Annals of Time
Trainer: Chad Brown
Last race: July 24, 4th
Finish: 1st by 4 1/2
Beyer: 98
Lightly raced 6-year-old is already a Grade 1 winner and he may be heading back into top competition after this crushing win over allowance rivals in his second start following a long layoff.
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Irish Mias
Trainer: H. Graham Motion
Last race: July 24, 6th
Finish: 2nd by 1 1/4
Beyer: 80
Two-year-old was rained off the turf for his career debut then promptly missed the break to wind up last earl, before coming with a good finish to make up ground on a front-running winner. Sky Mesa colt has a versatile pedigree, being from the family of Irish War Cry (multiple graded stakes winner on dirt) and Irish Strait (graded stakes winner on turf).
Shoplifted
Trainer: Steve Asmussen
Last race: July 27, 4th
Finish: 1st by 4 1/2
Beyer: 75
Expensive 2-year-old in training purchase is from a strong female family. He was bet hard for his career debut. He got out-paced early, but he gathered himself once into the stretch and came with a strong finish to run over the leaders late.
New and Improved
Trainer: Chad Brown
Last race: July 28, 7th
Finish: 1st by 1
Beyer: 78
Gray filly made her career debut going long on turf for top connections. She always traveled strongly after a slow start before overpowering the field from the back of the pack while under a hand ride late.
Shancelot
Trainer: Jorge Navarro
Last race: July 28, 11th
Finish: 1st by 12 1/2
Beyer: 121
Doubt anyone missed this but there is no telling how good this 3-year-old sprinter is following his Grade 2 Amsterdam demolition in fast time.