Summer Breezes, Sponsored By OBS: August 30, 2024

Wandering Eyes · August 29, 2024

Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer racing season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings at Saratoga and Del Mar and at Kentucky Downs, which attract its fair share of high-priced offspring from a variety of top national outfits. Summer Breezes highlights debuting and stakes-entered 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, with links to their under-tack previews. Here are the horses entered for Friday at Saratoga:

Friday, August 30, 2024
Saratoga 1, $100k, 2yo, 5 1/2fT, 12:35 p.m.
Horse (Sire), Sale, Price ($), Breeze
Nod to Tran (Mineshaft), OBSMAR, 100,000, :10
C-Navas Equine, agent; B-Joe Migliore, agent for Jesse Iglesias

Saratoga 2, $90k, 2yo, (S), 1 1/16mT, 1:07 p.m.
I'm Due (War Dancer)-AE, OBSJUN, 25,000, :22 1/5
C-Whitman Sales LLC, agent; B-Starry Night Racing

Mossad (Bernardini), OBSAPR, 140,000, :10 1/5
C-Kinsman Farm, agent; B-Patrice Miller, EQB Inc, agent

Saratoga 7, $80k, 2yo, f, (R), 6 1/2f, 3:54 p.m. ET
Another Cleeshay (Volatile), FTMMAY, 40,000, :10 4/5
C-Golden Rock Thoroughbreds, agent; B-Gary Contessa, agent

Central Casting (World of Trouble), OBSJUN, 40,000, :20 3/5
C-Sweet River Thoroughbreds, agent; B-Mazel Stable Partners

Gaga's Hamsome (Maximum Security), OBSJUN, 16,000, :22
C-Ocala Stud, agent; B-Danny J Chen

Saratoga 8, $90k, 2yo, (S), 1 1/16mT, 4:29 p.m. ET
Brunch (Thousand Words)-MTO, OBSAPR, 30,000, :10 3/5
C-Royal Bloodstock Sales, agent; B-L Lewis, agt Philip Harding