Sunday’s Racing Insights: Juveniles Look To Put Forth ‘Strong Effort’ With Unveiling On Sunday

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3rd-BEL, $85K, Msw, 2yo, 6 1/2f, 2:11 p.m. ET.
A $900,000 Keeneland September purchase, STRONG EFFORT (Practical Joke) goes out for St Elias and trainer Chad Brown. Responsible for MGISP Reinvestment Risk (Upstart), dam Ridingwiththedevil (Candy Ride {Arg}) was a $210,000 buy for Gainesway at the Fasig-Tipton Fall Mixed sale while Strong Effort was in utero. The first-time starter's extended female family includes Canadian MGSW My List (Banker's Gold). TJCIS PPS

1st-BEL, $85K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:10 p.m. ET.
Trainer Todd Pletcher has a pair of uncoupled entries set for their unveiling.15(City of Light) went for a half-million during Fasig-Tipton's Saratoga Select Yearling sale. The dark bay is out of stakes winning mare Dolce Lili (Scat Daddy).

Blandford Bloodstock took GI Longines Oaks heroine Cathryn Sophia (Street Boss) home for $1.2-million at the Fasig-Tipton Fall Mixed sale while she was carrying the other half of Pletcher's entry here, With a Kiss (Gun Runner). TJCIS PPS

4th-CD, $120K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 2:28 p.m. ET.
Juddmonte homebred Intangible (Into Mischief), who makes the races for trainer Brad Cox, is the first foal for Financial One (Malibu Moon). This dam's half-sister is highly-productive champion older mare Close Hatches (First Defence), whose own produce includes current sire Tacitus (by Tapit) and MGSW Scylla (Tapit). Financial One's other half is SW Lockdown (First Defence), the dam of dual champion older dirt female Idiomatic (Curlin). TJCIS PPS

6th-CD, $120K, Msw, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 3:26 p.m. ET.
Sticking with homebreds, Godolphin has their own entered in Seabound (Midshipman). The filly's dam Maria Rosa (War Front) is a half-sister to current sire Nyquist (by Uncle Mo) and her extended female family includes GI Met Mile Handicap victor Sahara Sky (by Pleasant Tap). TJCIS PPS

6th-BEL, $85K, Msw, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 3:44 p.m. ET.
Three first-timers here from top barns went through European yearling sales in 2024. Mike Repole acquired Osmosis (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) for €310,000 and Resort (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}) for €250,000 at the Arqana August sale and sent them both to Todd Pletcher. The latter is out of a $1.1-million Keeneland November grad who is half-sister to current sire Shamardal (Giant's Causeway).

Hammered down for 280,000gns, Seth Klarman brought back Consensus View (GB) (Frankel {GB}) after the Tattersalls October sale for trainer Chad Brown. With a pair of foals to her credit, unraced Ebiyanza (More Than Ready) is a half-sister to Jockey Club Oaks Invitational Stakes victress Edisa (Kitten's Joy) and French MGSW Ebaiyra (Distorted Humor). TJCIS PPS

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