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Live Oak Plantation's Souper Sensational (Curlin), a 'TDN Rising Star' and dominant last-out stakes winner, will take some beating as a likely prohibitive favorite making her graded stakes bow in Sunday's GIII Mazarine S. at Woodbine. Unveiled as a 6-5 favorite traveling seven furlongs here Sept. 26, the $725,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga purchase notched a handy 2 1/4-length success over a runner-up who was another 9 3/4 lengths clear of third. Hammered down to 3-5 stepping up into stakes company in the Glorious Song S. Oct. 17, the chestnut did not...

   TDN Rising Star Aunt Pearl (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) leapfrogs over her conditions and takes on graded company for the first time in Wednesday's GII JP Morgan Chase Jessamine S., a 'Win and You're In' event for the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. Sent straight to the front in her unveiling going a mile at Churchill Downs Sept. 1, the Irish bred was never heading, scoring by an emphatic five lengths. The 280,000gns TATOCT was part of a European venture put together by BSW/Crow Bloodstock's Brad Weisbord and...

Unbeaten Plum Ali (First Samurai) looks to keep her perfect record in tact Sunday in Belmont's GII Miss Grillo S. A debut winner going two turns at Saratoga July 23, the chestnut captured the Mint Juvenile Fillies S. Sept. 7, making her the only black-type winner in the field. Brad Cox saddles a promising runner in Caldee (More Than Ready). Off the board when unveiled in a main track sprint at the Spa July 19, the bay romped by 6 3/4 lengths next out when switched to the turf and...