Peter Brant, Coolmore and Westerberg's TDN Rising Star Haffner (Justify) bounced back off a defeat in last month's G2 Vintage and the Aidan O'Brien trainee found plenty under forceful urging to make a stakes breakthrough in Wednesday's G3 Tattersalls Acomb Stakes at York.“He ran a lovely race in Goodwood, he handled the ground well today and I'm delighted for everyone,” commented O'Brien after collecting a fourth rosette in the seven-furlong Breeders' Cup Challenge Series qualifier. “He's a typical Justify and he'll get further in time. There's a lot of roads he can go down and he's right in the mix.”The 11-8 favourite found a comfortable slot behind the leaders in fourth after breaking smartly from the outside stall. Bustled along to gain an edge approaching the quarter-mile marker, he refused to yield thereafter and kept on strongly under a Ryan Moore-drive to defeat Gentle Hurricane (Invincible Spirit) and Trean (Bayside Boy) by two lengths and a half-length. Pedigree NotesHaffner is the second of four foals and one of two scorers out of the stakes-placed Earth Strike (Zoffany), herself kin to five black-type performers headed by multiple Group 1-winning sire Order Of St George (Galileo) and the Group/Grade 3-winning duo Angel Terrace (Ghostzapper) and Asperity (War Chant).The winner, whose second dam is GI Wood Memorial runner-up Another Storm (Gone West), is full to a weanling filly and half to a yearling filly by Not This Time. HAFFNER strikes in the Acomb 12/1 from 25s for the 2,000 Guineas @coolmorestud | @Tattersalls1766 | @yorkracecourse pic.twitter.com/yYKomRWYrN— Racing TV (@RacingTV) August 19, 2026The post Justify’s Rising Star Haffner Downs Acomb Rivals at York, Snags Breeders’ Cup ‘Win And You’re In’ Ticket appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.