The Fasig Tipton auction begins Monday night for a 105th year. SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. (WNYT)- Saratoga’s Fasig Tipton auction returns, bringing horse sellers, buyers and added business to the community for its 105th year. Related: Sovereignty surges to win 99th Whitney StakesThe annual Fasig Tipton auction in Saratoga begins at 6:30 p.m. Monday, August 10. Sellers travel from around the country to have their horses auctioned, while buyers spent the day browsing horses before the sale. We’re coming off of a record sale last year, we sold over $100 million worth of horses here at the sale in these first two nights, so the bar is very high,” Boyd Browning, the president of sales for Fasig Tipton said.