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In less than 24 hours, trainer John Sadler unveiled a pair of “TDN Rising Stars” at Del Mar. He sent out Sweet Swap (<a href="https://lanesend.com/candyride " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Candy Ride</a> {Arg}), a full to GISW Sidney's Candy (also a 'Rising Star') for the Craig Family Trust Saturday, and unleashed the Moss's next potential superstar here. To add to the coincidences,...
Sweet Swap had some big shoes and lofty expectations to live up to, being a full sibling to and GISW Sidney's Candy, $1,043,560; that chestnut earned “TDN Rising Star” status when he set a track record at Del Mar back in 2009. There may be more and better to come from Sweet Swap, but he...
Stopshoppingmaria, sent off the 8-5 chalk, rolled out of the gate, dashed off a half in :45.79 and just kept going, powering away from the field under a Johnny Velazquez hand ride to graduate by 9 3/4 lengths. Firster Book Review (Giant's Causeway) was a distant second, with Delightful Magic (Mineshaft) completing the trifecta. Stopshoppingmaria...
Top Offer arrived at the track with the usual portfolio of entries in next year's G1 Epsom Derby and this term's top domestic juvenile events, which include the Oct. 8 G1 Dewhurst S. and the Oct. 22 G1 Racing Post Trophy. Hammered into 6-4 favoritism at the tills for this racecourse bow, he justified those...
Dreamcaster was touted by trainer Bob Baffert just minutes before stepping into the gate for this, and the first-time starter lived up to advance billing as the 6-5 pick. Eager early under Martin Garcia, the British-bred bay pulled her way to the front and set :22.50 and :45.20 fractions as longshot Pogonip (<a href="https://www.darleyamerica.com/stallions/our-stallions/street-sense " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Street Sense</a>) kept...
Sent off the 5-2 favorite for this race won by Seta (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) and Theyskens' Theory (Bernardini) in the last two years, Fallen For You was slowly away and not rushed early in rear by William Buick. Still towards the back at halfway, the homebred bay made a fast forward move when asked to...
J C's Pride breezed an eighth in :10.1 at Fasig-Tipton's Midlantic Sale and wound up selling to Joseph Bucci for $200,000. The chestnut got right to work at Belmont a few weeks later and went postward as the 2-1 second choice in his July 1 opener. The 3-5 favorite that day was Overdriven (Tale of...
Secret Circle was RNAd for $17,000 as a KEESEP yearling, but zipped an eighth of a mile in :10.1 for this year's OBSMAR sale (video) and sold for $165,000, the highest-priced of seven juveniles by this sire to go under the hammer this season. He showed a sneaky-fast worktab for Bob Baffert and was backed...
Creative Cause, who carried a solid worktab for a Mike Harrington barn that hits with 13% of its debut horses, attracted the services of Rafael Bejarano and went postward as a 6-1 shot in this salty event. Leaving from the rail draw, he was up to contest the pace with A Toe By Three (Stormello),...
Desert Gazelle was well-touted for this debut, but started as the 7-2 second choice in the face of significant support for Cheveley Park's 9-4 favorite Ladyship (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}), a daughter of Peeress (GB) (Pivotal {GB}) who was also making her career bow. Showing a professional attitude from the outset to race prominently, the...
She was making her career debut in stakes company, but that proved no obstacle to Brereton Jones's homebred Tu Endie Wei. Rated off the pace as Hope for a Win (Old Forester) jetted out to a daylight lead through a sizzling opening quarter in :20 3/5, the bay angled outside for the stretch drive, swept...
Sent off at 16-1 in the race won by Russian Rhythm (Kingmambo) in 2002, Discourse was settled behind the early leaders out wide as stable companion Gamilati (GB) (Bernardini) took them along. As that 2-5 favorite started to turn the screw on the front end, the dark bay needed some encouragement from Ahmed Ajtebi, but...
