No fewer than four 'TDN Rising Stars' presented by Hagyard are among the 10 3-year-olds expected to face the starter for Saturday's $750,000 GI Belmont Derby Invitational Stakes at Saratoga and, to varying degrees, a logical argument can be made for each of the quartet.C R K Stables' Remember Mamba (Kitten's Joy) is the only one of the eight U.S.-based entrants with Grade I form on his page, and a cracking effort it was to come from near the tail of the field to complete the exacta in the GI American Turf Stakes at Churchill Downs on May 2. He lost no admiring when suffering the first loss of his career, having previously taken out Keeneland's GIII Transylvania Stakes with his patented flying finish the month previously.“He's a colt that acts like the more distance, the better, so really bigger races for him are in the summer. Most definitely [we'll be looking for more ground],” trainer Cherie DeVaux said after the Transylvania.Juddmonte homebred 'Rising Star' Touch of Fire (Constitution) came from what appeared to be an impossible position to take out a first-level Keeneland allowance Apr. 10 and struck from close range to best Tiernanogue (Quality Road) by three comfortable lengths in the May 30 Audubon Stakes at Churchill going Saturday's nine-furlong distance.Godolphin's 'TDN Rising Star' Pacific Avenue (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) brings European Group 1 form into the Belmont Derby, having run home to be third at 40-1 to last year's spectacular GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf hero Gstaad (GB) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) in the Irish 2000 Guineas May 23. 'Rising Star' Bottas (Vekoma), a disappointing ninth in the Juvenile Turf, finished nicely to be third to West End Kid (Twirling Candy) and Blackmail (Not This Time) in the GIII Pennine Ridge Stakes at this venue June 4.Title Role (GB) (Too Darn Hot {GB}) is the preferred runner of the two Euro shippers exiting a battling success in the G2 German 2000 Guineas at Cologne last time. Click here for more from owner Will Stroud, who has since purchased a controlling interest in the 500,000gns Tattersalls Craven breezer.Fillies Front and Center For Belmont OaksWhile Stroud will also be represented by Irish Group 3 winner Kensington Lane (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}) in the co-featured GI Belmont Oaks, all eyes are likely to be trained on Godolphin's lightly raced Abashiri (GB) (Frankel {GB}).A wide-margin debut winner over the Kempton all-weather in a single appearance at two, the homebred full-sister to UAE Group 2 winner and GI Jenny Wiley Stakes runner-up English Rose (Ire) was set a massive task returning in the G1 English 1000 Guineas May 3 and finished an excellent fifth to True Love (Ire) (No Nay Never). Abashiri pressed on to the Irish equivalent three weeks hence to be third to Precise (Ire) (Starspangledbanner {Aus}), who went on to defeat True Love into third in the G1 Coronation Stakes at Royal Ascot June 19.“She's doing well and her last work went well before shipping,” trainer Charlie Appleby said. “If she shows up with the best of her European and Irish Guineas form, I think she'll be a big player, as long as she travels well and settles in there well enough. Her Irish Guineas form has been franked with the one-two [finishers] going on to Ascot and running well. I'm looking forward to it.”Imaginationthelady (Not This Time) fell a neck shy of Storm's Wake (Oscar Performance) in the GII Appalachian Stakes at Keeneland Apr. 4 before going one better when next seen in the GII Edgewood Stakes, knifing through to just best next-out Tepin Stakes victress Tam Tam (Medaglia d'Oro).Faithful Departed (Yoshida {Jpn}) was a highly impressive winner of the GII Edgewood Stakes at Churchill Downs May 30, accounting for Storm's Wake by 2 1/4 lengths, while Ultimate Love (Curlin) can surprise here making her second start since finishing as the beaten favorite in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies' Turf. She finished well to be a narrowly beaten second in the May 15 Hilltop Stakes at Laurel and should relish the extra furlong of this.Scratched-Down Sanford A Wide-Open AffairWith Kentucky Juvenile Stakes heroine Waggley (Life Is Good) and the good-looking Aqueduct maiden winner Ashcroft Lane (Keepmeinmind) expected to come out, Saturday's GIII Sanford Stakes looks anybody's horse race.The figure awarded to $1.4-million Fasig-Tipton Saratoga graduate and 'TDN Rising Star' presented by Hagyard Regent's Park (Bolt d'Oro) wouldn't scare anything away, but it is perhaps best taken with a grain of salt, as not only did he cover the 4 1/2 furlongs in decent time, but he did it with a minimum of fuss to dominate in the finish. The third-placed stablemate Tipsy Mojo (Mind Control) graduated in his next start while improving his Beyer by 21 points in so doing.Indiana-bred Booked (Yaupon) burnt some money when second on Apr. 28 debut at Churchill, but the $325,000 Keeneland September acquisition improved for the experience to best Jack's Golden Goal (Omaha Beach) by 1 3/4 lengths. The remaining four runners–Goodbye To Romance (Complexity), Pocket Listing (Listing), Vissino (Preservationist) and Rasasi (Honor Code)–are each exiting debut victories.The post ‘Rising Stars’ Loom Large In Belmont Derby appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.