Insights on the American Racing Scene: Oct. 5, 2018

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1st-KEE, $67K, Msw, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, post time: 1:05 p.m. EDT
Juvenile colts going long on the grass kick off the 2018 fall meeting in Lexington and Fox Hill Farms’ QUICKSILVER (Orb) appeals as a potential longshot pedigree play. A $95K short yearling at this year’s Keeneland January, the gray fetched $400K at Fasig-Tipton Saratoga and is out of a winning full-sister to Imperialism (Langfuhr), a graded winner both short and long and third in the 2004 GI Kentucky Derby, and to White Beauty (Robyn Dancer), a two-time stakes winner over this turf course. TJCIS PPs

5th-KEE, $67K, Msw, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, post time: 3:18 p.m. EDT
HE’S NO LEMON (Lemon Drop Kid) gets his career started for owner/breeder Alex G. Campbell Jr., who campaigned the colt’s dam It’s Tea Time (Dynaformer) to win an off-turf running of the GIII Lake Placid S. and a narrow defeat in the 2010 GI Ashland S. over Keeneland’s synthetic surface. He’s No Lemon’s second dam Prof. McGonagall (Storm Cat) is responsible for MGSW Ultra Brat (Uncle Mo), beaten a nose by Sistercharlie (Ire) (Myboycharlie {Ire}) in this year’s GI Diana S. at Saratoga. TJCIS PPs

2nd-SAX, $50K, Msw, 3/up, f/m, a6 1/2fT, post time: 4:32 p.m. EDT
OLEKSANDRA (AUS) (Animal Kingdom) hit the board in all three of his starts while under the care of Bjorn Baker in New South Wales in Australia, including a close runner-up effort as the favorite when last seen at Newcastle in November of last year (video). The homebred is a daughter of Alexandra Rose (SAf) (Caesour), a Grade 2 winner and multiple Grade 1-placed in South Africa, stakes-placed in Dubai and winner in this country of the 2008 GIII Monrovia H. over this course and distance. Like Alexandra Rose, Oleksandra is trained by Neil Drysdale. TJCIS PPs

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