Aug. 31 Insights

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EXPENSIVE PALACE MALICE COLT DEBUTS AT THE SPA

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1st-SAR, $90K, Msw, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 12:30p.m.

STRUCTOR (Palace Malice) became the most expensive offspring for his first crop sire (by Curlin) when hammering for $850,000 at the OBS March Sale, following a breeze in :21 1/5, and he debuts in this spot for meet leader Chad Brown. The Jeff Drown and Don Rachel colorbearer is out of a full-sister to GII Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf victor More Than Real (More Than Ready). Click here to watch his most recent work on XBTV. Don Alberto homebred Scanno (Bernardini) makes his first trip to the post in this event. The dark bay is out of GISW Sarah Lynx (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), who is a daughter of Group 3 victress Steel Princess (Ire) (Danehill). TJCIS PPs

MCPEEK UNVEILS PRICEY STREET SENSE COLT

5th-SAR, $90K, Msw, 2yo, 7f, 2:42p.m.

Ken McPeek went to $500,000 on behalf of Fern Circle Stables to acquire MADE SENSE (Street Sense) at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic Sale and the colt makes his career bow in this test. A :21 4/5 breezer in Timonium, the bay is out of the Forest Wildcat mare Forest Fashion. TJCIS PPs

WELL-RELATED ON-BRED LOOKS TO OPEN ACCOUNT AT WOODBINE

5th-WO, $71K, Msw, 2yo, 7f (AWT), 3:06p.m.

John Oxley’s BOLD VICTORY (Flatter) will attempt to open his account at first asking at Woodbine Saturday. Out of SW Victorious Ami (Victory Gallop), the $485,000 FTSAUG buy is a half to Canadian champion Ami’s Mesa (Sky Mesa) and GSW Ami’s Holiday (Harlan’s Holiday). This is also the family of Sovereign Award winner Amis Gizmo (Giant Gizmo) and GSW & GISP Ami’s Flatter (Flatter). Casse also saddles another newbie in Conrad Farm’s Swanky Knight (Street Sense). The $360,000 KEESEP purchase is a half to Canadian champion juvenile Conquest Typhoon (Stormy Atlantic). TJCIS PPs

 

JUDDMONTE & GODOLPHIN BLUEBLOODS MAKE CAREER BOWS

7th-SAR, $90K, Msw, 2yo, 7f, 3:48p.m.

Kiaran McLaughlin unveils yet another well-bred Godolphin runner in TAPAGE (Tapit). Out of GISW and multimillionaire Hystericalady (Distorted Humor), the homebred is a half to GSW & GISP Lady Montdore (Medaglia d’Oro). Bill Mott sends out another blue-blooded first timer in Juddmonte homebred Breithorn (Into Mischief). The bay is out of Ventoux (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), who is a half-sister to European champion Special Duty (GB) (Hennessy) and the dam of GI Breeders’ Cup Mile hero Expert Eye (GB) (Acclamation {GB}). Spendthrift Farm and MyRaceHorse Stable’s $750,000 FTSAUG buy Wayne O (Into Mischief), a half-brother to Grade I-winning ‘TDN Rising Star’ Restless Rider (Distorted Humor), makes his second attempt in this spot off an eighth-place finish in his track-and-trip debut Aug. 3 after being bumped at the break and traveling wide. TJCIS PPs

NICKS SADDLES TAPIT SON OF ALOOF

8th-SAR, $90K, Msw, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 4:21p.m.

Whisper Hill Farm homebred TAPALOOF (Tapit) makes his first trip to the post in this spot for trainer Ralph Nicks. Whisper Hill owner Mandy Pope purchased the firster’s Group3-winning dam Aloof (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) for $3.9 million in foal to War Front at the 2014 Keeneland November Sale. John Ferguson signed the $900,000 ticket on the resulting filly Flora Sandes (War Front) at Keeneland September. OXO Equine’s Larry Best went to $1.6 million for her second foal, a filly named Balon Rose (War Front), at the same auction a year later. Aloof is out of English Highweight Airwave (GB) (Air Express {Ire}), who also produced the dam of European Highweights Churchill (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and Clemmie (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}). Todd Pletcher unveils another with a talented relative in No Word (Silent Name {Jpn}), who is a full to MGSW & MGISP Silentio. TJCIS PPs

INTRIGUING GROUP SET FOR DEL MAR BABY RACE

8th-DMR, $61K, Msw, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 8:45p.m.

Seven of the nine juveniles set to line up in this SoCal event are making their debuts, making this test a pretty wide open affair. One of those first timers is AMERICAN THEOREM (American Pharoah), who enters off a half-mile bullet in :47 1/5 here Aug. 26 (1/51). The gray is a half to GSW Mighty Caroline (Stormy Atlantic), SW Renee’s Queen (After Market) and SP Viel Spass (Kitten’s Joy). John Shireffs unveils Jerry Moss homebred Thunder Code (Honor Code), a son of GISW Tarlow (Stormin Fever). Simon Callaghan saddles first timer Honor Among Men (Bayern), a $435,000 KEESEP purchase, who is out of a half-sister to GISW Graydar (Unbridled’s Song). Bob Baffert can never be ignored with a firster and he sends out Backshot (Tapiture), who was the second highest-priced lot at the Fasig-Tipton Santa Anita 2-Year-Old Sale at $350,000 following a :21 1/5\fs30fs30 breeze. Baffert also saddles $575,000 FTSAUG buy Hydrogen (Violence), who makes his second attempt after finishing third on debut here Aug. 17. TJCIS PPs

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