Bill Reightler

TIMONIUM, MD - The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearling Sale, featuring a slimmed-down catalogue this year, has its one-session run Tuesday at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium. Bidding on the first of 284 catalogued yearlings begins at 11 a.m. Activity on a drizzly and overcast day at the state fairgrounds was steady Monday and consignors are expecting the action to heat up heading into sale time Tuesday. "We have had good activity," said consignor Bill Reightler. "Yesterday, I thought we were a little busier than normal, with all-shows, and we...

TIMONIUM, MD - The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale opens Monday at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium with a session of 200 catalogued hips beginning at 1 p.m., and concludes with a further 326 catalogued yearlings for a session beginning at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Despite persistent rain throughout the weekend, shoppers were making the rounds at the sales barns Sunday and consignors are hoping the looks continue to build up to Monday's later start time. "We are cautiously optimistic," said Vinery Sales' Derek MacKenzie. "It seems like the traffic...

TIMONIUM, MD - A yearling sale season punctuated by strong demand throughout the market makes a stop in Maryland when the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale begins its two-day run in Timonium Monday afternoon. With 200 yearlings catalogued, the abbreviated first session of the auction gets underway at 1 p.m. A further 314 yearlings are catalogued for the second session, which begins at 10 a.m. Tuesday. Ahead of the sale, a mixture of end-users, pinhookers and bloodstock agents were on the grounds on a balmy fall day at the Maryland...

TIMONIUM, MD - The Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearlings Sale begins its two-day run at the Maryland State Fairgrounds Monday afternoon, with bidding scheduled to begin at 1 p.m., and trainers and agents were busy shopping the sales barns on a picture-perfect fall morning Sunday in Timonium. After cancellations and postponements caused by the global pandemic, the yearling sales season finally got underway a month ago with the Fasig-Tipton Selected Yearlings Showcase-an amalgamation of a trio of canceled auctions-followed by the two-week Keeneland September Yearling Sale. Both featured a highly polarized...

The Maryland Horse Breeders Association announced the results of its board elections Tuesday, with membership selecting one incumbent member, a 2019 presidential appointee and three new members to the 2020 Board of Directors. Dictated by MHBA bylaws, the annually held election fills five open seats on the board. Those elected will serve for the next three years. Bill Reightler, who served on the board from 2010 to 2015 and 2017 to 2019, is this year's only incumbent. He will be joined by Ellen Charles, Michael Golden, A. Leonard Pineau and...