What’s next for Classic champion Gun Runner?

A strong middle market again bolstered sales figures for the September Yearling sale at Keeneland on Tuesday. There were 286 horses sold Tuesday for a total gross of $15.97 million, a 5.6 percent increase over the same session last year. Overall sales figures continue to lag behind last year. Just past the midpoint of the sale, 1,983 yearlings have been sold for $340 million, down 6.9 percent from a…

Maryfield nosed out Baroness Thatcher on Sunday to win the $250,000 Ballerina Stakes and get her first Grade 1 victory at Saratoga Race Course. Mayfield had not won a race since November 2006, when she took the Very Subtle stakes at Churchill Downs. She now has eight wins from 27 starts for trainer Doug O’Neill.

Don’t look for especially fast pace in Preakness

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