Magic Star

7th-ELP, $100K, Msw, 3yo/up, 6 1/2f, 3:42 p.m. ET. INTEGER (Candy Ride {Arg}) makes his first start for St. Elias, West Point, Don Alberto, Woodford and CJ Stables. An $800,000 buy at the 2023 Keeneland September Sale, the Steve Asmussen trainee is the lone foal out of GSW Magic Star (Scat Daddy), who sadly passed away in 2022. The gelding's second dam is GI Matron Stakes heroine Meadow Breeze (Meadowlake), whose half-brother is GI Arkansas Derby champ Overanalyze (Dixie Union). Set for his unveiling is Snowdrift (Medaglia d'Oro) and the...

Even by the very lofty standards of trainer Chad Brown, the placement of Magic Star (Scat Daddy) in Saturday's GIII Marshua's River S. was ambitious. But the 'TDN Rising Star', a $500,000 Keeneland September graduate, proved more than equal to the task, edging away late while suggesting there could be bigger and better to come in 2020. The 13-5 second choice had only one beaten turning out of the stretch for the first time and was content to sit a two-path trip entering the backstretch as 19-1 Piece By Piece...