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TIMONIUM, MD - Camille Booker, who first made her presence known in the Thoroughbred industry as a bidspotter at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May sale in 2023, became the first woman to auctioneer for the sales company when she took to the rostrum Tuesday at the Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale in Timonium. While it may have been a first for Fasig-Tipton, it was far from a first sale for Booker, a third-generation auctioneer from Washington. "It was fun. It was great," Booker said in between stints on the stand Tuesday. "I...

220 yearlings have been catalogued to the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings sale, the company announced Tuesday. The sale will be held  Tuesday, September 30 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Maryland beginning at 11 am. "Yearlings from the Midlantic region are well raised and that translates to results on the racetrack," said Paget Bennett, Midlantic Director of Sales. "With 55 stakes wins or placings throughout the country so far this year, Midlantic Fall continues to produce quality racehorses that can take you to the winners circle on a national...

A Great Notion colt owned by Ann Merryman was selected as grand champion at the 91st annual MHBA Yearling Show at the Timonium Fairgrounds June 29. The show's champion is out of Sista, a winning Two Punch mare Merryman co-bred and trained, then retired to her broodmare band. Sista is the dam of four named foals, including Maryland Million Sprint Turf winner Fiya, who Merryman sold the 3-year-old gelding for $400,000 at the Wanamaker's sale in 2020. The son of Great Notion took the blue ribbon in the first class...

TIMONIUM, MD - The under-tack show for the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, delayed a day and an hour by rain storms, opened under gray skies and an intermittent drizzle Wednesday at the Maryland State Fairgrounds as seven juveniles splashed down the lane in co-fastest :10 1/5 furlong breezes. First to hit the :10 1/5 time was a colt by Tiz the Law (hip 189), who worked early in the second of the day's seven sets. Consigned by Wavertree Stables, the bay is out of stakes-placed Janis's Joy...

Dave Rodman, announcer at Maryland's racetracks since 1991, has been named recipient of a Special Award of Merit for his contributions and positive impact on the racing industry. Rodman will be presented with the award at the May 15 Alibi Breakfast at Pimlico Race Course. A native of New Orleans, Rodman worked as a deejay at various radio stations before calling his first race at Jefferson Downs in 1981. He moved to Louisiana Downs in 1985 before becoming the track announcer for the Maryland Jockey Club, calling races at Pimlico,...

The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May Two-Year-Olds In-Training sale has supplemented an additional 36 entries to the catalogue, highlighted by a Gun Runner half-brother to multiple champion MGISW Monomoy Girl (Tapizar). The May 15 colt, consigned by Hoppel LLC as agent, counts not only the GI Breeders' Cup Distaff heroine as a half-sister but GSW Mr. Monomoy (Palace Malice) as a half-brother as well. Their dam has produced six winners from seven to the races. The Florida-bred is set to go as HIP 559. Juveniles by major stallions like Constitution, Maxfield, Munnings,...

How did we get hooked on this sport? We all have stories about how our love affair developed and blossomed. The TDN will be reaching out to numerous notable people in the industry to get their stories to find out how they got hooked and stayed hooked on the sport. Larry Collmus, racecaller It really started for me at Timonium, where my father put in the sound system. I would work for him in the summers, monitoring the sound in the grandstand while he was monitoring all the fair exhibits...

Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 274 yearlings to its Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale, to be held on Tuesday, Oct. 1 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Maryland. The sale will begin at 11 am. "Midlantic Fall graduates have notched nearly 60 stakes wins or placings in 2024 alone, including a bevy of quality graded stakes winners," said Paget Bennett, Midlantic Director of Sales. "Yearlings from the Midlantic region are well raised and their results on the racetrack bear that out year-after-year." The front cover of this year's catalogue features recent graded...

Three horses, all Grade I winners, have been selected for induction into the Maryland Thoroughbred Hall of Fame in 2024: Alma North, Richard's Kid, and Shine Again. A committee of Maryland racing industry members coordinated by the Maryland Horse Breeders Association and Maryland Racing Media Association were responsible for the vote. The newest inductees will be celebrated during a ceremony after the fourth race on opening day of the Timonium race meet on Friday, Aug. 23. "This year's inductees are indicative of the reach of our great Maryland-bred horses and...

TIMONIUM, MD - The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale concluded its two-day run at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium Tuesday with a lively session of bidding led by a $1.25-million daughter of Bolt d'Oro. Through two sessions, 343 horses sold for $32,766,500. The average of $95,485--up 2.9% from a year ago--just ticked up from the sale's previous record average of $95,391 set in 2022, while the median of $50,000 tied the sale record set in 2021 and equaled again in 2023. "I thought we had two very...

TIMONIUM, MD - The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale opened with a steady session which gained steam throughout the day Monday at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium. "It was a very good start to the May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning, Jr. "The results were basically identical to last year, from a statistical standpoint. We were very encouraged." A total of 142 horses sold Monday for a gross of $13,162,000. Monday's average was $92,690, and the median was $48,500. Monday's figures where on...

Fasig-Tipton has catalogued 148 entries for the main catalogue of the Midlantic December Mixed Sale, to be held starting at 11 a.m. on Tuesday, December 5 at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, the auction house said in a release Thursday. "This is an important sale for the Midlantic region," said Midlantic Director of Sales Paget Bennett. "There are several quality producers catalogued, as well as weanlings from a variety of state-bred programs by both leading national and regional sires." The main catalogue consists of broodmares, broodmare prospects, weanlings and...