Pink Venom (Ire) (Soldier's Call {GB}) and favored 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Brickyard Belle (Yaupon) came with runs together into the final furlong of Saturday's off-turf renewal of the Stewart Manor Stakes, but it was the Irish raider who did fractionally the better work from there to prove a last-to-first winner.Last into stride from a middle gate, Pink Venom–facing fellow fillies for the first time in her last four starts–was switched off at the tail, with GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint eleventh Brickyard Belle a couple of lengths ahead of her.Jamie Spencer charted an inside course with Pink Venom as the market leader went for a run deeper out, and the two more or less hooked up with a furlong to race. It appeared for a stride or two that Brickyard Belle had momentum enough to quicken on past, but Pink Valor kept on gamely while hanging on her incorrect lead and went on to prevail in a driving finish.Progressive at home, Pink Venom made those last three appearances versus the boys, validating 4-5 favoritism in a six-furlong handicap at Fairyhouse Sept. 21 ahead of eye-catching victories in yielding ground at Cork on eight days' rest before adding a latest success at Naas Oct. 10. She was making her first appearance in the Team Valor colors Saturday afternoon, having raced previously for owner Noel Hartley.“It probably wasn't the way we thought it would end up, the European horses aren't as quick away from the gate and you could see she wasn't just into stride [after getting squeezed at the break],” said Murtagh, who teamed with Spencer to win this year's GII Franklin-Simpson Stakes with Take Charge Star (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}).“Jamie [Spencer] said between the two bends she came up into stride and he went in between horses,” added Murtagh. “He needed a gap and when he got it, she has a great turn of foot. I was a bit worried if she would have that turn of foot on the Tapeta, but she's been skipping across it all week. You're going to see the best of her, going forward, at six and seven furlongs on turf over here.”Murtagh guided Ridgewood Pearl (Ire) to a memorable defeat of Fastness (Ire) in bottomless ground in the 1995 GI Breeders' Cup Mile and was thrilled to return to the venue as a stakes-winning trainer more than three decades on.“To come back to the new Belmont track–I have special memories of this track–so to come back and win a stakes is very satisfying,” he said.The Mickley Stud-based Soldier's Call, a 10-year-old son of Showcasing (GB), is now the sire of six stakes winners, including Adonius (Ire), who scooped Keeneland's GIII Indian Summer Stakes last month. From an international perspective, perhaps the sire's most recognizable runner is Muqtahem (Ire), placed in the G2 Riyadh Dirt Sprint in each of the last two seasons.Periwinkle is the dam of a filly by Big Evs (Ire) foaled this past Mar. 10.STEWART MANOR S., $175,000, Belmont, 11-14, 2yo, f, 6f (AWT) (off turf), 1:09.71, ft.1–PINK VENOM (IRE), 122, f, 2, by Soldier's Call (GB)1st Dam: Periwinkle (Ire), by Teofilo (Ire)2nd Dam: Royal Blue Star (Ire), by Dalakhani (Ire)3rd Dam: Etizaan (Ire), by Unfuwain1ST BLACK-TYPE WIN. (€40,000 RNA Wlg '24 GOFNOF; €85,000 Ylg '25 GOFORY). O-Team Valor International LLC; B-Funcheon Bloodstock Ltd (IRE); T-John P Murtagh; J-Jamie P Spencer. $96,250. Lifetime Record: 7-4-0-2, $166,654. *1/2 to Rebel Diamond (Ire) (Cotai Glory {GB}), SW-Ire, $170,025.2–Brickyard Belle, 122, f, 2, Yaupon–Ready to Unleash, by More Than Ready. ($160,000 Wlg '24 KEENOV; $200,000 Ylg '25 KEESEP; $600,000 2yo '26 OBSAPR). O-Brickyard Belle Racing, Beggs and Flowers & Briles Family Stable; B-Hall Stables LLC (KY); T-Miguel Clement. $35,000.3–Yuquot (Fr), 122, f, 2, Kingman (GB)–Nootka Sound, by Lonhro (Aus). O/B-Wertheimer & Frere (FR); T-Joe Sharp. $21,000.Margins: 3/4, 1, 1 3/4. Odds: 4.23, 1.84, 7.38.Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel Racing. Team Valor's latest recruit, Pink Venom, introduced herself to the American audience in no uncertain terms winning the Stewart Manor beating G3 winner Brickyard Belle after a slow start and trouble for a clear run, coming from last to winning going away. Must Watch!#BelmontPark https://t.co/YVxQ1VqJs3— Team Valor (@TeamValor) November 14, 2026The post Pink Venom Stings Brickyard Belle In Stewart Manor appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.