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Fasig-Tipton's sales grounds in Saratoga Springs, NY, will be available for August Digital Horses of Racing Age sellers who wish to use the facility to show their consignments to prospective buyers, the auction company announced on Tuesday. "The July Selected Horses of Racing Age sale illustrated the strength of the current marketplace for active racehorses, and we want to offer sellers another avenue by which to showcase their consignment towards the end of the Saratoga meet," Leif Aaron, Fasig-Tipton's Director of Digital Sales, said. "Top trainers and owners from across...

Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 364 entries for its New York Bred Yearlings Sale, scheduled for Sunday and Monday, Aug. 13 and 14, in the Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion in Saratoga Springs, New York, the auction house said in a release Friday morning. The Sunday session will begin at 7 p.m. ET, and the Monday session will begin at noon ET. Hips 301-400 will be offered on Sunday, while hips 401-664 will go through the ring on Monday. "Our catalogue has grown substantially this year, while our quality has remained high," said...

Former MLB player Chris Carpenter will be on-hand at an exclusive pre-sale event in Saratoga Springs Wednesday, July 12, where attendees will have the opportunity to obtain autographed copies of his children's book, "The Long Shot." "The Long Shot" is a tale of perseverance and hope, inspired by the true story of a racehorse named Benbang. Each copy sold contributes to the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation (TRF), a nonprofit organization dedicated to providing sanctuary and rehabilitation for retired racehorses. The autograph session will take place at 56 Union Avenue (on the...

Michael Lopez, senior director of Data and Analytics for the National Football League, will be the keynote speaker for the 71st Annual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing, The Jockey Club announced today. The conference will be held at the Saratoga Springs City Center in Saratoga Springs, New York, on Thursday, Aug. 3, at 10 a.m. ET. Chairman Stuart S. Janney III will preside over the conference and give insights on activities of The Jockey Club and the future of the sport. Lopez will discuss how data is...

Arrests have been made and one fugitive is still at large in the recent cracking of an alleged theft network that targeted sporting museums between 1999 and 2019. Included in the crime spree was the 2013 smash-and-grab heist of five trophies worth an estimated $400,000 from the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, New York. According to the felony indictment, there appears to be no hope for recovering the looted trophies, three of which were solid gold, and one of which was the 1903 Belmont...

The Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association outlined the Saratoga Educational Seminar, set for Aug. 17-18. The seminar is among a calendar of events featuring various topics for prospective, new, and established Thoroughbred owners and breeders. The 2023 seminars are listed below: June 23-24 - Woodbine - Toronto, Canada July 27-28 - Del Mar Thoroughbred Club-Del Mar, California Aug. 17-18 - Saratoga-Saratoga Springs, New York Oct. 23 - Lexington, Kentucky Details for each seminar will be announced closer to the event. Seminars for this year will cover topics pertaining to both...

The agenda has been released for the 2023 Racing and Gaming Conference at Saratoga, to be held Aug. 14-16, 2023, at the Saratoga Hilton in Saratoga Springs, NY. The conference annually brings together industry decision-makers, stakeholders and racing and gaming patrons to analyze trends in horse racing both locally and nationally and offers participants the opportunity to share ideas and discuss issues critical to the business. A cocktail reception welcomes guests to the conference the evening of Monday, Aug. 14, and sessions begin at 9 a.m. the following morning, the...

Noted equine surgeon Dr. Larry Bramlage will be presented with the Dinny Phipps Award, the Grayson-Jockey Club Research Foundation said in a release Wednesday. Created in 2017, the award will be presented at a dinner hosted by the chairman of The Jockey Club, Stuart S. Janney III, in Saratoga Springs, New York, the week of the Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing, which is scheduled for Thursday, Aug. 3. "This is especially meaningful for me based on who it is named after," Dr. Bramlage said. "The Phipps family...

This year's The Jockey Club's 71st Annual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing will be held on Thursdsay, Aug. 3, a departure from its traditional position on a Sunday. The two-hour conference will begin at 10:00 a.m EDT at the Saratoga Springs City Center in Saratoga Springs, NY. The conference will also be streamed on The Jockey Club's website and Facebook page.

The National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame in Saratoga Springs, NY has named Jessica Cloer as Museum Curator and Matt Reichel as Museum Educator. Cloer comes to the Museum with more than a decade of experience working in museums. Since 2013, Cloer has been a registrar at the George H. W. Bush Presidential Library and Museum at Texas A&M University, Harvard Art Museums in Cambridge, Mass., Rose Art Museum at Brandeis University in Waltham, Mass., and the Stanley Museum of Art at the University of Iowa. Reichel worked...

Edited Press Release The Jockey Club released the agenda for its Annual Round Table Conference on Matters Pertaining to Racing, which will be held as an in-person event for the first time since 2019 and hosted for the first time at the Saratoga Springs City Center in Saratoga Springs, New York. Scheduled for Sunday, Aug. 14, at 10 a.m. ET, the conference will also be streamed on The Jockey Club's website, www.jockeyclub.com, and Facebook page, facebook.com/USJockeyClub. Chairman Stuart S. Janney III will preside over the conference. As the keynote speaker,...

Amplify Horse Racing, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit dedicated to promoting education and careers in the Thoroughbred industry, has announced the opening of registration for behind-the-scenes educational tours at Saratoga Race Course for youth and young adults, along with additional programming throughout the month of August in Saratoga Springs, NY. On Monday, August 1 from 5:30-7:30 p.m., community members, racing fans and industry employees are invited to the National Museum of Racing and Hall of Fame to attend "Amplifying the Future of Racing," a presentation about education, workforce and international opportunities in...