Coastal Invasion Latest Winner for Omaha Beach At Churchill Downs

3rd-Churchill Downs, $122,250, Msw, 10-29, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:11.83, sy, 1 length.
COASTAL INVASION (f, 2, Omaha Beach–Intelyhente, by Smart Strike) went off favored at even money and broke right to the front to show the way through a :21.97 opening quarter over the slop. Kept off the rail in the clear, she took on a challenge from eventual runner up Blue Squall (Tapwrit) at the top of the lane and dueled that rival into defeat close to home to graduate at first asking by a length. A $700,000 OBSAPR 2-year-old, Coastal Invasion is the 18th winner for her freshman sire (by War Front). Intelyhente had a colt by War of Will this year and returned to that same stallion for 2024. Sales History: $200,000 Ylg '22 KEESEP; $700,000 2yo '23 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $69,000. Click for the Equibase.com chart or VIDEO, sponsored by FanDuel TV.
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Friday Insights: Speedy $650K Bolt d’Oro Firster Unveiled At Fair Grounds

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8th-FG, $50K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 5:45 p.m.

Purchased for $650,000 out of the OBS April Sale after a sharp :9.4 breeze, ROXY'S BALL (Bolt d'Oro) was the most expensive filly and the second-most expensive overall by her freshman sire (by Medaglia d'Oro) from the sale. From a heavily-Australian influenced family, her third dam produced MG1SW Toledo (Aus) (At Talaq). Closer up, her own dam is a multiple stakes winner and multiple graded-stakes placed in her native Australia before being imported in 2018. Conditioned by Keith Desormeaux, Roxy's Ball posted a pair of back-to-back bullet works at Fair Grounds, going five furlongs over a sloppy track from the gate in 1:01 4/5 (1/15) Nov. 26 and again in 1:00 (1/18) Dec. 3.

A homebred filly for Clearsky Farms and Three Chimneys Farm, Amisfield (Justify) is a half-sister to a pair of graded stakes winner in MGSW Handsome Mike (Scat Daddy) and GISW Union Strike (Union Rags). She posted a bullet of her own Nov. 25, going five furlongs in 1:01 1/5 (1/10) and checked in just behind Roxy's Ball Dec. 3 with a five-furlong work in 1:00 3/5 (3/18). TJCIS PPS

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Army Mule’s Shadow Dragon Circles The Field For Debut Win

9th-Belmont The Big A, $77,000, (S), Msw, 9-29, 2yo, 6f, 1:13.75, ft, 3/4 length.
SHADOW DRAGON (c, 2, Army Mule–Fire Assay {GSP, $127,946}, by Medaglia d'Oro), dispatched at a tepid 7-1 in his first start since bringing $375,000 at OBSAPR off a :21 1/5 breeze, was forced towards the rail at the break and quickly found himself trailing the field with only one rival beat. Kept just off the rail into the far turn, he angled out at the top of the stretch and began picking off horses under a left-handed ride, closing resolutely with a furlong to run. Still sixth just past the sixteenth pole, Shadow Dragon dug in, passing tiring rivals to his inside, and cleared past pacesetter Looms Boldly (Goldencents) late for the three-quarter length win. The 17th winner for his freshman sire (by Friesan Fire), Shadow Dragon is out of a daughter of MGISW Jostle (Brocco). His dam produced a yearling colt by Liam's Map and a weanling colt by Practical Joke before being bred to Tacitus for the 2023 season. Sales History: $105,000 Ylg '21 FTKOCT; $375,000 2yo '22 OBSAPR. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $42,350. Click for the Equibase.com chart.
O-Peachtree Stable; B-AJ Suited (NY); T-William I. Mott.

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Thursday Racing Insights: Pricey OBS Grads Debuting On Both Coasts

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 6th-SAR, $88K, Msw, 2yo, (S), 6f, 3:55 p.m. ET

   Ed & Susie Orr picked up Impressor (Classic Empire), bred by Chester & Mary Broman, for $335,000 out of April's OBS Sale following a breeze in :10 flat. Out of the GISP mare Misty Rosette (Stormin Fever), Impressor is a half-brother to six winners including Mr. Beer Goggles (Unbridled's Song) who earned nearly $300K. Misty Rosette is a full-sister to GSW Storm Wolf and a half-sister to none other than Littleprincessemma (Yankee Gentleman), who produced Triple Crown hero American Pharoah (Pioneerof the Nile) as well as GISW Chasing Yesterday (Tapit) and GISP American Cleopatra (Pioneerof the Nile).

Breaking one post further out is Mama's Gold (Bolt d'Oro), who is a half-brother to a pair of stakes horses in MSW Rotknee (Runhappy) and MSP Lookin for Trouble (Into Mischief). The former was a sharp second-out winner here a year ago and has since taken three state-bred stakes, most recently annexing the Ontario County S. at Finger Lakes June 29 by double digits. The dam is a half-sister to GSP A Freud of Mama (Freud) and this is also the family of GISW Haynesfield (Speightstown). Mama's Gold recently posted a bullet from the gate over Belmont's training track, going three furlongs in :35 2/5 (1/4) Aug. 8.

Danny Gargan's Ramblin' Wreck (Redesdale) is a $140,000 SARAUG yearling and half-brother to co-owner Reeves Thoroughbred Racing's Dakota Gold (Freud), who debuted a sharp winner on the dirt here last year before annexing the lucrative Nownownow S. on the turf at Monmouth. He is out of a half-sister to GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Dakota Phone (Zavata). TJCIS PPs

2nd-DMR, $80K, Msw, 2yo, 5fT, 5:32 p.m. ET

   From the first crop of Cloud Computing, Storming Machine  debuts Thursday for trainer John Sadler. West Point Thoroughbredsand & Talla Racing purchased the bay colt for $560,000 out of the OBS March sale following a monster breeze completed in :9.4. He was previously a $50,000 FTKJUL yearling.

Further to the outside for Jerry Hollendorfer is Colonel Vargo (Distorted Humor), the first foal out of GI Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Sprint runner-up Ami's Mesa (Sky Mesa). His dam is a half-sister to GSW Ami's Holiday (Harlan's Holiday) from the family of champion 3-year-old colt in Canada Amis Gizmo (Giant Gizmo) and GSW Ami's Flatter (Flatter). Colonel Vargo was purchased by Dennis January for the relatively modest sum of $100,000 at Keeneland September.

Rexford (Tapiture) sold for $160,000 at OBS April after working in :10.1. He is a half-brother to GSP Proverb (Flatter) and his multiple stakes-winning dam is a half-sister to GISP Concave (Colonel John).

   Wound Up (Mendelssohn) represents the interesting owner/trainer combination of Reddam Racing and Michael McCarthy. The $120,000 KEESEP yearling blossomed into a $280,000 OBSAPR pick-up after a powerful :20.3 move. Wound Up's dam Banker's Buy (Distorted Humor) was a New York-bred stakes horse, mostly routing, and her half-siblings included precocious Astoria S. winner Glacken's Gal (Smoke Glacken), who in turn produced ill-fated Grade II winner Live Lively (Medaglia d'Oro). TJCIS PPs

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