Leading Change, with Manny Franco aboard the son of Gun Runner, got past a game Napoleon Solo inside the final sixteenth to win the Travers Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course.
Diving inside through the stretch, Doubledown Stables' Mid American quickens to capture the Aug. 29 Kentucky Downs Juvenile Sprint Stakes, becoming the first stakes winner for sire Epicenter.
For more than a decade, owners Sol Kumin of Madaket Stable, Michael Dubb, and Michael Caruso have successfully teamed with trainer Chad Brown to buy European turf runners and import them. You can add Naomis to that lengthy list of winners.
Ways and Means easily wins the Aug. 29 $500,000 Ballerina Stakes (G1) at Saratoga Race Course, taking the lead approaching the eighth pole and pulling away from there.
Longshot Niche holds off the 7-10 favorite At a Premium to win the $750,000 Charles Town Oaks (G2) by a half-length Aug. 28 at Hollywood Casino At Charles Town Races.
Willy D's pulls away from Banishing to win the $1 million Charles Town Classic Stakes (G2) by 1 3/4 lengths, with Skippylongstocking third Aug. 28 at Hollywood Casino At Charles Town Races.