McKinzie

'TDN Rising Star' Chancer McPatrick (McKinzie) ran by them all to remain unbeaten and provide his freshman sire with a rolling Grade I double in Saturday's 'Win and You're In' GI Champagne Stakes at the Belmont at the Big A meeting. McKinzie's Scottish Lassie, a debut third as the favorite at Saratoga, broke her maiden in style with a runaway success in the GI Frizette Stakes one race earlier on the card. Favored at 1-2, Chancer McPatrick broke like a shot from his outside draw--not the case in either of...

What a way to tally a first career graded stakes. Both trainer Jorge Abreu and his charge, who entered Saturday with only a third-place finish under her girth, broke their graded maiden with a runaway score in the GI Frizette Stakes at Belmont at the Big A. Now Abreu and Scottish Lassie (f, 2, McKinzie--Bodebabe, by Bodemeister) have earned a fees-paid berth to the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies in four weeks. Abreu, a former assistant to Chad Brown, brought a longshot filly to the Juvenile Fillies last year and...

TIMONIUM, MD - Despite a smaller catalogue, the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Fall Yearling Sale produced an average and median in line with its 2023 edition Tuesday at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium. "It was fine. It wasn't exceptional, it wasn't terrible. It was a solid day of work," said Fasig-Tipton President Boyd Browning, Jr. at the close of business Tuesday. "There was significant demand for what were perceived to be the better horses. The lower end, the horses that were either considered conformationally lacking or were lacking in terms of...

Whatever Next? It's as big a question for the throwback gelding of that name as for his sire, both standing at an exciting crossroads in their respective careers. Next's domination of a niche division of the American Turf is now such that he may now try to adapt to a more competitive, mainstream discipline at the Breeders' Cup. But whether this switch concerns distance or surface, in the Classic or Turf respectively, nobody should be surprised if the gray proves equal to the challenge. For his sire Not This Time...

Continuing spirited trade for yearlings by young stallions, Monday's seventh session of the Keeneland September Sale was led by freshman sire McKinzie, who has his first crop of 2-year-olds this season. Leading the fray was Hip 2197, a colt that brought $475,000 from Reeves Thoroughbred Racing. The second highest priced yearling of the session, also the day's topping filly, was Hip 2116, by Maxfield. Offered by Runnymede Farm, the daughter of Marwa (GB) was purchased by AMO Racing USA. At the conclusion of Monday's session, a total of 288 head...

by Jessica Martini and Christina Bossinakis LEXINGTON, KY -- The momentum which began with a competitive Book 1 section rolled into Book 2 with a trio of yearlings bringing seven figures and continued increases over last year during the third session of the Keeneland September Yearling Sale in Lexington Wednesday. "We saw the same kind of momentum and trends just rolling over," said Keeneland Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy. "There was a great positivity around the grounds. Consignors were invariably very pleased. And buyers found it tough and a...

In this continuing series, TDN's Senior Racing Editor Steve Sherack catches up with the connections of promising maidens to keep on your radar. Trainer Danny Gargan launched the careers of GI Belmont Stakes winner Dornoch (Good Magic) as well as GIII Matt Winn Stakes winner Society Man (Good Magic) during the 2023 meeting at Saratoga. Both starters in this year's GI Kentucky Derby, neither won on debut. Dornoch finished a strong second behind fellow future Classic winner Seize the Grey (Arrogate) in his unveiling in the Saratoga slop while Society...

4th-DMR, $75K, Msw, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 6:00 p.m. ET. CASH CALL (McKinzie) makes her first start for CSLR Racing and trainer Bob Baffert. Bred by Brent Harris and Beth Harris, the filly went for $600,000 at the OBS April Sale after she clocked :20 1/5 during the under tack show. The debut runner's dam is D'Fashion (D'wildcat), who out of her eight foals has five to race with as many winners, including MSW Strategic Dreams (Archarcharch). TJCIS PPS

It's easier to identify the phenomenon of a broodmare sire than to account for it. But we certainly have a modern marvel of the genre in Bernardini, whose posthumous consolidation of what had been an exceptionally precocious emergence in this sphere reached a fresh peak as the Saratoga summer drew to a close. On Saturday, one of his daughters produced Immersive (Nyquist) to win the GI Spinaway Stakes; and on Monday another Bernardini mare gave us Chancer McPatrick (McKinzie) to achieve a reciprocal status among the crop's colts in the...

In what turned out to be the battle of the TDN Rising Stars, it was Chancer McPatrick (McKInzie) who, despite a problematic start, came on late to outgun Ferocious (Flatter) in Saratoga's closing day marquee juvenile test, the GI Hopeful Stakes. "When it's meant to be, it's meant to be," said rider Flavien Prat, who was winning his seventh Grade I race of the meet. "The break was pretty bad and I never thought from there I could regroup. He did it and he showed that he's very talented." The...

In her debut, Quickick (McKinzie) ran well to be third but couldn't overcome a slow beginning as she dropped 15 lengths off the pace in the early going. So trainer Tom Amoss added blinkers and jockey Dylan Davis made sure to stay close to the early pace. That made all the difference as Quickick broke her maiden in Sunday's seventh race at Saratoga, winning by 2 1/2 lengths. Amoss also told Davis to try to get the filly to the outside where she wouldn't be bothered by the kickback. She...

In this continuing series, TDN's Senior Racing Editor Steve Sherack catches up with the connections of promising maidens to keep on your radar. Mancuso (f, 2, McKinzie--Medaglia d'Argento, by Medaglia d'Oro) came within a neck of putting an exclamation point on a banner weekend for her high-profile connections at Del Mar last Sunday. Given a 7-1 chance in her unveiling for trainer Phil D'Amato, the Little Red Feather Racing colorbearer broke well from her inside draw and was ridden along by Antonio Fresu to chase in a joint second while...