Constitution's Mindframe Leads Home 'Rising Star' Triple In Stephen Foster

Mindframe holds off Sierra Leone to win Stephen Foster

Louisville, Ky. The early pace was not all that hot Saturday in the Grade 1, $1 million Stephen Foster Stakes at Churchill Downs. So it figured a horse like Mindframe would thrive, and champion closer Sierra Leone would not. Post-time favorite Mindframe did win the race for owners Mike Repole and Vinnie Viola, seemingly validating that flyover view of the loaded, 1 1/8-mile race that was a fitting win-and-you’re-in for the Breeders’ Cup Classic.…

Constitution's Mindframe Leads Home 'Rising Star' Triple In Stephen Foster

Repole Stable and St Elias Stable's 'TDN Rising Star' Mindframe (Constitution) was his own worst victim in last year's GI Belmont Stakes and GI Haskell Stakes, his inexperience costing him victories in both of those marquee events for the 3-year-old generation. He got the monkey off his back, at least to some extent, when proving best in a thrilling four-way go in the GI Churchill Downs Stakes on the Kentucky Derby undercard, and in the $1-milli…