Sand Devil becomes a new TDN Rising Star with an allowance romp at Aqueduct

Bet down from a 4-5 morning line to jump at 35 cents on the dollar in a first-level state-bred allowance at Aqueduct Thursday afternoon, Chester Broman's Sand Devil (c, 3, Violence--Mineralogist, by Mineshaft) ran up the score through the final furlong and a half en route to 'TDN Rising Star' honors. Having graduated by four solid lengths on six-furlong debut Dec. 8--an effort awarded a field-best 82 Beyer Speed Figure--the homebred drew the inside gate in a field scratched down to five and showed enough speed to hold a spot...