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Kizuna and Lord Kanaloa continue to battle for the top spot on Japan's leading sires' list.

Shipping across the pond was well worth it to owner and breeder Tim Gredley as Wimbledon Hawkeye banked more than $1.1 million for his Nashville Derby (G3T) victory at Kentucky Downs Aug. 30.

The Hopeful Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course is a race intended to point out stars of the future. Though for one of the New York Racing Association's most liked and respected officials, it will mark the end of a long and stellar career.

After racing behind a slow pace, The Padre unleashed a brisk turn of foot for his first graded stakes win and second consecutive stakes victory at the current Del Mar meeting.

Fairmount Park Casino & Racing is celebrating its 100th anniversary with three days of events from Thursday, Sept. 18-Saturday, Sept. 20. The schedule includes giveaways, family-friendly entertainment, and the St. Louis Derby.

It came down to the Aug. 31 closing day program of the Royal Palm Meet, but Saffie Joseph Jr. edged Jose D'Angelo with a three-win day to earn leading trainer honors for the 13th consecutive race meeting at Gulfstream Park.

Although different running styles carried them to victory in million-dollar stakes at Kentucky Downs Aug. 31, Johnny's Red Storm and Meringue both impressed with their triumphs and gave their connections excitement for the future.

Trainer Ian Wilkes said Burnham Square will get the rest of the year off and point to a 2026 turf campaign.

Star mare Treasurethe Moment showed she could provide champion Yulong teammate Via Sistina some stiff opposition if they clash in the spring by producing a breathtaking victory in a classic edition of the Memsie Stakes (G1) Aug. 31.

Donnacha O'Brien's star filly Porta Fortuna (IRE) will miss her planned return in the Matron Stakes (G1) and may not be seen on the track again following a decision to sell her.

Centennial Farms' Antiquarian withstood the late run of Sierra Leone to win the $1 million Jockey Club Gold Cup (G1) at Saratoga Race Course; a race that saw Irad Ortiz Jr. knocked off of prominent contender Mindframe in the early going.

Del Mar track management may need to rethink the name of the Del Mar Handicap (G2T) after Gold Phoenix captured the 1 3/8-mile turf event for the fourth year in a row Aug. 30.

Without the ability to export its television signal to other venues, Remington Park cancels the final nine races Aug. 30.

Fierceness easily defeated 2-5 favorite Journalism in a highly anticipated clash between the 4-year-old star and this year's Preakness Stakes (G1) winner in the $1 million Pacific Classic Stakes (G1) Aug. 30 at Del Mar.

Traveling from across the pond and the widest gate in the field of 12, Wimbledon Hawkeye was given a perfectly timed ride by Frankie Dettori to outlast grade 1 winner Burnham Square in the Nashville Derby Invitational (G3T) at Kentucky Downs Aug. 30.

Formidable Man, trained by Michael McCarthy, is now 6-for-6 at Del Mar, adding the Del Mar Mile (G2T) to his earlier victory in the Eddie Read Stakes (G2T) during the summer meeting.

Start times for three days next weekend have changed at Prairie Meadows due to an anticipated number of Quarter Horse trials to be held all three days.

Motorious three-peats in the $153,500 Green Flash Handicap (G3T) at Del Mar, winning via disqualification.

Bellezza rallied from last to first to win the Flower Bowl Stakes (G2T) Aug. 30 at Saratoga Race Course, notching her second graded win and fourth in-the-money finish since being imported from her native Ireland.

Meringue (Frosted) proved her talents could be applied to the turf and dirt as she successfully picked up her first stakes win in the Kentucky Downs Juvenile Fillies Stakes.

The grey debuted June 19 at Churchill Downs, where she closed from eighth in that five-panel baby dash to win at first-asking on the grass by a neck. From there, her connections moved her to the main track for a tilt at the GIII Adirondack Stakes at Saratoga, and she ran headlong into Florida-bred titan Mythical (St Patrick's Day), who dominated by 3 1/4 lengths. Training well since that race, and with the field's best Beyer figure of 78, the betting public sent her away here with 5-1 odds to return to the winner's enclosure.

In her customary spot near the rear of the field, the daughter of Frosted was in no hurry behind an opening quarter in :22.10 and a half in :44.80 from five off the fence. Asked for more by Luan Machado as they closed ranks for the homeward drive, she had to swing seven wide to do it, but Meringue relentlessly shortened the gap on 75-1 longshot Red Beretta (Catalina Cruiser) and To a Flame (Justify), and overhauled that entire flight in the shadow of the wire to win by a head. The former was second by a nose while the Justify filly was third by a head in a blanket result.

Meringue is the first to the races for her dam Catbrier, whose half-sisters include SP Angel Kiss (Frosted) and Ms Bernadette (Bernardini)–dam of SP Beantown Baby (Artie Schiller). The second dam MGSP Kiawah Cat (Lemon Drop Kid) is a half-sister to G1 Dubai World Cup-placed Cat O'Mountain (Street Cry {Ire}) and multiple Group 1-placed Michita (Dynaformer). Catbrier has a yearling colt to her credit named Oscar (Oscar Performance) and a 2025 filly by Volatile. She went to Tiz the Law for 2026. This is the immediate female family of Singaporean Horse of the Year and five-time champion War Affair (NZ) (O'Reilly {NZ}). Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

 

The fillies battle down the stretch in the $1M Kentucky Downs Juvenile Fillies with #6 MERINGUE ($13.20) prevailing for trainer @BrissetRodolphe and owner Elements Racing (@llc_racing). @luanmachado85 was aboard the daughter of @DarleyAmerica's Frosted. @KYDownsRacing pic.twitter.com/DiDwmB8cQZ

— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) August 31, 2025

KENTUCKY DOWNS JUVENILE FILLIES S., $996,000, Kentucky Downs, 8-31, 2yo, f, 1mT, 1:34.61, fm.
1–MERINGUE, 118, f, 2, by Frosted
                1st Dam: Catbrier, by Street Sense
                2nd Dam: Kiawah Cat, by Lemon Drop Kid
                3rd Dam: Thunder Kitten, by Storm Cat
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-Elements Racing LLC; B-Mesingw Farm LLC (KY); T-Rodolphe Brisset; J-Luan Machado. $586,750. Lifetime Record: GSP, 3-2-1-0, $691,050.
2–Red Beretta, 118, f, 2, Catalina Cruiser–Dontgetinmyway, by Machiavellian. ($9,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Mana Racing; B-Shane Doyle & Penny McCarthy (KY); T-Michel Douaihy. $192,500.
3–To a Flame, 120, f, 2, Justify–Moth (Ire), by Galileo (Ire). ($375,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Bregman Family Racing LLC; B-Orpendale/Chelston/Wynatt (KY); T-George R. Arnold II. $96,250.
Margins: HD, NO, HD. Odds: 5.60, 75.07, 8.31.
Also Ran: Rose Room, Soloist, Oscar's Encore, Loveliest, I've Got the Honey, Back Ring Buzz, Chambourcin.

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