug. 7 . It will be only the second time that a farm owned by the Hancock family has consigned horses to the auction since the early 1940s.

Storm Cat Colt Tops Second Saratoga Session

A colt by Storm Cat produced from the Alydar mare Beacci was purchased by Irish bloodstock agent Demi O’Byrne for $775,000 to top Wednesday’s second session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select summer yearling sale