C R K Stable's 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard ENGLISHMAN (c, 3, Maxfield–In It For the Gold, by Speightstown) was always going to be the long odds-on choice for Saturday's $500,000 GI H. Allen Jerkens Stakes at Saratoga on the back of his utterly impressive tour-de-force in the GI Woody Stephens Stakes on the Belmont Stakes undercard at the beginning of June.Off at a generous 2-5 all the same, the bay colt once again made every pole a winning one, unextended, looking every bit the favorite for the GI Breeders' Cup Sprint two months down the road at Keeneland.Having not missed a beat at trainer Cherie DeVaux's Lexington headquarters since the Stephens, Englishman was kicked straight into the lead by Jose Ortiz, but was not forced to overdo it early, as he got the opening quarter in just :23.01. The race was over for all intents and purposes.As second choice Deep Flame (Into Mischief) began to make some sort of inroads nearing the stretch after the half was posted in :45.50, Englishman once again floated wide into the lane while firmly in front and ran up the score from there to take it by a good four to five lengths over Deep Flame.His final time of 1:20.71 was just 0.17 seconds outside the stakes record of Runhappy and 0.31 back of Artax's track record of 1:20.40.Lifetime Record: 5-4-1-0. O-C R K Stables LLC; B-Fifth Avenue Bloodstock (KY); T-Cherie DeVaux. ENGLISHMAN is something special!He earns back-to-back Grade 1 wins as he dominates the H. Allen Jerkens Memorial Stakes under @jose93_ortiz for trainer @RealDeUavx. pic.twitter.com/etaGUeEh0a— NYRA () (@TheNYRA) August 29, 2026The post ‘Rising Star’ Englishman Turns Jerkens Into One-Horse Affair appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.