4th-SAR, $100k, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 2:20p.m. ET
A homebred for St Elias Stable, Nonna Teresa (Gun Runner) will head out for conditioner Todd Pletcher on what could turn into a very quality-heavy afternoon for debuting runners at The Spa. From the female line of the great Personal Ensign through third dam MGISW My Flag (Easy Goer), the chestnut is out of MGSW Teresa Z (Smart Strike), herself a half-sister to the dams of GSW-UAE Queen Azteca (Sharp Azteca) and MGSP Colorful Mischief (Into Mischief). Her final prep for this maiden special was a four-furlong breeze Aug. 9 over the main track in :47.88 (3/105), and the oddsmaker will see her carry a morning line price of 7-2 into the race. Irad Ortiz Jr. will have the mount.
Eyeballing that one in the gate is Amended Dreamer (Constitution), a $285,000 KEESEP purchase now in the barn of Jena Antonucci. A daughter of SW Windmill (Street Sense), her dam's half-siblings include Bodebabe (Bodemeister)–herself mother of MGISW Scottish Lassie (McKinzie). This is the immediate female family of GISW Tara's Tango (Unbridled's Song); GISW Visionaire (Grand Slam) and GSW & MGISP Scarlet Strike (Smart Strike).
Continuing down the line toward the rail is Run Wild (Gun Runner), a half-sister to MSW & GSP Drake's Passage (Tonalist) from the immediate female family of champion 3-year-old filly MGISW Surfside (Seattle Slew), and who will carry the colors of owner/breeder Robert Evans for trainer Linda Rice. Taking up the rail slot is Sun Kiss (Girvin), the full-sister to MGSW Damon's Mound–who won the GII Saratoga Special Stakes as a juvenile. The pair is owned by breeders Michele and Cliff Love and trained by Bill Mott. TJCIS PPs
7th-SAR, $100k, Msw, 2yo, 6 1/2f, 4:03p.m. ET
A loaded maiden at the Spa was carded as the seventh and RENEGADE (Into Mischief) leads the way. Bred by Robert and Lawana Low, the colt went to Repole Stable for $975,000 during Keeneland September, then the breeders stayed in for a piece. The upper market players sent the bay to Hall of Fame trainer Todd Pletcher.
Renegade is the first foal for GSW Spice Is Nice (Curlin) who the Lows purchased for $1.05-million at the same Keeneland auction, just in 2018. She is out of GI Humana Distaff Stakes heroine Dame Dorothy (Beranrdini), a $900,000 buy for none other than Mike Repole at the 2023 Keeneland November Sale while she was in foal with a colt by Gun Runner.
Set for his unveiling is Icon Racing's Hero Declared (Maclena's Music). The Whit Beckman trainee was acquired for $575,000 at the past OBS March Sale. Initially sold as a yearling during Fasig-Tipton July for $170,000, the bay's dam is a full-sister to GSW Wild Bout Hilary (Midnight Lute).
A couple entry from Danny Gargan's shedrow makes the races. Talkin (Good Magic) was bought for $600,000 at Keeneland September and the colt is a half-brother to GIII Daily Racing Form Indiana Oaks victress Clicquot (Quality Road). The other half of the entry is Good Illusion (Good Magic), who went for $550,000 during Keeneland's September Yearling Sale.
Finally, Klaravich's Cost Effective (Into Mischief) is out of MGSW Lewis Bay (Bernardini). TJCIS PPs
3rd-DMR, $100k, Msw, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 6:02p.m. ET
Juvenile colts kick off the maiden races on Del Mar's Saturday card as a trio of well-related debuters catch the eye here, lead by Litmus Test (Nyquist) as the 7-5 morning line favorite. The son of Nyquist is out of an unplaced full-sister to MGSW & GISP Sweet August Moon (Malibu Moon), herself dam of GSP Sir Samson (Smart Strike). Litmus Test clearly left an impression when passing through the ring at FTSAUG last year, and changed hands for $875,000 before eventually finding himself in the program of Bob Baffert. His last several works have been in the top three fastest on their respective mornings, and he'll break from post two. To his inside is stablemate Falcon Jet (Justify), who looks to leave the maiden ranks on a 13-day turnaround after running against fellow shed row occupant Buetane (Tiz the Law) Aug. 3, who was named a 'TDN Rising Star' for his effort.
To their outside is Chapter One (Yaupon), a $500,000 EASMAY buy this past spring who goes to post for the Michael McCarthy barn. A son of MGSW Just Jenda (Menifee), therefore a half-brother to SW Jenda's Agenda (Proud Citizen) and SW Miss Alacrity (Munnings), Chapter One hails from the extended female family of GISW Sahara Sky (Pleasant Tap) and champion juvenile MGISW Nyquist (Uncle Mo). The first-mentioned half-sister is herself dam of GIII Schuylerville victress Just Cindy (Justify). TJCIS PPs
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