'Rising Star' Chancer McPatrick Bounces Back in Curlin

Chancer McPatrick earns top HRN speed figure Thursday

Chancer McPatrick delivered Thursday's most impressive performance with a 123 Horse Racing Nation speed figure at Saratoga. The 3-year-old colt by McKinzie won the Curlin Stakes at 4-1 odds, going one mile and an eighth on dirt. This marked his fourth career victory in his eighth lifetime start. Grand Opening earned a 119 HRN speed figure at Colonial Downs, capturing a seven-furlong dirt allowance as the 2-1 favorite. The 4-year-old gelding by U…

'Rising Star' Chancer McPatrick Bounces Back in Curlin

'TDN Rising Star' and MGISW Chancer McPatrick (McKinzie), winless in three prior runs this season, got back on track with a hard-fought win in Thursday's Curlin S. at Saratoga. The rail-drawn, 4-1 chance raced in an inside fourth through an opening quarter in :24.27. He was under a ride on the far turn, began to fire in the stretch and fought on gamely while bumping between rivals to outbattle longshot So Sandy (Omaha Beach) by a head. It was an…