Blood-Horse

Eyes were drawn to the purchase of Red Route One for $550,000, the second-highest purchase of the July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale.

Fasig-Tipton saved its most explosive fireworks for the final horse through the sales ring on July 8 when bloodstock agent Mahmud Mouni secured Bashford Manor Stakes winner Romeo for $1.7 million during The July Selected Horses of Racing Age Sale.

The National Thoroughbred Racing Association announced July 8 its support for the bipartisan Fair Accounting for Income Realized from Betting Earnings Taxation Act.

A week and a half removed from his victory in the June 28 Stephen Foster Stakes (G1) at Churchill Downs over Sierra Leone and Mystik Dan, Mindframe remains No. 1 in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll for the second consecutive week.

Maiden Watch: Week of June 30-July 6

Journalism, winner of the Preakness Stakes (G1) and runner-up in the Kentucky Derby (G1) and Belmont Stakes (G1) will make his next start in the July 19 Haskell Stakes (G1) at Monmouth Park if all goes well over the coming days. 

Jack Christopher was difficult to miss on the racetrack, a colt memorable for his appearance and for winning five of six starts and $1.2 million. Now his yearlings are turning heads.

This week marks a traditional high point in anticipation on the North American horse racing calendar, as Saratoga Race Course begins its summer meet July 10.

Make Haste hopes she lives up to her name in the $175,000 Coronation Cup Stakes (G3T) July 11 at Saratoga Race Course. The 5 1/2-furlong sprint is the third start for the Blue Point 3-year-old since moving under the tutelage of Miguel Clement. 

Beautifully bred broodmares in foal to sires such as St Mark's Basilica, Kingman, Auguste Rodin, and Blue Point feature among the entries for Jean-Pierre Dubois' private sale next month.

Stuart Boman has been appointed the Hong Kong Jockey Club's contracted agent in the Northern Hemisphere. The position will see the Blandford Bloodstock agent assist with selection and preparation of horses for the Hong Kong International Sale. 

Three-day training session designed to educate emergency responders, veterinary professionals, animal control officers, horse industry professionals, and other interested parties on how to care for and extract equines in hazardous situations.

The Ed Brown Society and The Jockey Club are in the second year of their partnership that provides opportunities for more students to access resources and gain experience within the equine industry. 

Dollars & Sense with Frank Angst

BH interview: Alfred Nuckols Jr.

This year, for the first time, the Fasig-Tipton July Selected Yearling Sale and the July Horses of Racing Age Sale will be held on the same day, starting at 10:00 a.m.

On the July 7 episode of BloodHorse Monday, Louie Rabaut, Sean Collins, and Steve Kornacki select their picks for a "Mid-Season" Eclipse Awards based off the first half of the racing year.

The NTL announced that St. Louis native and multi-diamond, award-winning artist Nelly has taken a significant ownership in a team that will move to St. Louis. The league is relocating the Seattle franchise and will name the team the Nellies.  

Buyers heading to this week's Tattersalls July Sale have a 942-lot catalog to get stuck into. Those on the hunt for a broodmare have one major target to aim at in particular: the Godolphin draft. 

Juddmonte announced July 7 the appointment of Ed Sackville in the new position of Head of European Sales.