Light Forever

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...