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Robert J. Baron's Promises Fulfilled exceeded all promises July 6 with a 4 1/2-length gate-to-wire score in the $300,000 John A. Nerud Stakes (G2) at Belmont Park. View the full article

Eons and Gentle Ruler extended their win streaks and to four and picked up their first graded scores in Delaware Park's July 6 turf features, respectively winning the $200,250 Kent Stakes (G3T) and $200,375 Robert G. Dick Memorial Stakes (G3T). View the full article

Hugo, you good thing View the full article

Early scratchings July 7 View the full article

Track conditions and course scratchings July 7 View the full article

Horses' body weights July 7 View the full article

Super Dynasty set for Derby after brilliant win View the full article

Ewe, WS Chan and Shafrizal suspended View the full article

Brown aces his 2YO lesson with Inferno View the full article

Brown aces his 2YO lesson with Inferno View the full article

Aramco just makes it first-up View the full article

11th-Belmont, $80,000, Msw, 7-6, 3yo/up, f/m, 1mT, 1:34.12, fm. FOOLISH LIVING (f, 3, Medaglia d’Oro–Fully Living {MSP, $172,417}, by Unbridled’s Song), dispatched at 9-2 in this career bow, raced back off the pace in seventh through :23.52 and :47.65. Patiently handled by Javier Castellano, the $650,000 KEENOV buy was swung out five wide in search of running room turning for home. Unleashing a powerful late turn of foot, she charged to the lead in the final sixteenth with Charreada (Kitten’s Joy) mirroring her strong late rally, but Foolish Living was a neck clear at the line. The winner is the first foal out of Fully Living, who has since produced the unraced juvenile Night on the Town (Street Sense), who summoned $425,000 from bloodstock agent Steve Young at last term’s Keeneland September Sale; a yearling colt by Nyquist; and a 2019 filly by Medaglia d’Oro. Foolish Living hails from the family of champion Halfbridled (Unbridled) and MGSW millionaire Lu Ravi (A.P. Indy). Sales history: $650,000 Wlg ’16 KEENOV. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $44,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton. O-Stonestreet Stables LLC; B-Old Oak Farm & Ashview Farm (KY); T-Chad C. Brown. The post Pricey Medaglia d’Oro Filly Scores in Belmont Debut appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Fresh off a successful career debut in mid-June at Woodbine, 2-year-old Fast Scene returned to the Toronto Tapeta July 6 and delivered as the even-money favorite in the $100,000 My Dear Stakes over 5 1/2 furlongs. View the full article

Ashbrook Farm and BBN Racing's Concrete Rose romped to a 2 3/4-length win in the $750,000 Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes (G1T) July 6 at Belmont Park. View the full article

Jockey John Velazquez may have dropped his whip in the stretch, but that was probably the last thing he needed to guide Code of Honor to victory in the $245,000 Dwyer Stakes (G3). View the full article

Due to a shortage of entries, there will be no daytime thoroughbred racing Thursday, July 11 at Los Alamitos. View the full article

A spiffy set of blinkers, some class relief, and plenty of time to prepare put Jaywalk in a perfect position to sparkle, and the champion juvenile filly of 2018 did just that July 6 in the $288,000 Delaware Oaks (G3). View the full article

The Karl Burke-trained MG1SW Laurens (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) will not take part in the July 12 G1 Falmouth S. after picking up a slight injury to her left hind owner John Dance announced via Twitter on Saturday. Instead, the 4-year-old will point to the G1 Prix Rothschild at Deauville on July 28. She was second in the G1 Al Shaqab Lockinge S. at Newbury in her 4-year-old bow on May 18, and was a last out sixth in the June 18 G1 Queen Anne S. at Royal Ascot. Dance tweeted, “Sorry to report that Laurens has picked up what we hope is a niggle yesterday [Friday] and thus hasn’t been confirmed for the Falmouth S. She’ll have an easy week, be reassessed and we’ll make a new plan from there.” Burke, speaking after enjoying a winner at Haydock on Saturday afternoon, added, “She’s just got a little niggle on her left hind, a slight reaction to a curb. She cantered this morning, cantered beautifully, but an hour later she wasn’t 100%. This has been brewing over the last 48 hours. She’s too valuable an animal, too good [to risk]–she owes us nothing. So as much as it hurts to miss out on a chance of a Group 1, we’ve taken the right decision. John was fully supportive of that, if anything more than I was–he was pretty adamant we should skip it, and we hope we’ll get her right for the race in Deauville [G1 Prix Rothschild] in three weeks. It’s not a serious injury in a long-term scheme–it’s just at the wrong time.” The post Laurens to Skip Falmouth with Minor Injury appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Ashbrook Farm and BBN Racing's Concrete Rose romped to a 2 3/4-length win in the $750,000 Belmont Oaks Invitational Stakes (G1T) July 6 at Belmont Park. View the full article

Henley's Joy upset the $1 million Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes (G1T) July 6 at Belmont Park, flying home to reward backers with a solid payoff at odds of 20-1. View the full article

HENLEY’S JOY (c, 3, Kitten’s Joy–Blue Grass Music, by Bluegrass Cat) hadn’t tasted victory since last December’s Pulpit S., and had finished behind three of these same foes when fourth last out in the GIII Pennine Ridge S. June 1, but he belied 20-1 odds when it mattered Saturday. The chestnut stalked the pace up close, and outkicked Social Paranoia (Street Boss) in the lane to prevail by 3/4 of a length in 1:58.29. Rockemperor (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}) completed the trifecta. Henley’s Joy becomes the 13th Grade I winner for top turf sire Kitten’s Joy. Sales history: $20,000 yrl ’17 EASOCT; $50,000 2yo ’18 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 11-4-3-0. O-Bloom Racing Stable LLC. B-Kenneth L & Sarah K Ramsey (Ky). T-Michael Maker. The post Kitten’s Joy’s Henley’s Joy Upends Belmont Derby appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Jockey John Velazquez may have dropped his whip in the stretch, but that was probably the last thing he needed to guide Code of Honor to victory in the $245,000 Dwyer Stakes (G3). View the full article

6th-Ellis, $49,880, Msw, 7-6, 2yo, 1mT, 1:36.14, fm. FIGHTING SEABEE (c, 2, Summer Front–Broke N Dixie, by Broken Vow), away at 7-1 for a barn that has won more than its fair share of two-turn turf races for 2-year-olds at the Pea Patch over the years, broke alertly and grabbed a spot at the rail in fourth as the field strung out and the leading trio zipped away. He advanced handily while scraping paint into the lane, tipped off the fence at the head of the stretch and kicked away convincingly while never seriously being asked en route to a two-length tally. Pace attendee Billy Batts (City Zip) held second. Fighting Seabee becomes the second winner for his first-crop sire (by War Front). He is the only listed foal for his unraced dam, herself a daughter of stakes winner Blushing Dixie (Dixie Union). Sales history: $105,000 Ylg ’18 FTKJUL. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $30,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart. O-Walking L Thoroughbreds, LLC; B-Gestut Zur Kuste AG (KY); T-Kenneth G. McPeek. The post Summer Front Colt Scores Convincingly at the Pea Patch appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

6th-Ellis, $49,880, Msw, 7-6, 2yo, 1mT, 1:36.14, fm. FIGHTING SEABEE (c, 2, Summer Front–Broke N Dixie, by Broken Vow), away at 7-1 for a barn that has won more than its fair share of two-turn turf races for 2-year-olds at the Pea Patch over the years, broke alertly and grabbed a spot at the rail in fourth as the field strung out and the leading trio zipped away. He advanced handily while scraping paint into the lane, tipped off the fence at the head of the stretch and kicked away convincingly while never seriously being asked en route to a two-length tally. Pace attendee Billy Batts (City Zip) held second. Fighting Seabee becomes the second winner for his first-crop sire (by War Front). He is the only listed foal for his unraced dam, herself a daughter of stakes winner Blushing Dixie (Dixie Union). Sales history: $105,000 Ylg ’18 FTKJUL. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $30,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart. O-Walking L Thoroughbreds, LLC; B-Gestut Zur Kuste AG (KY); T-Kenneth G. McPeek. The post Summer Front Colt Scores Convincingly at the Pea Patch appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

FAST SCENE (f, 2, Fast Anna–Scenic Drive, by Empire Maker)cruised to an impressive 2 1/2-length victory on debut here June 15, and became the first black-type winner for her first-crop sire (by Medaglia d’Oro) with an even sharper tally in Saturday’s My Dear S. Backed down to even-money favoritism, the dark bay split horses early to seize command and dominated from there, streaking home 3 1/2 lengths to the good of first timer Justleaveitalone (Creative Cause). She stopped the clock in 1:05.15. Sales history: $32,000 RNA yrl ’18 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0. O-Blazing Meadows Farm LLC & Three Chimneys Farm LLC. B-Three Chimneys Farm LLC (Ky). T-Timothy Hamm. The post Fast Anna Gets First Stakes Winner at Woodbine appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article