Preside

This week we have the six fastest maidens, thanks to a tie for fifth. 5 (tie). NEWTON, DMR, 8/2-1st, 1 mile (Video) Beyer Speed Figure--84 (2nd) (c, 3, by Munnings-Secret Jewel, by Bernardini) O-SF Racing, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables, Stonestreet Stables, Bashor Racing, Determined Stables, Golconda Stable, Waves Edge Capital and Catherine Donovan. B-Three Chimneys Farm (Ky). T-Bob Baffert. J-Emisael Jaramillo. Baffert trainees Newton and Black Tie Optional ran Beyers of 84, finished as the runner-up in their respective races and each carried 120 pounds. So, 'even steven.' The $975,000...

Even though all three recorded 84 Beyers, 2-year-old Flight Command takes the third spot because he carried 123 pounds to 118 for the other two. 4 (tie). TAGERMEEN, CD, 6/27-3rd, 6 1/2 furlongs (VIDEO) Beyer Speed Figure-84 (c, 3, Into Mischief--Silk Route, by Empire Maker) O-Tagermeen Racing. B-Scott/Evan Dilworth & Randy Andrews (Ky). T-Steve Asmussen. J-Jose Ortiz. In his three most recent starts, Tagermeen had been favored against champion Ted Noffey (Into Mischief) and Englishman (Maxfield) and then hooked Commandment (Into Mischief). Making his 3-year-old bow last Saturday after a...

3rd-CD, 120K, Msw, 3yo/up, 7f, 1:43 p.m. After bringing just $125,000 as a yearling at Keeneland September in 2024, PRESIDE (Tiz the Law) impressed the partnership of Spendthrift Farm, St. Elias Stable and West Point Thoroughbreds enough at the 2025 OBS April Sale to inspire a $1.5-million bid after working in :10 flat. Out of a stakes-placed half-sister to Canadian champion female sprinter River Maid (Where's the Ring), the 9-2 morning-line shot debuts for trainer Steve Asmussen and enters off a solid gate drill May 31 (four furlongs in :47...