Slay the Day

Flying Dutchmen's Slay the Day romped home a front-running victress of the GIII Soaring Softly Stakes at Saratoga Sunday. The 3-5 favorite, away alertly, battled through an opening quarter of :21.33 and was clear as the half went up in :44.05. Cadenza attempted to launch a challenge in upper stretch, but Slay the Day kept finding more and bound home an easy winner. "She's been in good form and trained well going into it," said winning trainer Brian Lynch. "She ran awesome, no doubt about it, but we'd have been...

There might be a touch of malaise come Sunday, but the GIII Matt Winn Stakes at Churchill Downs for 3-year-olds is the way to revive any Belmont Stakes reveler with the proper racing tonic. Add in a pair of competitive graded grass races at the Spa for good measure and Sunday's higher level slate should make things right as rain. In the Matt Winn, a trio of GI Kentucky Derby entrants will get another crack at the surface that was less than kind to them on the first Saturday in...

'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' Cy Fair (f, 3, Not This Time--Remarqued, by Arch) is a big fan of showing her best during the sport's biggest weeks. Following a scintillating win in last fall's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint over the boys, the bay filly signaled her return as a headliner with a commanding win Thursday of Derby Week at Churchill Downs in the GIII Mamzelle Stakes. In winning, she beat the reopposing Slay the Day (Into Mischief), who spoiled Cy Fair's sophomore campaign kickoff nearly three weeks...

When the ground settled in the GIII FanDuel Limestone Stakes at Keeneland on Friday it was Slay the Day (f, 3, Into Mischief--Mind Out, by Tapit) who took home the win and set a new stakes record going 5 1/2 furlongs on the grass. The Keeneland sales graduate broke her maiden over the dirt at Churchill Downs Nov. 16 for Flying Dutchmen, then was the runner-up facing optional claimers at Gulfstream Park Jan. 3. Given two months away from the races, the Brian Lynch trainee tried sprinting on the turf...