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Blue-Blooded Juveniles Debut on Travers Card

1st-SAR, $105K, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 11:35 a.m. EDT
The star-studded GI Runhappy Travers S. day card kicks off with a pair of juveniles events, starting with this main track sprint. VERIFYING (Justify), a $775,000 KEESEP acquisition by the Coolmore contingent, is one of the most intriguing firsters in this event. The Brad Cox pupil is out of GSW Diva Delite (Repent), who summoned $1.2 million with this colt in utero at the 2019 Fasig-Tipton November Sale. That makes Verifying a half-sibling to champion Midnight Bisou (Midnight Lute), who brought $5-million at the 2020 FTKNOV sale. Steve Asmussen unveils Courtlandt Farms' King's Glory (Speightstown), a $575,000 KEESEP buy. Out of MSP Jax El (Unusual Heat), the chestnut is a half to GSW & GISP Dr. Dorr (Lookin At Lucky). Mike Rutherford's $400,000 KEESEP purchase Game Warden (Tapit) also debuts in this spot for Bill Mott. The bay is out of a daughter of SW Dance Quietly (A.P. Indy), who is a half to Horse of the Year Saint Liam (Saint Ballado), GISW Funtastic (More Than Ready) and GSW Quiet Giant (Giant's Causeway), who is the dam of Horse of the Year and top young sire Gun Runner. TJCIS PPs

2nd-SAR, $105K, Msw, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 12:08 p.m. EDT
Turf-routing juveniles get their chance next with a trio of interesting first timers. Wertheimer and Frere homebred TRIPLE START (American Pharoah) looks to get off the mark for Todd Pletcher here. The chestnut is a half to GI Personal Ensign S. winner Persistently (Smoke Glacken) and a full to SP Award It. Her second dam is champion Heavenly Prize (Seeking the Gold), dam of MGISW Good Reward (Storm Cat) and GSW sire Pure Prize (Storm Cat). This is also the family of Grade I winners Instilled Regard (Arch), Queen Goddess (Empire Maker) and Dancing Forever (Rahy). Chad Brown unveils one from a family he's pretty familiar with in Take Me to Jimmy (Kitten's Joy). The $335,000 FTSAUG buy is a half to Brown-trained MGSWs Tammy The Torpedo (More Than Ready) and Seek And Destroy (Verrazano). His dam is a half to MGSW Criminologist (Maria's Mon). Highland Lord (Lord Nelson) makes his first trip to the post for Barclay Tagg. The Young homebred is a half to MSW & GISP Highland Sky (Sky Mesa) and SW & GSP Highland Glory (Sky Mesa), both trained by Tagg. He also hails from the family of GISW Bit of Whimsy (Distorted Humor). TJCIS PPs

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Thursday Racing Insights: $400k Uncle Mo Filly Unveiled at Saratoga

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2nd-SAR, $105K, Msw, 2yo, f, 5 1/2fT, 1:39 p.m.

Making her first start Thursday for trainer Wesley Ward, PLAYLIST (Uncle Mo) was a $400,000 KEESEP yearling purchase for Coolmore's M. V. Magnier. Out of the GISP Bon Jovi Girl (Malibu Moon), herself a half-sister to champion older horse & sire Gio Ponti (Tale of the Cat) and a $950,000 pick up for Denali Stud from the 2010 Keeneland January Horses of all Ages Sale, Playlist is a half-sister to GSW You're To Blame (Distorted Humor). Coolmore also purchased Playlist's 4-year-old half-brother Prince of Verona (American Pharoah) as a yearling out of the 2019 Saratoga Sale for $950,000. Jockey John Velazquez gets the call.

A homebred for Al Shaqub Racing, Essaouira (Super Saver) is a daughter of GI Las Virgenes S. winner Eden's Moon (Malibu Moon), who herself brought $1.5 million from Mandore International Agency at the 2012 Fasig-Tipton November Sale. Further back, third dam North of Eden (Ire) (Northfields {Fr}) is responsible for champion grass horse Paradise Creek (Irish River {Fr}), GISW Forbidden Apple (Pleasant Colony), GISW & leading Brazilian sire Wild Event (Wild Again), and MGSP I'm Very Irish (Pleasant Colony). Jockey Jose Ortiz picks up the mount for trainer Graham Motion. TJCIS PPs

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Sunday’s Racing Insights: Runhappy Half-Sis Looks to Go One Better at the Spa

6th-SAR, $105K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f, 3:55 p.m. ET

RARIFY (Justify), a half-sister to champion sprinter Runhappy (Super Saver), looks to go one better at second asking here. The $750,000 KEESEP graduate set the pace and reported home second-best as the even-money favorite on debut for Wesley Ward at Saratoga July 24.

Godolphin homebred Spelterini (Bernardini) also completed the exacta on debut at the Spa July 14 (Second Chances series), rallying smartly to finish a length ahead of next-out blowout winner Chocolate Gelato (Practical Joke).

The field also includes first-time starters: Grand Love (Gun Runner), a half-sister to GISW Malibu Prayer (Malibu Moon) and millionaire Valid (Medaglia d'Oro); $625,000 FTSAUG graduate Rosie's Alibi (Justify); and $435,000 FTSAUG graduate Peak Popularity (Mendelssohn). TJCIS PPs

6th-ELP, $60K, Msw, 2yo, 7f, 4:10 p.m. ET

Dixiana Farms's homebred JUL QUIST (Nyquist), a half-brother to GISW and young WinStar Farm stallion Tom's d'Etat (Smart Strike), debuts for trainer Cherie DeVaux. Magnificent Mile (Quality Road), an $800,000 FTSAUG graduate and half-brother to SW & GISP Brill (Medaglia d'Oro), will also get his career started for WinStar and Siena Farm and trainer Rodolphe Brisset in this spot. TJCIS PPs

7th-DMR, $80K, Msw, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 8:00 p.m. ET

MUTEKI (American Pharoah), a $1-million OBS March (:10) purchase by Baoma Corp., makes her first trip to the post for Hall of Famer Bob Baffert. The filly is out of Just Parker (Forest Camp), a half-sister to SW and MGSP Qahira (Cairo Prince) in addition to SWs Stormin' Lyon (Storm Boot) and Quick Flip (Speightstown), herself the dam of GSW and MGISP Following Sea (Runhappy). TJCIS PPs

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Friday Racing Insights: American Pharoah Half To Hoppertunity Debuts At Del Mar

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8th-DMR, $80K, Msw, 3yo/up, 6 1/2f, 10:27 p.m.

A $475,000 KEESEP yearling purchase by the Three Amigos, AMERICAN REFUGEE (American Pharoah) will be the 13th foal to race out of the GSP mare Refugee (Unaccounted For). This makes him a half-brother to MGISW & $4.7 million earner Hoppertunity (Any Given Saturday) and MGISW & 'TDN Rising Star' Executiveprivilege (First Samurai). This is also the family of champion 3-year-old filly & MGISW Davona Dale (Best Turn). Trained by Bob Baffert, who famously campaigned his sire and both of his half-siblings, and owned by the trio of Mike Pegram, Karl Watson, and Paul Weitman who also raced both half-siblings, American Refugee posted a near-bullet work July 23, going five furlongs in :59 1/5 (3/86) and followed that up with six furlongs in 1:12 4/5 (2/5) July 29. TJCIS PPs

4th-ELP, $80K, Msw, 2yo, f, 5f, 3:14 p.m.

From the first crop of Triple Crown champion Justify, AUNT SHIRLEY debuts Friday for owner/breeder WinStar Farm LLC. The chestnut filly is out of a half-sister to MG1SW Decorated Knight (GB) (Gailieo {Ire}). Third dam Mariah's Storm (Rahy) is best known for producing the likes of European horse of the year and leading sire Giant's Causeway (Storm Cat) and New York-based sire Freud (Storm Cat). Second Dam Pearling's half-sister You'resothrilling (Storm Cat) has gone on to produce eight straight winners from as many to race including: G1 Tattersalls Irish Two Thousand Guineas winner Gleneagles (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), MG1SW Happily (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), G1 Prix de Diane Longines winner Joan of Arc (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), and G1 Etihad Airways Irish One Thousand Guineas victor Marvellous (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) amongst others. TJCIS PPs

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