Ultimately labeled as the architect of his own problems when he stumbled leaving the gate and dumped his jockey the first time he went out in the afternoon, Ala Sawab (Flightline) finally had a chance to strut his stuff this time around, and did so to the tune of 'TDN Rising Stardom, presented by Hagyard' in the Del Mar opener.Facing a short field in the aforementioned debut Aug. 29 at this venue, Ala Sawab was fractious right at the wrong moment and threw his head as the gates opened before stumbling badly a few strides later to dump Joel Rosario to the track. He then ran loose for most of the race, caused the rest of the field some trouble on the bend, but was ultimately safely apprehended by an outrider on the clubhouse turn.He returned to the worktab Sept. 14 and has since put together a steady pattern of works leading up to this second attempt at a debut.It all went his way here.Breaking well this time and immediately out to take the lead, Ala Sawab coasted along on the front end through an opening quarter in :22 flat and a half in :44.82 while comfortably in hand. Turning for home after six panels in 1:09.53, and with Bold Type (Violence) trying his best to keep pace, he left the field in his wake to win with air to spare. The final time was 1:15.75.Sales history: $475,000 RNA Ylg '25 FTSAUG; $400,000 Ylg '25 FTKOCT. O-KAS Stables; B-Woodford Thoroughbreds (KY); T-John Sadler.The post No Problems This Time for Ala Sawab, Rolls Home to ‘Rising Star’ Honors at Del Mar appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.