By Joe Bianca
5th-BEL, $77k, Alw, 3yo/up, f/m, 7fT, 3:41 p.m. EDT
Don Alberto Stable's RUBILINDA (Frankel (GB)&log=">Frankel {GB}) unleashed a powerful stretch kick on debut here May 27, coming home in :22.57 to score going away and become the first American-based 'TDN Rising Star' for her sire. The bay homebred returns stretching out a furlong in this spot with a quartet of interim breezes for trainer Chad Brown, capped by an easy half-mile on the local dirt July 2 in :49 flat (20/36). The allowance also marks the return and turf debut of Gainesway Stable's 'TDN Rising Star' Cherry Lodge (Bernardini). A well-bet first-out winner with an 89 Beyer last August at Saratoga, the $450,000 Keeneland September buy disappointed when third as the even-money chalk in the GI Spinaway S. and was last seen running second at odds-on in the GIII Matron S. here Oct. 16. The Todd Pletcher pupil sports a pair of bullet works over the Elmont grass, covering the distance in :47 1/5 (1/15) July 2. TJCIS PPs
—@JBiancaTDN
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