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'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Fierceness (City of Light–Nonna Bella, by Stay Thirsty), the Eclipse Award-winning 2-year-old male of 2023 and a four-time Grade I winner, will begin his stud career at Coolmore's Kentucky base at Ashford Stud following his final start in the GI Breeders' Cup Classic at Del Mar on Nov. 1.

An imperious 11 1/4-length debut winner at Saratoga in August 2023, earning no-brainer 'Rising Star' in a similar fashion to owner Mike Repole's fellow champion and late Ashford stallion Uncle Mo, Fierceness romped by 6 1/4 lengths in that year's GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile.

“That was a pretty awesome performance–he's a special talent,” trainer Todd Pletcher said of his championship-clinching victory in the Juvenile.

The 13 1/2-length winner of the GI Curlin Florida Derby, Fierceness defeated fellow 'Rising Star presented by Hagyard' Sierra Leone (Gun Runner) by a length in the GII Jim Dandy Stakes and took down the colors of future Horse of the Year and 'Rising Star presented by Hagyard' Thorpedo Anna (Fast Anna) in the GI DraftKings Travers Stakes. Sierra Leone was third on that occasion, while GI Belmont Stakes hero Dornoch (Good Magic) was back in fourth. He concluded the season with a gallant runner-up effort in the Classic behind Sierra Leone, sitting up on a torrid pace and yielding only in the final stages to finish 1 1/2 lengths in arrears.

Fierceness has been one of the leading lights of this year's handicap division, with a powerful first-up victory in the GII Alysheba Stakes at Churchill Downs and a latest 3 1/4-length defeat of this year's GI Preakness Stakes hero Journalism (Curlin) in the GI Pacific Classic back on Aug. 30. He'll return to the same track and distance for his career finale in just under two weeks' time.

To date, Fierceness has amassed a record of 7-2-1 from 13 starts for earnings of $5,155,320.

“Fierceness isn't just a racehorse–he's family,” said Repole. “He represents everything we've built and believe in at Repole Stable. From the day he was born, we knew he was special.

“He's a Grade I winner at two, three and four, a Breeders' Cup Champion, an Eclipse Award winner and a horse who showed heart, grit, and freakish talent.”

Added Coolmore's Dermot Ryan: “Fierceness hails from a young and hugely exciting family of his owner/breeder, Mike Repole. His track record speaks for itself. A Breeders' Cup Juvenile-winning champion 2-year-old who further enhanced his profile with Grade I victories at three and years (of age), consistently posting massive Beyers in the process.

“He is an outstanding physical from a hugely successful sireline and out of a sister to GI Wood Memorial Stakes winner, Outwork. We got together with Mike Repole with an outstanding Saratoga MSW, Eclipse Award and Breeders' Cup Juvenile-winner before, and we all know how good Uncle Mo turned out to be. With his credentials, there's no reason to believe that Fierceness won't be every bit as good.”

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Arthur's Ride (Tapit–Points of Grace, by Point Given), winner of the 2024 GI Whitney in Saratoga, will stand the 2026 breeding season at Taylor Made Stallions, the farm announced today. His stud fee will be $12,500 S&N.

“Arthur's Ride is a horse we were very high on after his impressive back-to-back victories at Saratoga, including his win in the GI Whitney, earning a 110 Beyer,” said Travis White, vice-president of Taylor Made Stallions. “The race prior to the Whitney, he ran a 111 Beyer and won by 12 3/4 lengths.”

The striking grey banked $819,355 for owner Glassman Racing–Karl and Cathi Glassman–and he was trained by Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott.

A $250,000 Keeneland September Sale purchase by agent Donato Lanni in 2021, the 5-year-old is out of Canadian champion turf mare Points of Grace, who is also responsible for Canadian champion 2-Year-Old filly Victory to Victory (Exchange Rate), who captured the 2016 GI Natalma Stakes at Woodbine.

“He has an outstanding physical and was purchased by Donato Lanni, so we believe commercial breeders will love him. He's got the type of pedigree we look for,” said White. “He is by a top sire, out of a champion, and is a half-brother to a champion 2-year-old filly.”

In Arthur's Ride's front-running performance in last year's Whitney, he defeated subsequent Eclipse Award Older Dirt Male Champion National Treasure in addition to seven other graded stakes winners.

Prior to winning the Whitney, Arthur's Ride romped by 12 3/4 lengths in an allowance/optional claiming victory over 1 1/4 miles at Saratoga and earned a 101 Beyer in a 7 ½-length allowance/optional claiming score at one mile at Gulfstream Park earlier in the season.

For more information on Arthur's Ride, contact Travis White at (859) 396-3508, or Brock Martin at (270) 498-3722, or visit www.taylormadestallions.com.

 

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Il Miracolo (Gun Runner –Tapit's World by Tapit) will join Pope McLean's Crestwood Farm roster for the 2026 breeding season, according to a farm release Monday.

Il Miracolo will stand for $7,500 Live Foal (Payable Stands and Nurse).

An earner of over $1 million on the track, the Il Miracolo broke his maiden in gate-to-wire fashion going one mile at the age of two, dominating a maiden special weight field at Gulfstream Park. At three, he won the GIII Smarty Jones at Parx, in addition to hitting the board in three other graded starts, including the GI Pennsylvania Derby. The following year, he won the GIII Ghostzapper, was runner-up in Monmouth's GIII Philip Iselin and finished third in the Gulfstream Park Mile and GII Alysheba Stakes. He was fifth in this season's G1 Dubai World Cup at Meydan.

“We are excited to announce Il Miracolo at Crestwood Farm,” said Pope McLean Sr. “Having a son of Gun Runner who was a precocious maiden winner at the age of two, and went on to win

graded stakes at the age of three and four, shows the durability and the quality racehorse Il Miracolo was throughout his career. Il Miracolo displayed ability against some of the best of his generation, and he possesses a strong physical presence with size, substance and presence that we believe will impress breeders.”

Bred by Willow Oaks Stable, LLC, the chestnut was campaigned by Alexandres Investments, LLC and trained by Antonio Sano.

“Il Miracolo was a multiple graded stakes winner and an exceptional athlete who proudly represented us on the world stage in Dubai,” said Sano. “He was a remarkable horse in every

way–talented, determined, and completely sound. Training him was a true privilege. He will always hold a special place in my career.”

Call Crestwood Farm at 859-252-3770 to schedule an inspection appointment.

 

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Grade I winner Clicquot (Quality Road–Royal Obsession, by Tapit) and graded winner Italian Soiree (Uncle Mo–Social Call, by Smart Strike) head the latest supplements to Fasig-Tipton's November Sale, held on Monday, Nov. 3 in Lexington, Kentucky.

Clicquot, who won the GI Cotillion on Sept. 20, is catalogued as hip 221. In the Cotillion, the 3-year-old defeated GISWs Scottish Lassie, La Cara, and Good Cheer, winner of this year's Kentucky Oaks.

Clicquot's next anticipated start is the upcoming GI Breeders' Cup Distaff at Del Mar.

The grey filly won four consecutive starts this year at three, including the GIII Indiana Oaks. She has current earnings of $840,153.

Clicquot, who hails from a female family that includes GISW Magnificent Song, will be consigned as racing/broodmare prospect by Hill 'n' Dale at Xalapa, agent.

Also added to the November Sale is GSW Italian Soiree (hip 222). The 3-year-old won this year's GIII Coronation Cup on the Saratoga turf. Last year at two, she won her debut on the dirt and then finished second in the GIII Adirondack at Saratoga.

Italian Soiree is a full-sister to Be Better, a stakes winner of $347,300. She is out of a half-sister to the dam of graded stakes winner Old Time Hockey, and her third dam is GISW Likeable Style. She hails from the immediate family of MGISW and prominent sire Scat Daddy.

Italian Soiree will be consigned as a racing/broodmare prospect by Gainesway, agent.

The latest entries increase the number of graded stakes winners and producers catalogued in The November Sale to 71, 30 of which are Grade I.

The entries may now be viewed online and will also be available in the equineline sales catalogue app.

Print versions of all supplemental entries will be available on-site at sale time.

 

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The betting public wagered that the Anoakia Stakes would be a return to winning form for Himika (Curlin), and she gave them no reason to worry in the lane as she powered home with ears pricked.

A stylish victress at first-asking June 12 at this venue, the newly minted 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' was asked to take on graded company in her second lifetime start, and she passed that test with grace to land the GIII Sorrento Stakes by over four lengths. From there, she ran an even fourth in the GI Del Mar Debutante Stakes two back Sept. 6 and faded to fifth last out Oct. 4 when trying two-turns for the first time in the GII Oak Leaf Stakes. She was beaten by well-regarded stablemates on both of those occasions, namely the Natalie Baffert-owned Bottle of Rouge (Vino Rosso) and fellow 'Rising Star' Explora (Blame), respectively.

Given 1-2 favoritism to turn her form around here, Himika watched the race unfold from just off the flank of Revera (Lexitonian) as that one set a contested pace through :22.55 and a half in :45.65. Briefly overtaking that leader at the quarter pole, she kicked clear coming off the bend and sailed home as a wrapped-up winner by 4 1/4 lengths. Revera held on to second as Stuffy Mist (Maximus Mischief) ambled in from last to claim third.

“She was probably running faster last time going long,” said Bob Baffert. “She was in a good spot, had a great post and she was manageable to rate like, so I felt pretty confident. You just don't know how much that last race took out of her, but it looks like it didn't take a lot out of her.”

“I was happy that she is back to winning form. She basically told us, no two turns for now but maybe down the road. Maybe something like the Test. You know, I think she is that kind of filly. Right now, we are just thinking about next weekend, the Tokyo City Cup. We go week by week, like Belichick.”

Himika is the first to the races for Saratoga track-record setter Motivated Seller, who finished off the board only once in her career when she faded to ninth in the GI La Brea Stakes in 2020. Since this victress, the mare has produced a yearling filly by Complexity as well as a 2025 colt by Jack Christopher. She visited McKinzie for 2026. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

“A tremendous performance…”

#4 HIMIKA rolled home in the $85,000 Anoakia Stakes at @santaanitapark. @JJHernandezS19 in the saddle on the daughter of Curlin for trainer Bob Baffert and @BaomaCorp. Baffert won both legs of the early double. pic.twitter.com/xCOChVkmdp

— FanDuel Racing (@FanDuel_Racing) October 19, 2025

ANOAKIA S., $91,370, Santa Anita, 10-19, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:10.40, ft.
1–HIMIKA, 122, f, 2, by Curlin
     1st Dam: Motivated Seller (SP, $157,400), by Into Mischief
     2nd Dam: Coup, by Empire Maker
     3rd Dam: French Lady (Nz), by Entrepreneur (GB)
'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard'. ($900,000 2yo '25 OBSAPR). O-Baoma Corp; B-Klaravich Stables Inc. (KY); T-Bob Baffert; J-Juan J. Hernandez. $54,822. Lifetime Record: 5-3-0-0, $202,822.
2–Revera, 120, f, 2, Lexitonian–Decoder, by War Front. ($50,000 Wlg '23 KEENOV; $47,000 RNA Ylg '24 KEESEP; $85,000 2yo '25 OBSMAR). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Saints or Sinners, Titletown Racing Stables, U Racing Stables LLC, Barker, Denise, Barker, Edwin S., Haines, John, Rivers, Daniel and Self, Deborah; B-Steven Nicholson & Brandi Nicholson (KY); T-John W. Sadler. $18,274.
3–Stuffy Mist, 118, f, 2, Maximus Mischief–One Playful Act, by Flat Out. ($55,000 Ylg '24 KEESEP). 1ST BLACK TYPE. O-Juan J. Garcia; B-Brandywine Farm (Jim & Pam Robinson) (KY); T-Victor L. Garcia. $10,965.
Margins: 4 1/4, 2, 1HF. Odds: 0.50, 1.70, 22.30.
Also Ran: Umbralle, Heavenly Princess.

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Due to inclement weather in the Lexington area on Sunday (Oct. 19), Monday's (Oct. 20) opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Kentucky October Yearlings Sale will now begin at 11 am, a one-hour delay from its originally scheduled start time of 10:00 a.m.

The remaining sessions, Tuesday through Thursday, will commence at the originally scheduled 10 a.m. start time.

 

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Out On Bail (inside) edges Cyclonite at the finish to win Sunday’s Carle Place Stakes at Aqueduct. Coglianese Photo.

The $150,000 Carle Place Stakes at Aqueduct proved worth the wait for the connections of Out On Bail.

The 3-year-old son of Tiz the Law picked up his second open-company stakes win in Sunday’s 6-furlong Carle Place, pushed a week back after live racing was canceled last Sunday due to a powerful coastal storm that delivered high winds. Under Joel Rosario, Out On Bail held off longshot Cyclonite to win by a nose for his first win in four starts this year.

Rosario, aboard Out On Bail for the first time, saved ground most of the way before tipping out in the stretch to run past pacesetters Fire Pit and No Evidence in midstretch. Out On Bail, the 3-1 second choice in the field of nine, won in 1:08.64 over the firm turf.

“I was in a good spot,” Rosario said. “The way the trip was working out, it looked like I had to come out at some point because there was no room inside. The horse responded and it looked for a second like that horse [Cyclonite] was coming to get us, but my horse kept fighting. A lot of credit to the horse.”

Out On Bail went 2-3-1 in six starts, including a victory in the Skidmore Stakes, during his juvenile campaign for trainer Mike Maker. He ended the season with back-to-back runner-up finishes in open stakes – the Exacta Systems Rosie’s at Colonial Downs and Indian Summer at Keeneland Race Course.

Out On Bail picked up where he left off in early 2025, finishing second in the William Walker Stakes at Churchill Downs and third in the Grade 3 Penn Mile at Penn National Race Course. The lone off-the-board effort followed that, a seventh in the Grade 1 Franklin-Simpson Stakes at Kentucky Downs in early September.

Off since that run and prepped for his return to New York with Maker’s string at Churchill, Out On Bail returned to his native state in early October. He breezed a half mile over the Belmont Park training track last Sunday.

Bred by Matthew Nestor, foaled at Rockridge Stud in Hudson and out of the winning Street Cry mare Judge Lee, Out On Bail originally sold for $40,000 at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred yearling sale. He later sold for $110,000 to Case Chambers at the 2024 OBS March sale of 2-year-olds in training.

Judge Lee is also the dam of the Bolt d’Oro gelding D C’s Boy, who sold for $355,000 at the 2022 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga New York-bred sale; and the unraced 2-year-old Tiz the Law gelding Phil the Barber.

Out On Bail picked up $82,500 for the Carle Place victory to boost his bankroll to $409,420 from a record of 3-4-2 in 10 starts.

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In an industry that always seems petrified by the idea of change, the announcement that a new performance-based rating system based on an Equibase algorithm is about to debut at Santa Anita probably didn't go over too well with horsemen.  Each horse will be assigned a number generated by Equibase and then races will be written using the system. One of the first races that may come up, if it fills, is open to horses rated between 80-95.

The rating number is different from Equibase's speed figures.

Santa Anita is hoping the Equibase races will help solve some of their problems with small fields because so many horses will be eligible for each race.

While this may seem like a radical concept, it is not. Few countries outside of North American have claiming races. Instead, a rating system similar to what Equibase is putting together here are used to group horses and ensure competitive races. The difference is that the ratings in most places are derived by the racing office and they do not used computer-based numbers.

Then there's the Meadowlands. Many of the Standardbred races there are based on grouping horses based on ratings provided by TrackMaster. Eight of the 15 races held Saturday night at the Meadowlands were TrackMaster races. All but one drew a full field of 10 and the winning payoffs were all over the place, a sign of good, competitive racing. The lowest priced TrackMaster winner paid $5, while there were three winners who paid $23 or more.

“I was critical of them at first,” said Dave Little, a handicapper who is part of the Meadowlands simulcast team. “But now I see that they create competitive fields The TrackMaster ratings create evenly matched racing, which is what we all want.”

Scott Warren is the Standardbred racing secretary at the Meadowlands and he too is a fan of the ratings system.

“Some people were totally against it,” Warren said. “For me, as the racing secretary, It's another tool for a racing secretary to utilize. It's been successful. With Freehold closing, that was one of the tracks that utilized it, and we gained some of their horses and the ratings helped us know where those horses belonged. With TrackMaster, they could move up for a start after a win and then drop down the next time out if they lost. It's all decided by whatever algorithm TrackMaster uses. Sometimes they may disagree with the number a horse gets, but it's worked out well. It's helped us. The tracks surrounding us in Pennsylvania and New York don't use TrackMaster, so those horses are either going to have to race in a claimer or race way above their heads. It will be interesting to see how this works for Thoroughbreds. I've used TrackMaster for a while, first at Vernon Downs and now at the Meadowlands. A lot of horsemen were against it at first. My job as a racing secretary is to have a race with a 3-1 favorite and these horsemen want their horses to go off at 3-5. If it works for us, I don't see why it wouldn't work for the Thoroughbreds.”

The first Equibase races scheduled for Santa Anita are on the card for Friday. The first race is set to go on the 6 1/2-furlong downhill turf course and is open to fillies and mares rated between 80 and 95. According to Matt Hegarty of the Daily Racing Form, there are 140 horses based in Southern California that qualify, but many may not want to enter in a down-the-hill turf race.

You can easily find the ratings for your horses on Equibase, which now lists the number. For horses gearing up for the Breeders' Cup Classic, Forever Young (Jpn) (Reel Steel {Jpn}) is a 106. Among the American based horses Journalism is on top with a 104, somehow getting a better rating than his rival Sovereignty (Into Mischief), who got a 103.

By way of comparison, Chief Buckeye (Trappe Shot), the morning line favorite in a $5,000 claimer Tuesday at Mahoning Valley is rated as a 59.

One complaint that is circulating is that people fear the Equibase races will replace claiming races. That's not going to happen, but would it be such a bad thing if it did? One of the many problems of claiming races is that some trainers will enter unsound horses hoping that someone claims their damaged goods. Claiming races are also where the suspected juicers are most likely to show up. Horses come and go from barns, which is not good them, and often land in the hands of someone who looks like they have an edge.

If this is successful at Santa Anita, you'll likely see it spread to other tracks. Having so many problems filling races, Santa Anita has nothing to lose and management deserves praise for trying something that might help fill the entry box.

 

CAW Players and the Breeders' Cup
Sorry to see that during the Breeders' Cup, the CAW players will be allowed to make win bets up to the very last second. Shortly after the traditional summer meet began, Del Mar, like NYRA, would not let the CAW players make win bets within two minutes of a race. That takes away their edge and eliminates the constant problem of seeing horses go into the gate at 4-1 and then they go down to 8-5 as they cross the wire in front. From a perception point, it's a terrible look, not something that the Breeders' Cup needs.

It also doesn't really hurt the CAW players all that much. They are still allowed to make their last-second bets in all the other pools.

 

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Making his final breeze at Saratoga Race Course's Oklahoma Training Track Oct. 19 before shipping to California Oct. 22, Sovereignty went five furlongs in 1:01.39.

Half Yours proved himself one of the shrewdest second-hand buys of the century as he added to a regal day for unsung sires by lifting the Caulfield Cup (G1) at Caulfield Racecourse Oct. 18.

Embroidery answers the distance question to win the Shuka Sho (G1) Oct. 19 at Kyoto Racecourse, scoring two-thirds of Japan's Filly Triple Crown.

Trainer Gordon Elliott wins all five jump races at Far Hills Oct. 18, all with Jack Kennedy aboard, including the American Grand National Hurdle Stakes (NSA-1) with late-running Zanahiyr.

Ready for Candy may be a bit "tricky" to train, but she has been oh so sweet for trainer Phil Antonacci.

Arindel homebred Mythical ran like she never lost a beat, romping home the easiest of winners in the $200,000 Florida Sire Susan's Girl Stakes Oct. 18 at Gulfstream Park.

King's Plate Stakes winner Mansetti led for most of the race, but it was Chiefswood Stables' homebred Borealis Trail who finished strongest of all to take the Ontario Derby (G3) Oct. 18 at Woodbine.

Parx Racing-based trainer Butch Reid resides in Pennsylvania, but Kentucky is his apparent home away from home.

Brendan Walsh, who had eight victories through Oct. 17 to lead the trainer standings for the Keeneland fall meet, entered three in the $350,000 Rood & Riddle Dowager (G3) for fillies and mares going 1 1/2 miles on the grass.

Zedan Racing Stables' Barnes made a triumphant return to the winner's circle Oct. 18, soaring to an 8 1/4-length win in the $350,000 Perryville Stakes (G3) at Keeneland.

Hong Kong hero Ka Ying Rising earned confirmation of his global superstar status and a comparison to his trainer's former champion Better Loosen Up in storming to victory in the Oct. 18 The Everest (G1) at Randwick Racecourse.

Less than two weeks before the Breeders' Cup, a quartet of hopefuls–highlighted by GISW Sweet Azteca (Sharp Azteca)–turned in six-furlongs works Sunday at Santa Anita.

With jockey Juan Hernandez aboard, Sweet Azteca was clocked officially in a swift 1:10.80. Trainer Richard Baltas timed the drill in 1:11.20.

Also working six furlongs on the main track Sunday, all for trainer Bob Baffert, wereTDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard Nysos (Nyquist) (1:11.60), Nevada Beach (Omaha Beach) (1:11.80) and last year's juvenile champion Citizen Bull (Into Mischief) (1:12.60).

Nysos and Citizen Bull are each targeting the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile while Nevada Beach, winner of the GI Goodwood last time out, is slated to run in the GI Breeders' Cup Classic.

As for Sweet Azteca, will contest the GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint at seven furlongs on Nov. 1. Sunday's drill was her second since being forced to miss work in late September due to illness.

“I wanted a good work from her,” Baltas said. “She did a little blow at the end, but that's fine, she needed it. She missed a work. Now we're two weeks out and I think this puts us where we need to be.”

Sweet Azteca won the GII Great Lady M at Los Alamitos in July and the GIII Rancho Bernando going seven furlongs at Del Mar on Aug. 24. She returned to the work tab 28 days later on Sept. 21 but then had a 20-day gap before working again on Oct. 11.

“She wasn't real sick, her blood work was good. She was just sick enough not to work,” Baltas said.

Sweet Azteca is campaigned by breeder Pamela Zeibarth. Last year, when trained by Michael McCarthy, Sweet Azteca won the GI Beholder Mile, Great Lady M and Rancho Bernardo, but bypassed the Filly & Mare Sprint after finishing a dull fourth in the GIII Chillingworth at Santa Anita four weeks ahead of the race.

Also on the tab was champion Straight No Chaser (Speightster), who will try and defend his title in the GI Breeders' Cup Sprint. Trained by Dan Blacker, Straight No Chaser drilled five furlongs in 1:00.60. The 6-year-old most recently returned from a 5 ½-month layoff and finished third as the odds-on favorite in the GII Santa Anita Sprint Championship on Sept. 28.

Also working for Baffert was Bottle of Rouge (Vino Rosso), who is pointed to the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. The filly was clocked going five furlongs in :59.40. It was the second-fastest of 71 works at the distance. Bottle of Rouge most recently won the GI Del Mar Debutante going seven furlongs in her stakes debut on Sept. 6.

Motorious (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}), who will make a third try at winning the GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint, worked a bullet on the training track for trainer Phil D'Amato. Motorious was timed going five furlongs in :59.20, the fastest of 15 works at the distance. A 7-year-old gelding, Motorious in two starts this year won the GIII Daytona sprinting on the hillside turf course at Santa Anita in June and the GIII Green Flash via disqualification at Del Mar on Aug. 30.

 

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