Galilean

Wind and sideways rain were not going to slow Ashcroft Lane on his debut, and the son of freshman sire Keepmeinmind rolled home to become the first winner for the stallion in the Belmont Big A opener. Entered here as a 'main track only' runner, his connections got their wish when Mother Nature unleashed her fury on the Big Apple and soaked the track, taking racing off the turf. Drawing in as two to his inside scratched, Ashcroft Lane carried 6-1 odds when he entered the gate to the outside...

1st-Belmont The Big A, $80,000, (S), Msw, 9-13, 2yo, 7f, 1:24.84, ft, 1 3/4 lengths. FROUTIEN (c, 2, Galilean--It's Timeless, by Mineshaft) was hammered into 1-4 favoritism to improve on a debut third at Saratoga Aug. 15 and did just that, becoming the first winner for his freshman sire (by Uncle Mo) with a workmanlike victory in the Saturday opener at Aqueduct. With Kendrick Carmouche taking over from John Velazquez, at Woodbine for the afternoon to ride that track's three Grade I contests, the $700,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic breezer was ridden...

6th-SAR, $90K, Msw, (S), 2yo, 6f, 4:06 p.m. ET    Froutien (Galilean), a $700,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training graduate, debuts against fellow New York-breds. The Tagermeen Racing colorbearer posted six workouts at Todd Pletcher's Monmouth Park base ahead of this debut run. From the first crop of MSW California-bred Galilean, he hails from the extended female family of MGISW 'TDN Rising Star' Mindframe (Constitution). Froutien also changed hands for $95,000 at the Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Yearling Sale and RNA'd for $160,000 at OBS March. TJCIS PPs

TIMONIUM, MD - The under-tack show for the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic May 2-Year-Olds in Training Sale, delayed a day and an hour by rain storms, opened under gray skies and an intermittent drizzle Wednesday at the Maryland State Fairgrounds as seven juveniles splashed down the lane in co-fastest :10 1/5 furlong breezes. First to hit the :10 1/5 time was a colt by Tiz the Law (hip 189), who worked early in the second of the day's seven sets. Consigned by Wavertree Stables, the bay is out of stakes-placed Janis's Joy...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, NY - The Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Yearling Sale kicked off its two-day run with an abbreviated session featuring competitive bidding from start to finish Sunday evening in the Humphry S. Finney Pavilion in Saratoga. "It was a strong start to the 2024 Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Yearling Sale," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning, Jr. "There was very consistent trade from start to finish. I think the thing that was probably most encouraging tonight was the buy-back rate. This sale has traditionally had a little bit of a higher buy-back...

Multiple stakes winner Galilean (Uncle Mo--Fresia, by El Prado {Ire}), who hails from the female family of the influential Smart Strike, has been retired from racing and will take up his new career as a stallion at Hidden Lake Farm in New York, where he will stand the 2022 breeding season for a stud fee of $7,000 S&N. "We are proud of what Galilean accomplished on the racetrack," said West Point Thoroughbreds' Terry Finley, "and we're excited for him to write his next chapter as a stallion. He was precocious,...