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Mashallah As Advertised In Stakes Debut, Wins Tyson Gilpin

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Named a ‘TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard’ for her debut win at Keeneland with a monster 106 Beyer Speed Figure, Mashallah (Maxfield) failed to factor at Churchill May 30 against allowance horses but rebounded to take an allowance race at Saratoga by seven lengths July 4. Into stakes company for the first time Saturday, she made easy work of the Tyson Gilpin Stakes at Colonial Downs.

The 2-5 favorite broke beautifully from the inside and set the pace against the rail under Tyler Gaffalione. Never truly challenged as she got away around the far turn, Mashallah kept finding into the stretch and lengthened her winning margin even as Slewperstitious (Great Notion) came running late, winning by a casual 5 1/2 lengths.

From her sire’s first crop, Mashallah is a half to GISW Hard Aces (Hard Spun) and MSW Astrollinthepark (Divine Park). Her youngest half-sibling is the 2-year-old Nola Nights (Mandaloun).

TYSON GILPIN S., $102,400, Colonial Downs, 8-1, 3yo, f, 7f, 1:21.37, ft.
1–MASHALLAH, 118, f, 3, by Maxfield
            1st Dam: All in With Aces, by Quiet American
            2nd Dam: Aces, by Housebuster
            3rd Dam: Sweetbreads, by Secretariat
($165,000 Wlg ’23 KEENOV; $210,000 RNA Ylg ’24 KEESEP;
$1,250,000 2yo ’25 OBSMAR). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-JR
Ranch; B-Taylor Made Stallions Inc., Louis Brooks Ranch LTD,
Baysore Stables, et al (KY); T-Brendan P. Walsh; J-Ty
Gaffalione. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0, $197,158.
*1/2 to Hard Aces (Hard Spun), GISW, $1,272,215 and
Astrollinthepark (Divine Park), MSW & GSP, $283,782.
2–Slewperstitus, 122, f, 3, Great Notion–Slew of Bullets,
by Slew City Slew. O-Eric A. Rizer; B-Nancy M & Eric A Rizer
(MD); T-W. Robert Bailes. $20,000.
3–Wrong Shoes, 118, f, 3, Street Boss–War Tweet, by Data Link.
O-Patrick Waresk, Ortiz Racing Stables LLC and Ortiz Training
Stables; B-Glendalough LLC (KY); T-John Alexander Ortiz.
$11,000.
Margins: 5HF, HF, 3 1/4. Odds: 0.40, 8.90, 3.80.
Also Ran: Shilling, Embrace the Moment, Raspberry, Celebrity Quest. Scratched: Bolt Dior, Carolyncaroline. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

It’s all in the Tyson Gilpin S. @ColonialDowns.

The 3y/o filly wins for trainer @brenpwalsh with @Tyler_Gaff in the irons.#TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/gRyixn4Dyr

— TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) August 1, 2026

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A Star is Born: Twinkle Town Sparkles in Saratoga Special

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Twinkle Town (Take Charge Indy), a runaway debut winner in the Churchill slop June 27, made it a perfect two for two with a dominating performance in Saturday’s GII Saratoga Special S. at the Spa.

The 7-2 chance raced under pressure beneath Jose Ortiz with GIII Sanford S. winner Booked (Yaupon) to his inside through an opening quarter in a sharp :21.82.

Those two raced shoulder to shoulder at the top of the stretch and Twinkle Town had another gear from there to win going away by six lengths.

How’s Al Today (Munnings) was third.

“I think he is definitely a two-turn horse, but we’re going to have to retool him a little bit at the end of the year or later in the year into next year,” winning trainer Ken McPeek said. “He’s just naturally talented.”

Twinkle Town becomes the fifth graded/27th stakes winner for Take Charge Indy. Produced by the four-time Liam’s Map-winning mare Southern Grayce, Twinkle Town is bred on the same Take Charge Indy x Unbridled’s Song cross as GSW Long Range Toddy and MSW & MGSP El Grande O.

Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0.

O-Four G Racing LLC; B-Lance Gasaway, Clint Gasaway & 4G Racing LLC (KY); T-Kenneth G. McPeek

TWINKLE TOWN is now 2-for-2 after winning the Grade 2 Saratoga Special Stakes under @jose93_ortiz for trainer @KennyMcPeek. pic.twitter.com/XvHb85W3rA

— NYRA () (@TheNYRA) August 1, 2026

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Mashallah As Advertised In Stakes Debut, Wins Tyson Gilpin

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Named a ‘TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard’ for her debut win at Keeneland with a monster 106 Beyer Speed Figure, Mashallah (Maxfield) failed to factor at Churchill May 30 against allowance horses but rebounded to take an allowance race at Saratoga by seven lengths July 4. Into stakes company for the first time Saturday, she made easy work of the Tyson Gilpin Stakes at Colonial Downs.

The 2-5 favorite broke beautifully from the inside and set the pace against the rail under Tyler Gaffalione. Never truly challenged as she got away around the far turn, Mashallah kept finding into the stretch and lengthened her winning margin even as Slewperstitious (Great Notion) came running late, winning by a casual 5 1/2 lengths.

From her sire’s first crop, Mashallah is a half to GISW Hard Aces (Hard Spun) and MSW Astrollinthepark (Divine Park). Her youngest half-sibling is the 2-year-old Nola Nights (Mandaloun).

TYSON GILPIN S., $102,400, Colonial Downs, 8-1, 3yo, f, 7f, 1:21.37, ft.
1–MASHALLAH, 118, f, 3, by Maxfield
            1st Dam: All in With Aces, by Quiet American
            2nd Dam: Aces, by Housebuster
            3rd Dam: Sweetbreads, by Secretariat
($165,000 Wlg ’23 KEENOV; $210,000 RNA Ylg ’24 KEESEP;
$1,250,000 2yo ’25 OBSMAR). 1ST BLACK TYPE WIN. O-JR
Ranch; B-Taylor Made Stallions Inc., Louis Brooks Ranch LTD,
Baysore Stables, et al (KY); T-Brendan P. Walsh; J-Ty
Gaffalione. $60,000. Lifetime Record: 4-3-0-0, $197,158.
*1/2 to Hard Aces (Hard Spun), GISW, $1,272,215 and
Astrollinthepark (Divine Park), MSW & GSP, $283,782.
2–Slewperstitus, 122, f, 3, Great Notion–Slew of Bullets,
by Slew City Slew. O-Eric A. Rizer; B-Nancy M & Eric A Rizer
(MD); T-W. Robert Bailes. $20,000.
3–Wrong Shoes, 118, f, 3, Street Boss–War Tweet, by Data Link.
O-Patrick Waresk, Ortiz Racing Stables LLC and Ortiz Training
Stables; B-Glendalough LLC (KY); T-John Alexander Ortiz.
$11,000.
Margins: 5HF, HF, 3 1/4. Odds: 0.40, 8.90, 3.80.
Also Ran: Shilling, Embrace the Moment, Raspberry, Celebrity Quest. Scratched: Bolt Dior, Carolyncaroline. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

It’s all in the Tyson Gilpin S. @ColonialDowns.

The 3y/o filly wins for trainer @brenpwalsh with @Tyler_Gaff in the irons.#TwinSpiresReplay pic.twitter.com/gRyixn4Dyr

— TwinSpires Racing (@TwinSpires) August 1, 2026

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A Star is Born: Twinkle Town Sparkles in Saratoga Special

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Twinkle Town (Take Charge Indy), a runaway debut winner in the Churchill slop June 27, made it a perfect two for two with a dominating performance in Saturday’s GII Saratoga Special S. at the Spa.

The 7-2 chance raced under pressure beneath Jose Ortiz with GIII Sanford S. winner Booked (Yaupon) to his inside through an opening quarter in a sharp :21.82.

Those two raced shoulder to shoulder at the top of the stretch and Twinkle Town had another gear from there to win going away by six lengths.

How’s Al Today (Munnings) was third.

“I think he is definitely a two-turn horse, but we’re going to have to retool him a little bit at the end of the year or later in the year into next year,” winning trainer Ken McPeek said. “He’s just naturally talented.”

Twinkle Town becomes the fifth graded/27th stakes winner for Take Charge Indy. Produced by the four-time Liam’s Map-winning mare Southern Grayce, Twinkle Town is bred on the same Take Charge Indy x Unbridled’s Song cross as GSW Long Range Toddy and MSW & MGSP El Grande O.

Lifetime Record: 2-2-0-0.

O-Four G Racing LLC; B-Lance Gasaway, Clint Gasaway & 4G Racing LLC (KY); T-Kenneth G. McPeek

TWINKLE TOWN is now 2-for-2 after winning the Grade 2 Saratoga Special Stakes under @jose93_ortiz for trainer @KennyMcPeek. pic.twitter.com/XvHb85W3rA

— NYRA () (@TheNYRA) August 1, 2026

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