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Twirling Candy’s Sugar Hi Graduates In Style At Saratoga

2nd-Saratoga, $105,945, Msw, 7-13, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 1:05.14, ft, 6 lengths.
SUGAR HI (f, 2, Twirling Candy–Laughing Matters, by Medaglia d'Oro) tipped her hand for trainer Bill Mott early off a series of quick drills and was subsequently slammed down from her 8-1 morning line into the 2-1 favorite's role for the first 2-year-old maiden race of the 2023 Saratoga meet. Picked up for just $180,000 out of last year's Keeneland September Sale, the bay broke with intent from her outside draw and was up to press the pace outside of second-time starter Lady Moscato (Quality Road). Ridden to come alongside that rival off the turn, Sugar Hi stuck a head in front with a furlong to run and sprinted away with her ears pricked on the wire, defeating Lady Moscato by a geared-down six lengths.

“With the mare, we needed the characteristics that Twirling Candy gives us which is the opportunity to get a race horse,” said winning co-breeder Fred Hertrich. “The mare needed a little push to get something that would stand out. We own shares in him (Twirling Candy) and he's been very good to us about helping mares provide runners.”

From the extended female family of champion 2-year-old filly Dreaming of Anna (Rahy), GSW Dreamologist, and GISP Fast Anna (Medaglia d'Oro), Sugar Hi has a yearling More Than Ready half brother while her dam unfortunately aborted her 2023 Street Sense foal. Sales History: $180,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $57,750. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
O-CJ Thoroughbreds; B-Fred W. Hertrich lll & John D. Fielding (KY); T-William I. Mott.

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Half To Elliptique Set For Fontainebleau Debut

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. Friday's Observations features a half-brother to a Group 1 winner.

12.35 Fontainebleau, Mdn, €27,000, unraced 2yo, f, 9fT
Jeff Smith's hitherto unraced SPELLBINDER (GB) (Camelot {GB}) is a homebred half-sister to MGSW G1 Prix Ganay placegetter Norse King (Fr) (Norse Dancer {Ire}). In common with that sibling and several others, she is conditioned by Myriam Bollack-Badel and faces one dozen rivals in this debutantes' heat.

13.05 Fontainebleau, Mdn, €27,000, unraced 2yo, c/g, 9fT
Baron Edouard de Rothschild's homebred MR LE PHILOSOPHE (GB) (Le Havre {Ire}) is an unraced son of the stakes-placed Uryale (Fr) (Kendor {Fr}) and thus a half-brother to G1 Grosser Dallmayr-Preis hero Elliptique (Ire) (New Approach {Ire}) and multiple stakes winner Cicerole (Fr) (Barathea {Ire}), who placed four times at pattern-race level. The Mikel Delzangles trainee encounters 17 rivals in this newcomers' test.

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Half To Sacred Debuts At Newmarket

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. Wednesday's Observations features a half-sister to dual group winner Sacred (GB) (Exceed And Excel {Aus}).

1.15 Newmarket, Mdn, £10,000, 3yo, f, 7fT
ENSHRINE (GB) (Ulysses {Ire}) is a half-sister to Sacred (GB) (Exceed and Excel {Aus}), whose three runs for Cheveley Park Stud and William Haggas last term resulted in wins in the G3 Nell Gwyn S. here and the G2 Hungerford S. Representing the same connections, the April-foaled bay meets eight rivals in this introduction.

2.25 Newmarket, Debutantes, £15,000, 3yo, 8fT
SECRET STATE (IRE) (Dubawi {Ire}) is the latest progeny out of the disqualified 1000 Guineas winner Jacqueline Quest (Ire) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), making him a half-brother to the GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Line of Duty (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and a full-brother to the dual listed scorer Onassis (Ire). Charlie Appleby introduces the 525,000gns Book 1 graduate alongside the Godolphin homebred State Event (GB) (Shamardal), a son of the G1 1000 Guineas, Irish and Yorkshire Oaks heroine Blue Bunting (Dynaformer).

7.15 Chantilly, Cond, €28,000, 3yo, f, 10fT
LIFE IN MOTION (IRE) (Sea the Stars {Ire}) is another Godolphin notable on an intriguing day, being the Andre Fabre-trained 'TDN Rising Star' who scored with such promise by five lengths on debut at Saint-Cloud in October. Subsequently disappointing when sixth in the G3 Prix des Reservoirs, the daughter of the G1 Prix Saint-Alary winner Wavering (Ire) (Refuse To Bend {Ire}) starts with a clean slate taking on The Aga Khan's Fontainebleau scorer Ebba (Fr) (Medaglia d'Oro), the Francis-Henri Graffard-trained half-sister to the multiple group winner Ebaiyra (Distorted Humor) and the Jockey Club Oaks Invitational winner Edisa (Kitten's Joy).

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