Dollars & Sense with Frank Angst

BH Interview: Boyd Browning Jr.

A trio of high-rolling buyers clashed over the Blue Point half brother to Bay City Roller during the early stages of the Goffs Orby Sale Sept. 29, with the hammer eventually falling at €675,000 to Stewart’s Resolute Bloodstock.

Fasig-Tipton’s Midlantic Fall Yearling Sale, held at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, saw a healthy amount of prospective buyers on the grounds over the weekend. The one-day sale begins Sept. 30 at 11:00 a.m. ET.

Tommy Jo and Percy’s Bar last out finished 1-2 in the Spinaway Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course. They are the only stakes winners in the six-horse field for the Oct. 3 Alcibiades Stakes (G1) going 1 1/16 miles at Keeneland.

Thoroughbred Aftercare Alliance has received $250,000 of annual funding from the Commonwealth of Kentucky. The funding will go directly to accredited aftercare facilities in Kentucky.

After securing runner-up honors in the past two editions of the Phoenix Stakes (G2), Nakatomi will try to land top honors when he starts in the six-furlong sprint Oct. 3 at Keeneland.

On the Sept. 29 episode of BloodHorse Monday, Kenny McPeek discusses Mystik Dan’s Lukas Classic (G2) win and Thorpedo Anna’s upcoming start in the Spinster Stakes (G1) at Keeneland Oct. 5. Bob Ehalt recaps weekend racing in New York.

After his father, Carlo, has continued his strong opposition to decoupling, Gulfstream Park informed first-year trainer Nick Vaccarezza that they will not accept his entries.

The Oct. 7 sale session will offer Hips 1-230, plus supplements Hips 231 – 258. The Oct. 8 session will sell Hips 301-530 along with supplements Hips 531-551. Sessions begin at noon ET each day.