4th-ELP, $120K, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 2:13 p.m.
EDIFIED (Tapit), a half-brother to GI La Brea S. winner Constellation (Bellamy Road), makes his afternoon debut Saturday for owner Courtlandt Farms and trainer Steve Asmussen. A $650,000 yearling purchase out of Keeneland September last autumn, the colt is out of the stakes-winning mare For Royalty, who brought a final bid of $2.1m from Summer Wind Equine at the 2017 Keeneland November Sale. For Royalty is herself a half-sister to champion imported 2-year-old colt in Puerto Rico El Viento (El Corredor) and GSW/GISP Kiss to Remember (Big Brown) while Edified's third dam produced full-siblings MGISW Spun Sugar (Awesome Again) and GI Hill 'n' Dale Cigar Mile H. victor Daaher.
Racing as a homebred for Cypress Creek Equine, Django (Medaglia d'Oro) is a half-brother to GISW Finley'sluckycharm (Twirling Candy). Under his third dam is a host of graded-stakes performers including: MGISW Pure Clan (Pure Prize), SW/GISP Princesa Carolina (Tapit), MGSW Greater Good (Intidab), GISW Sky Diva (Sky Mesa) and SW/MGISP Quick Little Miss (Freud).
Racing for Naoya Yoshida, Normandy Hero (Omaha Beach) enters off a best-of-68 drill June 23, going four furlongs in :47 4/5. His dam's half-sister produced GIII Schuylerville S. winner Pretty Birdie (Bird Song) while his third dam is a half to champion 3-year-old filly Bird Town (Cape Town) and GI Belmont S. winner Birdstone (Grindstone). TJCIS PPS
5th-BEL, $90K, Msw, 3yo/up, 1mT, 3:09 p.m.
One of only two first-time starters facing ten rivals, Memphis (Gun Runner) makes his debut after bringing $850,000 as a yearling at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Sale. The colt's third dam, Quiet Dance, produced Horse of the Year Saint Liam (Saint Ballado), GISW Funtastic (More Than Ready), and Quiet Giant (Giant's Causeway), the dam of this runner's sire Gun Runner (Candy Ride {Arg}). TJCIS PPS
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