BELLS BEACH (Curlin) went the way of Jeffrey Drown for $675,000 as a yearling at the Fasig-Tipton New York Saratoga Select Sale in 2022 and debuts Friday on Keeneland's opening day for trainer Chad Brown. Dam Luminance, a Grade I-placed and track record setting daughter of Tale of the Cat, twice passed through the auction ring for seven figures–most recently selling to Juddmonte Farms in foal to Gun Runner on a final bid of $1.25m at FTKNOV in 2022. Luminance is a half to SW Smart As Me (Malibu Moon) and MGSP Stellar Sound (Tapit). Third dam, MGISW Versailles Treaty, is responsible for GI Breeders Cup Juvenile Turf winner George Vancouver (Henrythenavigator) along with SW/GISP Saarland (Unbridled). Bells Beach will be only the second foal to race for her dam who saw more commercial success in the ring last year with her yearling Tapit filly RNA'ing for $700,000 at Keeneland. TJCIS PPS

7th-KEE, $110K, OC, 3yo, f, 6 1/2f, 4:12 p.m.

Dubbed a 'TDN Rising Star' with a gate-to-wire win on debut, Amor Fati (Liam's Map) returns to the races for the first time since her 5 1/2-furlong Gulfstream romp Feb. 11. Trained for her first start by Brittany Russell, the Gold Square-owned filly now runs out of the Jose D'Angelo barn as she tries winners for the time Friday. Luis Saez retains the mount. TJCIS PPS

10th-KEE, $100K, MSW, 3yo, f, 1 3/16mT, 5:48 p.m.

Guinevere (Justify), a $925,000 KEESEP grad, will switch surfaces off a third-place performance as the beaten favorite at first asking over the Turfway Tapeta Feb. 21. Racing for Wesley Ward for the partnership of MyRacehorse, Gainesway Stable and R.T. Racing Stable, she enters off a pair of bullet drills over the local surface (five furlongs in :58 3/5 {1/21} on Mar. 15 and five furlongs again in :59 4/5 {1/20} Mar. 29). TJCIS PPS

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The $375,000 Keeneland September grad posted a number of sharp works for trainer Brittany Russell over the past two months at her Palm Meadows base. Debuting as the 2-1 favorite here, the gray rocketed to the lead up the backstretch. Setting a strong pace up front with a quarter-mile of :21.43, the 3-year-old continued to hold sway around the far turn and she opened up down the lane to win by 5 1/2 lengths over Tinki Abarrio (Runhappy).

The winner is a half-sister to Accretive (Practical Joke), MGSP, $323,393. Mallory Street was purchased during the 2020 Keeneland November Sale by Hidden Brook for $100,000 with Amor Fati in-utero. She was her final offspring before passing away in 2022.

This is the 6th 'Rising Star' for Liam's Map.

6th-Gulfstream, $70,000, Msw, 2-11, 3yo, f, 6f, 1:10.43, ft, 5 1/2 lengths.
AMOR FATI, f, 3, Liam's Map
1st Dam: Mallory Street {SP, $111,837}, by Street Sense)
                2nd Dam: Mayfield, by Exploit
                3rd Dam: Ahpo Hel, by Mr. Leader
Sales History: $375,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $42,000. O-Gold Square LLC; B-Hidden Brook Farm & Dan Quickel (KY); T-Brittany T. Russell.
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#2 AMOR FATI ($6.40) impressed in a front-running debut victory in race 6 at Gulfstream Park.

The filly by @LanesEndFarms' Liam's Map was ridden by Luis Saez for @BTRracingstable and Gold Square LLC. pic.twitter.com/HT6Io8MHxW

— TVG (@TVG) February 11, 2024

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