Uncle Mo Filly Professional In Saratoga Turf Unveiling

2nd-Saratoga, $105,000, Msw, 8-14, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:43.18, fm, 1 3/4 lengths.
MOMA (f, 2, Uncle Mo–Discreet Moon {GB}, by Malibu Moon) muscled her way between horses like a seasoned runner to kick clear for conditioner Todd Pletcher and owner/breeders Wertheimer and Frere. Squeezed slightly at the break when rivals came in on her, she tracked contentedly from the rear of the field with only two others beaten going into the first turn. Saving ground as pacesetters put up :23.56 and :48.35 fractions up the backstretch, she cut the final corner into third as the field fanned out and took aim on the leaders. Splitting them effortlessly, Moma kicked clear and came home best by open lengths despite a slight bobble in the final yards. Root Cause (Into Mischief) came on well for second. Moma is out of a French-raced half to GISW Awesome Maria (Maria's Mon). She has a yearling half-sister Mooncurl (Curlin) and Discreet Moon visited Good Magic for 2023. The third dam is GI Alabama victress Pretty Discreet (Private Account), who produced GISW, track record-setter Discreet Cat (Forestry) and MGISP Pretty Wild (Wild Again). MGSP Courtesan (Street Sense) also makes an appearance beneath that third dam. “She really did have a nice kick turning for home. She didn't jump well, which actually worked to our benefit…I loved the way she kicked on in the last part,” said Pletcher post-race. “She'd been training well on dirt, but bottomed out a bit. She gave us a bit of a turf impression when we put her on the grass. It's pretty obvious she moved forward on it.” Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $57,750. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by TVG.

O/B-Wertheimer et Frere (KY); T-Todd A. Pletcher.

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Sunday Racing Insights: Well-Related Fillies Shine At The Spa

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2nd-SAR, $105K, Msw, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:39 p.m.

A homebred for Alpha Delta Stables LLC, CONSEILLANTE (Quality Road) debuts Sunday out of the Chad Brown barn. Out of the unraced Forest Wildcat mare Wild Forest, Conseillante is a half-sister to MGISW Paradise Woods (Union Rags), SW Forest Chatter (Dixie Chatter), and to the dam of MGSP Lady Aces (Constitution). Forest Wildcat herself is a half-sister to GSW Tajaaweed (Dynaformer). This is also the extended family of GI Breeders' Cup Sprint runner-up Mr. Greeley (Gone West) and GISW Mona De Momma (Speightstown).

One gate to the inside is Shesjustanicegirl (Justify) who is out of a half-sister to GI Breeders' Cup Distaff winner and champion older mare Escena (Strawberry Road).

Breaking to the outside is Moma (Uncle Mo), the first foal out of a half-sister to GI Ogden Phipps victor Awesome Maria (Maria's Mon). Third dam GISW Pretty Discreet (Private Account) is also responsible for GISW Discreet Cat (Forestry) and GISW Discreetly Mine (Mineshaft). TJCIS PPs

6th-SAR, $105K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 3:55 p.m.

A $260,000 OXO Equine purchase out of the 2020 Keeneland September Sale, UPPER CASE (American Pharoah) is out of a full-sister to the ill-fated GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Battle of Midway (Smart Strike). Her dam is also a half-sister to MGSP Moretti (Medaglia d'Oro). TJCIS PPs

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