Pocahontas

Sunday Insights: 'Rising Star' V V's Dream Returns At Churchill

8th-CD, 134K, Alw/OC, 3yo, f, 6f, 4:22 p.m. Unraced since hitting the board behind Tarifa (Bernardini) in the GII Fair Grounds Oaks back in March, 'TDN Rising Star' V V'S DREAM (Mitole) returns to the races Sunday for trainer Kenny McPeek. Last year's dominant GIII Pocahontas Stakes winner spent her last six races in stakes company, on the board in the Rags to Riches Stakes and, most notably, second by a length in the GI Darley Alcibiades at Keeneland last October. The daughter of Mitole showed her readiness for Sunday's...

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Handicapping Saturday's Iroquois & Pocahontas at Churchill Downs

TDN's Senior Racing Editor Steve Sherack handicaps Saturday's GIII Iroquois Stakes and GIII Pocahontas Stakes at Churchill Downs. GIII Pocahontas (Race 8) - Pretty Sure (#6) broke her maiden like a filly with a future, making a sustained four-wide rally on the far turn en route to a dominating come-from-behind debut score for Brendan Walsh going six furlongs at Ellis Park Aug. 25. She obviously lacks seasoning and faces a very tough group in this deep renewal of the Pocahontas--headed by deserving favorite Kimchi Cat (#13)--for just her second career...

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