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Summer Breezes: OBS March Topper Muth Looms Large in Best Pal

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 Saturday at Saratoga, Ellis Park and Del Mar and including any already-raced 2yo sales grads entered for the afternoon's juvenile graded stakes at the seaside oval:

Sunday, August 13, 2023
Saratoga 2, $136k, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:44 p.m. ET
Horse (Sire), Sale, Price ($), Breeze
Latte Lizzie (Catalina Cruiser), OBSAPR, 85,000, :10.1
Consigned by Randy Miles, agent
Buyer: M D C Partners

 

Nikitis (Audible), OBSAPR, 535,000, :10
Consignor: Richardson Bloodstock, agent
Buyer: Rich Schermerhorn, Jay Hanley & 30 Year Farm

 

Ellis 4, $70k, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 2:13 p.m. ET
Rock Star Doctor (Connect), OBSMAR, 45,000, :21.4
Consignor: Eddie Woods, agent
Buyer: Eddie Kenneally, agent

 

Saratoga 6, $83k, 2yo, f, 6f, 4:00 p.m. ET
Azteca Stardust (Sharp Azteca)-AE, FTMMAY, 20,000, :10.4
Consignor: Grassroots Training & Sales LLC, agent
Buyer: Frank Catapano & Nicholas Primpas

 

Bornforgreatness (Solomini), FTMMAY, 32,000, :10.3
Consignor: Little Farm Equine LLC, agent
Buyer: Tee-N-Jay/Thomas Swales

 

Day Away (Yoshida {Jpn}), FTJUN, 20,000, :10.3
Consignor: Crane Thoroughbred Services LLC, agent
Buyer: Gary Contessa

 

Echo Lake (Catalina Cruiser), FTMMAY, 40,000, :10.2
Consignor: Paul Sharp, agent
Buyer: Steven G Laymon

 

Handle On You (Solomini)-AE, FTMMAY, 37,000, :10.3
Consignor: Kings Equine, agent
Buyer: Thorostock, agent

 

Lady Prospect (Runhappy), FTMMAY, 45,000, :10.1
Consignor: Six K's Training & Sales LLC, agent
Buyer: Jon Taisey, agt for Big Dom Racing, Hibiscus & Big Toe (PS)

 

Del Mar 3, $82k, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 6:08 p.m.
Acoustic Melody (Arrogate), OBSAPR, 250,000, :10.2
Consignor: White Lilac (Katie Miranda), agent
Buyer: Mike Ryan, agent for Peter Redekop BC Ltd

 

Del Mar 4, Best Pal S.-GIII, 2yo, 6f, 6:38 p.m. ET
Muth (Good Magic), OBSMAR, 2,000,000, :9.3
Consignor: Top Line Sales LLC, agent
Buyer: Donato Lanni, agent

 

Raging Torrent (Maximus Mischief), OBSAPR, 75,000, :10
Consignor: Randy Bradshaw, agent
Buyer: Steve Rothblum, agent for Mark Davis

 

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Saturday’s Racing Insights: Quality Road Colt Blended Top To Bottom In Colonial Debut

4th-CNL, $60K, Msw, 3yo/up, 1 1/16mT, 3:00 p.m.
A $700,000 Ylg FTSAUG purchase, INTEGRATION (Quality Road) debuts for Shug McGaughey. Out of 2016 GI Del Mar Oaks heroine Harmonize (Scat Daddy), who was campaigned and bred by Larkin Armstrong, this 3-year-old colt hails from a deep, extended female family which includes MGSWs like Al Khali (Medaglia d'Oro), Cappuchino (Capote) and Hungry Island (More Than Ready), plus GI Diana S. heroine and MGSW Somali Lemonade (Lemon Drop Kid) and MGISW Verrazano (More Than Ready). TJCIS PPs

5th-SAR, $136K, Msw, 2yo, 7f, 3:20 p.m.
Heading to Upstate New York, a trio of 2-year-old colts who will be kicking off their juvenile careers. From the inside, Eliminate (Curlin) is a $525,000 Ylg KEESEP chestnut owned by Spendthrift Farm and Repole Stable out of GSW I'm A Looker (Henny Hughes) whose second dam's half-sister produced MGISW Dortmund (Big Brown). Deeper still on the female side, the Todd Pletcher trainee's fourth dam, champion 2-year-old filly Lakeville Miss (Rainy Lake) is responsible for GISW and GSW Mogambo (Mr. Prospector). The yearling Quality Road sold out of I'm a Looker topped the opening session of the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale on Amo Racing's bid of $1.1 million.

Just to his outside is another son of Curlin–Chaperone–who fetched $950,000 at last year's Saratoga sale. Owned by Gus King and trained by Ron Moquett, the chestnut is out of GI Cotillion S. heroine and GI Alabama S. runner-up It Tiz Well (Arch), whose own dam is a half-sister to Canadian champion grass mare Solid Appeal (Successful Appeal).

“He reminded me of all the good things about the Curlins that you would like to see,” said trainer Ron Moquett. “He's a good-sized horse and had a certain sense of class about him. We thought there was a possibility that he would get well over a million and it worked out in our favor. You'd always rather have a horse with expectations and, as a trainer, it's your job to manage the expectations until you get him where he needs to be.”

Breaking from gate five, Deterministic (Liam's Map) is a $625,0000 Ylg KEESEP buy for trainer Christophe Clement. The dark bay's second dam is a half-sister to a pair of successful group winners in Japan, namely Asakusa Genki (Stormy Atlantic) and Rabbit Run (Tapit), and also to MGSW Rainha Da Bateria (Broken Vow). This colt's well-regarded family under the fourth dam Aquilegia (Alydar) also includes her full-sister and champion 2-year-old filly Althea and her unraced daughter's offspring, GI Breeders' Cup Classic hero Bayern (Offlee Wild). TJCIS PPs

8th-DMR, $82K, Msw, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 8:45 p.m.
Pointing to Southern California, a pair of Bob Baffert trainees by Into Mischief will debut for his barn. Point Dume is a $450,000 KEESEP grad, whose second dam GISW and GISP Island Sand (Tabasco Cat) produced the dam of GI Belmont S. victor Mo Donegal (Uncle Mo) and counts Queen's Plate S. winner Niigon (Unbridled) as her dam's half-sister. The other half of this uncoupled entry is WinStar Farm homebred Pastor T. The bay's multiple stakes-winning dam Top Quality (Quality Road) is a full-sister to SW Boston Post Road and her extended female family includes MGSW Concerto (Chief's Crown) and her half-sister GSW Ilusioned (Woodman). TJCIS PPS

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‘Rising Star’ Carl Spackler An ‘Ace’ In Hall Of Fame

It was a performance worth waiting for. Rescheduled from the end of last Friday's rain-cancelled card, the GII National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame S. finally got its day on course as 'TDN Rising Star' Carl Spackler (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) drove right on past his opposition to pick up his first graded-stakes win.

Second by a head on debut Jan. 21 to another 'Rising Star' in GI Belmont Derby winner Far Bridge (English Channel), the Chad Brown trainee responded with 8 3/4-length rout over the Gulfstream green Feb. 25, a performance that earned him a 92 Beyer Speed Figure. The 1 1/16 mile GII American Turf S. was next on the dance card but a troubled trip saw the race favorite toss up a bogey and tire to eighth.

With Tyler Gaffalione taking over the mount from Jose Ortiz for the first time Friday, Carl Spackler was outrun early by a host of horses to his outside and was nearly last in the opening furlong as the field passed the wire the first time by. Hugging the hedge inside of Ocean Vision (Ire) (U S Navy Flag) into the backstretch, he was comfortably second flight behind the pace-setting duo of his stablemate Appraise (Ire) (Kodica {GB}) and European invader Mysterious Night (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}) through an opening quarter on the inner turf in :24.37.

The field of nine began to bunch up as they swung into the far turn and Carl Spackler got just the gap he needed to tip outside of rivals passing the quarter pole. With the same kick he showed in that Gulfstream maiden, the chestnut made up four lengths to get on even terms with the leaders and, with a sixteenth to run, went right on by his stablemate to secure the win by open lengths and top the Chad Brown exacta.

“The horse really benefitted from a break,” said winning trainer Chad Brown. “Like I said before the race, after the race at Churchill I shipped him back home to Belmont and he just was not looking well. He got sick on the trip and [owner] eFive Racing is always patient with their horses and Bob [Edwards] said, 'Listen, just point him to Saratoga and get him right' and the horse really blossomed. The last couple of weeks, his coat was shining, the horse had his energy back. His last two works were excellent. I felt even though it was off a layoff and it was a big race, he was ready to fire a big one.”

Pedigree Note:

Carl Spackler is the 116th stakes winner and 65th group/graded winner worldwide for his prolific sire. His dam Zindaya, herself a graded-stakes winner in America, has produced several well-received offspring in Europe including a pair of Tattersalls October Yearling Book 1 entries in Tribal Warrior (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) who brought 280,000gns and her 2021 Frankel filly for 450,000gns, both by the Godolphin operation. Zindaya is a half-sister to GISW Western Aristocrat (Mr. Greeley).  She reported a full-sister to Carl Spackler last year, was not bred for 2023, and visited Uncle Mo for next Spring.

Friday, Saratoga Race Course
NATIONAL MUSEUM OF RACING HALL OF FAME S.-GII, $500,000, Saratoga, 8-11, 3yo, 1mT, 1:36.29, gd.
1–CARL SPACKLER (IRE), 118, c, 3, by Lope de Vega (Ire)
                1st Dam: Zindaya (GSW, $567,240), by More Than Ready
                2nd Dam: Aristocratic Lady, by Kris S.
                3rd Dam: American Dynasty, by Quiet American
1ST BLACK TYPE WIN, 1ST GRADED STAKES WIN. 'TDN Rising Star'. (350,000gns RNA Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-e Five Racing Thoroughbreds; B-Fifth Avenue Bloodstock (IRE); T-Chad C. Brown; J-Tyler Gaffalione. $275,000. Lifetime Record: 4-2-1-0, $336,000. Werk Nick Rating: B. Click for the eNicks report & 5-cross pedigree. Click for the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree.
2–Appraise (Ire), 118, c, 3, Kodiac (GB)–Champagne Or Water (Ire), by Captain Rio (GB). (85,000gns Wlg '20 TATFOA; 180,000gns Ylg '21 TATOCT). O-Klaravich Stables, Inc.; B-Mr J & Mrs L Scott (IRE); T-Chad C. Brown. $100,000.
3–More Than Looks, 124, c, 3, More Than Ready–Ladies' Privilege, by Harlan's Holiday. ($135,000 Ylg '21 KEESEP). O-Victory Racing Partners; B-Hinkle Farms (KY); T-Cherie DeVaux. $60,000.
Margins: 2 1/4, NO, 2. Odds: 2.35, 7.80, 3.10.
Also Ran: Ocean Vision (Ire), Behind Enemy Lines (GB), Mischievous Angel, Mysterious Night (Ire), Bat Flip, General Jim.

Click for the Equibase.com chart and the TJCIS.com PPs. VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.

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Mage Drills Six Furlongs For Travers

OGMA Investments, Ramiro Restrepo, Sterling Racing and CMNWLTH's GI Kentucky Derby hero Mage (Good Magic) turned in his penultimate breeze ahead of his anticipated appearance in the Aug. 26, GI Travers S., going six furlongs in 1:12.98 over the Saratoga main track Friday morning under exercise rider J. J. Delgado. According to Daily Racing Form, Mage galloped out seven furlongs in 1:26.31 and was up the mile in 1:40.66.

It was a stiffer breeze than last week, when he covered five furlongs in 1:01.03 over a track with a high moisture content following significant rainfall over the days prior to the work.

“He did pretty good. He was a little more in the bridle today,” said Gustavo Delgado, Jr., son and assistant to trainer Gustavo Delgado, of Friday's move. “His exercise rider was happy about it and the best thing is how he came back. He took a couple rounds [cooling out] and that was it. It's always good to see that.”

Delgado, Jr. said the plan is for the $235,000 Keeneland September yearling turned $290,000 Fasig-Tipton Midlantic juvenile to have one last maintenance work ahead of the Travers.

“It will depend on the weather, but hopefully Friday on the main track again,” said Delgado, Jr.

Mage is expected to face a field that includes 'TDN Rising Star' and reigning Eclipse Award-winning 2-year-old Forte (Violence)–to whom he was runner-up in the GI Curlin Florida Derby–and GI Preakness S. winner National Treasure (Quality Road). Mage was third, beaten 2 1/4 lengths at Old Hilltop and has since finished a bang-up second in the GI Haskell S. July 22. Arcangelo (Arrogate), last-out winner of the GI Belmont S., is also among the probable starters.

Mage will be ridden by Luis Saez in the Travers.

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