Our Moneyman

LEXINGTON, KY - The Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearlings Sale recorded both its highest-ever average and median Tuesday in Lexington and was followed immediately by the company's July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale, which set records of its own when multiple graded-placed Our Moneyman (Mr. Money) sold for $2 million to KAS Stables. In all, 146 yearlings grossed $16,981,000 during the first yearling sale of the season. The average was a sale record $116,308 and up 7.8% from the 2025 figure of $107,872, while the median was $92,500--up 2.8% from...

Our Moneyman (Mr. Money) (hip 365), a hard-charging second in Saturday's GIII Indiana Derby, topped the Fasig-Tipton July Select Horses of Racing Age Sale on a final bid of $2,000,000. Purchased Tuesday by Pedro Lanz, the 3-year-old was consigned by Hunter Valley Farm as agent for owner/breeder Allied Racing Stable (Chester Thomas) who also raced the colt's sire. "Well, we just made bets back here in the back ring before we came in and I said he'd bring $1.85-million," said Thomas. "My lovely wife Jennifer said he'd bring two million....

The atmosphere around Newtown Paddocks was bubbling over the weekend as the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearling Sale prepares to get underway Tuesday in Lexington. A select group of 238 catalogued yearlings, including the much-anticipated first crop by several freshman sires, leads the action at 10 a.m. and will be followed directly after by a further 64 hips highlighted in the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale. "[This sale] is kind of like opening day," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning. "It's kick off season. It's the beginning of a...

GIII Indiana Derby runner-up Our Moneyman (Mr. Money) has been catalogued to the Fasig-Tipton Selected Horses of Racing Age sale as HIP 365, and will go through the ring Tuesday, July 14 in Lexington, the auction house announced Sunday afternoon. Coming off a career-high 95 Beyer after coming a neck short of victory in Saturday's Indiana Derby, the son of Mr. Money has improved on paper for the third start in a row and had been facing salty company in his prior jumps, namely the likes of Further Ado (Gun...

It's a tall order to go from a maiden sprint to a two-turn graded race, but Wathnan Racing's Leading Change (c, 3, Gun Runner--Starship Warpspeed, by Congrats) did it with aplomb, staying unbeaten with a score in Saturday's GIII Indiana Derby at Horseshoe Indianapolis. "He's a nice colt that's lightly raced, just had the one run," said winning trainer Brad Cox. "Big ask here today. It was definitely a bit of an unknown with going straight from a maiden race to a Grade III for a 3-year-old, running against seasoned...

Spendthrift Farm's Further Ado (Gun Runner), last seen finishing a disappointing 11th as the favorite in the GI Kentucky Derby, got some consolation under the Twin Spires with an authoritative victory in the GIII Matt Winn Stakes at Churchill Downs Sunday. Sent off the 3-5 favorite, Further Ado broke sharply and tracked pacesetting Pavlovian (Pavel) through a moderate quarter in :23.69 and a quickened half in :46.69. Further Ado coasted easily to the lead midway on the far turn and turned for home two lengths in front through three-quarters in...