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There was certainly anticipation as a Gun Runner colt out of America stepped into the ring Monday at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga selected yearling sale. But could anyone have expected him to sell for $2.7 million, topping a flurry of seven-figure offerings during the opening session of this boutique sale?
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On an otherwise chalky card featuring five stakes, Run Rudolf pulled off an upset in the British Columbia Cup Classic at odds of 7-1, holding off runner-up What’s Shakin by 1 1/4 lengths in the $50,000, 1 1/16-mile race for horses ages 3 and up.
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It was a record-setting Industry Day on Monday at Grand River Raceway as the Canadian standards for a 2-year-old pacing colt, a rookie pacing filly and a 3-year-old gelding pacer on a five-eighths-mile track were all broken.
Shes A Streaker chopped a fifth of a second off the Monticello Raceway track record for a 3-year-old filly pacer when she won Monday's $121,800 New York Sire Stakes event in 1:52 2/5 for driver Tyler Buter and trainer Ron Burke.
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Bring Theband Home, who backed up his victory in the Harvey Pack Stakes here last month with another solid effort winning Sunday's Grade 3 Troy Stakes, will make one more start before the Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint.
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The stewards suspended jockey Flavien Prat three days for his ride on Zulu Kingdom in last Friday's Grade 2, $400,000 National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame Stakes.
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Thorpedo Anna, the reigning Horse of the Year, had her second work at Saratoga since arriving here last month – only this time she got a little more serious.
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Mystik Dan, the 2024 Kentucky Derby winner, will make his first start on turf a little earlier than anticipated as he was entered to run in Saturday's Grade 1, $1 million Arlington Million at Colonial Downs.
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After a rough opening week, business at Saratoga has bounced back in a significant way to narrow the deficit through the first four weeks of the eight-week meet.
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How does it feel for Spendthrift Farm general manager Ned Toffey to have a maiden winner at Saratoga named for him – sort of?
