Flanagan Racing’s Chancer McPatrick (McKinzie – Bernadreamy) trailed early after an eventful beginning at the start of Monday’s $300,000 Hopeful Stakes (G1) at Saratoga, but circled horses on the turn and came seven wide into the lane. Sustaining his run down the stretch, he reached the lead inside the sixteenth pole and held off a late charge by fellow OBS graduate Ferocious (Flatter – Napier) to win by half a length., The 2-year-old colt by McKinzie, trained by Chad Brown, is unbeaten after two starts and has earned $220,000 to date. At the 2024 OBS Spring Sale, he turned in an Under Tack quarter in:21 flat and was purchased for $725,000 out of the Caliente Thoroughbreds consignment by Kimmel & Sallusto, Agents. walk/breeze video
Zedan Racing Stables’ Muth (Good Magic – Hoppa), on furlough since taking the Arkansas Derby (G1) in March, returned to work on Sunday at Del Mar. Pressing the pace in the $156,000 Shared Belief Stakes, he took command a quarter mile out, eased away down the stretch and scored by two lengths. It’s the fourth stakes win for the 3-year-old son of Good Magic, trained by Bob Baffert, now 7-5-2-0 with $1,579,100 in earnings. Consigned to the 2023 OBS March Sale by Top Line Sales LLC, Agent, he was purchased by Donato Lanni, Agent, for a sale record equaling $2-million after turning in an Under Tack eighth in :9 3/5. watch his under tack video March Sale walking video