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It would have made perfect sense had Chief Stipe O'Neill elected to send RAGING TORRRENT (c, 3, Maximus Mischief–Violent Wave, by Violence) across the continent for Saturday's GI H. Allen Jerkens Stakes, given his two very powerful recent victories over seven furlongs, including the June 30 Maxfield Stakes. Instead, he walked out of his barn at Del Mar and handed heavily favored The Chosen Vron (Vronsky) a rare defeat in the GII Pat O'Brien Stakes. In receipt of seven pounds from The Chosen Vron, Raging Torrent took command within the opening quarter mile and had the chalk glued to his outside through splits of :22.56 and :44.96. Ridden along approaching the quarter pole, Raging Torrent may have been headed at midstretch and battled back very gamely inside for a narrow victory. Big City Lights (Mr. Big) ran on for third ahead of G1 Saudi Cup hero and G1 Dubai World Cup third Senor Buscador (Mineshaft), who was predictably outrun, but finished up nicely and galloped out very strongly around the turn. Raging Torrent is the first graded winner for Spendthrift's Maximus Mischief. Sales history: $27,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP; $75,000 2yo '23 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 10-4-1-2. O-Mark Davis; B-Rodney J Winkler & Alfonso Mazzetti (KY); T-Chief Stipe O'Neill. RAGING TORRENT held off The Chosen Vron ($10.80) to win the $250,000 Pat O'Brien Stakes (G2) @LanesEndFarms @BreedersCup Challenge Series Race at @DelMarRacing. The 3-year-old colt by Maximus Mischief (@spendthriftfarm) was trained by @DougONeill1, @Antonio1Fresu up! pic.twitter.com/puzT4gjT37 — FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) August 25, 2024 The post Raging Torrent Outsprints The Chosen Vron In the Pat O’Brien appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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Saturday's 14-race DraftKings Travers Day card generated a record-setting all-sources wagering handle of $63,023,405, according to a press release from NYRA on Saturday. The 2024 figure represents a 13.4 percent increase over the prior record of $55,559,317, which was established in 2022. Paid attendance on Saturday was 47,844 with on-track handle of $11,267,864. THE CHAMP IS BACK! Fierceness, son of @LanesEndFarms stallion City of Light, wins the G1 @DraftKings Travers Stakes, leaving no doubt that he's back on top! The legendary @ljlmvel was aboard for @PletcherRacing and @RepoleStable. pic.twitter.com/M8KY6h4sQr — NYRA () (@TheNYRA) August 24, 2024 The post DraftKings Travers Day Wagering A Record With Over $63 Million appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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Repole Stable's 'TDN Rising Star' FIERCENESS (c, 3, City of Light–Nonna Bella, by Stay Thirsty) opened as a 6-1 chance for Saturday's GI Draft Kings Travers Stakes, the highlight of the summer meeting at Saratoga, and was a dime shy of 4-1 when they threw the latch at the mile-and-a-quarter start. Last to load, the homebred was off well and took up a forward position as Batten Down (Tapit) was intent on heading off his rivals and galloped his seven rivals along through an opening quarter-mile that was sharp enough in :23. while pursued by GI Belmont Stakes and GI Haskell Stakes hero Dornoch (Good Magic). The connections of certain 3-year-old filly champion and 'TDN Rising Star' Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) would have done some contingency planning, as she has shown speed enough to lead in her races, but also an ability to settle and make a run. The latter tactics were employed, as the filly took back to third and followed the rail to the backstretch. Fierceness settled in midfield, but in the clear passing the six-furlong marker before improving a spot prior to the half-mile pole. They slowed the pace down and went the half in :48.62. They picked up the pace around the turn and John Velazquez had Fierceness poised to strike three wide, as Thorpedo Anna and 'TDN Rising Star' Sierra Leone prepared to deliver their challenges deeper out at the quarter pole. Fierceness claimed Batten Down with ease at the three-sixteenths and carried what appeared to be a winning lead into the final furlong. Thorpedo Anna called on all her quality and was gaining on Fierceness as the wire loomed, but the reigning 2-year-old champ was home about a half-head best. Sierra Leone was third as the 8-5 favorite. It was a second win for owner Mike Repole, whose Stay Thirsty–the dam sire of Fierceness–won it back in 2011. Lifetime Record: 8-5-0-1. O/B-Repole Stable (KY); T-Todd Pletcher. THE CHAMP IS BACK! Fierceness, son of @LanesEndFarms stallion City of Light, wins the G1 @DraftKings Travers Stakes, leaving no doubt that he's back on top! The legendary @ljlmvel was aboard for @PletcherRacing and @RepoleStable. pic.twitter.com/M8KY6h4sQr — NYRA () (@TheNYRA) August 24, 2024 The post Fierceness Holds Off Thorpedo Anna In A Thrilling Travers appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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Following in the hoofprints of his Klaravich-owned sire, who won it in 2017, DOMESTIC PRODUCT (c, 3, Practical Joke–Goods and Services, by Paynter) came with a wide rally into the Saratoga stretch and outfinished favored 'TDN Rising Star' Prince of Monaco (Speightstown) and GI Woody Stephens Stakes hero Book'em Danno (Bucchero) to land Saturday's GI H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes. Drawn low in gate three, the homebred colt, a last-out winner of the one-mile GIII Dwyer Stakes, found himself near the back of the field as World Record (Gun Runner) speared through at the fence to take up the running. The GII Amsterdam Stakes winner had some pressure through a half-mile in a sharp :44.28 and the come-from-behinders would have been licking their chops as the field raced into the final couple of furlongs. Woody Stephens runner-up Prince of Monaco, fourth or fifth through the early stages, got first run on World Record, but Domestic Product had gradually worked his way into contention for Flavien Prat and drew on even terms a furlong out. Book'em Danno, also in a rearward position behind the hot pace, also weaved his way into contention, and Javier Castellano might otherwise have tried to take a gap between Prince of Monaco and Domestic Product only to have that hole disappear when Prince of Monaco came out slightly. Instead he dove down towards the inside and looked a final-sixteenth danger, but Domestic Product did the better work widest of all and was home about a half-length to the good. Book'em Danno was a gallant third. Lifetime Record: 9-4-2-0. O/B-Klaravich Stables (KY); T-Chad Brown. What a finish by DOMESTIC PRODUCT! The 3YO son of @coolmoreamerica stallion Practical Joke wins the Grade 1 H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes with Flavien Prat aboard for trainer Chad Brown. pic.twitter.com/EwC0CgOpgQ — NYRA () (@TheNYRA) August 24, 2024 The post Like Father, Like Son: Domestic Product Takes High-Class Renewal of the H. Allen Jerkens appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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By Mike Love Trainer Paul Nairn produced an impressive winner at Addington Raceway on Friday night and will looking for more of the same with two strongly-supported runners at Rangiora today. The “Master” will slip on the silks to drive Wypout ($3.30FF) in Race 4, the Remembering John Russell – A Veteran Member Trot and High Noon ($3.50FF) in Race 10, the Rangiora HRC Thanks Country Feasts Trot. Both are currently second favourites. Nairn was successful at Addington with Forgiveness, driven by Bob Butt. Despite doing all of the donkey work, Forgiveness went on to win stylishly in what was the best possible start to her new campaign. “I’m really happy with her. She went very well. The tough run didn’t worry her.” “We will now aim for the good mares race at Oamaru (September 15) – the Jasmyn’s Gift – that will possibly be her next start,” said Nairn. Like Forgiveness, Wypout is fresh up today – the three-year-old Father Patrick filly lining up without any public appearances since last being seen at listed level in November last year. “I just felt like she needed to strengthen up a bit which is why she’s had a bit of time off.” “Her manners are generally good and she’s a good gaited filly. She should compete well enough.” “Hopefully there’s a bit of natural improvement with her with a bit of racing going forward.” At the other end of the spectrum in Race 10 High Noon is well into his campaign and looking for career win number two at start 32. Recent performances suggest that the four-year-old Majestic Son gelding is not far from posting that win. “He seems good. He has come through last week’s race well with no problems. I’d like to think he will go another good race.” Nairn currently trains a team 14 from his Leeston base and has trained 415 winners to date, while driving 135. View the full article
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WinStar Farm and Siena Farm's MULLIKIN (c, 4, Violence–Tulira's Star, by Congrats) cemented his status as the best older sprinter east of the Mississippi with a comprehensive, front-running victory in Saturday's GI Forego Stakes at Saratoga. Looking for his fourth straight victory and exiting a smooth success in the GII John Nerud Stakes downstate July 8, Mullikin jumped right at his morning-line quote of 8-5 and took control of the Forego right from the opening bell, cruising through the opening quarter-mile in a manageable :22.46. Continuing to boss his rivals from the front after a half in :44.88, the $500,000 Keeneland September yearling was asked to win his race in upper stretch, pinched a winning break and had a good five to six lengths on Grade I winner Gun Pilot (Gun Runner) on the wire. Angkor (Anchor Down) pressed the early pace and held for third, while Caligostro (Upstart) went to his knees at the break and caboosed the field before making belated progress to be an unlucky fourth. Sales history: $500,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP. O-WinStar Farm & Siena Farm; B-Fred Hertrich III & John D Fielding (KY); T-Rodolphe Brisset. First Grade 1 win for MULLIKIN, son of @HillnDaleFarm stallion Violence! He wins the Grade 1 Forego Stakes under Flavien Prat for trainer @BrissetRodolphe. pic.twitter.com/ic5Nywavoq — NYRA () (@TheNYRA) August 24, 2024 The post A ‘Forego’-ne Conclusion: Mullikin Miles Best in the Forego appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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SARATOGA SPRINGS–Travers Weekend has been good to Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher. And not just because he has won the GI Travers Stakes twice–with Flower Alley in 2005 and Stay Thirsty in 2011. The annual blockbuster weekend on the Saratoga Race Course schedule is also known for the 2-year-olds. And Pletcher has had some good ones that have debuted at Midsummer Derby time. On Saturday, it was Tip Top Thomas (Volatile) that emerged as a horse to watch in the future when he won the day's seventh race, a $100,000 Maiden Special Weight event. The way he won the six-furlong race was encouraging enough for Pletcher, who saw Uncle Mo break his maiden on Travers Day in 2010. Last year, it was Fierceness (City of Light) who broke his maiden, that one coming on the Friday before. “It's never a bad thing,” Pletcher said of getting a juvenile to the winner's circle on Travers weekend. “Historically, a maiden race on Travers Day is always a good one.” Pletcher has always maintained that any success he has had at the Saratoga meet depends on how his young horses perform. Tip Top Thomas is the third Pletcher juvenile to break his maiden at the meet. He joins Tenacious Leader (Not This Time), who got it done in his second Spa start Aug. 10 and Uncaged (Curlin), who did it at first asking on the same day. “I think we have picked it up recently,” Pletcher said. “We have had some solid winners and that is always encouraging.” A couple of his 2 year-olds are already on their way to bigger and, hopefully for Pletcher, better things. Mentee (City of Light), who broke his maiden at Aqueduct June 15, missed the GIII Sanford Stakes here earlier in the meet when he came down with a fever. He is being pointed to the GI Hopeful Stakes on Labor Day. After breaking his maiden on the inner turf going a mile, Pletcher now has Tenacious Leader pointed to the GIII With Anticipation Stakes at 1 1/16 miles on the grass Thursday. What might be next for Tip Top Thomas remains to be seen. The colt, owned by James Bakke, was a $160,000 purchase at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton Kentucky Fall Yearling Sale. Ridden by Irad Ortiz Jr., Tip Top Thomas and the well-meant Rookie Card (Adios Charlie), who was ridden by Dylan Davis, engaged in a battle that lasted the entire race. In the stretch, Tip Top Thomas would never allow Rookie Card to get by and prevailed by a head as the 2-1 favorite. “I thought it was a good, determined effort,” Pletcher said. “He broke alertly and they were moving right along. He settled into second and rated kindly from there. It looked like he stayed on and galloped out pretty well.” When asked what this effort could mean moving forward, Pletcher said: “It can mean a lot of different things. He is obviously precocious and has some natural speed. I really was encouraged by the way he finished and the way he galloped out afterwards.” Heading into the race, Pletcher got an indication that he might see a big effort. Tip Tom Thomas showed him things in the morning. “The way he trained, the way he breezed from the gate,” Pletcher said. “A good effort.” Tip Top Thomas was timed in 1:10.46 and paid $6.80. The post Tip Top Thomas’ Gritty Performance May Be A Sign Of Things To Come appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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When Peter Blum homebred SOCIETY (m, 5, Gun Runner–Etiquette, by Tapit) is good, she's scary good, and the very best version showed up Saturday at Saratoga, as she came away late to defeat market leaders Scylla (Tapit) and favored Vahva (Gun Runner) in decisive fashion in the GI Ballerina Stakes. With the victory, Society receives a fees-paid berth into the GI Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint at Del Mar Nov. 2. Off as the contrarian pick to the top two at odds of 7-2 while having just her second start of the season, the chestnut showed speed enough to track the pace to the outside of 'TDN Rising Star' Munny's Gold (Munnings) through a first quarter in :22.65. The pace battle intensified from there, as Society continued to hound the front-runner past a half-mile in :44.82, as Vahva raced to the inside of the cutting-back Scylla a few lengths in arrears. Society was aggressively sent after Munny's Gold outside the quarter pole and went for home in the three path. Scylla tried her best on the outside and Vahva plugged away at the rail, but neither could make any inroads late and Society proved a much-the-best winner. Lifetime Record: 14-8-0-2. O/B-Peter E Blum Thoroughbreds LLC (KY); T-Steve Asmussen. SOCIETY is @BreedersCup-bound! The 5YO daughter of @Three_Chimneys stallion Gun Runner wins the Grade 1 Ballerina Handicap with @Tyler_Gaff aboard for trainer Steve Asmussen. pic.twitter.com/RS8y5PeRIA — NYRA () (@TheNYRA) August 24, 2024 The post Gun Runner’s Society Fires Her Best Shot in the Ballerina appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article
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LSU Stables' 'TDN Rising Star' FAR BRIDGE (c, 4, English Channel–Fitpitcher, by Kitten's Joy) was left to his own devices on the front end and was the recipient of a perfectly judged ride from Joel Rosario to upset Saturday's GI Resorts World Casino Sword Dancer Invitational Stakes by about a length and in so doing, locking up a spot in the gate for the GI Breeders' Cup Turf at Del Mar on the first weekend of November. The 8-1 distant third choice in the wagering behind Godolphin's GI Manhattan Stakes hero Measured Time (GB) (Frankel {GB}) and the longer-winded Silver Knott (GB) (Lope de Vega {Ire}), Far Bridge was sent straight into the lead, and although the clocking for the opening half-mile was comfortable enough, the real damage was done over the course of the next two furlongs, where Far Bridge–who was pressed all the while by the GII Bowling Green Stakes winner Silver Knott–was allowed to amble through that stretch in a pedestrian :26.29. The 4-year-old continued to have things very much his own way, but Measured Time, who was a bit keen in this first attempt at the 12-furlong distance, pushed away from the inside and was produced three wide at the head of the lane. But, as he did in the Manhattan–where he was good enough to overcome it at the shorter trip–Measured Time drifted out a bit and with a final sprint home in :23.21, Far Bridge repelled the challenged and proved a comfortable one-length winner in the finish. Saturday, Saratoga RESORTS WORLD CASINO SWORD DANCER S.-GI, $727,500, Saratoga, 8-24, 3yo/up, 1 1/2mT, 2:29.51, fm. 1–FAR BRIDGE, 120, c, 4, by English Channel 1st Dam: Fitpitcher, by Kitten's Joy 2nd Dam: Teenage Temper, by A.P. Indy 3rd Dam: Pleasant Temper, by Storm Cat O-LSU Stables; B-Calumet Farm (KY); T-Christophe Clement; J-Joel Rosario. $412,500. 'TDN Rising Star'. Lifetime Record: 12-5-3-2, $1,477,700. Werk Nick Rating: A+++. *Triple Plus* Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. 2–Measured Time (GB), 126, c, 4, Frankel (GB)–Minidress (GB), by Street Cry (Ire). O/B-Godolphin (GB); T-Charles Appleby. $150,000. 3–Silver Knott (GB), 124, g, 4, Lope de Vega (Ire)–God Given (GB), by Nathaniel (Ire). (725,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-Godolphin, LLC; B-St Albans Bloodstock LLP (GB); T-Charles Appleby. $90,000. Margins: 1, 3 1/4, NK. Odds: 8.20, 0.85, 1.30. Also Ran: Pioneering Spirit, Grand Sonata. Scratched: Soldier Rising (GB). Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV. All heart from FAR BRIDGE with an upset in the Grade 1 @ResortsWorldNYC Sword Dancer Stakes! Hall of Famer @JRosarioJockey was aboard for trainer @clementstable. pic.twitter.com/GIKmSXe8BS — NYRA () (@TheNYRA) August 24, 2024 The post ‘Rising Star’ Far Bridge Turns Back ‘Time’ In the Sword Dancer appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article