GII Amsterdam Stakes

9th-Keeneland, $120,000, Alw (NW2X)/Opt. Clm ($125,000), 10-10, 3yo, 6f, 1:10.30, ft, neck. WORLD RECORD (c, 3, Gun Runner--Marwa {GB}, by Exceed And Excel {Aus}) broke his maiden at second asking at Churchill Downs May 27, which earned him a 'TDN Rising Star' badge. The bay finished third over the same surface in the Maxfield Stakes June 30, but rebounded with a signature score in the GII Amsterdam Stakes at the Spa July 26. Well-beaten in the GI H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes upstate a month later, the colt was well-backed...

Siena Farm and WinStar Farm's 'TDN Rising Star' World Record (Gun Runner), third last out in the Maxfield Stakes at Churchill Downs June 30, received a much more aggressive ride from Flavien Prat Friday and ran a compact--but talented--field off their feet in the GII Amsterdam Stakes at the Spa. Off at odds of 6-1 while adding blinkers, the bay was on the engine from his rail draw and sizzled through fractions of :21.56 and :44.64. He kicked for home as the one to catch and kept on motoring down...