Journalists Wandering Eyes Posted June 7, 2019 Journalists Share Posted June 7, 2019 Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency 2nd-BEL, MSW, $90k, 3yo/up, 1 1/4mT, 12:11 p.m. ET The regally bred BETTER TAPIT (Tapit) makes his debut early on Saturday’s blockbuster Belmont card. The 3-year-old is a son of the group stakes-placed mare Betterbetterbetter (Ire) (Galileo), who sold in foal to War Front to Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm for a sale-topping $5.2 million at the 2013 Fasig-Tipton November Sale. Betterbetterbetter is a half-sister to European Group I winning fillies Yesterday (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells) and Quarter Moon (Ire) (Sadler’s Wells). Better Tapit is owned by Whisper Hill and Three Chimneys. TJCIS PPs 5th-CD, MSW, $95k, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT, 2:45 p.m. ET A member of her sire’s last crop, the Steve Asmussen-trained CONFESSING (Scat Daddy) blazed an eighth of a mile in :9 4/5 at the 2018 OBS March sale before being purchased for a sale-topping $875,000 by Phoenix Thoroughbreds. Previously a $160,000 KEENOV weanling and a $335,000 KEESEP RNA, the dark bay filly breezed a snappy bullet five-eights in :59 4/5 (1/10) here May 30 in preparation for her debut. Confessing is out of the 19-year-old mare Accusation (Royal Academy),who has produced eight winners from 13 foals, including the Grade III winner and track-record-setting Sharp Sensation (Sharp Humor). TJCIS PPs The post June 8 Insights: Sale Toppers Could Play Role in Saturday Maidens appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions. View the full article Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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