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West Will Power, who won the Grade 1 Stephen Foster Stakes at Ellis Park in his most recent start, has been retired from racing after suffering a soft tissue injury during a workout Saturday on Saratoga Race Course's Oklahoma training track.

Trainer Brad Cox confirmed the 6-year-old Bernardini horse's retirement to the Daily Racing Form on Tuesday. Cox said the timeframe for rehabilitation would not get him back in racing shape in time for the Breeders' Cup, so the decision was made to retire the horse. Stud plans were not announced.

West Will Power sustained the injury after breezing five furlongs in 1:02.24.

Racing as a homebred for Gary and Mary West, West Will Power retired with seven wins in 17 starts for earnings of $1,745,390.

Unraced at two, West Will Power won his first two career starts at Monmouth Park, and he began testing graded stakes competition the following season. After moving to Cox's barn from initial trainer Kelly Breen, the horse won his first graded stakes race at age five in the G2 Fayette Stakes at Keeneland. Following runner-up efforts in the G1 Clark Stakes and the G3 Razorback Handicap, West Will Power won the G2 New Orleans Classic Stakes at the Fair Grounds. Two starts later, he won his career finale in the Stephen Foster, which was moved from Churchill Downs to Ellis Park.

Read more at Daily Racing Form.

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Fasig-Tipton has announced that its sales grounds in Saratoga Springs, N.Y., will be available for August Digital Sale sellers who wish to utilize the facility to show their consignment's horses of racing age to prospective buyers.

“The July Selected Horses of Racing Age sale illustrated the strength of the current marketplace for active racehorses, and we want to offer sellers another avenue by which to showcase their consignment towards the end of the Saratoga meet,” said Leif Aaron, Fasig-Tipton's Director of Digital Sales. “Top trainers and owners from across the country will be in Saratoga for the Travers that weekend and recent results have shown that the demand for racehorses is as strong as ever.”

Horses of racing age sellers will be permitted to ship in on Sunday, Aug. 27, for the purpose of showing their offerings on Monday, Aug. 28. August Digital Sale offerings will be made public when the catalog is announced on Thursday, Aug. 24, at 12 p.m. ET. Bidding for the online-only sale closes starting at 2 p.m. ET on Tuesday, Aug. 29.

“The August Digital Sale offers a buyers an opportunity to purchase horses of racing age ahead of the lucrative fall race meetings – meetings that feature the last turf racing opportunities of the year in many states,” Aaron added. “We encourage racing stables to take advantage of the strong demand for horses of racing age and enter into our August sale.”

The deadline to nominate for the August Digital Sale is Aug. 16. Learn more or nominate online at digital.fasigtipton.com.

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The catalog for the All American Horse Sale Company's 2023 New Mexico-Bred Yearling Sale is now online, with 79 Thoroughbred yearlings on offer.

The auction will take place Aug. 11-12 at the Ruidoso Downs Sales Pavilion in Ruidoso Downs, N.M., beginning after the close of each day's live racing card.

The Thoroughbred portion will comprise the first half of Friday's session, followed by state-bred Quarter Horses, then Saturday's portion of the catalog will consist entirely of Quarter Horses.

New Mexico Thoroughbred sires represented by yearlings in the catalog include American Anthem, Attila's Storm, Awesome Indian, Bernster, Harris, Kentucky Wildcat, Marking, Metaboss, Proceed, Punctuate, Right Rigger, Runaway Ghost, Sporting Chance, Sway Away, and We Miss Artie.

Stallions whose first crops of yearlings are represented in the catalog include American Anthem and Runaway Ghost.

To view the online catalog, click here.

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The catalog for the 2023 Minnesota Thoroughbred Association Yearling Sale is now online, featuring 35 horses on offer.

The auction will take place Sunday, Aug. 27 at Canterbury Park in Shakopee, Minn., beginning at 6 p.m. Central following the day's races.

While the majority of the catalog comprises Minnesota-breds, there are also horses entered that were born in Oklahoma.

Minnesota stallions represented in the catalog include March Twelth, Matt's Broken Vow, Timber Legend, and Westover Wildcat. Stallions whose first crops of foals are represented in the catalog include Blueblood and Caracaro.

To view the online catalog, click here.

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