Judy Hicks accepts the TOBA Broodmare of the Year honor for Sataves during the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association awards dinner Sept. 6 at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky in Lexington.

Mike Marsico, of Marsico Brothers Racing, accepts the Claiming Crown Horse of the Year honor for Like a Saltshaker during the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders Association awards Sept. 6 at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky in Lexington.

Maiden Watch: Week of Sept. 1-7

Book 2 of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale opens Sept. 10, and the session includes full siblings to 2022 champion 3-year-old male Epicenter and 2023 champion turf male Up to the Mark, plus a half to grade 1-winning sprinter Drain the Clock.

Mike Marsico, of Marsico Brothers Racing, accepts the Claiming Crown Horse of the Year honor for Like a Saltshaker during the Thoroughbred Owners and Breeders’ Association awards Sept. 6 at Fasig-Tipton Kentucky in Lexington.

After a post-race finding for a controlled substance, the Horseracing Integrity and Welfare Unit has suspended Southern California-based trainer George Papaprodromou and disqualified filly Sneaker from a May stakes win at Santa Anita Park.

A rundown compiled by America’s Best Racing of this week’s TV, streaming, and radio horse racing coverage.

A $1.7 million colt (Hip 211) consigned by Taylor Made Sales tops two seven-figure yearlings by leading sire Not This Time that sold within the first 20 hips offered during the second session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale Sept. 9.

Trainer Wesley Ward went to $2.2 million for a Gun Runner colt and full brother to 2022 Preakness Stakes (G1) winner Early Voting during the Sept. 9 second session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale. The colt was bred by Three Chimneys Farm.

Porter on Pedigrees