TDN RISING STARS

July 27, 2024 - Saratoga, Race 7, Msw, USD $100,000, 6 1/2F

Chancer McPatrick, C, 2, 2022 by McKinzie

1st Dam: Bernadreamy, by Bernardini
2nd Dam: Dream Empress, by Bernstein
3rd Dam: Chinese Empress, by Nijinsky II

Owner: Flanagan Racing
Breeder: Rigney Racing, LLC (KY)
Trainer: Chad C. Brown

A $725,000 2-year-old out of OBS April, Chancer McPatrick (McKinzie) became his freshman sire's (by Street Sense) first 'TDN Rising Star' and third overall winner with a come-from-behind win in Saturday's seventh race at Saratoga.

The 2-1 favorite broke with the field but was outsprinted early and plummeted back off of heels to the back of the pack as T Kraft (Connect) and Invictus (Into Mischief), the first foal out of GI Kentucky Oaks winner Serengeti Empress, led up the backstretch. Nearly last of the 10-horse field, Chancer McPatrick was left with a lot of work to do and a wall of runners in front of him as the half went in :45.34. With a massive effort off the far turn, he circled the field while six wide under Flavien Prat and roared home down the middle of the track to nail T Kraft, who looked home free, in the shadow of the wire despite switching back to his left lead late to win by a length.

MGISW McKinzie, who stands at Gainesway for $30,000, now has three winners from his first crop to the races. Bernadreamy, a winning daughter of leading broodmare sire Bernardini and out of GISW Dream Empress, now has two winners from as many to race as Chancer McPatrick joins his 5-year-old half-sister Split Decision (Daredevil). Bernadreamy has a yearling colt by Liam's Map who is her youngest reported offspring.