Don Rachel

3rd-TAM, $55K, Msw, 3yo, f, 1m 40yds, 1:36 p.m. ET. Three Chimneys bred ALWAYS A RUNNER (Gun Runner) as the first foal out of GSP Always Carina (Malibu Moon) who is the half-sister to Jeff Drown and Don Rachel's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf hero Structor (Palace Malice). The farm bought Always Carina's dam, Miss Always Ready (More Than Ready), for $400,000 at the 2014 Keeneland April 2-Year-Old Sale. Her full-sister is Bobby Flay's GII Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf victress More Than Real. During the 2024 Keeneland September Sale,...

The first yearling by champion Flightline to sell in the U.S. will go through the sales ring early during Monday's first session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale and the filly, bred by Jeff Drown and Don Rachel and consigned by Indian Creek, is from a family that has already enjoyed a heady day at the Humphrey S. Finney pavilion. Out of All American Dream (American Pharoah), hip 34 is a half-sister to graded-stakes winning Barnes (Into Mischief), who sold for $3.2 million at the 2023 Saratoga sale. Hip 34 will...

1st-Aqueduct, $90K, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 12:10 p.m. ET. Stonestreet Stables homebred APPLE JAX (Speightstown), a full-brother to Grade I winner Charlatan, debuts for trainer Chad Brown. Out of graded winner Authenticity (Quiet American), the juvenile is also a half to stakes winner Hanalei Moon (Malibu Moon). Brown also saddles firster Munden (Gun Runner), a $300,000 FTSAUG yearling purchase by Jeffrey Drown, Don Rachel, and Richard Schermerhorn. TJCIS PPS  

Sent off right at his morning line of 6-1, Jeff Drown and Don Rachel's FOUNDER (c, 2, Upstart--Blue Beryl, by Bernstein) looked to have it all to do at the midpoint of his career debut Saturday at Saratoga, but he caught the eye with a rail run into the stretch, came out at the eighth pole, raced as green as the boggy grass and improbably ran down his better-backed stablemate Highly Motivated (Into Mischief) to open his account at first asking. The highly regarded two favorites, Newbomb (Speightstown) and Happymac...