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Locked survived a deep stretch battle to win the Grade 1 Breeders' Futurity at Keeneland and earn an automatic berth to the Breeders' Cup.

It was Book 2 of the 2018 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, and Dunne had just signed the ticket on Hip 1272, a Liam's Map colt, for $50,000 under his Waves Bloodstock banner. Before the horse went through the ring, he'd valued him at several times more than that.

The Fasig-Tipton August Digital Sale closed Tuesday afternoon with 84 horses sold for $2,074,700. Offerings included breeding stock, horses of racing age, and yearlings. A pair of active race fillies shared top billing, while the gross and number of registered bidders established new records for the Digital platform. 

Victory in the Grade 3 Adirondack Stakes at Saratoga made the daughter of Outwork (by Uncle Mo) a second graded stakes winner for her sire, who won the G1 Wood Memorial in a brief racing career, winning three of his five starts.

A trio of North American-born stallions will stand the 2023 Southern Hemisphere breeding season in Uruguay.

Hip No. 431, a daughter of OBS graduate Kantharos consigned by Cruzin’ Thoroughbreds breezed an eighth in :9 4/5 to post the fastest work at the distance at the third session of the Under Tack Show for Ocala Breeders’ Sales Company’s 2023 June Sale of 2-Year-Olds in Training and Horses of Racing Age.

Aside from operations like Ocala Stud where it's baked into their strategy, seeing a homebred on offer at a 2-year-old sale is quite uncommon. Carrying a horse along for that length of time in the hopes that they'll end up being an appealing lot for an ever-more scrutinizing juvenile market is a risk most breeders don't want to take unless they have to.

As the countdown to Saturday’s 149th Kentucky Derby (G1) intensifies, all eyes are on the early favorite Forte, last year’s 2-Year-Old Eclipse Champion

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A daughter of Good Magic consigned by Tom McCrocklin, Agent, sped a quarter in :20 3/5 to post the session’s fastest time at the distance. The chestnut filly, Hip 1112, is out of the Tiznow mare Tiz Heavenly, a daughter of graded stakes-winning OBS graduate Tasha’s Miracle.