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Explora Loves to Sprint, Her Family is Rich in Stamina
In this week's Porter on Pedigrees, Explora is victorious in back-to-back races for the first time after winning the Test Stakes at Saratoga Race Course. She is best as a sprinter, an aptitude that de...

Podcast Playback: Quotes of Interest From Aug. 5-11
Maryland Gov. Wes Moore weighs in on the Triple Crown, Tom Ryan discusses a new idea for the Belmont Stakes (G1), and Hugo Palmer talks about plans for Glacius, his first North American winner....

F-T Saratoga Sale Shatters All Records With $118M Gross
At the end of trade Aug. 11, 152 yearlings had changed hands for $118,215,000, including private sales. The boutique auction followed up its first $100 million auction with a 17% gross increase from $...

LNJ Foxwoods Sells at Fasig-Tipton for First Time
A prolific presence at yearling sales as buyers for years, LNJ Foxwoods made some headlines this year for a different reason: It was represented by its first offering at The Saratoga Sale, and the res...

A Record-Breaking F-T Saratoga Sale
Night 2 of the Saratoga Sale delivered a record-breaking evening, led by a powerhouse group of Into Mischief yearlings. Hear from Fasig-Tipton president and CEO Boyd Browning Jr. as he recaps the hist...

Heartwood Farm Makes Stellar Debut at F-T Saratoga Sale
Heartwood Farm kept the Into Mischief express rolling after it sold Hip 136, a full brother to multiple graded stakes winner Barnes, for $4.2 million early in the second session of Fasig-Tipton's The ...

Elloree Training Center's Franklin Smith Sr. Dies at 82
Franklin Smith Sr. founded the Elloree Training Center in 1976, developing a nationally renowned site for breaking and training young Thoroughbreds. He also ran a small breeding operation at the cente...

Full Brother to Barnes Sells for $4.2M at Saratoga
Heartwood Farm kept the Into Mischief express rolling after it sold a full brother to multiple graded stakes winner Barnes for $4.2 million early in the second session of Fasig-Tipton's The Saratoga S...

Two Into Mischief Yearlings Go Early for Combined $4.1M
Multiple leading sire Into Mischief had two yearlings roar into seven-figure territory eight hips into Day 2 of Fasig-Tipton's The Saratoga Sale. A colt (Hip 121) sells for $2.6 million, while a filly...

Panel Talks Ownership Economics at Saratoga Conference
Participating on a panel that outlined many challenges for today's Thoroughbred owner, Jack Knowlton, managing partner of Sackatoga Stable, used something of an apologetic tone in acknowledging that h...

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