The Gun Runner colt (Hip 78) out of the grade 1-placed Shook Up was purchased by trainer Wesley Ward and becomes the seventh seven-figure yearling at that point in the opening session of Fasig-Tipton's The Saratoga Sale.
Scott Mallory sold his first million-dollar yearling Aug. 10 when Hip 40, a Determined Stud-bred daughter of Candy Ride, sold for $1,075,000 to Legion Bloodstock and Gracie Bloodstock at Fasig-Tipton's The Saratoga Sale.
HISA plans to investigate multiple horses and races following concerns raised on social media about some dramatic form turnarounds along with some odd betting patterns in several races Aug. 9 at Saratoga Race Course and Monmouth Park.