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Two-Year-Old Spotlight Presented By Stonestreet Bred & Raised: Schuylerville Stakes At Saratoga

Summer means an increased focus on 2-year-olds, most notably at some of the country's most prominent meets.

Each week, we'll look at a race of interest to those looking for horse racing's next rising stars.

The Paulick Report 2-Year-Old Spotlight, presented by Stonestreet Bred & Raised, is hosted by handicapper and horse racing content creator Andrew Champagne. Andrew plies his trade at Saratoga each summer as the featured handicapper within The Pink Sheet and, starting this year, the New York Daily News.

On this week's debut episode, Champagne examines the standouts in Thursday's Grade 3 Schuylerville Stakes; a six-furlong race for fillies at Saratoga Race Course.

Watch the inaugural 2-Year-Old Spotlight video below:

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31 Graded Stakes Set for Santa Anita’s Autumn Meet

Santa Anita Park's 19-day Autumn Meet will open Friday, Sept. 29 and will feature the 40th Breeders' Cup World Championships Nov. 3-4. Breeders' Cup preps will dominate the first two weekends of racing as a total of 31 graded stakes will be run throughout the meet. Closing day will be Sunday, Nov. 5.

In addition to hosting the two-day Breeders' Cup World Championships for a record 11th time, Santa Anita will hold 42 stakes during the Autumn Meet, including 15 Grade Is and four listed stakes restricted to California-bred or sired horses.

Four Breeders' Cup “Win & You're In” qualifiers will be run: the Sept. 30 GI Awesome Again S., the Oct. 7 GI American Pharoah S., the Oct. 7 GII Chandelier S., and the Oct. 7 GII Rodeo Drive S.

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Half To Toormore Debuts At Doncaster

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Thursday's Observations features a half-brother to juvenile Group 1 winner Toormore (Ire) (Arakan).

15.10 Doncaster, Mdn, £6,800, 2yo, 6f 2yT
POINT GIVEN (IRE) (Blue Point {Ire}) has the pedigree to be a smart juvenile, being a half-brother to the G1 Vincent O'Brien National S. and G2 Vintage S. winner Toormore (Ire) (Arakan) and the G2 Champagne S. and G2 Superlative S. scorer Estidhkaar (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}). Out relatively early for one of Sir Michael Stoute, Saeed Suhail's 270,000gns Book 1 purchase meets fellow newcomer Speeding Bullet (Ire) (Inns Of Court {Ire}), King Power Racing's half-brother to the G2 Flying Childers S. winner Caturra (Ire) (Mehmas {Ire}) who hails from the Richard Hannon stable.

 

16.55 Doncaster, Novice, £8,000, 3yo/up, 6f 2yT
PRIMEVAL (GB) (Lope De Vega {Ire}) is an intriguing Juddmonte debutante for the Harry and Roger Charlton stable, being the 10th foal out of the G1 Criterium de Saint-Cloud winner Passage Of Time (GB) (Dansili {GB}). That makes her a half-sister to the accomplished multiple group-winning sire on the up Time Test (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and the dual Group 3 winner Tempus (GB) (Kingman {GB}), so while this is a touch late to be making her racecourse bow she has the raw material to make a splash if she shows ability here.

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