Brown sends out trio in Listed Wild Applause
At 1h11, on July 3, 2025 • By Saratoga
Five-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown will be represented by Play With Fire, Lavender Disaster and Midway Memories in Thursday’s Listed $150,000 Wild Applause, a one-mile inner turf test for sophomore fillies, during the July 4th Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course.
The Wild Applause is slated as Race 8 on Thursday’s 11-race card on Opening Day of the July 4th Racing Festival, which also includes the Grade 3 Victory Ride in Race 3. Statistics for the 37-day Belmont at the Big A spring/summer meet will include the July 4th Racing Festival at Saratoga Race Course. First post is 1:10 p.m. Eastern.
Brown has won a record five editions of the Wild Applause, including the past three runnings with Eminent Victor, Liguria and Oversubscribed [2022-24], in addition to previous scores from Ancient Secret [2016] and Blowout [2019].
LSU Stables recently purchased Play With Fire [post 6, Flavien Prat] and she makes her first start for new connections after five outings for previous trainer Brendan Walsh and owner Fergus Galvin. The Oscar Performance bay was a last-out closing one-length winner of the one-mile Listed Hilltop on May 16 at Pimlico Race Course, matching her career-best 83 Beyer Speed Figure in victory.
“We just purchased her about one month ago and we are looking forward to big things from her,” said Randy Sarf, of LSU Stables. “Chad Brown has been training her and she is going to be a good one.”
