Fasig-Tipton Co. will pick up the tab on nomination and entry fees to any of Saratoga Race Course’s six graded stakes races for two-year-olds in 2009 for horses sold at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sale of selected yearlings, which begins Monday in Saratoga Springs, New York.

The 2009 Saratoga graded stakes races for two-year-olds are the Spinaway Stakes (G1), the Hopeful Stakes (G1), the Saratoga Special Stakes (G2), the Adirondack Stakes (G2), the Sanford Stakes (G2), and the Schuylerville Stakes (G3).

“This is a prestigious group of graded stakes, all of which have been won over the years by Saratoga sales graduates,” Fasig-Tipton President Walt Robertson said. “We look forward to working on this and other racing projects with [the New York Racing Association].”

NYRA President Charles Hayward described the venture as an “innovative business alliance.”

“This is just the beginning of a more dynamic and mutually beneficial relationship between NYRA and Fasig-Tipton at Saratoga,” Hayward said.
(Source: Thoroughbred Times)