Frank’s Rockette Easy Choice in Victory Ride

‘TDN Rising Star’ Frank’s Rockette (Into Mischief), never worse than second in seven lifetime starts, seeks her first graded win in Belmont’s GIII Victory Ride S. at 6 1/2 furlongs. While her only black-type win was the ungraded Any Limit S. Feb. 22 at Gulfstream, she had a trio of seconds last year in the GI Frizette S., GI Spinaway S., and GII Adirondack S. ranging from 6 1/2 panels to eight furlongs. Since shipping up from Payson Park, the Bill Mott pupil has had three works at Belmont–two of them bullets–including a smoking :46 4/5 (1/45) June 28 in company with multiple GII winner Tacitus (Tapit). Frank’s Rockette is always at or near the lead and she has the highest Beyers in the field, including a career-best 98 in the Any Limit. Her last race was a 3 1/2-length score in an allowance/optional claimer May 25 at Churchill.

The lightly raced Center Aisle (Into Mischief) makes her first foray into stakes company after a brilliant debut with an 88 Beyer in a six-furlong Gulfstream maiden Mar. 29. She regressed in her next out, a disappointing allowance/optional claimer May 22 at Churchill where she ran wide and green. A return to her debut form would put the Chad Brown trainee right in the thick of things.

Up in Smoke (The Big Beast) has been on a tear in Florida for George Weaver, making five starts since her Feb. 8 debut at Gulfstream. She’s won four of the five, all by open daylight, including a score at this distance in the June 6 Game Face S. Her only loss came when stretching out to a route. Two-for-three Reagan’s Edge (Competitive Edge) and longshot Miss Peppina (Bayern) complete the field.

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Northern California Yearling And Racing Age Sale Catalog Available Online

The California Thoroughbred Breeders Association's 2020 Northern California Yearling and Horse of Racing Age Sale catalog is now online, featuring 123 entries.

The auction will take place Tuesday, Aug. 11 at the Alameda County Fairgrounds in Pleasanton, Calif., beginning at noon, Pacific.

This year's catalog features 112 yearlings, six juveniles, and five 3-year-olds, all of which are registered for California-bred owner's premiums.

Stallions whose first crops of yearlings are represented in the Northern California Sale catalog include Bal a Bali, Cat Burglar, Danzing Candy, Shaman Ghost, and Stanford.

Other California stallions with yearlings in the catalog include Acclamation, Awesome Gambler, Black Seventeen, Boat Trip, Boisterous, Box Score, Champ Pegasus, Circumference, Clubhouse Ride, Coil, Cyclotron, Dads Caps, Don'tsellmeshort, Govenor Charlie, Grace Upon Grace, Grazen, Idiot Proof, James Street, Ministers Wild Cat, Misremembered, Mr. Big, Northern Causeway, Run It, Shanghai Kid, Sierra Sunset, Smart Bid, Smiling Tiger, Southern Image, Stay Thirsty, Surf Cat, Tamarando, Time to Get Even, Ultimate Eagle, Vronsky, and Winning Cause.

To view the online catalog, click here.

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Brown Trio Faces GI Veterans in Manhattan

Rare is the high-caliber turf contest in New York that doesn’t go through Chad Brown and the GI Manhattan S. is no exception. The reigning four-time Eclipse winner as outstanding trainer has the favorite, multiple graded stakes-winning Instilled Regard (Arch). Last seen getting a 102 Beyer when winning Belmont’s June 6 GII Fort Marcy S. at a furlong shorter, Instilled Regard has won graded stakes three years running and looks to remedy the lack of a Grade I victory on his resume here.

Instilled Regard’s reopposing stablemate Devamani (Fr) (Dubawi {Ire}) was a neck behind in the Fort Marcy, also notching a 102 Beyer, and a nose away from the win in his other 2020 start, the Feb. 8 GIII Tampa Bay S. He looks to be an improving sort who has a previous win over this distance at Belmont. The third of the Brown entries, Rockemperor (Ire) (Holy Roman Emperor {Ire}), placed in last year’s GI Belmont Derby at this distance in his first U.S. start and was last seen a nose behind United (Giant’s Causeway) in the May 23 GII Charles Whittingham S. at 10 furlongs, although he was disqualified to third. He’s looking for his first Stateside win in four starts, but has three graded placings in that time.

The Brown trio may be favored, but they’ll have to get by Grade I veterans Sadler’s Joy (Kitten’s Joy) and Channel Maker (English Channel) first. The 7-year-old Sadler’s Joy, a Tom Albertrani trainee, placed in two previous editions of the Manhattan and has won over this distance at Belmont, but generally prefers a little longer, as seen in his four graded wins which include the 12-furlong GI Sword Dancer S. He and the Bill Mott-trained Channel Maker both used the ungraded Tiller S. over 1 3/8 miles at Belmont June 4 as their wake-up call after brief freshenings with neither proving a threat that day. Channel Maker hasn’t won in 13 months since taking the GI Man O’ War S., but has a mountain of back class.

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