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Terrakova found a comfortable slot, stalking the leaders from just off the pace in sixth, after the initial strides of this debut. Nudged along once into the home straight, the 4-5 favourite eased closer passing the quarter-mile marker and engaged a series of gears inherited from her illustrious dam to settle the contest in a...

Beach Bum backed up an imposing worktab with a dominant first-out score on closing day at Santa Anita to become the newest ‘TDN Rising Star’, capping off a huge weekend for the Bob Baffert barn. Sizzling five furlongs from the gate in Arcadia in :58 2/5 Oct. 12, the $400,000 Keeneland September buy most recently...

Big Challenge was well away to track the leaders in a handy fourth from the outset of this unveiling. Making smooth headway in the long straight, the 4-1 chance led soon after challenging on the bridle at the quarter-mile marker and easily asserted under minimal coaxing in the closing stages to score by an unextended...

McCraken, a solid 2 1/2-length winner going 6 1/2 panels at this venue when unveiled Oct. 2, was third choice on the board in his first try in black-type company. Sidling over to the rail second last, as heavily favored Speedmeister set a taxing pace, covering the first half-mile in :45.98. Angled off the pine...

Takaful was dismissed at 12-1 off a steady local worktab for this debut, but came out running to be named the newest ‘TDN Rising Star’. Right to the lead, the Sheikh Hamdan homebred zipped through swift splits of :21.97 and :44.96 while getting away a bit along the bend. Oxford Circus (Macho Uno) tried to...

Cliffs of Moher, a staying-on fifth at Cork in his only prior start Oct. 15, was rushed up to gain the lead after the first furlong here. Turning the screw on the home turn, the 7-2 shot, who is a full brother to a yearling filly and a colt foal, had all rivals beaten with...

J Boys Echo, from the connections of the super impressive juvenile GSW <a href="https://www.taylormadestallions.com/horse/not-this-time/ " class="horse-link" target="_blank">Not This Time</a> (Giant’s Causeway), followed up a promising debut sprinting at Churchill with a blowout stretchout win at Keeneland to become the latest ‘TDN Rising Star’. Breaking slowly in his unveiling Oct. 2 under the Twin Spires, the $485,000 KEESEP buy came with...

Musawaah broke on the lead and settled in a stalking second after the initial exchanges of this unveiling. Looming large off the home turn, the well-backed 37-5 chance led passing the quarter-mile marker and ran on powerfully under whipless cajoling to account for the tenderly handled Terre (Fr), a full-sister to MG1SW dual Arc heroine...

Untapped became the newest ‘TDN Rising Star’ with a 6 1/4-length win at second asking at Keeneland Wednesday. The chestnut reported home third in a one-mile Churchill Downs maiden affair Sept. 16 after setting the pace and was favored at 1-2 to go two better in this second attempt. Under Florent Geroux, Untapped stalked one...

Titus, a June 3 G1 Epsom Derby entry, was away with the back markers before powering into fourth after the initial strides of this unveiling. Smooth under a firm hold until the straight, the 8-1 chance cruised up to the pace on the bridle to challenge inside the quarter-mile marker and kept on strongly once...

Tamit (Ire) unleashed a devastating stretch kick to graduate at first asking over the Keeneland lawn and become the latest ‘TDN Rising Star’ for the connections of champion Tepin (Bernstein). Taking a bit of play before drifting up to be 7-1 by post, the bay traveled third-last down the backside, well off of a :23.44...

Mastery had all the hype and the money on for his debut at Santa Anita and didn’t disappoint, coasting to an impressive and professional first-out win to become the day’s second ‘TDN Rising Star’. Showing a steady series of fast works, including a six-furlong bullet in 1:12 4/5 from the gate here Oct. 5, the...