Sunday’s Racing Insights: Not This Time’s Schwarzenegger Pumped For First Toga Party

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6th-SAR, $100K, Msw, 2yo, 5 1/2fT, 4:02 p.m. ET.
SCHWARZENEGGER (Not This Time) is unveiled for the ownership group of David Fennelly, Brook Smith, Mrs. John Magnier and Resolution Road. Initially a $410,000 purchase during Keeneland November in 2023, the colt went for $950,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling Sale the following year and was sent to trainer Wesley Ward. The first-time starter is out Soothsaying (Lemon Drop Kid), who was a Gainesway buy for $350,000 at the 2024 Keeneland November Sale while a filly by Nyquist was in-utero.

Set for a start is another Fasig-Tipton Saratoga grad in Final Score (Not This Time). Repole Stable successfully bid $600,000 to acquire this colt trained by Todd Pletcher. Dam Precious Dixie (Bernardini) is a full-sister to SW Lady Kate and they are out of GSW Princess Haya (Street Cry {Ire}).

Finally, Freestate (Caravaggio) is a half-brother to SW Freedom Trail (Collected). The colt's dam Freedom (War Front) is a full-sister to SW Leader of Men, and a half to a pair of multiple Grade I stakes winners in Executiveprivilege (First Samurai) and Hoppertunity (Any Given Saturday). TJCIS PPS

5th-ELP, $100K, Msw, 2yo, 5 1/2fT, 2:44 p.m. ET.
Godolphin homebred Equator (Uncle Mo) goes out for trainer Eoin Harty. The bay's stakes winning dam Moiety (Bernardini) produced GII MiddleGround Capital Beaumont Stakes heroine Verity (Nyquist), and the first-time starter's grand dam is Brazilian dual champion Be Happy (Brz) (Ghadeer {Fr}). TJCIS PPS

4th-SAR, $100K, Msw, 3yo/up, f&m, 1mT, 2:52 p.m. ET.
Coastal Cabin (City of Light) is a Bill Farish homebred trained by Cherie DeVaux. The 3-year-old filly's unraced dam is a half-sister to a pair of sires in Eagle (Candy Ride {Arg}) and Catalina Cruiser (Union Rags), plus MGSW Royal Flag (Candy Ride {Arg}). TJCIS PPS

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