Meredith Krupp already loves Saratoga Springs, N.Y. She loves the town itself; she loves the enthusiasm of the people at the races, and she loves how fully the track is integrated into the community. The evening of Aug. 10 may give her yet another reason to love the upstate New York racing mecca: a horse…
Late on Thursday afternoon, Dark Hollow Farm’s David Hayden got a call from an unknown number, a call he nearly didn’t pick up. “It was the gas and electric company,” he said with amused incredulity. “They were telling me to be prepared for a huge storm.” The storm that initiated the unprecedented preemptive warning is…
In what could be an indicator of the strength of the market for New York-breds, a first-time buyer at the Fasig-Tipton New York-bred yearling sale made his first dive a deep one by purchasing the session-topper for $250,000. French bloodstock agent Hubert A. Guy, who has offices in California and shops at both domestic and…
Following a wildly successful Thoroughbred yearling sale at Keeneland in Lexington, Kentucky last month, the English auction company Tattersalls is hoping for similar exuberance at its yearling sale this week. As was the case here, the European market for expensive racehorses took a hit over the last five years, but a combination of factors, not…
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