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Colt by Freshman Sire Frosted Graduates at Belmont

8th-Belmont, $63,000, Msw, 10-16, 2yo, 1 1/16m, 1:43.43, sy, 8 lengths.
TEN FOR TEN (c, 2, Frosted–Summer Vacation, by Eskendereya) kicked off his career with a second-place effort sprinting six panels at Saratoga Sept. 7 and was backed down to slight 2-1 favoritism while getting blinkers in his route debut. Hustled to the front by Jose Ortiz straight off the blocks, the $410,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase repelled a bid from 2-1 chance Savoy (Honor Code) approaching the quarter pole and spurted clear through the lane, scoring by an impressive eight-length margin over Officiating (Blame). Constitutional Law (Tapit), a full-brother to Grade I-winning Constitution, was edged for third after some trouble at the start. Out of Grade I-winning Dream of Summer (Siberian Summer), Summer Vacation, a half-sister to Grade I stakes scorers Creative Cause (Giant’s Causeway) and Vexatious (Giant’s Causeway) as well as GSW and Classic-placed Destin (Giant’s Causeway), is also responsible for a yearling colt by Candy Ride (Arg) and a filly foal by Kitten’s Joy. Ten For Ten is the eighth winner for his freshman sire (by Tapit). Sales history: $410,000 Ylg ’19 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 2-1-1-0, $49,050. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Courtlandt Farms (Donald and Donna Adam); B-George Krikorian (KY); T-Claude R. McGaughey III.

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Friday’s Insights: Full-Brother to Constitution Debuts at Belmont

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8th-Belmont Park, Msw, $63k, 2yo, 1 1/16m, post time: 4:14 p.m.
Bridledwood Farm and Don Alberto’s homebred CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (Tapit), a full-brother to multiple Grade I winner Constitution, debuts for trainer Todd Pletcher. Bridlewood and Don Alberto partnered to purchase the gray colt’s dam Baffled (Distorted Humor), in foal to Tapit, for $3.5 million at the 2016 Fasig November sale. Don Alberto bought out the parnership for $1.8 million at last year’s Fasig November sale. The mare’s yearling filly by Medaglia d’Oro sold to Mandy Pope’s Whisper Hill Farm for $1.1 million at last month’s Keeneland September sale.

Pletcher also saddles Chuck Fipke’s homebred firster Morethansoultitle (More Than Ready). The chestnut is out of a half-sister to graded winner Seeking the Title (Seeking the Gold), dam of Grade I winner Seeking the Soul (Perfect Soul {Ire}).

Shug McGaughey sends out Courtlandt Farm’s Ten for Ten (Frosted), a $410,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase, who stretches out following a runner-up effort in his six-furlong debut Sept. 7 at Saratoga. TJCIS PPs

3rd-Keeneland, Msw, $70k, 2yo, 6f, post time: 2:12 p.m.
Trainer Steve Asmussen saddles Three Chimneys Farm’s firster EMPRESS CATHERINE (Nyquist). The dark bay filly, a $385,000 Fasig Saratoga yearling purchase, is out of the unraced Asian Empress (Empire Maker), a full-sister to Grade I winner Acoma and a half to the dam of champion Covfefe (Into Mischief). TJCIS PPs

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Sunday’s Racing Insights: Keeneland Card Features Intriguing Babies

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4th-KEE, $70K, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 2:50 p.m. ET
Pricey Rising Empire (Empire Maker) is one of two signed on here for Larry Jones. The $275,000 Keeneland September yearling blossomed into a $700,000 OBSAPR juvenile after a powerful :10 1/5 breeze. He’s half to the long-winded GSW and ‘TDN Rising Star’ Rocketry (Hard Spun). Fox Hill Farms Inc.’s Trump Card (Nyquist) is out of a precocious mare who earned a big figure for a June 2-year-old debut before finishing third in Saratoga’s GIII Schuylerville S. He was a $210,000 KEESEP grad. Cool Quest (Frosted), who cost $10,000 more at the same auction, is half to hard-knocking Canadian champion grass horse Grand Adventure (Grand Slam), who did take the GIII Summer S. as a juvenile. TJCIS PPs

5th-KEE, $71K, OC ($75K), 2yo, f, 6f, 2:50 p.m. ET
‘TDN Rising Star‘ Inject (Frosted) looks to atone for a duel-and-fade eighth-place run in the GIII Pocahontas S. on the stretch out and quick turnaround at Churchill Sept. 3. In her prior start, the daughter of GISW Appealing Zophie (Successful Appeal) and half to GI Belmont S. winner Tapwrit (Tapit) aired by six lengths going short at Ellis Aug. 15. The $390,000 KEESEP buy earned a strong 82 Beyer Speed Figure for her unveiling. Feeling Mischief (Into Mischief), a daughter of precocious GSP True Feelings (Latent Heat), is half to this year’s GIII Robert B. Lewis S. runner-up Royal Act (American Pharoah) and from the family of champion 3-year-old filly Wait a While (Maria’s Mon). She’s been off since an eight-length procession on debut at Colonial Downs Aug. 3 and ships in from trainer Michael Campbell’s Arlington Park base. TJCIS PPs

10th-KEE, $70K, Msw, 2yo, f, 1m, 6:18 p.m. ET
Reiko and Mike Baum’s Illiogami (Tapit) makes her first start here for trainer Rusty Arnold. The $400,000 KEESEP buy is out of talented turfer Odeliz (Ire) (Falco), a Group 1 winner in France and Italy who was also a close second in the 2014 GI E. P. Taylor S. at Woodbine. Candace O (Declaration of War) is a full to 2018 GIII With Anticipation S. hero Opry. Information Mosaic (Bernardini), a $125,000 September pick-up, is out of GSP Artemis (Empire Maker). Her third dam is La Gueriere (Lord At War {Arg}), who annexed the 1991 GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S. here before producing the likes of GISW Icon Project (Empire Maker) and the dam of Munnings. TJCIS PPs

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Preakness: Pletcher ‘Weighing Out All Of Our Options’ With Happy Saver, Dr Post

Trainer Todd Pletcher said Sunday he is still unsure if he will enter Happy Saver or Dr Post in the Grade 1, $1 million Preakness October 3 at Pimlico Race Course in Baltimore, Md.

Owned by Wertheimer et Frere, Happy Saver, a chestnut son of Super Saver, is unbeaten in three lifetime starts, including a winning stakes debut in the Federico Tesio on September 7 at Laurel Park.

The Kentucky homebred worked a half-mile in 49.03 seconds over the Oklahoma training track at Saratoga on Friday morning.

“I like the way he worked. He's doing well,” Pletcher said. “I haven't decided yet. We'll just continue to survey what shakes out here.”

St Elias Stable's Dr Post, a last out fourth in the Grade 2 Jim Dandy on September 5 as the favorite, worked an easy half-mile in 50.06 seconds over the Oklahoma training track on Saturday morning. The son of Quality Road was a respective second and third in the Grade 1 Belmont Stakes on June 20 and the Grade 1 Haskell Invitational on July 18 at Monmouth Park.

“We're weighing out all of our options. We'll try to sort it all out this week,” Pletcher said.

Pletcher also indicated that the Grade 1, $250,000 Jockey Club Gold Cup on October 10 against older horses going 1 1/4 miles would be a possible option for either horse should they skip the Preakness.

On Saturday, Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable and Stonestreet Stables' Likeable powered home to an 8 1/4-length maiden victory. The 2-year-old son of freshman sire Frosted extended his advantage at every point of call going the one-turn mile and registered an 81 Beyer for the win.

“We always liked him,” Pletcher said. “He had a solid debut but took a big step forward [Saturday]. He handled the stretch out well and galloped out strongly. We were very happy with it.”

Pletcher was non-committal to a next start but said a stakes race would likely be in order.

“We'll let the dust settle a little bit,” Pletcher said. “He'll probably move up into a stake of some sort. The [Grade 1, $250,000] Champagne [on October 10] is here, and he's now won here at the distance. It's also back in three weeks so we'll have to play it by ear.”

Bred in Kentucky by co-owner Stonestreet Stables, Likeable was purchased for $350,000 from last year's Keeneland September Yearling Sale, where he was consigned by Elm Tree Farm, and is out of the stakes-winning Medaglia d'Oro mare Dashing Debby, who also produced stakes winner and multiple graded stakes-placed Dawn the Destroyer.

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