Kenilworth Racecourse will host the first leg of the South African Triple Crown Dec. 16, when a strong field of 3-year-olds takes to the track for the Forus Cape Guineas (G1) in Cape Town, South Africa.
This year's Breeders' Cup, being held at Del Mar for the first time Nov. 3-4, looks poised to be a vintage renewal, with heavyweight runners from across the globe slated to step into the starting gate to contest their division's championship race.
Eight turf sprinters will contest the 2017 Play the King Stakes (G2T) at Woodbine Aug. 19.
Cairo Prince and Will Take Charge took the top two spots among first-crop yearling sires at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred preferred sale Aug. 12-13
Ron Blake and Hanzly Albina's consignment sold two fillies for $1.075 million at the Saratoga yearling sale. A third filly, by Pioneerof the Nile, failed to meet its reserve after being bid to $385,000.
Owner/breeder Bob Lothenbach bought five yearlings for $1.415 million. Three of his purchases are colts by More Than Ready, the sire of his multiple stakes winner Sonic Boom.
Fireworks lit up the sales ring during the Aug. 8 session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale, with big prices from progeny of several different sires.
Two colts from Scat Daddy's final crop brought bids of $300,000 each during the Aug. 8 second session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale. Coolmore's M. V. Magnier was listed as the buyer on the ticket for both colts.
Darley's Medaglia d'Oro led by average during the first night of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling sale Aug. 7, with two horses out of the three offered selling for an average of $725,000.
War Front's progeny continue to reinforce their sire's status among the world's top stallions on the racetrack this year, and three of his yearlings look to underline his status as a force in the sales ring at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling sale.
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Seven youngsters entered in the upcoming Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale carry the distinction of being out of grade 1-winning mares.
Taylor Made Sales Agency offers the lone Maclean's Music yearling at this year's Fasig-Tipton Saratoga select sale.
Gerry Dilger brings a small consignment to this year's Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale through his Dromoland Farm—but he does not lack in firepower.
Bronx Beauty, who made her second start off a maiden win at Penn National for trainer Anthony Margotta Jr. and owner Two W Stable, made a bold run to conquer a six-horse field of juvenile fillies in the Colleen Stakes at Monmouth Park Aug. 5.
Can the Man and Noble Mission each have one yearling cataloged. Cairo Prince, Fed Biz, Strong Mandate, and Verrazano all have two on offer, while Will Take Charge leads the way with 10.
Top international sire Galileo reached a new milestone Aug. 5, when To Eternity won the British Stallion Studs EBF Chalice Stakes at Newmarket to bring the stallion's black-type stakes winner tally to 250.
