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Easy Money in Chandelier

'TDN Rising Star' Ain't Easy (f, 2, Into Mischief–Ameristralia {Aus}, by Fastnet Rock {Aus}) put on a show to remain unbeaten while punching her ticket to the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies in Friday's 'Win and You're In' GII Chandelier S. at Santa Anita.

Electric Ride (Daredevil), a runaway debut winner at Del Mar Aug. 28, was second; second out Del Mar maiden winner Desert Dawn (Cupid) was third. Heavily favored GI TVG Del Mar Debutante S. heroine Grace Adler (Curlin) never factored while fifth.

Ain't Easy, a sharp 5 1/4-length debut winner going 5 1/2 furlongs at Del Mar Aug. 21, raced in a joint- second under a snug hold on the inside rounding the clubhouse turn in this two-turn debut. Joel Rosario sent her through an inviting opening along the inside to challenge for command at the half-mile marker. The 7-2 chance began to let it out a notch a quarter of a mile from home and wasn't for catching from there, scoring by 4 3/4 good-looking lengths.

“She acted very professional, sitting behind horses,” said winning trainer Phil D'Amato, who also saddled the third-place finisher. “When Joel [Rosario] wanted to, she came up the inside, which I like to see with a young horse. She just looked like she was having fun in the stretch. I think it set up perfect. A good two-turn experience, confidence booster, an easy win, where it didn't look like she was taxed too much, so I like everything I saw right now.”

Pedigree Notes:

Ain't Easy becomes the 100th stakes winner/45th graded winner for her all-conquering sire Into Mischief. The winner's dam–Group 3-placed sprinting on the lawn in Australia and a full-sister to Japanese MGSW Fiano Romano (Aus) (Fastnet Rock {Aus})–is also responsible for a colt by Bolt d'Oro of 2020 and a filly by Mendelssohn of this year. She was bred back to Vino Rosso. Ain't Easy's second dam Heart Ashley (Lion Heart) was a two-time Grade III winner and brought $500,000 from James Bester, agent, at the 2010 KEENOV sale. This is also the female family of GI Cold Cup at Santa Anita S. winner and young sire Cupid (Tapit).

Friday, Santa Anita
CHANDELIER S.-GII, $201,000, Santa Anita, 10-1, 2yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:45.20, ft.
1–AIN'T EASY, 122, f, 2, by Into Mischief
                1st Dam: Ameristralia (Aus) (GSP-Aus, $103,115), by
                                Fastnet Rock (Aus)
                2nd Dam: Heart Ashley, by Lion Heart
                3rd Dam: Pretty 'n Smart, by Beau Genius
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. ($400,000
Ylg '20 KEESEP). O-Old Bones Racing Stable, LLC, Michael V.
Lombardi & Joey Platts; B-Spendthrift Farm, LLC (KY); T-Philip
D'Amato; J-Joel Rosario. $120,000. Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0,
$162,000. Werk Nick Rating: C. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
2–Electric Ride, 122, f, 2, Daredevil–Why Oh You, by Yes It's
True. ($130,000 Ylg '20 FTKOCT; $250,000 2yo '21 OBSAPR).
O-Talla Racing LLC; B-St. Simon Place (IN); T-John W. Sadler.
$40,000.
3–Desert Dawn, 122, f, 2, Cupid–Ashley's Glory, by Honour and
Glory. ($32,000 RNA Ylg '20 OBSOCT). O/B-H & E Ranch (AZ);
T-Philip D'Amato. $24,000.
Margins: 4 3/4, 1 1/4, 2 1/4. Odds: 3.50, 5.00, 31.20.
Also Ran: Censorship, Grace Adler, Dance to the Music, Elm Drive. Click for the Equibase.com chart, the TJCIS.com PPs or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

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NTRA Stakes Rundown: Breeders’ Cup ‘Win And You’re In’ Races Take Center Stage

Santa Anita takes center stage this weekend with six Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In races,” while the nation's top-rated horse, Knick's Go, preps at Churchill Downs for an anticipated start in the $6 million Longines Breeders' Cup Classic in November. Belmont Park and Paris' Longchamp also host important weekend racing, including “Win and You're In” qualifying races to the Breeders' Cup, as top horses in virtually every division begin their final preparations for the World Championships Nov. 5-6 at Del Mar in California.

Races in this weekend's rundown are listed in chronological order (all times Eastern). Full previews, when available, can be found through the link for each race.

TVG will feature racing from Santa Anita, Gulfstream Park, Laurel Park, Woodbine and more. Fans can tune in on TVG, TVG2 and the Watch TVG app which is available on Amazon Fire, Roku and connected Apple TV devices. TVG will also be covering the full card from Longchamp on Sunday morning featuring five Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In” Challenge Series races – the Prix de L'Abbaye de Longchamp Longines (Turf Sprint), Qatar Prix de L'Arc de Triomphe (Turf), Qatar Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere (Juvenile Turf), Qatar Prix Marcel Boussac (Juvenile Fillies Turf) and Prix de L'Opera Longines (Juvenile Fillies Turf).

“America's Day at the Races” will be broadcasting live from Belmont Park on Friday, Oct. 1 on FS2 from 12:30 – 5:30 pm; on Saturday, Oct. 2 on FS2 from 12:30 pm – 6:30 pm; and on Sunday, Oct. 3 on FS2 from 12:30 – 4:30 pm., FS1 from 4:30 – 5:30 pm and on FS2 from 5:30 – 6:00 p.m. Sunday's “America's Day at the Races” will include special coverage of the Qatar Pris de l'Arc de Triomphe on FS2 from 8 – 10:30 am.

Friday, October 1

6:30 PM ET – $200,000 Chandelier Stakes (Grade 2-Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In”) at Santa Anita on TVG
Grace Adler looks to keep her perfect two for two record intact as the daughter of Curlin takes on six rivals in this Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In” qualifying race for the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies. The Bob Baffert-trained filly won the seven-furlong Grade 1 Del Mar Debutante last out. Indiana-bred Electric Ride, trained by John Sadler, exits an impressive 8 ½ length maiden special weight score in her August 28 debut at Del Mar.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/SA100121USA6-EQB.html

7:00 PM ET – $200,000 Eddie D Stakes (Grade 2T) at Santa Anita on TVG
Racing returns to the Camino Real Hillside Turf Course on Santa Anita's Autumn Meet opening day card with a field of nine in this Grade 2 turf stake. Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen ships in Bloom Racing Stables' Snapper Sinclair from the Midwest to face eight rivals, including the lone distaffer and multiple stakes-winning mare Charmaine's Mia.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/SA100121USA7-EQB.html

7:30 PM ET – $300,000 American Pharoah Stakes (Grade 1, Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In”) at Santa Anita on TVG
A Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In” qualifying event for the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile, the American Pharoah features the Bob Baffert-trained Rockefeller, who is one for one after breaking his maiden in a six-furlong sprint at Del Mar on August 28. The Medaglia d'Oro colt is one of three entered for Baffert, including debut maiden winner Corniche and the twice-placed maiden Flying Drummer.
Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/SA100121USA8-EQB.html

Saturday, October 2

2:33 PM ET – $200,000 Miss Grillo Stakes (Grade 2T) at Belmont Park on FS
Kentucky-bred Sail By, trained by Leah Gyramati, is the most experienced in the six-horse field of 2-year-old fillies. The daughter of Astern finished third out of four in the off the turf P.G. Johnson Stakes last out at Saratoga. Prior to that race, Sail By finished second in the Colleen Stakes over five furlongs on the Monmouth Park turf course after winning her turf debut on Belmont's inner turf course. Trainer Chad Brown sends out maiden winner McKulick (GB) and maiden Kinchen (IRE), who finished a troubled second at Saratoga in her only start.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/BEL100221USA4-EQB.html

4:22 PM ET – $400,000 Lukas Classic (Grade 3) at Churchill Downs on FS2
Maryland-bred Knicks Go, the No. 1 rated horse in the NTRA Top Thoroughbred Poll for eight consecutive weeks and winner this year of the Pegasus World Cup (G1) and Whitney (G1), headlines a six-horse field that includes Tacitus and Independence Hall. Trainer Brad Cox is using the Lukas Classic as a prep race for Knicks Go's expected start in the $6 million Longines Breeder's Cup Classic on November 6 at Del Mar.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/CD100221USA8-EQB.html

4:30 PM ET – $200,000 City of Hope Mile (Grade 2T) at Santa Anita on TVG
Trainer Peter Miller sends out Mo Forza in the compact five-horse City of Hope Mile field. The Kentucky-bred son of Uncle Mo won last year's edition of this one-mile turf contest and has won three consecutive Grade 2 turf stakes in California. Trainer Michael McCarthy's Smooth Like Strait seeks another win to add to his impressive Santa Anita resume where he has won four one-mile turf races.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/SA100221USA3-EQB.html

4:40 PM ET – $500,000 Champagne Stakes (Grade 1, Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In”) at Belmont Park on FS2
Wit looks to atone for his only loss in three career starts in the Champagne, a Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In” qualifying event for the $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile. The Kentucky-bred Practical Joke colt stumbled at the start of the Hopeful (G1) in his last start but rallied to finish second to Gunite, who also is entered in this one-turn mile over Belmont's main track. Impressive debut winner Jack Christopher, who earned a lofty 92 Beyer Speed Figure in his only career start, looks to give trainer Chad Brown his third Champagne victory.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/BEL100221USA8-EQB.html

5:14 PM ET – $200,000 Belmont Turf Sprint Invitational (Grade 3T) at Belmont Park on FS2
Piedi Bianchi, the 2020 Indiana Horse of the Year, takes on eight male rivals in this six-furlong turf sprint for trainer Carlos Martin. The Indiana-bred 6-year-old Overanalyze mare won the Smart and Fancy Stakes at Saratoga in her most recent start and is cross-entered in the $150,000 Cardinal at Indiana Grand on October 6. Christophe Clement saddles New York-bred Therapist, a 6-year-old Freud gelding who has won at least one stakes race every year since his 2-year-old season. Clement has trained the winner of three of the previous five Belmont Turf Sprint Invitationals.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/BEL100221USA9-EQB.html

5:26 PM ET – $300,000 Ack Ack (Grade 3) at Churchill Downs on FS2
Stonestreet Stables sends out undefeated homebred Beau Liam in the one-mile Ack Ack on the main track. The 3-year-old son of Liam's Map broke his maiden in May at Churchill Downs and collected two allowance wins this summer at Saratoga for trainer Steve Asmussen. Beau Liam is one of only two 3-year-olds in the 11-horse field that also includes graded stakes winners Guest Suite, Mo Mosa, Mr. Dumas, Plainsman and Rushie.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/CD100221USA10-EQB.html

5:45 PM ET – $500,000 Woodward (Grade 1) at Belmont Park on FS2
A compact field of six will line up for the 68th running of the Grade 1 Woodward, led by Kentucky-bred Maxfield. The 4-year-old Street Sense colt has won three of five starts this year, including two Grade 2 races at Churchill Downs: the Alysheba and Stephen Foster. Trainer Brendan Walsh hopes to secure a second Grade 1 for his charge, who won at the highest level as a 2-year-old in Keeneland's Breeders' Futurity. Code of Honor, a Grade 1 winner in Belmont's Jockey Club Gold Cup as a 3-year-old, looks for his second win in three starts as a 5-year-old for trainer Shug McGaughey. The son of Noble Mission leads the field with lifetime earnings of $2.8 million.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/BEL100221USA10-EQB.html

7:00 PM ET – $200,000 Santa Anita Sprint Championship (Grade 2, Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In”) at Santa Anita on TVG
Dr. Schivel aims for a fifth consecutive win in this Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In” qualifying event for the $2 million Breeders' Cup Sprint. The Kentucky-bred 3-year-old Violence colt closed gamely to take the Bing Crosby (G1) against older horses in his most recent start, a second consecutive win against his elders. C Z Rocket, who won this race in 2020, finished second last out as the favorite in Del Mar's Pat O'Brien Stakes (G2).

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/SA100221USA8-EQB.html

7:30 PM ET – $300,000 Rodeo Drive Stakes (Grade 1T, Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In”) at Santa Anita on TVG
Going to Vegas is in search of her third consecutive win when she enters the starting gate for the Rodeo Drive, a Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In” qualifier for the $2 million Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Turf. The Richard Baltas-trained 4-year-old Kentucky-bred daughter of Goldencents exits her biggest career win in the John C. Mabee (G2) at Del Mar last month. The nine-horse field also includes Mabee runner-up Dogtag, who has finished second in each of her four 2021 starts.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/SA100221USA9-EQB.html

8:00 PM ET – $300,000 Awesome Again Stakes (Grade 1, Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In”) at Santa Anita on TVG
Florida-bred Medina Spirit returns to Santa Anita, where the 3-year-old colt prepped for his upset win in the Kentucky Derby. The son of Protonico will face older horses for the first time in the Awesome Again, a Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In” qualifying event for the $6 million Breeders' Cup Classic. Medina Spirit most recently won the Shared Belief Stakes in August, his first start since a third-place finish in the Preakness. Pacific Classic (G1) winner Tripoli and Santa Anita Handicap (G1) winner Idol also are entered in the eight-horse field.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/SA100221USA10-EQB.html

8:30 PM ET – $200,000 John Henry Turf Championship (Grade 2T) at Santa Anita on TVG
A 13-horse field is scheduled to compete in the John Henry Turf Championship, a 1 ¼ mile turf contest that features the winner of last year's running, United. The Richard Mandella-trained Kentucky-bred Giant's Causeway gelding has two wins and two fourth place finishes in five starts since. Chilean-bred Master Piece will make his second start for trainer Michael McCarthy, following a fast closing second in the Del Mar Handicap (G2) in August.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/SA100221USA11-EQB.html

Sunday, October 3

2:36 PM ET – $200,000 Pilgrim Stakes (Grade 2T) at Belmont Park on FS2
Undefeated Annapolis, trained by Todd Pletcher, takes on stakes company for the first time in the 43rd running of the Grade 2T Pilgrim Stakes going 1 1/16 miles over the inner turf at Belmont Park. The Pilgrim winner has won three of the last five winners of the Grade 1T Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/BEL100321USA4-EQB.html

4:44 PM ET – $300,000 Fasig-Tipton Waya Stakes (Grade 3T) at Belmont Park on FS2
Four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown will send out defending champ My Sister Nat along with Orglandes in Sunday's Grade 3, $300,000 Fasig-Tipton Waya, an 11-furlong inner turf test for fillies and mares, at Belmont Park.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/BEL100321USA8-EQB.html

5:16 PM ET – $400,000 Frizette Stakes (Grade 1, Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In”) at Belmont Park on FS2
Winchell Thoroughbreds and L and N Racing's Echo Zulu will try to cement her status as the top juvenile filly on the East Coast in the Grade 1 Frizette Stakes. The Frizette is a “Win And You're In” qualifying event offering an automatic entry into the Grade 1, $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies on November 5 at Del Mar.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/BEL100321USA9-EQB.html

6:00 PM ET – $100,000 Chillingworth Stakes (Grade 3) at Santa Anita on TVG
Multiple Grade I winner Ce Ce heads a field of six fillies and mares going 6 ½ furlongs in the Chillingworth, named for the late Sherwood C. Chillingworth, a highly respected longtime director and Executive Vice President of the Oak Tree Racing Association, which conducted a fall meeting at Santa Anita from 1969 through 2009.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/SA100321USA5-EQB.html

8:00 PM ET – $200,000 Zenyatta Stakes (Grade 2, Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In”) at Santa Anita on TVG
The Bob Baffert-trained Private Mission, originally scheduled to run in the Grade I Cotillion Stakes near Philadelphia Sept. 25, will take on older competition for the first time on Sunday as she bids for her third consecutive win in the Zenyatta. Named in honor of racing's 2010 Eclipse Horse of the Year, the Zenyatta, which has attracted a field of eight fillies and mares three and up, will be contested at a mile and one sixteenth.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/SA100321USA9-EQB.html

6:12 PM ET – $150,000 Ontario Fashion Stakes (Grade 3) at Woodbine on TVG
Boardroom, a multiple graded stakes winner who is undefeated in two starts this season, takes on a wide-open field of seven in the Grade 3 Ontario Fashion Stakes at Woodbine. Summer Sunday, the 2019 Canadian Champion Sprinter and an earner of nearly $700,000, also is entered in the six-furlong dash.

Entries: https://www.equibase.com/static/entry/WO100321CAN10-EQB.html

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‘Going To Have To Catch Her’: Echo Zulu Towers Over Frizette Field

Winchell Thoroughbreds and L and N Racing's Echo Zulu will pursue a validation of dominance amongst the juvenile filly division on the East Coast when attempting a second Grade 1 victory in Sunday's 72nd running of the Grade 1, $400,000 Frizette going a one-turn mile at Belmont Park.

The Frizette is a “Win And You're In” qualifying event offering an automatic entry into the Grade 1, $2 million Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies on November 5 at Del Mar.

Unbeaten in both lifetime starts, Echo Zulu, a daughter of leading first-crop sire Gun Runner, enters the Frizette off a wire-to-wire four-length win in the Grade 1 Spinaway going seven furlongs on Sept. 5 at Saratoga.

Echo Zulu registered a 92 Beyer Speed Figure on debut – one of the top-three highest recorded by a 2-year-old this year – when breaking her maiden going 5 ½ furlongs in July at Saratoga. Echo Zulu showed early speed in her maiden score and responded well when asked by Ricardo Santana, Jr., powering home to a 5 ½-length score.

A victory would provide Hall of Fame trainer Steve Asmussen with a fourth Frizette triumph, following scores with My Miss Aurelia [2011], Nickname [2015] and Wicked Whisper [2019].

Echo Zulu was acquired for $300,000 from the 2020 Keeneland September Yearling Sale, where she was consigned by Betz Thoroughbreds. She is out of the Menifee mare Letgomyecho, who also produced Grade 1-winner Echo Town and graded stakes winner J Boys Echo.

Like many of Asmussen's young horses, Echo Zulu was sent to El Primero Training Center in Laredo, Texas – owned by Asmussen's parents Keith and Marilyn Asmussen – prior to her racing career.

David Fiske, Winchell Thoroughbreds' racing and bloodstock advisor, noted the strong gate ability many horses that develop at El Primero acquire.

“The horses that come out of Laredo tend to be pretty fast from the gate. We call it the Laredo leap,” Fiske said. “They'll come out and be a length or two in front of the rest. It's just a testament to what they do at Laredo. Steve's dad does a great job getting them to leave the gate. A lot of the Gun Runners get out of the gate well, but they aren't rocket ships out of there. But once they get going, they go for a long time.”

Fiske said Echo Zulu flaunted early ability, but her speed figures surprised her connections.

“We knew she was fast. I don't know that we thought she was 92 Beyer fast,” Fiske said. “This year, there have only been a couple of other 2-year-olds with bigger figures than her. She always had trained well, but fast in the morning is different than fast against competition.”

With a likely start in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies to follow the Frizette, Fiske expressed no concern with Echo Zulu stretching out to two turns in the future.

“There's a lot of speed at the bottom side of her pedigree with Echo Town,” Fiske said. “Hopefully there's some genetic influence that would enable her to go two turns.”

Fiske said Echo Zulu is likely to be on the lead Sunday when exiting post 6 under Santana, Jr.

“Someone's going to have to catch her,” Fiske said. “Change the track surface from Saratoga to Belmont and add another furlong, and who knows. But so far, she gives every indication that the mile shouldn't be a problem for her. As fast as she is, she should be able to hold the turns well. It should be easier for her.”

Trainer Chad Brown will saddle Klaravich Stables' Gerrymander, who will attempt to give leading sire Into Mischief his second straight offspring to win the Frizette after last year's winner Dayoutoftheoffice.

Following a distant second as the favorite to Velvet Sister on debut going 5 ½ furlongs on June 10 at Belmont Park, Gerrymander emerged off a 2 ½ month layoff to dazzle at 10-1 odds on August 29 at Saratoga going six furlongs. She broke sharply from the gate, dropped back a close fourth, and made a sweeping four-wide move approaching upper stretch to take the lead past the eighth pole and fended off late rallies from two foes to win by a half-length.

“I've always thought a lot of her. She was bet first out, and I had to totally restart with her and then she showed us what we thought of her in that last race at Saratoga,” said Brown, who teamed up with Klaravich to capture the 2017 Frizette with Separationofpowers. “That's what we thought very early on in the year with her and then she's come back and trained well. We brought her down here and the filly worked fabulous on the main track, so we'll give her a shot to step up. She's going to like a mile, we'll see if she likes the competition. That's the difference.”

Brown said Gerrymander has trained forwardly since her maiden score. Following a bullet half-mile in 48.31 seconds over Saratoga's Oklahoma training track on September 19, she travelled the same distance Sunday on the Belmont main track in 48.77 seconds.

“I like the way the horse is training but she's going to have to really step up,” Brown said. “This is a really strong race.”

Joel Rosario will pilot Gerrymander from post 8.

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Hall of Fame trainer Shug McGaughey will seek a sixth Frizette triumph when he saddles Magic Cap Stables' Frosty Brew.

The dark bay or brown daughter of second crop sire Frosted was a 1 ¾-length winner on debut going six furlongs on September 8 at Laurel Park.

“She ran a good race down there,” said McGaughey, whose Frizette coups include subsequent champions Personal Ensign [1986], Heavenly Prize [1993] and Storm Flag Flying [2002]. “She laid a little bit off of it and picked it up.”

McGaughey said Frosty Brew should have no issue stretching out to a mile.

“That ain't going to hurt her,” McGaughey said. “She'll lay where she needs to lay and hopefully, she'll finish. It's a tough spot for her.”

Hall of Fame jockey Javier Castellano will ride from the inside post.

The Elkstone Group's Jester Calls Nojoy is one of two entrants from the barn of Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher, who has won the Frizette three times.

The bay daughter of Maclean's Music was an impressive second-out graduate travelling seven furlongs over a good main track at Saratoga, leading at every point of call to draw away by 10 lengths.

Luis Saez was aboard for the outstanding triumph and will ride once more from post 7.

My Racehorse Stable and Spendthrift Farm's A Mo Reay will try to break her maiden at Grade 1 level for Pletcher. The daughter of Uncle Mo was a late-closing third last out, making up 11 lengths from ninth to round out the trifecta, just a half-length to fellow Frizette aspirant Gerrymander.

A Mo Reay will leave from post 2 under Jose Lezcano.

Rounding out the field are LLP Performance Horse's Jumeirah [post 5, Junior Alvarado], a stakes-placed daughter of Twirling Candy for trainer Carlos David; J.W. Singer's first-out maiden winner Magic Circle [post 9, Manny Franco]; James Chapman trained and co-owned Saucy Lady T [post 3, Dylan Davis], who finished third in all three graded stakes for juvenile fillies at Saratoga; and KEM Stable's Linda Rice-trained second out maiden winner Hot Fudge [post 4, Jose Ortiz].

The Frizette honors the multiple stakes-winner who is more aptly known for her stellar career as a broodmare. Campaigned by James Keene and subsequently owned by Herman Duryea, Frizette was responsible for producing multiple prominent broodmare lines including champion Myrtlewood, whose descendants include 1977 Triple Crown winner Seattle Slew, influential patriarch Mr. Prospector and 1942 Kentucky Oaks victress Miss Dogwood.

Other descendants of Frizette include 1986 Kentucky Derby winner Ferdinand and 1942 Champion 3-Year-Old Filly Vagrancy. The Frizette has also been a popular stopping point for subsequent winners of the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies, including Meadow Star [1990], Flanders [1994], Storm Song [1996], Storm Flag Flying [2002], Indian Blessing [2007], My Miss Aurelia [2011], and Jaywalk [2018].

The Frizette is slated as Race 9 on Sunday's 10-race card. First post is 1 p.m. Eastern.

Sunday's program also includes the Grade 2, $200,000 Pilgrim for juveniles going 1 1/16 miles over the turf and the Grade 3, $300,000 Fasig-Tipton Waya for fillies and mares travelling 1 3/8 miles over the turf.

America's Day at the Races will present daily coverage and analysis of the fall meet at Belmont Park on the networks of FOX Sports. For the complete broadcast schedule, visit https://www.nyra.com/belmont/racing/tv-schedule.

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‘Honest’ Tripoli Has Found A New Home On The Main Track

Sired by Kitten's Joy, America's leading active turf stallion eight years in a row and the sire of more than 100 stakes winners in 12 crops, it made sense to have Tripoli race exclusively on grass when the chestnut colt began his career at Santa Anita on May 23, 2020.

It was far from an auspicious debut, however, as Tripoli finished 12th and last at 13-1 in the 5 ½ furlong turf sprint. He did a complete turnaround in his next race, winning by a nose over the same venue at odds of 46-1.

Tripoli captured one more turf victory in nine subsequent grass starts, this one going a mile at Santa Anita on May 1. After that, trainer John Sadler and owners Hronis Racing LLC sought greener pastures in the form of three straight runs on the main track, capping them with a victory in the Grade 1 TVG Pacific Classic at a mile and a quarter on Aug. 21.

If it ain't broke, don't fix it, so next up is Saturday's Grade 1 Awesome Again Stakes on Santa Anita's main track, one of five graded events that day, three of them Breeders' Cup “Win and You're In” Challenge Races giving the winner a fees-paid berth to their respective Breeders' Cup races on Nov. 5 and 6 at Del Mar.

“Tripoli won a nice race (on dirt) at Santa Anita in the spring,” Sadler said, referring to an overnight route on June 19. “We took him to Del Mar and he continued his improvement with a second (by a half-length) in the Grade II San Diego Handicap (July 17).

“Then he came back and won the Pacific Classic. He's a horse that just loves the dirt right now. He's honest and consistently runs well. He was unlucky a few times on the turf but he should run well on Saturday.

“It looks like a good spot.”

A son of the Irish-bred stallion El Prado, Kitten's Joy stands for $60,000 at Hill 'n' Dale farms in Paris, Ky.

Sadler reports that Grade 1 Santa Anita Derby winner Rock Your World, who was nominated to the Awesome Again, will instead be pointed to the Grade 2 Twilight Derby at a mile and one eighth on turf closing day, Oct. 31.

The Awesome Again, race 10 of 11 with an early 12:30 p.m. first post time: Tizamagician, Flavien Prat, 4-1; Midcourt, Edwin Maldonado, 12-1; Express Train, Juan Hernandez, 4-1; Stilleto Boy, Kent Desormeaux, 20-1; Medina Spirit, John Velazquez, 5-2; Azul Coast, Abel Cedillo, 12-1; Tripoli, Tiago Pereira, 3-1; and Idol, Joe Bravo, 5-1.

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