Despite constantly being left too high on the tote board, Napoleon Solo showed once again that he belongs in the conversation of the crop's best 3-year-olds with his runner-up finish in the Travers Stakes (G1) Aug. 29 at Saratoga Race Course.
Trainer Chad Brown's barn was dressed up with the flower blankets from a trio of graded stakes-winning fillies on the Travers Stakes (G1) card thanks to stellar performances from Ways and Means, Fully Subscribed, and Naomis.
Beiwacht may be steered toward international targets after making a sensational return to score his third elite triumph in the Aug. 29 Memsie Stakes (G1) over 1,400 meters (about 7 furlongs) at Caulfield Racecourse.
A total of 724 yearlings have been cataloged for the Sept. 14-17 Hidaka Horse Breeders' Association's September Sale. The four-day sale features five yearlings by Efforia, Japan's current leading freshman sire with 10 juvenile winners.