Unleashing her trademark late kick, 5-year-old Time to Dazzle lived up to her name, charging from the back of the pack to capture the $400,000 Franklin Stakes (G2T) Oct. 11 at Keeneland for the second year in a row.
An unusually busy week for the Australasian horses-in-training market gets underway Oct. 12 when Magic Millions stages its Gold Coast auction, just three days before Inglis hosts its Ready2Race Sale at Riverside Stables.
The last few years American buyers have flirted with setting new benchmarks when they participate in Book 1 of the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale. This year, the spending record fell and the mark for lots bought was matched.
Now that Tam Tam is a two-time grade 1 winner, trainer Phil Bauer is weighing making an attempt at a third in the Dec. 26 American Oaks (G1T) or waiting for her 4-year-old campaign.