SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. -- We're picking up the pace at the great race place. Sales tomorrow, Fasig-Tipton rolling out the red carpet for bloodstock agents, owners, and trainers in from all nooks and crannies of the world. The search for the next great runner continues.
It's a swirl of parties, pinhooking, and pedigrees that kicks off tomorrow with Fasig's select sale. This is big business, an elite level; thank you very much, sir, for shopping with us, we hope your $2.5 million colt is a winner, yes we do.
You can feel the edge, the expectation. There's a keenness in the air, the crowd of racegoers bulked up by horsemen who pop over between tours of barns at the sales grounds. Programs mix with catalogs. We talk hip numbers and post positions. We're ready to roll.
First, the features. Game Face takes the Honorable Miss. Fabulous Strike does his job in the Alfred G. Vanderbilt. Second win in a row for her off the Grade 1 Princess Rooney Handicap, second consecutive for him off the Grade 2 True North.
Tomorrow, a ringside seat as the biggest players in the industry vie for the biggest, best horses around. Tuesday, more of the same, topped by Rachel Alexandra's work at the Oklahoma oval. Hall of Fame ceremonies coming up this weekend too.
Today's just a rainy Sunday. The rest of the week? Not as quiet.
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