Discovery Stakes

He hasn't been seen since November, but unbeaten Rated by Merit (Battalion Runner) returned to the winner's enclosure like he never left it in the first place in the Discovery Stakes. A sensation who garnered national attention last season in Florida while in the shedrow of Michael Yates, he was unveiled July 13 at Gulfstream to an eye-catching 9 3/4-length tour-de-force against open maidens--soundly beating MSP Forged Steel (Vekoma)--and just kept going from there. He rolled right through the Florida sire stakes circuit with open margins in the Dr. Fager...

Breaking out of Kentucky for the first time, Generous Tipper (Street Sense) earned his first stakes win Sunday in taking the Discovery Stakes on the closing day at Belmont's Aqueduct meet. Sent off at 9-1, the GI Claiborne Breeders' Futurity third came in off a win over the distance at Keeneland Oct. 16. Enjoying a dream set up, Generous Tipper settled fourth as Batten Down (Tapit) and Tuscan Sky (Vino Rosso) locked horns early and dueled one another into the far turn. As that pair began to come back to...