Sea Strike

Flanagan Racing's Sea Strike (c, 3, Midshipman--Meetmeonline, by Line of David) finally figured things out in the final furlong of a six-furlong Aqueduct maiden and despite a less-than-ideal passage, rolled home to become the newest 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard. A $140,000 Keeneland September yearling, the Mar. 26 foal was fractionally green, but very fast in breezing a quarter-mile in a bullet :20 2/5 for last year's OBS March Sale and was hammered down for $650,000 to Nick Sallusto and John Kimmel, agents for Flanagan, who also advised on...

1st-AQU, $80k, Msw, 3yo, 6f, 1:10p.m. ET Hailing from a branch of the female line which yielded 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' MGISW Carl Spackler (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), Okefenokee (Maxfield) will be unveiled in the Aqueduct opener for trainer Tom Morley. Sharing a name with an ecologically rich swampland that spans Georgia and Florida, as well as being a beloved stomping ground for a certain Adams family, the $375,000 Keeneland September purchase enters this debut with a healthy worktab over the training track at Belmont Park. In...