Trainer Miguel Clement all but guaranteed that ‘TDN Rising Star’ presented by Hagyard DETERMINISTIC (h, 5, Liam’s Map–Giulio’s Jewel, by Speightstown) would be on the lead in defense of his title in the GI Resorts World Casino Manhattan Stakes at Saratoga. It didn’t work out exactly how the coach drew it up, but the results were satisfying all the same, as the $625,000 Keeneland September yearling stalked the pace of second choice Rhetorical (Not This Time), grabbed that one inside the final sixteenth of a mile to become the first horse in nearly four decades to win the race in consecutive runnings.
Off a fraction slow from gate five, Deterministic and Kendrick Carmouche were forced to play the hand they were dealt and elected to take the sit from second through early fractions of :22.99 and :47.01.
Held together through six furlongs in 1:09.83, Deterministic confronted the New York-bred front-runner well inside the final furlong and kept on gamely to the line. Test Score (Oscar Performance) ran on for second ahead of One Stripe (SAf) (One World {SAf}), who just touched Rhetorical out of third.
The final time of 1:50.50 for the mile and three-sixteenths on very firm turf shaved 0.90 seconds off the previous course record set by Say The Word in 2020. The 2025 Manhattan was moved to the inner turf and contested over nine furlongs owing to underfoot conditions.
Sales history: $625,000 Ylg ’22 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 15-9-3-1. O-St Elias Stables, Steven Duncker, Ken Langone & Vicarage Stable; B-Hinkle Farms (KY); T-Miguel Clement
Five graded stakes wins in a row!
DETERMINISTIC wins the Grade 1 @RWCatskills Manhattan Stakes for the second year in a row under @KendrickCarmou1 for trainer @clementstable. pic.twitter.com/g0T7jBGk57
— NYRA (🗽) (@TheNYRA) June 6, 2026
Saturday, Saratoga
RESORTS WORLD CASINO MANHATTAN S.-GI, $1,000,000, Saratoga, 6-6, 4yo/up, 1 3/16mT, 1:50.50, fm.
1–DETERMINISTIC, 124, h, 5, by Liam’s Map
1st Dam: Giulio’s Jewel, by Speightstown
2nd Dam: Acadiana, by Tiznow
3rd Dam: Amelia, by Dixieland Band
‘TDN Rising Star’. ($625,000 Ylg ’22 KEESEP). O-St. Elias Stable,
Ken Langone, C. Steven Duncker and Vicarage Stable; B-Hinkle
Farms (KY); T-Miguel Clement; J-Kendrick Carmouche.
$550,000. Lifetime Record: 15-9-3-1, $2,634,765. Werk Nick
Rating: B+. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree.
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2–Test Score, 124, c, 4, Lookin At Lucky–Joy of Learning,
by Kitten’s Joy. O-Amerman Racing, LLC; B-Jerry Amerman
(KY); T-H. Graham Motion. $200,000.
3–One Stripe (Saf), 124, h, 5, One World (Saf)–Silver Stripe
(Saf), by Silvano (Ger). O-Hollywood Racing and Rikesh
Sewgoolam; B-Drakenstein Stud (SAF); T-H. Graham Motion.
$120,000.
Margins: HF, HF, NK. Odds: 4.92, 15.50, 7.94.
Also Ran: Rhetorical, Integration, Make Me King (Fr), Bright Picture (Fr), Tiz Dashing, Battle of Normandy. Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.