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Sept. 25 Insights

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PLETCHER UNVEILS CURLIN FILLY

1st-BEL, $90K, Msw, 2yo, f, 1 1/16m, 1:00 p.m.

Repole Stable, Eclipse Thorougbreds and Michael House teamed up to acquire NEST (Curlin) for $350,000 at KEESEP and she debuts in this spot for trainer Todd Pletcher. Out of SW Marion Ravenwood (A.P. Indy), the bay is a full-sister to Grade I winner Idol and a half to SP Dr Jack (Pioneerof the Nile). TJCIS PPs

PRICEY CURLIN COLT DEBUTS AT CHURCHILL

3rd-CD, $120K, Msw, 3yo/up, 6f, 1:43 p.m.

Juddmonte's $900,000 KEESEP acquisition ELITE POWER (Curlin) makes his career bow in this event for Hall of Famer Bill Mott. The chestnut is out of MGSW & GISP Broadway's Alibi (Vindication), a half-sister to MGSW Golden Lad (Medaglia d'Oro) and MSW & GISP R Gypsy Gold (Bernardini). She was purchased for $2.15 million by Alpha Delta Stables in foal to Distorted Humor at the 2013 KEENOV sale. The resulting foal was the unraced filly Distorted Lies, whose yearling colt by Gun Runner summoned $875,000 from Courtlandt Farm during Book 2 of the Keeneland September sale last week. This is also the family of GISW Dialed In (Mineshaft). TJCIS PPs

EXPENSIVE CURLIN MAKES CAREER BOW AT WOODBINE

6th-WO, $230K, Msw, 3yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f, 3:58 p.m.

LNJ Foxwoods' $550,000 FTSAUG buy DREIDEL (Curlin) makes her first trip to the post for Josie Carroll Saturday. The bay is out of SW & MGSP Twirl (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), who is a full-sister to Irish and French Highweight and MG1SW blue hen Misty For Me (Ire) and Group 1 winner Ballydoyle (Ire). Misty For Me is responsible for European Highweight and MG1SW U S Navy Flag (War Front), MG1SW Roly Poly (War Front) and GSW Cover Song (Fastnet Rock {Aus}). This is also the family of European champion Fasliyev (Nureyev) and MGISWs Menifee (Harlan) and Desert Wine (Damascus). TJCIS PPs

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Kingman Filly A New Rising Star At Chantilly

Ecurie des Charmes and Ballylinch Stud's hitherto unraced Gran Sabana (Ire) (Kingman {GB}) went largely unconsidered as a 20-1 chance for Friday's Prix de Toutevoie, a one-mile newcomers' test for juvenile fillies, at Chantilly and made a mockery of her long odds with a devastating burst to attain 'TDN Rising Stardom' on debut. The eventual winner was patiently ridden through halfway and raced off the tempo in rear until turning for home. Rowed along to close approaching the quarter-mile marker, she displayed an impressive turn of foot to move into contention out wide passing the eighth pole and kept on powerfully in the closing stages to deny Andromede (Fr) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) by a length in the dying strides. Dark Luck (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), the first foal out of a GSW half-sister to Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa), was never a factor and finished 10th.

“Everything she was doing at exercise in the morning, she was doing very easily,” revealed trainer Pia Brandt. “We never really ask them to show us the truth at home, but we really hoped she would show us some good things today and she did so very nicely. We'll see how she comes out of the race and hope she takes it well. She's a Kingman so I don't imagine she'll stay much further than a mile. We will take our time with her, but we really hope she will be a nice prospect.”

Gran Sabana is the third of five foals and second scorer out of Listed Chalice S. third Cascading (GB) (Teofilo {Ire}), herself half to G1 Prix Jean-Luc Lagardere-winning sire National Defense (GB) (Invincible Spirit {Ire}) and the dual stakes-placed Nordic Defense (Fr) (Makfi {GB}). Cascading was herself purchased by Meridian International's Ghislain Bozo on behalf of Ecurie des Charmes and Ballylinch Stud for 525,000gns at the Tattersalls December Mares Sale in 2016. Gran Sabana is kin to a yearling colt by Roaring Lion, who is slated to sell as Lot 396 at next week's Goffs Orby sale, and a weanling colt by Advertise (GB). Her G3 Prix d'Aumale-winning third dam Anna Palariva (Ire) (Caerleon), herself a daughter of G3 Park Hill S. victrix Anna of Saxony (GB) (Ela-Mana-Mou {Ire}), produced three black-type winners of her own headed by G1 Irish 1000 Guineas third Anna Salai (Dubawi {Ire}), the dam of this term's G1 Epsom Derby and G1 King George VI & Queen Elizabeth S. hero Adayar (Ire) (Frankel {GB}).

1st-Chantilly, €27,000, Mdn, 9-24, unraced 2yo, f, 8fT, 1:42.31, g/s.
GRAN SABANA (IRE), f, 2, by Kingman (GB)
1st Dam: Cascading (GB) (SP-Eng), by Teofilo (Ire)
2nd Dam: Angel Falls (GB), by Kingmambo
3rd Dam: Anna Palariva (Ire), by Caerleon
1ST-TIME STARTER. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, €13,500. O/B-Ecuries des Charmes & Ballylinch Stud (IRE); T-Pia & Joakim Brandt. Click for the Racing Post result or the free Equineline.com catalogue-style pedigree. Video, sponsored by TVG.

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Frankel’s Relative Unveiled At Chantilly

Observations on the European Racing Scene turns the spotlight on the best European races of the day, highlighting well-pedigreed horses early in their careers, horses of note returning to action and young runners that achieved notable results in the sales ring. Today's Observations features a close relative of the great Frankel.

1.45 Chantilly, Debutantes, €27,000, 2yo, f, 8fT
DARK LUCK (IRE) (Dark Angel {Ire}) is the first foal out of the G3 Prix Vanteaux winner Gold Luck (Fr) (Redoute's Choice {Aus}), a half-sister to the world-renowned Goldikova (Ire) (Anabaa), her talented sibling Anodin (Ire) and the Group 1-winning Galikova (Fr) (Galileo {Ire}). Also third in the G1 Prix Jean Prat, the Wertheimer homebred is in Freddy Head's hands in this intriguing affair which also plays host to SARL Darpat France's Lerma (Fr) (Reliable Man {GB}), a Carlos Laffon-Parias-trained half-sister to the G1 Prix de l'Opera heroine Villa Marina (GB) (Le Havre {Ire}).

2.49 Chantilly, Debutantes, €27,000, 2yo, c/g, 8fT
BADGE (GB) (Galileo {Ire}) is a significant runner for the longstanding Juddmonte-Andre Fabre axis as a son of the dual listed scorer and multiple group-placed Joyeuse (GB) (Oasis Dream {GB}). A close relation of Frankel (GB), the March-foaled bay is a full-brother to this year's G1 St James's Palace S. fourth Maximal (GB) and a half to the G1 Coronation S. third Jubiloso (GB) (Shamardal). The opposition includes a pair of Freddy Head-trained bluebloods in George Strawbridge's Mirsky (GB) (Siyouni {Fr}), a son of the G1 Prix de Diane heroine Latice (Ire) (Inchinor {GB}), and the Wertheimers' Ilic (Ire) (Iffraaj {GB}), a son of the G2 Prix de Sandringham winner and dual Group 1-placed Impressionnante (GB) (Danehill) which makes him a half to Intello (Ger).

6.15 Dundalk, Mdn, €14,000, 2yo, f, 7f (AWT)
LUSTRE (IRE) (Galileo {Ire}) debuts in the Westerberg silks in partnership with Magnier, Tabor and Smith is a Donnacha O'Brien-trained full-sister to the G1 Epsom Derby runner-up Cliffs of Moher (Ire) from the family of Henrythenavigator. She meets another owned by that combination but sporting the Susan Magnier silks in Ballydoyle's West Coast (Ire) (Dark Angel {Ire}), a half-sister to the G2 Rockfel S. scorer and dual top-level placed Just Wonderful (Dansili {GB}) whose dam Wading (Ire) (Montjeu {Ire}) also won that race and is a full-sibling of the G1 Irish Oaks heroine Bracelet (Ire).

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Obligatory Will Attempt ‘Two-Turn Test’ For Mott In Cotillion

The stage has been set for Saturday's 52nd Running of the Grade 1, $1 million Cotillion Stakes as nine fillies will contest the one and one sixteenth miles on the main track at Parx Racing, Bensalem, Pa.

Juddmonte's Obligatory will make her seventh career start and third consecutive Grade 1 try on Saturday for Hall of Fame Trainer Bill Mott. The filly by Curlin fell short by a half-length to Search Results in the Acorn at Belmont Park then finished fifth in the Test at Saratoga in her last start on August 7.

“The big thing for her is that it is a two-turn test,” Mott said. “We had only one two-turn race when she was quite inexperienced. She was not effective that day because of her inexperience. We're hoping she got more races under her belt. We know she's quite effective at seven-eighths and a flat mile at one turn. It's an experiment for us. I know it's a big race and she's doing well. I think she competes with those horses at a flat mile or a one-turn race. We have to see how she gets along at two turns.”

Previously, the Kentucky-bred filly began her career in the fall at Belmont Park as a 2-year-old and finished fourth. She then returned to break her maiden in her first start as a sophomore and followed up with a fourth-place finish in the Fair Grounds Oaks on March 20. Her strongest performance came in the Grade 2 Eight Belles at Churchill Downs on April 30, when she closed from last to win by a length at odds of 16 to 1.

Obligatory will break from the rail under regular rider Jose Ortiz at odds of 10 to 1.

Baoma Corporation's Private Mission will ship east from her Del Mar, California home and come to Parx in search of her third straight victory after winning against allowance company at Santa Anita then besting six others in the Grade 3 Torrey Pines Stakes at Del Mar.

The filly by Into Mischief has been training well towards Saturday according to Hall of Fame Trainer Bob Baffert and will break from post seven under Flavien Prat.

“We will figure out a plan on game day,” Baffert said. “I think seven is ok. Sometimes it helps, sometimes it doesn't.”

Private Mission is 9 to 2 on the morning line.

Rounding out the field is: Allworthy from post 2 for trainer Joseph Saffie Jr., and jockey Florent Geroux at odds of 12 to 1. Will's Secret will break from post 3 for trainer Dallas Stewart and jockey Jon Court at 12 to 1. Maracuja drew post 4 for trainer Rob Atras and jockey Kendrick Carmouche at 8 to 1. Army Wife will run from post 5 for trainer Michael Maker and will be ridden by Joel Rosario at odds of 7 to 2. Clairiere runs from post 6 for Hall of Fame Trainer Steve Asmussen and will be piloted by Irad Ortiz Jr at 2 to 1. Always Carina trained by Chad Brown breaks from post 8 and will be ridden by Hall of Fame rider John Velazquez at odds of 6 to 1. Leader of the Band obtained post 9 for trainer John Servis and retains rider Frankie Pennington at 12 to 1.

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