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Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings. Summer Breezes, sponsored by OBS Sales, highlights debuting and stakes-entered 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, including links to their under-tack previews. Here are the entries for closing day at Saratoga and Del Mar. All times Eastern Daylight Time. Information gathered by Alan Carasso. Monday, September 7, 2026 Saratoga 2, Msw, $115k, 2yo, f, 6f, 12:04 p.m. Horse (Sire), Sale, Price...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Sovereignty (Into Mischief) stayed put at Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott's barn Saturday morning. His scheduled workout had been scrapped, and the 4-year-old colt passed the time surveying the scene from his stall on a perfect late summer day. After developing an abscess in a hind foot the day before, Sovereignty's training has grinded to a halt. His next start, a highly anticipated showdown with Japan's Forever Young (Jpn) ({Real Steel {Jpn}) in the GI Jockey Club Gold Cup on Sept. 18 ,has suddenly become...

Summer Starlet (City of Light) backed up her flashy debut victory with another head-turning performance in Saturday's 'Win and You're In' GI Spinaway S. at Saratoga. The unbeaten 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard,' campaigned in partnership by John Bellinger and Brian Coelho's BC Stables, Wattswood Stables, Bob Albritton, Jay Graham and David Baggett, had 4 3/4 lengths to spare over previously unbeaten Schuylerville S. winner Harper's Corner (Speaker's Corner). It was another 7 1/4 lengths back to Angel of Kirk (Yaupon) in third. "Ricardo (Santana, Jr.) gave her a...

Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings. Summer Breezes, sponsored by OBS Sales, highlights debuting and stakes-entered 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, including links to their under-tack previews. Here are the entries for Sunday at Saratoga and Del Mar. All times Eastern Daylight Time. Information gathered by Alan Carasso. Sunday, September 6, 2026 Saratoga 5, Msw, $115k, 2yo, (S), 5 1/2f, 2:25 p.m. Horse (Sire), Sale, Price...

   In this series, the TDN takes a look at notable successes of European-based sires in North America. This week's column is highlighted by the victory of Naomis at Saratoga. Naomis Shines A Light On Placid Waters Chad Brown recorded his record-extending seventh win in the GII Lake Placid Stakes at Saratoga with Naomis. The filly, who races for an ownership group, was making her U.S. debut, fresh off a victory in the G2 Prix Sandringham in her native France (video). City Light's record in the U.S. from just three...

Liam's Law (Colonel Liam) led through easy fractions and dug down gamely in the stretch to hold off his unlucky and favored Todd Pletcher-trained stablemate Bold Leadership (Not This Time) by a neck in the scratched-down GIII With Anticipation S. at Saratoga Saturday. Perfect Dream (Corniche) rounded out the trio. Bold Leadership, off as the 1-2 favorite following a wide trip debut second, leapt in the air at the break and spent most of the race in third while 7-5 second-choice Liam's Law got away to a beautiful beginning and...

Saratoga Maidens, Presented By Keeneland With the 2023 mating season approaching, Barry Irwin and his wife Kathleen drew up a plan for their mare Spangled Banner (Tiz Wonderful), who they had acquired for $225,000 in the Fasig-Tipton Digital Sale the previous August. The results from that nicking on Saturday were a bottle christening, as second-time starter U. S. S. Valor (War of Will) launched then steamed home to win by more than 13 lengths. The effort earned him a 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard' medal. The Team Valor homebred...

A trio from the juvenile division of Doug O'Neill will try to de-throne a powerhouse duo from the Bob Baffert barn in a bid for elite-level black type in Sunday's GI Del Mar Futurity less than an hour after Saratoga hosts a competitive running of the GI Hopeful Stakes. Having been compared, quite favorably, to his sire by their mutual trainer, Booked (Yaupon) will line up against seven other well-related juveniles in the GI Hopeful Stakes in an effort to join the stallion as a fellow Grade I winner at...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - The first Friday of September brought a sunny, crystal clear morning to Saratoga Race Course. It also brought a blur of a racehorse just after 7 a.m. on the main track. Phileas Fogg (Astern {Aus}) and jockey Kendrick Carmouche whizzed past the far turn and barreled into the stretch, completing a five-furlong work in :59.44 (1/4). It's been a bit since we've seen Phileas Fogg at the races--62 days to be exact. When he last ran on July 4, Phileas Fogg buried 10 rivals in the...

SARATOGA SPRINGS, N.Y. - Sovereignty (Into Mischief), the 2025 Horse of the Year, has developed an abscess in a hind foot and will miss a Saturday work, Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott said Friday afternoon. The news was first reported by Dave Grening and the Daily Racing Form. Whether or not that will put his next race--the $1 million GI Jockey Club Gold Cup at Belmont Park Sept. 18 in doubt--remains to be seen. "I could not comment on that one way or another," Mott told the TDN in...

Since seeing its purse raised to $3 million back in 2024, European-based runners have dominated the Nashville Derby, with Bellum Justum (Ire) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) and Wimbledon Hawkeye (GB) (Kameko) taking down the top prize, each time with the now-retired Frankie Dettori in the irons. Saturday's contest, to be run over the extended mile and a quarter over the undulating Kentucky Downs turf course, has been upgraded to Grade II status for this running, and those that have made the trans-Atlantic journey for some of Europe's top outfits look...

Saratoga Maidens, Presented By Keeneland After rating nicely for most of the race, Domestic Agenda (American Pharoah--Smuggle, by Gun Runner) sorted out the maiden special weight victory late in the game to graduate in the Spa opener on Friday. The 8-5 choice watched as Charlotte's Beach (Not This Time) was intent on making the pace after the bell. Expert jockey Flavien Prat steered Domestic Agenda into a tracking spot as the leader tried to get away up the backstretch. Never out of the picture, the Virginia-bred hustled around the far...