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The 55th Washington Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association Summer Sale will take place on Tuesday, Aug. 23, starting at 1 p.m., one hour earlier than in recent years.

Unbeaten Tyler’s Tribe made quick work of his five overmatched rivals Saturday evening in a tour de force, gate-to-wire romp in the $70,000 Iowa Stallion Futurity at Prairie Meadows.

A total of 212 yearlings made the catalog for the 2022 Texas Summer Yearling Sale, presented by the Texas Thoroughbred Association and Lone Star Park. The sale will be held on Aug. 29 at the sales pavilion at Lone Star Park in Grand Prairie, Texas.

The current crop of sires with their first runners at the racecourse this year now include five freshmen sires located in Kentucky or Florida who have already been represented by a stakes winner: Justify (by Scat Daddy), Sharp Azteca (Freud), Good Magic (Curlin), Girvin (Tale of Ekati), and Free Drop Billy (Union Rags).

A total of 11 juveniles breezed an eighth of a mile in :10 flat on Thursday to tie for the fastest time at the distance for the third and final under-tack session for the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale.

Any summary of how NY-breds fared in graded stakes in 2020 has to begin with Tiz the Law, the Constitution colt who captured the imagination of racing fans across the country while sweeping the Florida Derby, Belmont and Travers. Although he was unable to reel in Authentic in the Kentucky Derby, a victory in the Breeders’ Cup Classic would still have made Tiz the Law the favorite for both the 3-year-old championship and 2020 Horse of the Year. Alas, it was not to be. Perhaps because the lo...