A New Name on the Saratoga Shed Row Brings More Than a Tenth of the Book

Campion & Campion have come to Saratoga for the first time as consignors, and they have not come quietly. Their first draft accounts for more than one horse in every ten in the catalogue, a share that would be notable for an established operation and is remarkable for a newcomer. A reader walking the barns would find the family name doubled on the sign, and the family itself is the point: the Campions put kin ahead of everything else in how the operation is run. That shows in a barn where the people presenting the horses are the people whose name is on the stall cards. Saratoga rewards consignors who can show a horse well and stand behind it, and a first-year outfit holding that much of the book has committed fully to doing both. Buyers working the aisles this season will meet the name early and often.

With reporting from Thoroughbred Daily News.