Beauty Reigns

Oh, for a daughter to take the legacy forward! That was the late Marty Wygod's thought, year after year, when his dual Grade I winner Tranquility Lake (Rahy) persisted in stubbornly producing colts. True, her Storm Cats had served his program well: After Market and Courageous Cat both won Grade Is, while their brother Jalil made $9.7 million as a yearling. But then, finally, the mare delivered a filly--her very last foal, by Smart Strike. Emily Bushnell, his daughter, recalls ecstatically calling Wygod at 5 a.m. when the foetal test...

Echo Sound need one ping--and one ping only--to know when it was time to zero in on her target, and the result was run silent, run deep in the GIII Victory Ride Stakes at Saratoga on what was a Thursday opening day. Near perfect across a five-race career, Echo Sound debuted a winner last summer at Ellis Park and then cleared an optional claimer at Churchill Downs in early September. The bay won the Myrtlewood Stakes at Keeneland in late October before she was beaten by 2 1/2 lengths in...