Saratoga Race Course will host Wish Wednesday this week, with more than 50 Make-A-Wish Vermont & Northeast New York Wish Family members visiting the track for a special day offering a new experience through the excitement of world-class thoroughbred racing. The group of Wish Kids and their families will participate in a variety of activities, culminating in a named race and trophy presentation in the winner's circle. “We are honored to support Make-A-Wish Vermont and Northeast New York and play a small part in the magic they create for children like Kailey,” said Robert Hines, NYRA  Community Affairs Manager. “Horse racing is deeply rooted in community and Wish Wednesday is a powerful reminder of how sport and service can make a meaningful impact.” The post NYRA to Host Wish Wednesday at Saratoga appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

She was the seventh highest-priced Gun Runner at Keeneland September last year, and Glory Me more than justified that price tag here as she effortlessly cruised home to 'TDN Rising Star' honors on unveiling at Ellis Park. Giving the gate crew trouble before the race but eventually convinced to load, she was content to watch the race unfold from the back until midway on the turn when she launched an eye-catching rally to inhale her inside competition of her own volition. Striking the front with little urging from Brian Hernandez Jr., she left them all in her wake to win with air to spare. Kenz (McKinzie) was a clear second best. Glory Me is a half-sister to GISW Grace Adler (Curlin) and MGISP Pyrenees (Into Mischief). Sales history: $975,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP. O-Lael Stable; B-Blue Heaven Farm (KY); T-Cherie DeVaux.   The post Gun Runner’s Glory Me Coasts Home to ‘Rising Star’ Honors at Ellis Park appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article

Keeneland announced July 14 that Dean Dorton, a nationally recognized advisory firm that began in Lexington and has headquarters here, is the new sponsor of the $250,000 Myrtlewood Stakes.View the full article

Calumet Farm's Lexitonian was represented by his first winner when Ritzaphena dug in and battled for victory on closing day at Lone Star Park July 13.View the full article

Aidan O'Brien trainee Benvenuto Cellini (Frankel), a G1 Vincent O'Brien National Stakes entry and son of dual Grade I winner Newspaperofrecord, went into every notebook when encountering the TDN Rising Star display of Dorset (Wootton Bassett) at the Curragh last month and duly delivered a breakthrough success in Monday's Irish Stallion Farms EBF Maiden at Killarney. The 2-5 favourite, stepping up from seven furlongs to a mile for this return, broke on the lead and remained there throughout. Setting a modest pace through halfway, he was allowed an inch of rein with a quarter-mile remaining and stayed on relentlessly in the latter stages to easily outpoint stablemate Endorsement (Wootton Bassett) by 2 3/4 lengths.   Benvenuto Cellini is the second foal and scorer out of GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf and GI Just A Game Stakes heroine Newspaperoftherecord (Lope De Vega), whose Group 3-winning dam Sunday Times (Holy Roman Emperor) ran second in the G1 Cheveley Park Stakes. Sunday Times, who is also the dam of Listed Cecil Frail Stakes winner Classical Times (Lawman {Fr}), is kin to Listed Bosra Sham Fillies' Stakes runner-up Question Times (Shamardal), herself the dam of three black-type winners headed by G1 Irish Derby hero Latrobe (Camelot) and multiple Group 1-placed Listed Salsabil Stakes victrix Pink Dogwood (Camelot). The April-foaled chestnut's third dam Forever Times (So Factual) is a half-sister to multiple Group-winning dual G1 Prix de la Foret runner-up Welsh Emperor (Emperor Jones), the stakes-winning Majestic Times (Bluebird) and the Group 3-placed Brave Prospector (Oasis Dream). Benvenuto Cellini is a full-brother to Listed Lingfield Oaks Trial victrix and G1 Oaks fifth Giselle and a yearling filly. He is also kin to a weanling colt by Justify. The post Frankel’s National Stakes Entry Benvenuto Cellini Impresses With Killarney Breakthrough appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article