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 defies what appears to be a stamina-laden pedigree.
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.
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 $100,845,000 in 2025.
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 historic session and what it means for the market.
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 result was a home run for the family stable.
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 Saratoga Sale.
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 center.
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 Sale.
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 (Hip 124) sells for $1.5 million.