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Mike McCarthy’s Private Creed halted a six-race winless stretch as held back filly Playlist to comfortably land the $1-million Exacta Systems Franklin-Simpson Stakes (G2) for 3-year-olds on Saturday at Kentucky Downs.
In the great race toward sire success, the first thing that a freshman sire needs is to get a stakes winner on the board, and the only thing better is getting the winner of a graded stakes.
The graded stakes debut of Danny A. Eplin's speed-loving Dreamfyre was a tour de force under Hector Berrios as she led out of the gate and was never threatened en route to a 3 1/2-length score in $200,000 Sorrento (G3) for 2-year-old fillies Saturday at Del Mar.
The Washington Thoroughbred Breeders and Owners Association Summer Sale, which will be held Tuesday, Aug. 22, began at Longacres in 1968.
"She’s getting close to earning $1 million, but even more importantly, she brings new people to the sport."