Insights on the American Racing Scene for July 21, 2018

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6th-SAR, $85,000, Msw, 2yo, 5 1/2f, post time: 3:49 p.m. ET
This high-class juvenile race could provide some clues for the GIII Sanford S. later on the card. Nitrous (Tapit) missed by a neck first out to game Sanford contender Strike Silver (Violence) in their respective debuts at Churchill June 14. The Steve Asmussen pupil is the first foal out of SW and MGSP Speedinthruthecity (City Zip). Asmussen will be represented by two in the Sanford, including ‘TDN Rising Star‘ Bano Solo (Goldencents), a speedy OBSMAR grad who scored in front-running style under the Twin Spires June 23. Filling out the trifecta after a troubled trip in that five-furlong heat was $540,000 OBS April buyback Most Mischief (Into Mischief). The Scharbauer homebred covered an eight in Ocala in a slightly green :10 2/5and can only improve with an extra sixteenth to work with. She hails from a black-type laden family that includes the likes of Horse of the Year Alysheba. Among a number of high-priced 2-year-old sale acquisitions is Repole Stable and Eclipse Thoroughbreds’s Coast (Malibu Moon), who is stuck on the also-eligible list for now. A $50,000 KEESEP yearling, the son of graded stakes-winning ‘Rising Star‘ Mamma Kimbo (Discreet Cat) blossomed into a $500,000 OBS March purchase after a :10 flat move. He is a half-brother to stakes winner Balandeen (Bernardini). TJCIS PPs

9th-DMR, $60,000, Msw, 2yo, 5f, post time: 9:00 p.m. ET
Trainer Jerry Hollendorfer and Larry Best’s OXO Equine already have two of the most promising juveniles in the country in ‘TDN Rising Stars’ Instagrand (Into Mischief) and Brill (Medaglia d’Oro), and they unveil another fast-working juvenile Saturday evening in the form of Rowayton (Into Mischief). The bay is out of an unraced Indian Charlie half-sister to Canadian champion female sprinter and older mare Miss Mischief (Into Mischief). This is the family of Grade I-winning juvenile J P’s Gusto (Successful Appeal). Hall of Famer Hollendorfer will also saddle $475,000 KEESEP yearling Dueling (Violence) on behalf of Michael Stinson. The grey is a half to GSW/MGISP juvenile Know More (Lion Heart) and SW/MGSP Classical Slew (Bernstein). Doug O’Neill, who has been vying with Hollendorfer atop the trainer standings at this very early stage of the meet, also has two entered. Magnificent McCool (Giant’s Causeway) was a $625,000 OBS April pick-up by powerful Phoenix Thoroughbreds. The strapping colt covered a furlong in :10 2/5 with the wind up. O’Neill’s other runner is Truck Salesman (Can the Man), a $35,000 KEESEP yearling turned $230,000 OBS March grad after a visually impressive :10 flat breeze. He was the most expensive member of his freshman sire (by Into Mischief)’s crop to sell this year. TJCIS PPs

5th-ELP, $43k, Alw, NW2X, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f, post time: 3:42 EST
PROFOUND LEGACY (Proud Citizen) graduated by 7 3/4 lengths first out for Mark DeDomenico LLC, Muddy Waters St LLC and trainer Michael Puhich at Emerald Downs June 3. Turf Stable Racing and Six Column Stables bought into the filly in the interim and she was transferred to the Ian Wilkes barn for this first try against winners. The full-sister to GI Kentucky Oaks victress Believe You Can last breezed a half-mile in :49 flat (3/56) beneath the Twin Spires on July 17. Winchell Thoroughbreds representative Kristizar (Tapizar), a $55,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic buyback, also donned cap and gown at first asking, rolling to a 5 1/4-length score locally July 1. Steve Asmussen saddles the half-sister to GIII Fantasy S. bridesmaid Taxable (Tapit) and three other stakes-placed runners. The winning dam is a half-sister to Summerly (Summer Squall), successful in the 2005 Kentucky Oaks. TJCIS PPs

 

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