In Today's TDN:

Mizdirection (Mizzen Mast) surges home first in GIII Monrovia S. for Jim Rome's Jungle Racing … Trainer Chris Block loses a pair of Grade I winners, as Never Retreat (Smart Strike) and Giant Oak (Giant's Causeway) are both retired … Lucas Marquardt finds out what it's like to win a Grade I with your first homebred when he talks to Ted Nichols, owner/breeder of GI La Brea winner Teddy's Promise (Salt Lake) … and Andrew Caulfield examines a contentious freshman sire's race between Scat Daddy and Hard Spun. All that and more in today's TDN!