G1 Saudi Derby

In his first race back since a runner-up effort in the mid-February running of the G3 Saudi Derby, Obliteration (Violence) gave another strong performance in the Chick Lang Stakes at Laurel Park on Saturday. Named a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard', last year at Churchill Downs when his connections unveiled him June 12, the Steve Asmussen trainee has only been out of the money once in his career. That single miss came in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint, where he finished a respectable fourth behind fellow 'Rising...

After entering stable star Book'em Danno (Bucchero) in both Friday's Robert Hilton Memorial at Charles Town and Saturday's GI H. Allen Jerkens Memorial S., trainer Derek Ryan confirmed Wednesday that his New Jersey-bred gelding will go in the Saratoga race. Both races are restricted to three-year-olds, have purses of $500,000 and will be run at the distance of seven furlongs. "We're going to Saratoga," Ryan said from his base at Monmouth Park. "He got a good post (post 8). At Charles Town, he got a bad post (post 2) and...