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The Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling Sale might not feature the largest catalog of the major North American auctions, but for weanling-to-yearling pinhookers, making the catalog in upstate New York can mean a big payday.

The former Arlington Park "International Festival of Racing," featuring the Grade I Arlington Million, runs Saturday at Colonial Downs with almost no international runners.

Keeneland’s 80th annual September Yearling Sale, a globally essential marketplace for Thoroughbred racing prospects, has cataloged 4,194 horses for a total of 12 sessions to be held Monday, Sept. 11 through Saturday, Sept. 23.

OGMA Investments, Ramiro Restrepo, Sterling Racing and CMNWLTH’s Kentucky Derby (G1) winner Mage breezed five furlongs in 1:01.03 Saturday on the main track at Saratoga in preparation for the $1.25-million Travers (G1) on August 26.

One of the fastest-growing segments of the Thoroughbred auction market is the weanling-to-yearling pinhook market, which regularly produces some of the biggest hammer prices of the yearling season.

Four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown will send out three top contenders in Appraise, Mischievous Angel and Carl Spackler

SARATOGA SPRINGS — Mage’s trainer Gustavo Delgado, Sr. grinned Saturday morning and refused to divulge how he cooks his Wagyu steaks.“You can’t give away too many secrets in the kitchen,” he said.“Puma-style,” Mage co–owner Ramiro Restrepo said with a laugh, referring to the trainer’s nickname.Delga

When Credibility Matters

Now a winner in three of his four starts, Geaux Rocket Ride was bred in Kentucky by Larry Best’s OXO Equine LLC and is the second foal from his dam, Beyond Grace (Uncle Mo). The dam was bred in Kentucky by Machmer Hall, which sold the filly as a foal at the 2015 Keeneland November sale for $50,000 to Nitiosagan Farm.

“She’s doing well and it would be good to see her have some success around two turns, especially on the road, so we’ll see how that goes.”