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Summer Breezes: Sunday, July 23, 2023

Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer racing season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings at both Saratoga and Del Mar and at Ellis Park, which attract its fair share of high-priced offspring from a variety of top national outfits.

Summer Breezes highlights debuting 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, with links to their under-tack previews. To follow are the horses entered for Sunday at Saratoga and Ellis and Del Mar:

Sunday, July 23, 2023
Saratoga 1, $136k, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:10 p.m. ET
Horse (Sire), Sale, Price ($), Breeze
Sassy Princess (Cairo Prince), OBSMAR, 120,000, click
C-Dynasty Thoroughbreds; B-Jeffrey Bloom, agent

Ellis 3, $70k, 2yo, f, 1mT, 1:43 p.m. ET
Maybe Magic (Good Magic), OBSAPR, 60,000, click
C-All Dreams Equine, agent; B-Stone Bridge Farm
Panthera (Not This Time), OBSAPR, 70,000, click
C-McKathan Bros Sales, agent; B-Chuck Hovitz

Ellis 4, $70k, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 2:13 p.m. ET
Henro (Collected), OBSMAR, 45,000, click
C-de Meric Sales, agent; B-C Hartman, agt JD TBS LLC & J Davis
Sabres (Kantharos), OBSJUN, 60,000, click
C-All Dreams Equine; B-Dennis O'Neill

Del Mar 8, $82k, 2yo, 5f, 8:35 p.m. ET
Raging Torrent (Maximus Mischief), OBSAPR, 75,000, click
C-Randy Bradshaw, agent; B-Steve Rothblum, agt for Mark Davis
Tall Paul (Frosted), OBSMAR, 475,000, click
C-Grade One Investments LLC, agent; B-Three Amigos

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Trainer McLean Robertson Reinstated After Split Sample Fails To Confirm Banned Drug Finding

A provisional suspension of trainer McLean “Mac” Robertson following a reported positive test for the banned substance altrenogest  abruptly ended July 22 when the Horseracing Integrity and Safety Authority and its testing and enforcement arm, the Horseracing Integrity & Welfare Unit, said altrenogest was not detected in a split sample.

Testing of the original sample and the split sample was conducted by laboratories contracted by HIWU.

Altrenogest, approved for use in fillies and mares to suppress estrus and sold under the brand name Regu-Mate, reportedly was detected in the gelding Johnny Up following a June 4 victory in a $7,500 claiming race at Canterbury Park, where he's been a member of the Minnesota track's Hall of Fame since 2011.

Because altrenogest is listed as a banned substance for male horses under HISA/HIWU rules, the positive triggered an automatic provisional suspension of Robertson pending  confirmation of the drug in the split sample. Robertson was required to transfer the 70 horses under his care to someone not currently affiliated with his stable during the provisional suspension. Robertson's most recent start was July 2.

Nathaniel Quinonez, a one-time Robertson employee who started 49 horses in his own name from 2016 through May 4, 2023, took over the stable. Quinonez has won eight races from 26 starts at Canterbury and Delaware Park since Robertson was forced to the sidelines, including two stakes on Canterbury's Hall of Fame day July 15.

A joint statement from HISA/HIWU said the notice of the potential anti-doping violation has been withdrawn and the case has been closed.

Johnny Up's win has been reinstated.

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Kingman’s Startup Mentality Gets Brown, Klaravich Off the Blocks on Haskell Day

1st-Monmouth, $54,650, Msw, 7-22, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16mT, 1:41.94, fm, 1 1/2 lengths.
STARTUP MENTALITY (IRE) (f, 3, Kingman {GB}–Fine Time {GB}, by Dansili {GB}), sourced by Chad Brown and owner Klaravich Stables for 300,000gns ($428,654) out of Book 1 at the 2021 Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, was the only first-time starter taking on a field of more experienced maidens to open the Haskell S. day card at Monmouth Saturday. Named the 2-1 third choice, the filly broke from the far outside gate and was content to let the rest of the field go in front of her up the backstretch through an opening half in :46.97 before making a sweeping four-wide move around the far turn. Caught the widest of the bunch, Startup Mentality had plenty of momentum with a furlong to run, eagerly ran down late leader Mirabella (Into Mischief), and gained separation to the line to graduate by 1 1/2 lengths.  The second straight winner from her dam, Startup Mentality is out of a full-sister to G1SW Passage of Time (GB) and a half to GSW/MGISP Time Test (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}) and G1SW Timepiece (GB) (Zamindar). This is also the family of European champion older horse Twice Over (GB) (Observatory) and GI Matriarch S. winner Viadera (GB) (Bated Breath {GB}). Fine Time has a 2-year-old Lope de Vega (Ire) filly and a yearling filly by Night of Thunder (Ire). Sales History: 300,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $33,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-Klaravich Stables, Inc.; B-Mount Armstrong Stud. (Ire); T-Chad C. Brown.

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Dubawi’s Emily Dickinson Dominant In The Curragh Cup

Making it another big day in Kildare for Ballydoyle, Emily Dickinson (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) brought up a treble for O'Brien and Moore in the G2 Comer Group International Curragh Cup on Saturday. Fourth on unsuitably quick ground in the G1 Gold Cup at Royal Ascot last month, the G3 Loughbrown S. and Listed Vintage Crop S. winner had it all falling into place after the rain and was able to wait patiently in mid-division early.

Surrendering first run to market-rival Rosscarbery (Ger) (Sea The Stars {Ire}) at the top of the straight, the 6-4 favourite was under a ride as that rival's jockey Billy Lee took a look around to check their progress two out. While he would have been happy enough there, he wasn't as the dark blue Magnier silks loomed at his side less than a furlong later and Emily Dickinson had soon overhauled the Twomey runner before staying on powerfully to win by three lengths.

“I was a bit worried that she was a couple of pieces of work short, but she loves that ground and grows another leg on it,” O'Brien said. “She loves being ridden like that, is very genuine and tries very hard. Ryan gave her a peach, he filled her with confidence. He said going to the start he knew she was different, obviously she loves that ease in the ground. She would run every day on fast ground and come out of it perfect–she could go to Goodwood, but after today we know that ground is important to her. If there is no ease in the ground at Goodwood she won't run and we'll keep her for the autumn.”

 

Pedigree Notes

Impeccably-bred, Emily Dickinson is the best of three foals of racing age out of the high-class Chicquita (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}), whose finest hour came when winning the G1 Irish Oaks on this card. Her first was the G3 Silver Flash S.-placed Secret Thoughts (War Front), while her second was the GI American Oaks runner-up Nicest (Ire) (American Pharaoh) who was also third behind Snowfall (Jpn) (Deep Impact {Jpn}) in the 2021 Irish Oaks. The second dam is the listed-winning Prudenzia (Ire) (Dansili {GB}), dam of the stable's prolific top-level performer Magic Wand (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) who got her win at that level in the MacKinnon S.

Prudenzia, who also supplied Dubawi's G3 Prix Penelope winner and G1 Prix de Diane runner-up Philomene (Ire) and the group-placed Enemy (GB) (Muhaarar {GB}) and Je Ne Regretterien (GB) (Galileo {Ire}), is kin to the G3 Prix de Lutece winner Pacifique (Ire) who shares Montjeu as a sire with Chicquita and is in turn the dam of another Lutece scorer in Paix (Ire) also by Muhaarar and the G2 Prix Greffulhe-placed Sir Bob Parker (Fr) (Siyouni {Fr}). This is also the family of the Listed Lingfield Derby Trial winner English King (Fr) (Camelot {GB}) and the G1 Oaks, Irish Oaks and Yorkshire Oaks heroine Alexandrova (Ire) (Sadler's Wells). Chicquita's as-yet unraced 3-year-old full-sister to Emily Dickinson is named Beware (Ire), while her 2-year-old filly also by Dubawi is named Magical World (Ire). She also has a colt foal by Wootton Bassett (GB).

Saturday, The Curragh, Ireland
COMER GROUP INTERNATIONAL CURRAGH CUP-G2, €150,000, Curragh, 7-22, 3yo/up, 14fT, 3:16.00, sf.
1–EMILY DICKINSON (IRE), 134, f, 4, by Dubawi (Ire)
     1st Dam: Chicquita (Ire) (G1SW-Ire, G1SP-Eng, G1SP-Fr, $859,094), by Montjeu (Ire)
     2nd Dam: Prudenzia (Ire), by Dansili (GB)
     3rd Dam: Platonic (GB), by Zafonic
O-Mrs J Magnier/M Tabor/D Smith/Westerberg; B-Chicquita Syndicate (IRE); T-Aidan O'Brien; J-Ryan Moore. €90,000. Lifetime Record: GSP-Eng, 15-4-1-1, $336,850. *1/2 to Nicest (Ire) (American Pharoah), G1SP-Ire, GISP-US, GSP-Eng, $194,883. Werk Nick Rating: A+++ *Triple Plus*. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree, or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Rosscarbery (Ger), 134, m, 5, Sea The Stars (Ire)–Rose Rized (Ger), by Authorized (Ire). (130,000gns Ylg '19 TATOCT; 1,000,000gns HRA '22 TATMA). O-Lady Bamford; B-Gestut Wittekindshof (GER); T-Paddy Twomey. €30,000.
3–Amusement (Ire), 122, f, 3, Galileo (Ire)–Rock Orchid (Ire), by Fastnet Rock (Aus).
1ST BLACK TYPE, 1ST GROUP BLACK TYPE. (540,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-Mrs J Magnier/M Tabor/D Smith/Westerberg; B-B V Sangster (IRE); T-Donnacha O'Brien. €15,000.
Margins: 3, 3 1/4, 1HF. Odds: 1.50, 1.88, 11.00.
Also Ran: Run For Oscar (Ire), Sionnach Eile (Ire), Yashin (Ire), Gooloogong (Ire), Young Ireland (Ire), John Alexander (Ire). Scratched: Okita Soushi (Ire), Point King (Ire).

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