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The word was very much out on Alters Racing Stable’s Apologynotaccepted ahead of Friday’s eighth race at Gulfstream Park, as the 5-year-old was crushed at the windows from a morning line of 12-1 into a starting price just one-third of that. The homebred mare had the rail post and a formidable foe in the form...

Takeittotheedge took solid public support at odds of 4-1 for this career unveiling and won with complete authority at Gulfstream Park Saturday, becoming the newest ‘TDN Rising Star’. The flashy chestnut posted a steady series of works over the local strip, culminating in a bullet five-furlong gate breeze in :59.73 Feb. 27. Sent straight to...

Smart Mission stormed home to an authoritative debut victory Sunday at Gulfstream, becoming the latest ‘TDN Rising Star.’ Left far back after being sandwiched at the break, she raced behind swift fractions of :23.51 and :46.68, followed a rally to the front by favored Akron Gold (Medaglia d’Oro), and circled the field with a wide...

Unified took all the money and delivered the goods in his career debut, The colt, a $325,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling buy, worked steadily at Palm Meadows dating back to late December and was hammered down to 4-5 favoritism by the time the gates opened. Away to a razor-sharp beginning, he set the pace through a...

Weatherly put himself in the frame for some of Australia’s most important juvenile contests with a maiden-breaking win in Flemington’s Listed Talindert S. Saturday. Off a beat slow—as he was when sixth on debut in the Listed Blue Diamond Preview Jan. 26—Weatherly settled last of a small stands’ side group of three up the Flemington...

Ten Blessings, produced by the Earnhardts brilliant two-time champion and five-time GISW Indian Blessing, became a ‘TDN Rising Star’ with a very promising debut win at Santa Anita in the nightcap. Nominated to the Triple Crown, the bay didn’t tip his hand much in the a.m., completing his preparations with a six-furlong breeze in 1:13 3/5 (2/11)...

Danzing Candy sailed home an authoritative 5 3/4-length at Santa Anita Thursday. On the lead from the start, Danzing Candy had company through a quarter in :23.14, but skipped clear after a half in :46.60. He had a two-length advantage at the top of the lane and and extended his lead down the lane, coming...

Malibu Sunset became the second ‘TDN Rising Star’ on the day with this ultra-impressive debut effort. Away from the stalls alertly despite getting bumped at the break, the 9-5 favorite quickly cleared the field of eight through a sharp opening quarter in :22.06. The dark bay began to get away on the far turn and...

My Man Sam—an educational fifth at 5-1 after getting bumped soundly at the break in his six-furlong unveiling at the Big A Dec. 19—stamped himself as a sophomore to watch with a visually impressive performance in his two-turn debut in Ozone Park Sunday. Breaking widest of all in post nine, the 5-1 chance was outrun...

Shagaf made a striking impression en route to becoming the newest ‘TDN Rising Star’ in the 10th race at Gulfstream Park Friday. Breaking widest of all in the seven-horse field, the Shadwell representative battled in a four-horse scrum on the front end, with longshot Picadilly Roadster (Ghostzapper) setting fractions of :23.62 for the quarter and :46.82 for...

Zulu—a $400,000 KEESEP yearling and a $900,000 FTFMAR juvenile—stayed perfect in impressive fashion en route to 'TDN Rising Stardom' in the Gulfstream slop Friday. He may be heading next to the GII Fountain of Youth S. Feb. 27. The bay, a professional front-running two-length debut winner as the 3-5 chalk going six furlongs in Hallandale Dec. 5,...

Cherry Wine earned “TDN Rising Star� status with an ultra-impressive last-to-first victory at Gulfstream Saturday afternoon. Sent off as the 2-1 second-choice, the newly-minted sophomore trailed the field by several lengths through opening splits of :23.98 and :48.05. Splitting horses to move into contention on the backstretch, the gray ranged up three-wide on the far...