TDN Rising Star

7th-Churchill Downs, $125,477, Alw (NW1X)/Opt. Clm ($100,000), 11-1, 2yo, f, 7f, 1:23.77, ft, 5 1/2 lengths. MUHIMMA (f, 2, Munnings--Princesa Carolina {SW & GISP, $453,619}, by Tapit) issued a sparkling debut with a 7 1/2-length statement at Churchill Downs Sept. 20 and she was stamped a 'TDN Rising Star' for her effort. Ready for the next level and well-backed at 31 cents on the dollar here, the filly tracked just off of a double-digit longshot up the backstretch. When the tap was given, the gray responded around the far turn,...

1st-GP, $65k, Msw, 2yo, f, 7 1/2fT, 12:00p.m. ET Sumdge (Quality Road) debuts in Florida on Breeders' Cup Saturday, tabbed at 4-1 odds on the morning line for owner D J Stable and trainer Mark Casse. Sold at KEESEP in 2023 for $525,000, she is a half-sister to the ill-fated GISW Mongolian Groom (Hightail) as well as five-time winner Ice Bar (Keen Ice) and one other winner. Dam Bourbonesque (Dynaformer) is a half-sister to SP Cologne (Horse Chestnut {SAf}), who is the dam of MGSW Dragon Bay (Parading). The is...

3rd-CD, $120K, Msw, 2yo, 7f, 2:02p.m. Winchell Thoroughbreds' MISCHIEVOUS INTENT (Into Mischief) kicks off for trainer Steve Asmussen at Churchill Downs Friday. He has been working steadily at the Louisville oval of late, including a three-furlong move in :37 2/5 Oct. 28. Out of MGISW Guarana, the 2-year-old brought $1.4 million at Keeneland September in 2023.His dam, a daughter of Ghostzapper, realized $4.4 million at the Fasig-Tipton November sale in 2021 and a colt by Charlatan out of the mare brought $1.4 million at Keeneland this past September. Erik Asmussen...

The breeding rights to MGISW Muth have been acquired by Gainesway and the son of Good Magic and out of Hoppa (Uncle Mo) will stand at the Lexington farm upon his retirement from racing. Bred by Don Alberto Corp., Muth was a $2-million OBS March 2-year-old purchase by Donato Lanni on behalf of Zedan Racing Stables, Inc. Muth, who earned TDN Rising Star status when breaking his maiden with a front-running 8 3/4-length victory in his debut at Santa Anita, returned to post a 3 3/4-length score in the GI...

The first pool of the 2025 Kentucky Derby Future Wager opens Wednesday, Oct. 30 at noon and features 10-1 individual favorite in 'TDN Rising Star' and GI Breeders' Futurity winner East Avenue (Medaglia d'Oro). The pool includes 38 individual betting interests as well as options for "All Fillies Foaled in 2022" and "All Other Colts and Geldings Foaled in 2022." Bettors can place $2 Win and Exacta wagers on horses in Pool 1 with betting to conclude Friday, Nov. 1 at 6 p.m. before the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile is...

Multiple Group 1 winner 'TDN Rising Star' City of Troy (Justify) was the first horse into the quarantine barn from the 11-horse Saturday evening ship-in for Ballydoyle at Del Mar, as per a Breeders' Cup release, which references information from the International Racing Bureau. The Aidan O'Brien-trained star is scheduled to make a first appearance on track Tuesday morning. Many of the European horses used the weighing scale in the quarantine barn and connections are reporting positive prognoses for their runners. The arrivals will remain in quarantine until Monday afternoon...

GI Breeders' Cup Classic contender 'TDN Rising Star' GISW Newgate (Into Mischief), along with three other horses pre-entered in this weekend's championships at Del Mar, worked Sunday morning at Santa Anita. Firing his second bullet in a row going five furlongs, this time in :58.80, the Bob Baffert-trainee shared the top ranking on the morning with John Sadler runner GSP-Arg & GISP Full Serrano (Arg) (Full Mast). In the Classic, Newgate will be making his second start since returning from a six-month layoff after a ninth-place finish in the G1...

Champion juvenile and 'TDN Rising Star' MGISW Fierceness (City of Light) will join the ranks at Ashford Stud upon his retirement from racing, the farm announced via release Sunday. The champion juvenile from 2023 is a leading GI Breeders' Cup Classic contender and will likely be one of the favorites at post-time. Of the others, Coolmore will have two other rooting interests as well with 'TDN Rising Star' GISW Sierra Leone (Gun Runner) and 'TDN Rising Star' MG1SW-Eng City of Troy (Justify) in the race. That group accounts for three...

While her connections passed on an opportunity in the Breeders' Cup next weekend, 'TDN Rising Star' With the Angels (Omaha Beach) kept things rolling in New York with yet another stakes win in Sunday's Maid of the Mist Stakes. Dubbed a 'Rising Star' at Saratoga with an 11 1/2-length romp against New York-breds Aug. 22, she stepped out an additional furlong and put 9 3/4 lengths on the field in the Joseph A. Gimma Stakes Sept. 22. The no-doubt favorite at 1-9 trying the flat mile Sunday, With the Angels...

In the kind of fascinating group 1 encounter that the preceding Criterium de Saint-Cloud definitely was not, Ballydoyle and Wootton Bassett (GB) were the main stories again at the culmination of Sunday's Criterium International. Ryan Moore had picked last Saturday's impressive Leopardstown maiden-winning TDN Rising Star Twain (Ire) over the stable's Arqana Series Criterium d'Automne winner Mount Kilimanjaro (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) and his judgement proved spot-on once more as the son of Wading (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) emerged with the Rosegreen bragging rights to stamp himself as a genuine Classic candidate for...

Chad Brown was trackside Saturday to watch eight of his Breeders' Cup hopefuls breeze over the Belmont Park dirt training track, including GI Breeders' Cup Classic contender 'TDN Rising Star' Sierra Leone (Gun Runner) and the dual Grade I-winning GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile contender 'TDN Rising Star' Chancer McPatrick (McKinzie). The four-time Eclipse Award-winning conditioner is well positioned for more main-track success heading into next weekend's World Championships with Sierra Leone, Domestic Product (Practical Joke) (Dirt Mile), 'TDN Rising Star' Ways and Means (Practical Joke) (Filly & Mare Sprint), Raging...

'TDN Rising Star' Long Neck Paula (Uncle Mo) was pitched in against the boys by trainer Wesley Ward--as he is wont to do--in Saturday's $197,500 Bowman Mill Stakes at Keeneland and the calculated gamble paid off, as she held a late charge from Tough Magic to record the second black-type success of her young career. Sent away the 11-4 second favorite exiting a 7 1/2-length victory in the Prairie Meadows Debutante Aug. 23, the $325,000 Keeneland September yearling turned $500,000 OBS March graduate hit the ground running and led early,...