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Fifth on debut after a tardy break in a Cork maiden Oct. 20, Plan was sent off the 11-4 favorite and broke well to race behind the leading group early. Despite allowing Admiral Barry (Ire) (Kalanisi {Ire}) a long lead on the home turn, the chestnut inhaled that rival under mainly hand riding before dominating...
Turn Away, sent off the 6-5 choice, stalked the early pace in third through early splits of :22.60 and :46.42 before sweeping to the front turning for home. Quickly drawing away from the rest, the bay drifted out in the drive, but proved much the best, galloping home an easy 9 1/4-length winner over Fair...
Racecar Rhapsody took some action at the windows at 6-1 in his Oct. 7 bow at this track, but had his backers tearing up their tickets when he found himself 17 lengths last following a slow start. Eight wide into the stretch, he managed to bridge most of that gap and ended up rounding out...
Aidan O'Brien, who has introduced individuals with potential in this contest in the past, utilized the tried-and-trusted method once more to unveil Kingdom of Naples in this year's renewal. Occupying a handy rail position behind the leaders, the 5-1 second favorite made continued smooth progress once into the home straight. The bay colt quickened to...
There had been talk about Jupiter Pluvius long before this debut, but the $475,000 FTSAUG yearling was allowed to drift to 5-1 as the second favorite beforehand. Slowly away, the bay raced in midfield early and was pushed along with a quarter mile remaining. Launching his challenge out wide, he reeled in Dahindar (Ire) (Invincible...
Kandahar Run, a bargain 50,000gns TATOCT yearling, stepped up off a debut runner-up finish at Sandown Aug. 16 when graduating at Doncaster Sept. 12. Sent off the 9-4 second choice here off that effort, the grey stalked the pace set by Ghetto (GB) (Auction House {GB}) under cover throughout the early stages before moving out...
A $200,000 FTSAUG yearling purchase, Monba was part of his trainer's string across Interstate 64 at Churchill Downs and sported a worktab that was solid, if not eyecatching. With Rene Douglas named, the gray drifted from his morning-line quote of 5-1 to a dime short of 10-1 at the off. Smoothly into stride, Monba was...
Calming Influence, who hails from the family of Refuse to Bend (Ire), was hammered down to even-money and showed why in the early stages when traveling easily off the early pace. Sticking close to the rail, he made effortless progress to head Hamish McGonagall (GB) (Namid {GB}) at halfway before inflicting an authoritative five-length defeat...
Punters were unaware of Verba's potential, but the 12-1 chance left an indelible mark with a demolition job on 13 rivals. Rushed out to take control, the Eu180,000 DEAAUG yearling was allowed leeway after the initial strides. Maintaining a healthy buffer into the straight, the half to Welcome Millenium (Fr) (Kendor {Fr}), SW & MGSP-Fr;...
Colonel John, a half to Caroline's Gold (Touch Gold), GSP, $156,410, came up only a half-length short when second in his Aug. 19 debut at Del Mar and was bet down to 2-5 at second asking. Confidently ridden by jockey Corey Nakatani, the bay shadowed the leaders while on the inside down the backstretch. Nakatani...
Life Is Sweet was well-beaten in eighth in her career bow going 5 1/2 panels on the dirt at Saratoga Aug. 30, but was given a much better chance at 9-5 to find the winner's circle in her route and turf debut. Content to track a crisp opening quarter of :22.83, the full sister to...
There was a pre-race buzz about Newmarket's Rowley Mile track and those who took heed of the whispers were rewarded with a highly encouraging debut performance from 11-4 chance Almajd. The bay homebred was out sharply to be handily placed through the early strides and travelled smoothly throughout this debut. Challenging wide at the quarter-mile,...
