Bloodstock agent Donato Lanni, flanked by owner Amr Zedan and trainer Bob Baffert, nailed the first seven-figure yearling to sell at this year’s Fasig-Tipton’s The Saratoga Sale Aug. 10.

Hip 78 and 91 became the seventh and eighth seven-figure yearling colts in the opening session of Fasig-Tipton’s The Saratoga Sale.

HISA plans to investigate multiple horses and races following concerns raised on social media about some dramatic form turnarounds along with some odd betting patterns in several races Aug. 9 at Saratoga Race Course and Monmouth Park.

The strapping bay colt (Hip 83) by Nyquist rose quickly into seven-figure territory, with each early bid jumping by $100,000 increments. Soon the colt owned the top price of $3.2 million during the opening session of Fasig-Tipton’s The Saratoga Sale.

The Gun Runner colt (Hip 78) out of the grade 1-placed Shook Up was purchased by trainer Wesley Ward and becomes the seventh seven-figure yearling at that point in the opening session of Fasig-Tipton’s The Saratoga Sale.

Scott Mallory sold his first million-dollar yearling Aug. 10 when Hip 40, a Determined Stud-bred daughter of Candy Ride, sold for $1,075,000 to Legion Bloodstock and Gracie Bloodstock at Fasig-Tipton’s The Saratoga Sale.

The Curlin colt (Hip 19) consigned by Hill ‘n’ Dale at Xalapa is the first seven-figure purchase on opening day of Fasig-Tipton’s The Saratoga Sale.

As prediction market platforms continue to proliferate in the United States, a prominent expert on gaming law believes racing’s pari-mutuel betting is better protected than those other forms of gaming.

Godolphin and the John and Thady Gosden stable’s Ombudsman, who is set to chase his sixth group 1 victory in next week’s International Stakes (G1), is the flagbearer among purchases from Book 2, for which this year’s catalog was released Aug. 10.

According to an Aug. 10 social media post on X from White Abarrio’s co-owners, Clint and Mark Cornett of C2 Racing Stable, the 7-year-old son of Race Day has been retired from racing.