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Racing Insights: Big Pedigrees Shine On Saturday

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10th-SA, $67K, Msw, 3yo, f, 6 1/2f, 8:01 p.m.

The first of a pair of Juddmonte fillies racing for Bob Baffert, PLEASANT (Munnings) is the latest filly to make the races out of Fair Lady (Medaglia d'Oro), herself a daughter of GISW Honest Lady (Seattle Slew) making her a half to GISW First Defense (Unbridled's Song), SW & GSP Honest Mischief (Into Mischief), SW Phantom Rose (Danzig), and SW Honest Quality (Elusive Quality). Pleasant's third dam is none other than Toussaud (El Gran Senor), the broodmare of the year responsible for the likes of MGISW and late sire Empire Maker (Unbridled), GISW Chester House (Mr. Prospector), MGSW & GISP Decarchy (Distant View), GISW Chiselling (Woodman), and the dam of MGSW Honorable Duty (Distorted Humor). The bay worked a sharp five-furlongs in :59.1 (3/32) Mar. 6 and picks up veteran John Velazquez.

Her un-coupled stablemate breaking from the inside gate, Enclosure (Arrogate) is the first foal out of Juddmonte's $500,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga purchase Cognitive (Uncle Mo). This is the extended family of $3.3m Fasig-Tipton Night of the Stars pick up MGISW Dream Rush (Wild Rush) and her daughters: GISW Dreaming of Julia (A.P. Indy) and MGSW Dream Pauline (Tapit).

“They are both nice fillies,” Baffert said Friday morning of the Juddmonte pair. “The Arrogate (Enclosure) is probably going to need a race and I think she wants two turns. The Munnings (Pleasant) is quicker.”

Also of note in this field is the outside runner Ruby Nell (Bolt d'Oro), purchased for $1.2m as a 2-year-old at the Gulfstream Sale last year. She was last seen in second behind SW Ag Bullet (Twirling Candy) when debuted on the grass Jan. 22. TJCIS PPS

7th-FG, $50K, Msw, 3yo, 1 1/16m, 5:15 p.m.

Triple-Crown nominated PURSUIT OF POWER (Gun Runner) brought $875,000 from Courtlandt Farm at the 2021 Keeneland September Sale. Distorted Lies (Smart Strike), herself a daughter of GI Kentucky Oaks runner up Broadway's Alibi, is a half-sister to newly-crowned Eclipse champion sprinter Elite Power (Curlin), MGSW Golden Lad (Medaglia d'Oro), and MSW & GISP R Gypsy Gold (Bernardini). This is also the family of Armed Forces S. winner Lights of Broadway (City of Light).

First Mission (Street Sense), a Godolphin homebred from the family of Argentinian champion 3-year-old filly Forty Marchanta (Arg) (Roar), will try to improve off his three-quarter length defeat on debut Feb. 18. TJCIS PPS

3rd-GP, $84K, Msw, 3yo/up, 1m, 1:38 p.m.

A $460,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling purchase, MAGICAL POWER (Good Magic) enters his debut off a pair of bullet drills Feb. 26 and Mar. 11 for trainer Todd Pletcher and owners AMO Racing USA and Stonestreet Stables. The colt is out of a half-sister to MSW More Moonlight (More Than Ready). TJCIS PPS

9th-GP, $84K, Msw, 3yo, 1 1/8m, 4:37 p.m.

A homebred for Mandy Pope's Whisper Hill Farm, UNION TAP (Union Rags) is from the family of champion 3-year-old colt Afleet Alex (Northern Afleet) and MGSP Unforgettable Max (Northern Afleet).

Making his second start for Todd Pletcher and Repole Stable, Phipps Stable and St. Elias Stable after a close third over the all-weather track Feb. 16, Clever Thought (Quality Road) is out of a daughter of champion 3-year-old filly Dancinginmydreams (Seeking the Gold). His dam is a half to GISW Dancing Forever (Rahy) and the to the dams of GSP Miss Yearwood (Will Take Charge), GSP Tuggle (Point of Entry), and GSW & GISP Carrumba (Bernardini). Under his third dam is another champion 3-year-old filly in Heavenly Prize (Seeking the Gold), MGISW Good Reward (Storm Cat) and GISW Oh What A Windfall (Seeking the Gold). TJCIS PPS

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Seven-Figure Justify Colt Debuts on FOY Undercard

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4th-GP, $84K, Msw, 3yo, 7f, post time: 12:27 p.m. ET
Mrs. John Magnier, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Westerberg and Gandharvi LLC's ILLUSTRATED (Justify) was led out unsold when bidding stalled out at $290,000 at the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Sale. The blaze-faced bay made the decision to retain him look that much better when selling for $1.1 million at last year's Fasig-Tipton Gulfstream Sale after breezing an eighth of a mile in :10 flat despite jumping the shadows of the sixteenth pole and of floodlights around the area of the finish line. His GI Spinaway S.-winning dam Appealing Zophie (Successful Appeal) was purchased by My Meadowview for $1.1 million at the 2007 Fasig-Tipton November Sale and went on to produce GI Belmont S. hero and young stallion Tapwrit (Tapit), MGSW & GISP Ride a Comet (Candy Ride {Arg})–who carried the silks of Len Riggio's operation–and SW & 'TDN Rising Star' Inject (Frosted). Carrying a full-sister to Tapwrit, Appealing Zophie was hammered down to Barronstown Stud for $1.2 million at FTKNOV in 2018. Having amassed a worktab dotted with bullet drills, Illustrated is the 5-2 favorite from gate 10 and has the services of Luis Saez. Illustrated will be opposed by LNJ Foxwoods' Scotland (Good Magic), a daughter of Grade III winner and Grade I-placed Gemswick Park (Speightstown), who was acquired for $675,000 on behalf of the Roth family at the 2013 Fasig-Tipton February Sale. The chestnut gelding also has a series of strong works under his belt, including five furlongs from the gate at Payson Park in 1:01 2/5 (1/9) Feb. 17. TJCIS PPs

7th-FG, $50K, Msw, 3yo, 1m 70 yds, post time: 5:15 p.m. ET
RULE BREAKER (Into Mischief) was one of four horses–two by this sire–to fetch $1 million or better at last year's OBS March Sale after hammering for that price to Spendthrift, the BSW/Crow Colts' Group and Broman after a :10 1/5 breeze. The New York bred is the latest foal to the races for the Bromans' multiple Grade I winner Artemis Agrotera (Fusaichi Pegasus), whose son Chestertown (Tapit) topped the 2019 March Sale on a bid of $2 million. Rule Breaker's second dam is SW & MGSP Indy Glory (A.P. Indy), a full-sister to Stephen Got Even. TJCIS PPs

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Saturday Insights: Half To Jackie’s Warrior Leads Stacked Fair Grounds Field

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5th-FG, $70K, Msw, 3yo, 6f, 3:00 p.m.

Purchased by Coolmore's M V Magnier as a weanling for $600,000 just one hip after his dam herself brought $850,000 in foal to Into Mischief at the 2020 Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale, OCEAN CITY (American Pharoah) is the fifth foal out of Unicorn Girl (A.P. Five Hundred), making him a half-brother to champion male sprinter and MGISW Jackie's Warrior (Maclean's Music). The colt drilled five furlongs from the gate in 1:00 4/5 (2/42) Jan. 27 and again in 1:00 3/5 (2/37) Feb. 3 for trainer Steve Asmussen. Veteran John Velazquez gets the call.

Just to his inside is stablemate Unload (Gun Runner), a Winchell Thoroughbreds homebred out of a full-sister to champion 3-year-old filly Untapable and a half-sister to GISW Paddy O'Prado (El Prado {Ire}). This is also the family of GISP Red Route One (Gun Runner). He worked his own five furlongs Feb. 3 in 1:00 3/5 (2/37).

Brad Cox unveils $450,000 Keeneland September yearling Bishops Bay (Uncle Mo) for a large ownership group including Spendthrift Farm. Out of SW & GISP Catch My Drift (Pioneerof the Nile), the colt is a half to MSP Strava (Into Mischief).

The first half of a coupled entry for Godolphin, First Mission (Street Sense)'s second dam is champion 3-year-filly in Argentina Forty Marchanta (Arg) (Roar). From a heavy South American family, he counts G1SW Chanta Joy (Arg) (Fortify) and GSWs South Marshy (Arg) (Southern Halo) and South March (Arg) (Southern Halo) as members of his extended family.

Godolphin's other entry, St. John's (Hard Spun) is out of a half-sister to SW & GSP Bay of Plenty (Medaglia d'Oro) and GISP and leading Argentina sire Fortify (Distored Humor). This is the family of GISW Flagbird (Nureyev), GISW Little Belle (A.P. Indy) and GISP Lady Alexandra (More Than Ready). TJCIS PPS

8th-SA, $75K, Aoc, 4yo/up, f/m, 7f, 7:06 p.m.

Last seen beating only a trio of rivals home in the GI Cotillion S. in September, ADARE MANOR (Uncle Mo) returns to the races and once again is under the tutelage of trainer Bob Baffert. A 13-length winner of the GIII Las Virgenes nearly a year ago, the bay fired a bullet two works back Feb. 3 (five furlongs in :59) and picks up Juan Hernandez for the first time. TJCIS PPS

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Well-Related Spirit of St Louis Set To Take Flight

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3rd-AQU, $70k, Msw, 4yo/up, (S), 1m, post time: 2:20 p.m. ET
A $300,000 Keeneland September purchase by Peter Brant back in 2020, SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (Medaglia d'Oro) makes a belated first trip to the races. Bred by the Bromans, the dark bay is a gelded son of GIII Herecomesthebride S. winner Khancord Kid (Lemon Drop Kid), whose daughter Bar of Gold (Medaglia d'Oro) caused one of the bigger upsets in the history of the Breeders' Cup when taking out the GI Filly & Mare Sprint in 2017, returning $135.40 to her backers. Bar of Gold has gone on to be a producer herself, as she is responsible for Grade III-winning turfer Coinage (Tapit), as well as the placed Chulligan (Justify), an $825,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga graduate. TJCIS PPs

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