Nooni looked every bit worthy of her $1.8 million price tag with her emphatic score in the $147,000 Sorrento Stakes (G3) Aug. 10 at Del Mar.

Front-runners Full Count Felicia and Stormcast proved uncatchable in Aug. 10 stakes at Woodbine. Full Count Felicia took the Canadian Stakes (G2T), and Stormcast captured the Bison City Stakes.

Troy Johnson and Maritza Weston’s Win N Your In becomes the first stakes winner for first-crop stallion Win Win Win in taking the $95,000 Sharp Susan Stakes at Gulfstream Park Aug. 10 by 4 3/4 lengths.

On Racing

Anytime a trainer with 20 years of experience wins his second graded stakes, it figures to be an emotional moment. But for Wayne Potts, that second graded stakes win triggered far more than the typical cascade of feelings.

Now 2-for-2, Showcase benefitted from a skillful, patient ride by jockey Irad Ortiz Jr. and will likely point to the Champagne Stakes (G1) or Breeders’ Futurity (G1) next.

The build-up to this year’s Prix Jacques le Marois (G1) at Deauville has been dominated by Inspiral, or more specifically the question of who will ride the mare, with connections ultimately opting for Ryan Moore on the 2022 and 2023 winner.

Three hundred horses are cataloged for the two-day sale. Hips 301-400 will sell Aug. 11 at 7:30 p.m. ET, and hips 401-600 will sell Aug. 12 at 12 p.m. ET in Fasig-Tipton’s Humphrey S. Finney Pavilion.

Juddmonte’s supersire Frankel has rewritten the record books for a stallion when he reached a century of group winners Aug. 10 with his daughter Lake Victoria’s victory in the Sweet Solera Stakes (G3).

BH Interview: John McMahon