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City of Light Represented By First Two Winners

About 24 hours before Lane's End Farm's City of Light (Quality Road–Paris Notion, by Dehere) celebrated his first American winner in the form of Ellis Park second-time starter Roja Ligera, the first-crop stallion was represented by his first winner when the colt City of Knowledge raced away to graduate by daylight in a 5 1/2-furlong allowance over a sloppy strip at Hipodromo Camarero outside of San Juan, Puerto Rico, Saturday, July 30.

Sent off the 4-5 second choice in a field of six, the $100,000 Keeneland September yearling and $32,000 OBS March breezer won the break and was soon clear beneath leading jockey Juan Carlos Diaz through an opening quarter-mile in :23.24. Opening up on his rivals on the turn, the dark bay carried a five-length advantage into the final eighth of a mile and went on to best favored Husky Driver (Outwork) by a handy 5 3/4 lengths. The final time was 1:04.71 (see below, SC 3).

Bred in Kentucky by Betz/B & K Canetti/J Betz/D J Stables/Graves/GTL, City of Knowledge is the first foal out of three-time winner and $174,425 earner Mo Knows (Uncle Mo), a half-sister to GSW & GISP Payton d'Oro, who was acquired by Bill Betz's Betz Thoroughbreds for $285,000 with the colt in utero at the 2019 Keeneland November Sale. Mo Knows is also the dam of a yearling colt by American Pharoah and a colt foal by Justify.

Roja Ligera made it a weekend double for City of Light when running out a 1 1/4-length winner of a sloppy Ellis maiden July 31. The bay filly took some nibbles at 9-1 for her July 1 debut at Churchill, but bombed the start and finished well-beaten.

Spectacular in winning the GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile and GI Pegasus World Cup Invitational S., City of Light is the sire of 101 foals of racing age and stood the most recent breeding season for $60,000 at Lane's End.

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Summer Breezes: July 24, 2022

Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer racing season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings at both Saratoga and Del Mar and even at Ellis Park, which attracts its fair share of high-priced offspring from a variety of top national outfits. Summer Breezes highlights debuting 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, with links to their under-tack previews. Already this year at Saratoga, City Man (Mucho Macho Man), Mo Strike (Uncle Mo) and Empress Tigress (Classic Empire)–each a graduate of the 2-year-old sales–have already struck at stakes level, while the likes of juvenile purchases and 'TDN Rising Stars' Taiba (Gun Runner), We The People (Constitution) and Onesto (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) have also left their mark on graded/group competition this season. To follow are the horses entered for Friday at the aforementioned venues:

Sunday, July 24, 2022
Saratoga 1, 1:05 p.m. ET
Horse (Sire), Sale, Price, Breeze
Faithful and True (Good Magic), OBSMAR, $450,000, click
C-Wavertree Stables Inc (C Dunne), agent; B-Maverick Racing

Ellis 5, 1:22 p.m. ET
Oscar Award (Oscar Performance), OBSAPR, $120,000, click
C-Niall Brennan Stables, agent; B-Hooties Racing LLC

Del Mar 4, 6:30 p.m. ET
Happy Tears (Into Mischief), FTMMAY, $160,000, click
Robert Brewer; B-West Bloodstock (PS)
Havnameltdown (Uncaptured), OBSAPR, $200,000, click
C-Blas Perez Stables; B-Three Amigos
Mister Iceman (Girvin), OBSAPR, $80,000, click
C-All In Sales (Tony Bowling), agent; B-Peter Miller, agent
Skinner (Curlin), OBSAPR, $510,000, click
C-de Meric Sales, agent; B-Mayberry Farm
Storm the Night (Midnight Storm), OBSAPR, $70,000, click
C-SGV T'breds (Steven Venosa), agent; B-G Papaprodromou

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Saturday Insights: Into Mischief Colt Tops Salty Spa Maiden

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6th-SAR, $105K, Msw, 2yo, 6f, post time: 3:51 p.m. ET
A full field of 10 is signed on for this typically loaded Saturday maiden at the Spa. PHELPSY (Into Mischief) goes out for the partnership of William Lawrence, Jeff Drown and Three Chimneys Farm LLC, who gave an even $1 million for the colt through agent Mike Ryan at last year's Keeneland September Sale. The bay is the second produce from the turf SW & GSP Secret Someone (A.P. Indy), whose SW dam Private Gift (Unbridled) bred MGSW Private Mission (Into Mischief) and the dam of GISW Dunbar Road (Quality Road). This is also the family of 2000 GI Kentucky Oaks winner Secret Status (A.P. Indy). Jay Em Ess Stable homebred Full Moon Madness (Into Mischief) is the first foal to the races for By The Moon (Indian Charlie), a Grade I winner at two and victorious in the GI Ballerina S. over this course. TJCIS PPs

6th-ELP, $60K, Msw, 2yo, f, post time: 1:50 p.m.
BOSS LADY BAILEY (Connect) hammered for a respectable $80,000 at last year's Keeneland September sale, but worked a furlong in a brilliant :10 flat and was hammered down for $550,000 at the OBS April Sale, the priciest of 14 juveniles for her sire this year. The March foal looks to become the sixth winner from as many to the races for her SW/GSP dam Special Dream (Officer), who is also responsible for the stakes-placed Momomeamaria (Quality Road). Boss Lady Bailey breezed a bullet four furlongs in :47 2/5 at The Thoroughbred Center July16. Rey Gutierrez has the ride for the white-hot John Ortiz. D J Stables' Killing Time (Gun Runner), a $420,000 KEESEP purchase, is out of an unplaced half-sister to MGSW Listen Here (Gulch) and to the Grade III-placed dam of GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup heroine La Coronel (Colonel John). TJCIS PPs

5th-GP, $45K, Msw, (S), 2yo, 6f, post time: 2:26 p.m. ET
TICKING (Bolt d'Oro), a half-brother to the excellent Maryland-bred handicap horse Harpers First Ride (Paynter), fetched $675,000 from Eddie Plesa, acting on behalf of his clients Leon Ellman, Karl Glassman and wife Laurie Plesa, after drilling a furlong in :10 flat at OBS this past April. He gets his career started in Florida-bred company here. The dark bay is out of the unraced Polyester (Tiz Wonderful), a half-sister to two-time stakes winner and 1995 GI Kentucky Oaks third Sneaky Quiet (Seeking the Gold). TJCIS PPs

4th-DMR, $80K, Msw, 2yo, f, 5f, post time: 6:34 p.m. ET
HALOSNHEAVEN (Curlin) is a daughter of Hal Earnhardt's irrepressible two-time champion Indian Blessing (Indian Charlie), who earned a 97 Beyer and 'TDN Rising Star' honors when airing by 5 1/4 lengths on Saratoga debut 15 years ago this August and later would later go on to add the GI Test S. at the same venue. Also the dam of GISP Ten Blessings–a son of Curlin's sire Smart Strike–Indian Blessing is a daughter of SW & MGSP Shameful (Flying Chevron), who also produced MSW Ax Man (Misremembered), GSW Roman Threat (Roman Ruler), MSP Leading Score (Midnight Lute) and the SP 'TDN Rising Star' Maker Or Breaker (Empire Maker) and Spaniard (Candy Ride {Arg}). It will be up to Juan Hernandez to work out a trip from gate 12. TJCIS PPs

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Summer Breezes: July 22, 2022

Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer racing season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings at both Saratoga and Del Mar and even at Ellis Park, which attracts its fair share of high-priced offspring from a variety of top national outfits. Summer Breezes highlights debuting 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, with links to their under-track previews. Already this year at Saratoga, City Man (Mucho Macho Man), Mo Strike (Uncle Mo) and Empress Tigress (Classic Empire)–each a graduate of the 2-year-old sales–have already struck at stakes level, while the likes of juvenile purchases and 'TDN Rising Stars' Taiba (Gun Runner), We The People (Constitution) and Onesto (Ire) (Frankel {GB}) have also left their mark on graded/group competition this season. To follow are the horses entered for Friday at the three aforementioned venues:

Friday, July 22, 2022
Saratoga 1, 1:05 p.m. ET
Horse (Sire), Sale, Price, Breeze
Gods Glory (Collected), OBSMAR, $50,000, click
C-RiceHorseStable (Brandon & Ali Rice); B-John Vaccaro
Inflation Nation (Ire) (Speightstown), OBSAPR, $100,000, click
C-Top Line Sales LLC, agent; B-H R Bloodstock

Del Mar 5, 7:00 p.m. ET
Uncontrollable (Upstart), OBSAPR, $130,000, click
C-Grassroots Training & Sales; B-West B'stock, agt. Repole Stable

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