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A half-sister to the G1 Poule d’Essai des Poulains and G1 Prix du Jockey Club hero and now significant sire presence Lope de Vega (Ire) (Shamardal), Hwt. 3yo-Fr at 9 1/2-11f, MG1SW-Fr, $1,447,691, Lady <a href="https://bit.ly/2KNga16 " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Frankel</a> started at 5-1 and was anchored towards the rear racing with enthusiasm throughout the early stages. Wound up for her...

Hall of Fame trainer Richard Mandella told TDN that he still had “a lot of high hopes� for Paradise Woods (<a href="https://lanesend.com/unionrags " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Union Rags</a>) following her debut second behind ‘TDN Rising Star’ Delitefull Lady (<a href="https://www.darbydan.com/horse/dialed-in/ " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Dialed In</a>) as the 6-5 chalk after setting a hot pace at Santa Anita Jan. 26. You can certainly see why now. Favored...

American Pastime (Tapizar) burst on to the scene with an eye-catching 4 1/2-length victory at Santa Anita Saturday, covering six furlongs in a sizzling 1:09 flat to become the second “TDN Rising Star� of the day. Bet down to 3-1 favoritism from a 9-2 morning-line quote, American Pastime broke on top from gate 11 and...

Miss Finland (Aus) (Redoute’s Choice {Aus}), one of the finest horses to carry the black-and-yellow diamonds of John Messara’s Arrowfield Stud, provided her GI Kentucky Derby and G1 Dubai World Cup-winning stallion Animal Kingdom (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}) with his first winner with a smart first-out success from Earth Angel (Aus) Wednesday at Ballarat in Victoria. Drawn gate seven in...

Pacific Wind, dismissed at 13-1 off a steady main-track worktab, came roaring down the lane with an impressive turn of foot to garner ‘TDN Rising Star’ status. Tracking from midpack while three-deep early, the $200,000 KEESEP yearling inched closer while still hung wide around the home bend. She continued her powerful advance into the lane,...

Blue Buff got pounded at the windows late into 6-5 favoritism and ran to the money with a ‘TDN Rising Star’ performance at Gulfstream. Sporting a worktab lined with bullets from last summer at Monmouth as well as Palm Meadows this winter, Blue Buff was scrubbed on early to keep pace from third through a...

Anderson Thoroughbreds’ Parlor captured his 3-year-old debut in the easiest of fashion, coasting home 1 3/4 lengths clear of Musical America (Malibu Moon) without every truly being asked and earning ‘TDN Rising Star’ status. The dark bay wove through traffic with an impressive turn of foot to annex his initial start at Ellis Park Aug. 14 and...

Souper <a href="https://gainesway.com/stallions/tapit/ " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Tapit</a> had plenty of buzz coming into his debut and did not disappoint, overcoming a slow start and a wide trip to gamely prevail and earn ‘TDN Rising Star’ status at Fair Grounds. Sporting an imposing worktab, including a best-of-136 bullet half-mile in :47 4/5 here Jan. 14, the chestnut was bet to 23-10 favoritism and...

Proctor’s Ledge ran in spots, but settled for seventh on debut at Churchill Nov. 26, and blew up the tote at 49-1 last time when donning cap and gown going nine panels on GI Pegasus World Cup International Day Jan. 28. Off a touch slowly from her rail draw, the 3-1 shot was content to...

Patch built on a strong debut performance with a professional graduation at Gulfstream to earn a “TDN Rising Star� nod. Sluggish early in his debut going six furlongs here Jan. 15, the Calumet Farm homebred showed a big stretch kick to pass seven horses in the final furlong and pick up second. Off as the 31-10 second...

The Lindsay Park Racing stable of co-trainers Daiv and Ben Hayes and Tom Dabernig has been red hot with its juveniles this season, and Shadwell homebred Muraaqeb became the 13th 2-year-old winner to emanate from the operation this season with a debut win in Friday's Moonee Valley opener. Breaking with the leaders from the outside...

Florida Fabulous captured her debut in a seemingly effortless performance Thursday, romping home by 10 lengths in wire-to-wire fashion to become the newest ‘TDN Rising Star’. Sent straight to the front, she was well-rated beneath Paco Lopez through fractions of :24.71 and :48.61 and had plenty left in the tank in the stretch, coasting home a...