Kopion won the 2024 Santa Ynez at Santa Anita for Spendthrift Farm. (Ernie Belmonte/Past the Wire)
1/ST, Fasig-Tipton join forces for series featuring stakes at Santa Anita and Gulfstream Park
Stable Notes By Victor Ryan
1/ST Racing and Fasig-Tipton recently announced a partnership that makes the equine sales company the title sponsor of the Fasig-Tipton 3-Year-Old Fillies Series at both Santa Anita and Gulfstream Park.
As part of the 1/ST Racing Tour, the Fasig-Tipton 3-Year-Old Fillies Series will include television coverage from NBC Sports. The series at Santa Anita consists of the Santa Ynez Stakes on Jan. 5, GIII Las Virgenes on Feb. 2, GIII Santa Ysabel on March 2 and GII Santa Anita Oaks on April 5.
Making up the Gulfstream series are the Cash Run Stakes on Jan. 1, GIII Forward Gal on Feb. 1, GII Davona Dale on March 1 and GII Gulfstream Oaks on March 29.
“We’re excited to highlight the fillies on the Road to the Kentucky Oaks and Black-Eyed Susan with the support of Fasig-Tipton, a longstanding partner of 1/ST,” said Aidan Butler, President of 1/ST. “We look forward to launching this new initiative together.”
Added Boyd Browning, President of Fasig-Tipton: “Many of the sport’s top female racehorses have made their first steps towards greatness during these prestigious races.
“Fasig-Tipton prides itself on having sold many of the great female champions in American racing…We are pleased to further our association with top racing females through the sponsorship of these important series coast-to-coast.”
