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Into Mischief’s Fools Rush In Patiently Handled Early, Rolls Home Late to ‘Rising Star’ Honors

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Appropriately crowned on the Stars of Tomorrow card at Churchill on Sunday evening, Fools Rush In (Into Mischief) received the TDN‘s seal of approval after a sterling second-out effort to become the latest ‘TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard’ for his illustrious sire.

Unveiled Sept. 10 at this venue, he was six-wide turning for home after racing mostly from midpack, and was a gaining third in a stretched out field of maidens–finishing behind next-out GIII Indian Summer Stakes runner-up (by a heartbreaking head) Love a Warrior (Jackie’s Warrior). The betting public liked what they saw for this second start, and made him the even-money favorite by the time the gates opened.

Closer to the action this time after the break, Fools Rush In prompted the pace, but did so without being asked to contest the issue. Two wide and racing among cover as the field closed ranks late on the far bend, he had company calling to his outside turning for home, but the race was over once he got his cue. Opening up on the field with little urging, Fools Rush In drew off to win by 4 1/4 lengths over Monnie (Curlin), who flew home late to claim second.

The victor is the third to the races for Fool’s Paradise (by Pioneerof the Nile), a half-sister to the dams of two stakes horses–namely SP Blue Strike (Smart Strike) and SW Bodie Got Gold (Holy Lute). Since Fools Rush In, the mare has produced a yearling filly by Essential Quality and a 2026 Forte filly. She went to Nyquist for 2027.

The second dam Useewhatimsaying is herself a half to black type earners turned black type producers–SW & MGSP Thatswhatimean (Belong to Me) produced a family line that yielded Irish Listed winner Yaupon de Replay (Yaupon) while GSW Moonwalk (Malibu Moon) claims SP Snowhomish (Rock Your World) as a grandchild. Perhaps the most accomplished of the group thus far has been the placed Here Comes Lucinda (Dixieland Band), the mother of GISW Stormy Lucy (Stormy Atlantic) and the grandmother to GSW Shifty (Medaglia d’Oro), GSW Big Runnuer (Stormy Atlantic), and MGSW Stradale (Yaupon).

Counting Fools Rushing In, Spendthrift’s sire sensation claims 64 ‘Rising Stars’ with his last being named Sept. 20 when Collado Hueco earned his rosette at Belmont Park. Into Mischief offspring have earned the TDN stamp of approval six times thus far in 2026. They are Fools Rush In, the above mentioned Collado Hueco, Libby Lloyd, MGISW Hughes, El Magnate, and GSP Canaletto.

11th-Churchill Downs, $120,915, Msw, 10-25, 2yo, 1m, 1:36.29, ft, 4 1/4 lengths.
FOOLS RUSH IN, c, 2, by Into Mischief
        1st Dam: Fool’s Paradise (SW, $212,371),
                      by Pioneerof the Nile
        2nd Dam: Useewhatimsaying, by A.P. Indy
        3rd Dam: Lucinda K, by Red Ransom
Sales history: $525,000 Ylg ’25 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, $81,088. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel Racing. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
O-Jackpot Farm and Spendthrift Farm LLC; B-Andrew N. Warren (KY); T-Brad H. Cox.

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Lion Lake Goes Last to First in Glen Cove’s Second Division

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Sent as the even-money favorite in the second division of the GIII Glen Cove Stakes at Belmont Sunday, Emcee Stable LLC’s Lion Lake (Ire) (f, 3, Dark Angel {Ire}–Urjuwaan {GB}, by Cape Cross {Ire}) wore down previously unbeaten Life’s Dynamic (Practical Joke)–who was making her black-type debut after three straight wins to kickstart her career–to win by a neck.

When the gates flew, 49-1 longshot R Slew of Cash (Knicks Go) on the outside stumbled and unseated Dylan Davis. They didn’t appear to bother anyone else. Davis was cleared to ride the next race by the onsite medical team while R Slew of Cash was given a precautionary ride off the course via equine ambulance.

In the meantime, Life’s Dynamic went to the front from the inside to set a pressured :22.24 first quarter as Catalonia (Protonico) pestered to her outside and Lion Lake brought up the rear. Steadily moving up, Lion Lake improved her position and kept coming as Life’s Dynamic ticked off a :45.12 half. Angling out about six paths wide into the stretch as Life’s Dynamic kicked clear, Lion Lake relentlessly drove to the wire, getting closer with every stride, and caught the frontrunner in the shadow of the wire–with the two brushing–before thrusting her neck in front for the win over the Widener Turf. Hark Theangelssing (Mendelssohn) finished another 1 1/4 lengths back in third.

“I’m delighted with the filly,” said winning trainer Brendan Walsh. “She ran super. She’s had some year. To win that and cap off the year is fantastic.

“She was a little further back than ideal when they turned for home, but she handled it well and got up when it mattered.”

Lion Lake, a €150,000 Goffs Orby Book 1 filly, has been running well at this level, following up her maiden win at Gulfstream in January with a head victory in the GIII Herecomesthebride Stakes going a mile in Hallandale in February. Other than faltering in the GIII Lake George Stakes at Saratoga two back, she’s been as consistent as they come since, finishing second or third in four Grade II events: the Ainsworth Music City Stakes, the Wonder Again Stakes, the Edgewood Stakes, and the Appalachian Stakes.

Walsh added blinkers to Lion Lake’s equipment for the Music City at Kentucky Downs–her most recent out Sept. 5, where she finished a head in front of Ground Support (Army Mule), who won the first division of the Glen Cove earlier on Belmont’s Sunday card–and left them on for the Glen Cove. After five starts at a mile or more, Lion Lake shortened up for both the Music City at 6 1/2 furlongs and the Glen Cove at seven panels.

“We were shortening her up in distance and we didn’t need her to relax,” said Walsh. “I think her best distance is probably 6 1/2-to-seven [furlongs] and to get the mile, we’ve always had to try and get her to relax. She does have a tendency to lug in a little bit, and I think the blinkers kind of straighten her up a little bit as well. They help the rider as much as they do anything.”

Pedigree Notes:

Yeomanstown Stud’s Dark Angel (Ire) is the sire of Lion Lake and 119 other black-type winners worldwide, as well as 75 graded/group winners. Like Lion Lake, Dark Angel’s two-time G1 Jebel Hatta winner Alfareeq (Ire) is out of Urjuwaan (GB), a Cape Cross (Ire) mare. The late Cape Cross has 113 stakes winners out of his daughters.

In addition to her two graded/group winners, the winning Urjuwaan has an unraced 2-year-old filly named Gradoux (Ire) (No Nay Never) and a yearling filly by Camelot (GB). Like the Glen Cove winner, each sold in Book 1 of the Goffs Orby Yearling Sale, with the No Nay Never filly hammering for €220,000 and the Camelot filly bringing €140,000. Both went to Stripes Stables for Brook T. Smith Inv. Urjuwaan hails from the same extended family as European highweight and MG1SW Bahri (Riverman).

LION LAKE wins the second division of the Grade 3 Glen Cove Stakes under @jockeyfranco for trainer @brenpwalsh. https://t.co/vw6Lu8eJs8

— NYRA () (@TheNYRA) October 25, 2026

Sunday, Belmont Park
GLEN COVE S.-GIII, $200,000, Belmont, 10-25, 3yo, f, 7fT, 1:20.58, fm.
1–LION LAKE (IRE), 124, f, 3, by Dark Angel (Ire)
              1st Dam: Urjuwaan (GB), by Cape Cross (Ire)
              2nd Dam: Sudoor (GB), by Fantastic Light
              3rd Dam: Wissal, by Woodman
(€150,000 Ylg ’24 GOFORY). O-Emcee Stable LLC; B-Camas
Park, Lynch Bages & Summerhill (IRE); T-Brendan P. Walsh;
J-Manuel Franco. $110,000. Lifetime Record: 11-3-3-3,
$561,083. *Full to Alfareeq (Ire), MG1SW-UAE, SP-Fr,
$762,981. Werk Nick Rating: B+.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or the
free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Life’s Dynamic, 120, f, 3, Practical Joke–Amber Isle, by First
Defence. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE.
($160,000 Ylg ’24 FTKJUL). O-Starlight Racing and John J.
Cronin, Jr., ; B-Pursuit of Success LLC (KY); T-Arnaud
Delacour. $40,000.
3–Hark Theangelssing, 122, f, 3, Mendelssohn–
Questionoftheday, by The Factor. 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE.
O/B-Estate of R. Larry Johnson (VA); T-Michael J. Trombetta.
$24,000.
Margins: NK, 1 1/4, 4. Odds: 1.02, 6.66, 11.65.
Also Ran: Flowerhead (Ire), Carolyncaroline, Pillar of Beauty, Green Sense (Ire), Catalonia, Epic Lady Luck, Amicable Farce, R Slew of Cash.
Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel Racing.

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Into Mischief’s Fools Rush In Patiently Handled Early, Rolls Home Late to ‘Rising Star’ Honors

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Appropriately crowned on the Stars of Tomorrow card at Churchill on Sunday evening, Fools Rush In (Into Mischief) received the TDN‘s seal of approval after a sterling second-out effort to become the latest ‘TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard’ for his illustrious sire.

Unveiled Sept. 10 at this venue, he was six-wide turning for home after racing mostly from midpack, and was a gaining third in a stretched out field of maidens–finishing behind next-out GIII Indian Summer Stakes runner-up (by a heartbreaking head) Love a Warrior (Jackie’s Warrior). The betting public liked what they saw for this second start, and made him the even-money favorite by the time the gates opened.

Closer to the action this time after the break, Fools Rush In prompted the pace, but did so without being asked to contest the issue. Two wide and racing among cover as the field closed ranks late on the far bend, he had company calling to his outside turning for home, but the race was over once he got his cue. Opening up on the field with little urging, Fools Rush In drew off to win by 4 1/4 lengths over Monnie (Curlin), who flew home late to claim second.

The victor is the third to the races for Fool’s Paradise (by Pioneerof the Nile), a half-sister to the dams of two stakes horses–namely SP Blue Strike (Smart Strike) and SW Bodie Got Gold (Holy Lute). Since Fools Rush In, the mare has produced a yearling filly by Essential Quality and a 2026 Forte filly. She went to Nyquist for 2027.

The second dam Useewhatimsaying is herself a half to black type earners turned black type producers–SW & MGSP Thatswhatimean (Belong to Me) produced a family line that yielded Irish Listed winner Yaupon de Replay (Yaupon) while GSW Moonwalk (Malibu Moon) claims SP Snowhomish (Rock Your World) as a grandchild. Perhaps the most accomplished of the group thus far has been the placed Here Comes Lucinda (Dixieland Band), the mother of GISW Stormy Lucy (Stormy Atlantic) and the grandmother to GSW Shifty (Medaglia d’Oro), GSW Big Runnuer (Stormy Atlantic), and MGSW Stradale (Yaupon).

Counting Fools Rushing In, Spendthrift’s sire sensation claims 64 ‘Rising Stars’ with his last being named Sept. 20 when Collado Hueco earned his rosette at Belmont Park. Into Mischief offspring have earned the TDN stamp of approval six times thus far in 2026. They are Fools Rush In, the above mentioned Collado Hueco, Libby Lloyd, MGISW Hughes, El Magnate, and GSP Canaletto.

11th-Churchill Downs, $120,915, Msw, 10-25, 2yo, 1m, 1:36.29, ft, 4 1/4 lengths.
FOOLS RUSH IN, c, 2, by Into Mischief
        1st Dam: Fool’s Paradise (SW, $212,371),
                      by Pioneerof the Nile
        2nd Dam: Useewhatimsaying, by A.P. Indy
        3rd Dam: Lucinda K, by Red Ransom
Sales history: $525,000 Ylg ’25 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-1, $81,088. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel Racing. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
O-Jackpot Farm and Spendthrift Farm LLC; B-Andrew N. Warren (KY); T-Brad H. Cox.

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Lion Lake Goes Last to First in Glen Cove’s Second Division

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Sent as the even-money favorite in the second division of the GIII Glen Cove Stakes at Belmont Sunday, Emcee Stable LLC’s Lion Lake (Ire) (f, 3, Dark Angel {Ire}–Urjuwaan {GB}, by Cape Cross {Ire}) wore down previously unbeaten Life’s Dynamic (Practical Joke)–who was making her black-type debut after three straight wins to kickstart her career–to win by a neck.

When the gates flew, 49-1 longshot R Slew of Cash (Knicks Go) on the outside stumbled and unseated Dylan Davis. They didn’t appear to bother anyone else. Davis was cleared to ride the next race by the onsite medical team while R Slew of Cash was given a precautionary ride off the course via equine ambulance.

In the meantime, Life’s Dynamic went to the front from the inside to set a pressured :22.24 first quarter as Catalonia (Protonico) pestered to her outside and Lion Lake brought up the rear. Steadily moving up, Lion Lake improved her position and kept coming as Life’s Dynamic ticked off a :45.12 half. Angling out about six paths wide into the stretch as Life’s Dynamic kicked clear, Lion Lake relentlessly drove to the wire, getting closer with every stride, and caught the frontrunner in the shadow of the wire–with the two brushing–before thrusting her neck in front for the win over the Widener Turf. Hark Theangelssing (Mendelssohn) finished another 1 1/4 lengths back in third.

“I’m delighted with the filly,” said winning trainer Brendan Walsh. “She ran super. She’s had some year. To win that and cap off the year is fantastic.

“She was a little further back than ideal when they turned for home, but she handled it well and got up when it mattered.”

Lion Lake, a €150,000 Goffs Orby Book 1 filly, has been running well at this level, following up her maiden win at Gulfstream in January with a head victory in the GIII Herecomesthebride Stakes going a mile in Hallandale in February. Other than faltering in the GIII Lake George Stakes at Saratoga two back, she’s been as consistent as they come since, finishing second or third in four Grade II events: the Ainsworth Music City Stakes, the Wonder Again Stakes, the Edgewood Stakes, and the Appalachian Stakes.

Walsh added blinkers to Lion Lake’s equipment for the Music City at Kentucky Downs–her most recent out Sept. 5, where she finished a head in front of Ground Support (Army Mule), who won the first division of the Glen Cove earlier on Belmont’s Sunday card–and left them on for the Glen Cove. After five starts at a mile or more, Lion Lake shortened up for both the Music City at 6 1/2 furlongs and the Glen Cove at seven panels.

“We were shortening her up in distance and we didn’t need her to relax,” said Walsh. “I think her best distance is probably 6 1/2-to-seven [furlongs] and to get the mile, we’ve always had to try and get her to relax. She does have a tendency to lug in a little bit, and I think the blinkers kind of straighten her up a little bit as well. They help the rider as much as they do anything.”

Pedigree Notes:

Yeomanstown Stud’s Dark Angel (Ire) is the sire of Lion Lake and 119 other black-type winners worldwide, as well as 75 graded/group winners. Like Lion Lake, Dark Angel’s two-time G1 Jebel Hatta winner Alfareeq (Ire) is out of Urjuwaan (GB), a Cape Cross (Ire) mare. The late Cape Cross has 113 stakes winners out of his daughters.

In addition to her two graded/group winners, the winning Urjuwaan has an unraced 2-year-old filly named Gradoux (Ire) (No Nay Never) and a yearling filly by Camelot (GB). Like the Glen Cove winner, each sold in Book 1 of the Goffs Orby Yearling Sale, with the No Nay Never filly hammering for €220,000 and the Camelot filly bringing €140,000. Both went to Stripes Stables for Brook T. Smith Inv. Urjuwaan hails from the same extended family as European highweight and MG1SW Bahri (Riverman).

LION LAKE wins the second division of the Grade 3 Glen Cove Stakes under @jockeyfranco for trainer @brenpwalsh. https://t.co/vw6Lu8eJs8

— NYRA () (@TheNYRA) October 25, 2026

Sunday, Belmont Park
GLEN COVE S.-GIII, $200,000, Belmont, 10-25, 3yo, f, 7fT, 1:20.58, fm.
1–LION LAKE (IRE), 124, f, 3, by Dark Angel (Ire)
              1st Dam: Urjuwaan (GB), by Cape Cross (Ire)
              2nd Dam: Sudoor (GB), by Fantastic Light
              3rd Dam: Wissal, by Woodman
(€150,000 Ylg ’24 GOFORY). O-Emcee Stable LLC; B-Camas
Park, Lynch Bages & Summerhill (IRE); T-Brendan P. Walsh;
J-Manuel Franco. $110,000. Lifetime Record: 11-3-3-3,
$561,083. *Full to Alfareeq (Ire), MG1SW-UAE, SP-Fr,
$762,981. Werk Nick Rating: B+.
Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree or the
free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Life’s Dynamic, 120, f, 3, Practical Joke–Amber Isle, by First
Defence. 1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE.
($160,000 Ylg ’24 FTKJUL). O-Starlight Racing and John J.
Cronin, Jr., ; B-Pursuit of Success LLC (KY); T-Arnaud
Delacour. $40,000.
3–Hark Theangelssing, 122, f, 3, Mendelssohn–
Questionoftheday, by The Factor. 1ST GRADED BLACK TYPE.
O/B-Estate of R. Larry Johnson (VA); T-Michael J. Trombetta.
$24,000.
Margins: NK, 1 1/4, 4. Odds: 1.02, 6.66, 11.65.
Also Ran: Flowerhead (Ire), Carolyncaroline, Pillar of Beauty, Green Sense (Ire), Catalonia, Epic Lady Luck, Amicable Farce, R Slew of Cash.
Click for the Equibase.com chart or the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel Racing.

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