Installed the 5-2 second choice get the job done in his second career start, Leland Ackerly Racing, James Sherwood, Jode Shupe and John Cilia's Generational (Collected) closed to score going 5 1/2-furlong on the Saratoga turf on Thursday afternoon.Taken off the pace as Just a Holiday (Justify) and slight 5-2 choice Call Attendant (Speaker's Corner) punched out an opening quarter in :21.25, the Steve Asmussen trainee began to pick up the tempo through a :44.34 half. With the front-running pair joined by Excessif (Quality Road) straightening for home, the 5-2 second choice picked off his rivals through the stretch, took over late and was 3/4-of-a-length clear of Just a Holiday at the wire. Beach Sandals (Omaha Beach) rounded out the trifecta. The favorite was sixth.“Honestly, he jumped well out of there,” explained winning rider Flavien Prat. “He could have been closer, but there was some speed and I was happy where he was.”He continued, “I felt very confident around the turn. He came underneath me nicely and at that point I felt like he was going to make a good run and it was just a matter of if someone was going to make a run with me. I felt very confident at that point.”Sent off 7-1 in his career bow going 5 1/2 furlongs over the Churchill Downs turf on June 18, the bay overcame a troubled start to finish a respectable fifth, beaten five lengths.A $60,000 purchase by Jessie Longoria from the Knockgriffin Farm consignment at Keeneland last September, the Kentucky-bred colt, who was bred by Erv Woolsey and Ralph Kinder, developed into a $320,000 juvenile when selling to Leland Ackerly Racing at the OBS April Sale earlier this spring.From the family of MGSW and MGISP Venetian Harbor (Munnings), You Flatter Me produced a colt by Fulsome in 2025. 2nd-Saratoga, $115,000, Msw, 7-9, 2yo, 5 1/2fT, 1:02.28, fm, 3/4 length.GENERATIONAL (c, 2, Collected–You Flatter Me, by Flatter) Sales history: $4,500 Wlg '24 FTDDE; $60,000 Ylg '25 KEESEP; $320,000 2yo '26 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 2-1-0-0, $66,850. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.O-Leland Ackerley Racing, Sherwood, James, Shupe, Jode and Cilia, John; B-Erv Woolsey & Ralph Kinder (KY); T-Steven M. Asmussen. The post Saratoga Maidens, Presented by Keeneland: Collected’s Generational Closes to Score at the Spa appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.