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Zadorsky, Into Happiness Top Fasig-Tipton August Digital Sale

The Fasig-Tipton August Digital Sale closed Tuesday afternoon with 84 horses sold for $2,074,700. Offerings included breeding stock, horses of racing age, and yearlings. A pair of active race fillies shared top billing, while the gross and number of registered bidders established new records for the Digital platform.

Zadorsky (Hip 1), a 2-year-old Tapiture filly and the first offering to close, sold for $180,000 to Hoolie Racing Stable from the consignment of Legion Bloodstock.

The bay filly was most recently first by 2 1/4 lengths in maiden special weight company at Saratoga on Aug. 13 under the tutelage of trainer Wayne Catalano. Zadorsky has won or placed in all three of her career starts, with earnings of $72,890. She was offered from her training stable at Churchill Downs.

Into Happiness (Hip 8), a 4-year-old daughter of Into Mischief, matched the $180,000 top price when sold to KPO Holdings from the consignment of Taylor Made Sales Agency, agent.

The bay filly is coming off a three-race win streak, including a pair of victories at Saratoga, the most recent on Aug. 9 for trainer Mark Hennig. Into Happiness has a record of 13-4-2-0 and earnings of $215,797 to date. She was offered from her training stable at Saratoga.

Stakes producer San Antonio Stroll (Hip 16) was the sale's top-priced broodmare, sold for $175,000 to Girvin's Girls from the consignment of Ocala Stud, agent for Cliff Love and Michelle Love.

A 9-year-old daughter of Stroll, San Antonio Stroll is the dam of last year's Grade 2 Saratoga Special Stakes winner Damon's Mound (Girvin), who provided a timely update when he won the Robert Hilton Memorial Stakes at Charles Town on Friday to increase his earnings to $379,700. The mare was offered carrying a foal from the first crop of G1 Santa Anita Derby winner Roadster.

“The August Digital Sale showed a very healthy market at all levels,” said Fasig-Tipton Director of Digital Sales Leif Aaron. “For the first time on the platform, we grossed more than $2 million in a single sale. A record number of registered bidders for a record number of entries shows that Digital is continuing to grow in the right direction. We're very excited for the future.”

In total, 84 horses sold for $2,074,700, good for an average of $24,699. Nearly 450 prospective buyers registered to bid on 122 offerings from 146 catalogued. The gross and number of registered bidders (448) were new highwater markers for the Digital platform, which launched in March of last year.

Results are available online.

The next Fasig-Tipton Digital will be the October Digital Sale, which opens for bidding on Thursday, October 5 and closes on Tuesday, Oct. 10. Nominations are now being accepted.

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Geaux Rocket Ride Draws Rail Among 11 Entered in FanDuel Racing Pacific Classic

The 33rd edition of the Grade 1 FanDuel Racing Pacific Classic drew 11 runners Tuesday for Saturday's headliner and – for the first time – the mile and a quarter fixture for 3-year-olds and up attracted three 3-year-olds, any of whom could have a big say in the outcome of the $1,000,000 headliner.

As per usual, the Draw and post position assignments took place at the popular Brigantine Restaurant on the hill overlooking the racetrack where owners, trainers and jockeys for the 11 runners gathered with racing officials and Del Mar staff.

A pair of the 3-year-olds – Pin Oak Stud's Geaux Rocket Ride and Zedan Racing Stables' Arabian Knight – were on top of the list for the Classic's morning line with the former – winner of the $1-million Haskell Stakes vs. 3-year-olds at Monmouth Park in New Jersey last out on July 22 – penciled in as the favorite at 5-2 and his 3-year-old rival, who finished third in the Haskell, next in line at 3-1.

Geaux Rocket Ride, who will be ridden once again by Hall of Famer Mike Smith, drew Post 1, while “Knight” has Del Mar's former top rider, Flavien Prat, in the tack and they'll start from Post 9.

The third soph – C R K Stable's Skinner, stakes-placed in his last three outings – is 10-1 in the morning line and he and rider Hector Berrios will come out of Post 11.

The Pacific Classic will be the lead item on an 11-race, five-stakes racing card that will offer more than $2.3-million in purses, as well as a pair of “Win and You're In” opportunities for this year's Breeders' Cup, notably the $6-million BC Classic for the Pacific Classic winner.

Five 3-year-olds have won the Pacific Classic since its inception in 1991, most recently by the late Shared Belief in 2014. The younger horses get a six-pound weight break as they carry 118 pounds while the older horses must pack 124.

First post for the Saturday program is 1:30 p.m.

Here's the FanDuel Racing Pacific Classic lineup in post position order with riders and morning line odds:

Post Position	Horse/Jockey	Morning Line Odds
1	Geaux Rocket Ride Mike E. Smith	5-2
2	Katonah Antonio Fresu	20-1
3	Stilleto Boy Kent J. Desormeaux	8-1
4	Tripoli Tiago J. Pereira	20-1
5	Defunded Juan J. Hernandez	4-1
6	Order and Law Edwin Maldonado	30-1
7	Slow Down Andy Mario Gutierrez	8-1
8	Senor Buscador Geovanni Franco	10-1
9	Arabian Knight Flavien Prat	3-1
10	Piroli Umberto Rispoli	20-1
11	Skinner Hector I. Berrios	10-1

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Breeders’ Cup Classic Rankings: Arcangelo Moves To The Top

Blue Rose Farm's Arcangelo, winner of last Saturday's Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga, has ascended to the top spot in the latest Longines Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings, while the Travers runner-up, Disarm, has joined the top 10 for the first time. The Longines Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings are a weekly rating of the top 10 horses in contention for the $6 million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic (G1), which will be run Nov. 4 at Santa Anita Park in Arcadia, Calif.

Arcangelo, a 3-year-old son of 2016 Breeders' Cup Classic (G1) winner Arrogate, received 318 votes, including 17 first-place votes. Trained by Jena Antonucci, Arcangelo rose from fourth place to first in Week 7 of the rankings. C2 Racing Stable, LLC and La Milagrosa Stable, LLC's 4-year-old White Abarrio, winner of the Whitney Stakes (G1), holds onto second place with 260 votes. Pin Oak Stud LLC's Geaux Rocket Ride, winner of the TVG.com Haskell Stakes (G1), is third with 231 votes.

Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable's Forte, who had been No. 1 in the poll the past three weeks, dropped to fourth following his fourth-place finish as the 8-5 favorite in the Travers. Forte earned 173 votes.

Lucky Seven Stable's Rattle N Roll, runner-up in the Stephen Foster Stakes (G1), is fifth with 130 votes, followed by Mike Pegram, Karl Watson, and Paul Weitman's Hollywood Gold Cup Stakes (G1) winner Defunded, who is sixth with 111 votes.

Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC's Disarm, who closed strongly to finish a length behind Arcangelo in the Travers, is in seventh place. Trained by Steve Asmussen, Disarm earned 108 votes.

Jeff Drown's 4-year-old Zandon, runner-up in the Whitney, ranks eighth with 91 votes. Godolphin's 5-year-old Proxy, who won the Oaklawn Handicap (G2), is ninth with 78 votes.

After trailing the seven-horse field in the Travers, Mage, who won the Kentucky Derby presented by Woodford Reserve (G1), drops from fourth to 10^th place with 61 votes.

The Longines Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings are determined by a panel of leading Thoroughbred racing media, horseplayers, and members of the Breeders' Cup Racing Directors/Secretaries Panel. Rankings will be announced each week through Oct. 10. A list of voting members can be found here.

In the Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings, each voter rates horses on a 10-9-8-7-6-5-4-3-2-1 system in descending order.

Also receiving one first-place vote this week were King of Steel and Ushba Tesoro (JPN).

*Note – The Breeders' Cup Classic Rankings have no bearing on qualification or selection into the Breeders' Cup Classic.

The 2023 Longines Breeders' Cup Classic, which will be run at 1 1/4 miles on the main track at Santa Anita, is limited to 14 starters. The race will be broadcast live on NBC and Peacock.

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Arcangelo is New No. 1 in Breeders’ Cup Classic Contender Rankings

Each week a panel of media members, horseplayers, and Breeders’ Cup World Championships officials release a poll tabulating their votes on the nation's top contenders for the 2023 Longines Breeders’ Cup Classic. There is a new leader in the rankings this week as Travers Stakes winner Arcangelo assumes the No.