Saturday Insights: Antiquarian Makes Seasonal Debut at Gulfstream

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10th-GP, $57K, Alw/Opt. Clm., 3yo/up, 7f, 5:54 p.m. ET
Last seen finishing a midpack fifth behind Dornoch (Good Magic) in last year's GI Belmont Stakes at Saratoga, Centennial Farms' ANTIQUARIAN (Preservationist) resumes over a sprint trip Saturday at Gulfstream. The $250,000 KEESEP yearling, a maiden winner at second asking at the Fair Grounds, was an even sixth in the GII Louisiana Derby before striking in the GIII Peter Pan Stakes at Aqueduct. Edgard Zayas has the call for this seasonal jumping-off point. TJCIS PPs

4th-AQU, $80K, Msw, 3yo/up, 1m, 2:46 p.m. ET
STRATEGIC FOCUS (Gun Runner) was a $500,000 acquisition at the 2023 KEESEP sale and will carry the same Klaravich Stable colors as his full-sister Headline Numbers, who was the front-running, 4 1/2-length winner of the Top Flight Stakes at this venue just last weekend. The May foal's dam Curlin's Mistress (Curlin) is a full-sister to MGSW Curlin's Approval, dam of recent GIII Stonestreet Lexington Stakes third Praetor (Into Mischief); and a half to MGSP Apologynotaccepted (Fusaichi Pegasus). TJCIS PPs

7th-TAM, $53K, Msw, 3yo, 1 1/16mT, 3:24 p.m. ET
MAYOR OF MIDNIGHT (IRE), a gelded son of the very much in-form Lope de Vega (Ire), gets his career started for Seth Klarman's operation, which campaigned the sire's Grade I winners Program Trading (Ire) and Newspaperofrecord (Ire). A 190,000gns buyback out of the 2023 Tattersalls October Sale, the May 22 foal is a half-brother to SW Maqsad (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) and GSP Cambridge (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) as well as a now 2-year-old filly by Palace Pier (GB) that fetched 260,000gns from Cary Bloodstock at TATOCT last fall. The bay is a maternal grandson of Aquarelliste (Fr) (Danehill), winner of the 2001 G1 Prix de Diane and an additional two elite-level scores while also finishing runner-up to Sakhee (Bahri) in the G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe of 2001. TJCIS PPs

5th-OP, $110K, Msw, 3yo, 6f, 3:27 p.m. ET
SEPTIMUS (Uncle Mo) debuts for the partnership of Winchell Thoroughbreds and breeder Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings, who sold the colt for $300,000 at KEESEP and then stayed in for a part. The Mar. 8 foal goes out for trainer Steve Asmussen, who conditioned dam My Miss Aurelia (Smart Strike) to champion 2-year-old filly honors on the strength of her victory in the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies in 2011. She added the GI Cotillion Stakes the following term and this is her third foal to make the races. Godolphin homebred Energize (Medaglia d'Oro) is out of Enliven (Ghostzapper), a Grade III-placed daughter of MGISW It's Tricky (Mineshaft), also the dam of MGSW & GISP Enticed (Medaglia d'Oro). Sports Hero (Munnings), a half-brother to GSW Circle of Trust (Union Rags) and SW Flashy Lass (Street Sense), is out of a half-sister to Gary and Mary West's GISW sire West Will Power (Bernardini). TJCIS PPs

6th-GP, $55K, Msw, 3yo, 1m, 3:43 p.m. ET
PRIME ROCKET (Tapit) is a half-brother to six winners from six to race out of the stakes-winning Yawkey Way (Grand Slam), whose son Spun To Run (Hard Spun) upset the 2019 GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile. Previously the dam of SW Tap It All (Tapizar), Yawkey Way was purchased by Gainesway–the stallion home of Spun To Run–and Whisper Hill Farm for $600,000 at KEENOV in 2020, and the Hard Spun foal she was carrying at the time became Informed Patriot, victorious in last year's Bathhouse Row Stakes and graded-placed at two and three. Frank Fletcher gave $550,000 for Prime Rocket at KEESEP in 2023. That auction's $3-million top seller, Vibe (Into Mischief), was a well-beaten fourth on local debut over six furlongs Mar. 15, but adds blinkers and stretches out with a Palm Beach Downs bullet in hand for this second go. TJCIS PPs

8th-GP, $55K, Msw, 3yo/up, 6 1/2f, 4:47 p.m. ET
WEEKENDSANDWHISKEY (Justify) was knocked down to Robert and Lawana Low for $850,000 at the 2023 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale and is another from the barn of Todd Pletcher. The chestnut is out of a winning half-sister to Enterprising (Elusive Quality), a three-time graded winner on the turf. The colt's third dam Fire the Groom (Blushing Groom {Fr}) was responsible for eight winners, including champion MG1SW Stravinsky (Nureyev) and English SW & U.S. GISP Moscow Ballet (Ire) (Sadler's Wells). TJCIS PPs

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