Demand Remains High as Book 2 Concludes

by Jessica Martini & Christie DeBernardis

LEXINGTON, KY – Demand for horses remained high across the board as the Book 2 section of the Keeneland November Breeding Stock Sale concluded Friday in Lexington.

“Today was pretty spectacular from start to finish,” Keeneland's Director of Sales Operations Cormac Breathnach said Friday evening. “It was a very strong day all the way through. We sense some frustration on the part of buyers with the momentum from September carrying through to November.”

A total of 475 head sold during the two Book 2 sessions for a gross of $76,528,000. The average of $161,112 was up 24.5% from the 2020 Book 2, while the median rose 39.2% to $135,000.

During last year's two-session Book 2, 425 head sold for $55,003,000 for an average of $129,419 and a median of $97,000.

The buy-back rate for Friday's session was 18.52%. Through three sessions, the cumulative buy-back rate stands at 22.18%. It was 28.53% a year ago.

Breeze Easy secured the section's top-priced offering when Chris Baccari made a final bid of $725,000 to secure the broodmare J. Quirk (Unbridled's Song) Friday. The operation came right back to acquire the mare's weanling filly by Gun Runner–the day's highest-priced foal–for $375,000.

Six lots topped the $500,000 mark during the section, matching the 2020 figure.

Friday's action featured a diverse buying bench, with the day's top 10 lots selling to nine different entities.

“It is great to see the depth of the competition for the mares,” said Keeneland's Vice President of Sales Tony Lacy. “I think that is very encouraging as we step forward. With the foal crops getting lighter, you see energized breeders. These are professional, established breeders, who are really investing and getting determined for the future.”

Bloodstock agent Lincoln Collins purchased two mares Friday for matching $400,000 bids on behalf of Woodford Thoroughbreds.

“It got very strong today,” Collins said. “It was strong enough yesterday, but we found it much harder to buy today than we did yesterday.”

Gainesway was Friday's leading consignor with 26 sold for $5,310,000.

“It's impossible to buy and it's really fun to sell,” admitted Gainesway's Brian Graves.

Consignor Neal Clarke of Bedouin Bloodstock expects the high demand to continue throughout the final week of the November sale.

“I think it is just going to get stronger,” Clarke said. “There is a lot of enthusiasm and a big appetite for horses right now. I wish we had 50 more horses to sell.”

The Keeneland November sale continues through Friday with sessions beginning daily at 10 a.m.

Breeze Easy Gets Quirky

While Chris Baccari was signing Friday's session-topping ticket to acquire J. Quirk (Unbridled's Song) (hip 915) for $725,000 to join the Breeze Easy broodmare band, the operation's Mike Hall was calling an audible to go right back in and acquire the mare's weanling daughter by Gun Runner (hip 916) for $375,000.

“We are just trying to collect some really good mares,” Baccari explained of the first purchase. “And she's a proven producer and by Unbridled's Song.”

Hall added, “We liked the mare a lot. She has thrown a lot of good physical horses who have all sold well and done well.”

The 10-year-old J. Quirk, who sold in foal to Game Winner, is from the family of Tiznow. Her 3-year-old daughter Lady Mystify (Bernardini) sold for $325,000 at last year's OBS April sale and won this year's GIII Remington Park Oaks.

Hall was on the phone and giving Baccari instructions as bidding on the weanling progressed.

“We are going to race the filly,” Hall said of the day's highest-price foal. “We were here for the mare and at the last minute decided to get the weanling.”

Hall admitted, “I was a little shocked on the price. I stopped several times.”

Mare and foal were consigned by Denali Stud on behalf of Scott and Evan Dilworth. The Dilworths purchased J. Quirk for $260,000 at the 2016 Keeneland November sale.

Scott Dilworth, buying Hall and Baccari a congratulatory drink after the mare and foal sold, said the strong market had led him to offer the duo Friday at Keeneland.

“When it's raining, you sell umbrellas,” Dilworth said. “The market was so strong and I thought the mare and baby would complement each other if I sold them together. That's why I put the package together. Unbridled's Song is one of the top broodmare sires right now and there is a lot of blue skies for these guys with the Bernardini filly who is running right now. So I thought it was a great time to sell.”

Asked about the strength of the market, Dilworth shook his head and said, “It's unbelievable. I've been chasing weanlings all week. They are just running away. It's crazy. But it's a beautiful thing.”

Casner Dreams of Summer

Longtime owner/breeder Bill Casner went to $460,000 in the early part of Friday's session to secure the unraced Summer Vacation (Eskendereya) (Hip 680), a daughter of blue hen Dream of Summer (Siberian Summer).

“I've got a 3-year-old [filly] from the same family by Not This Time [Hippie Cowgirl] that was a good racehorse,” Casner said. “Unfortunately, she hurt herself after she broke her maiden, but I love that page and this mare has had good production.”

Grade I-winning millionaire Dream of Summer produced a trio of black-type winners by the late, great Giant's Causeway in Grade I-winning millionaire and sire Creative Cause; GISW mare Vexatious; and MGSW New York stallion Destin.

Consigned by Hill 'n' Dale, the 9-year-old mare sold in foal to Twirling Candy. She has already produced four foals, including MGSP Ten for Ten (Frosted).

“I think that is a good fit [her mating to Twirling Candy],” Casner said. “I think it's a good cross and that is certainly one of the things you take into consideration. You hope you can have a good baby and hope you can pay for part of the mare when that baby goes to the sales.” —@CDeBernardisTDN

Orglandes to Japan…Eventually

Orglandes (Fr) (Le Havre {Ire}) (hip 984) will be heading to Japan after selling to bloodstock agent Nobutaka Araki, bidding on behalf of Shimokobe Farm, for $440,000 late in Friday's session of the Keeneland November sale. But the mare will likely remain in the U.S. to be bred next spring and she may return to the barn of trainer Chad Brown to race again.

“Originally, we were going to buy her as a broodmare prospect and then send her to Japan next year,” Araki said. “But thanks to Elite consignment, they gave me a list of possible races for her. So she could start in this stakes Nov. 27 [GIII Long Island S.]. So I was getting Chad Brown's number from Liz and I will call Chad and say we might send her back. If she hits, we'll get some money back.”

Racing for the partnership of Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables, Wonder Stables and Michael Caruso, Orglandes won last year's GIII Red Carpet H. and she entered the Keeneland sale off a win in last weekend's Zagora S. at Belmont Park.

“She is a lovely mare–with size and a beautiful head. So we are very happy to get her,” Araki said. “Hopefully, her foals will come back for the Breeders' Cup.”

Orglandes was the second mare Araki purchased on behalf of Shimokobe Farm this week. He acquired Jolie Olimpica (Brz) (Drosselmeyer) (hip 193) for $675,000 at the Fasig-Tipton November sale Tuesday.

Curuzu to Benson Farm

Curuzu (Giant's Causeway) (hip 816) will be joining the broodmare band at Gayle Benson's Benson Farm after farm manager David Shone signed the ticket at $425,000 to acquire the 6-year-old from the Indian Creek consignment Friday at Keeneland. The mare, who is in foal to Nyquist, was proceeded in the ring by her weanling colt by Twirling Candy who sold for $200,000 to Tommy Wente's St. Simon Place.

“She is a gorgeous mare by Giant's Causeway and she's in foal to Nyquist,” Shone said of Curuzu's appeal. “But really the foal that went before her was one of the best foals I've seen today. She can obviously throw a good foal, so hopefully she can throw me a Nyquist that looks like that.”

Curuzu is a daughter of graded stakes winner La Reina (A.P. Indy) and she is a full-sister to graded winner Chief Havoc and a half to graded placed Aurelius Maximus (Pioneerof the Nile). Bred and campaigned by Emory Hamilton, she sold in foal to Twirling Candy for $140,000 to Keats Grove Farm. Her Twirling Candy weanling was bred by Idlewood Farm.

Benson Farm currently has a broodmare band of some 10 mares and most of the operation's foals will be offered at auction.

“We will see what we get and go from there, but typically we offer everything at sale and see what they make,” Shone said of plans for the farm's foals. “If they don't make enough, we'll race them.”

Also Friday, Shone purchased Something New (Medaglia d'Oro) (hip 660), in foal to Munnings, for $250,000.

Gayle Benson's G M B Racing campaigned Grade I winner Tom's d'Etat (Smart Strike) and Shone said the breeding operation will support the young WinStar stallion.

“We have some stallions now to support,” Shone said. “We have Tom's d'Etat at WinStar and a couple of stallions in Louisiana. So we have some mares we will breed to those stallions as well. We will expand a little bit so we have enough mares to breed to those stallions and some commercial mares for the farm as well.” @JessMartiniTDN

Counterparty Risk Set to Return to the Track

GSW Counterparty Risk (Ire) (Australia {GB}) (Hip 808) proved popular at Keeneland Friday, hammering for $400,000 to David Lanigan, acting on behalf of Scott Heider. She was consigned by Elite as a racing or broodmare prospect.

“She's a nice filly,” Lanigan said. “We are going to give her a little bit of a holiday and get her back in training around January or February. During that time, we will make a decision about where she will go, but the plan is to run on next year. We are happy to get her.”

Klaravich Stables purchased Counterparty Risk for 325,000gns at the 2018 TATOCT sale and shipped her stateside to Chad Brown. She captured the GIII Lambholm South Endeavour S. in February and was third in the GIII Eatontown S. in June. The 4-year-old was most recently third in Monmouth's Violet S. Sept. 25 and her record currently stands at 10-2-2-3.

Counterparty Risk hails from the family of GISW Sarah Lynx (Ire) (Montjeu) and GSWs Steel Prince (Nathaniel) and Sugar Boy (Authorized). —@CDeBernardisTDN

Woodford Continues Buying Spree

John and Susan Sykes's Woodford Thoroughbreds has been quite active all week and they struck late in Friday's session for a pair of $400,000 mares in foal to Horse of the Year Authentic (Into Mischief).

“We bought quite a few mares in the last few days, just trying to get the numbers up and have a go at having some good yearling sales,” said bloodstock agent Lincoln Collins, who signed the tickets while seated between John and Susan Sykes.

When asked if the shared covering sire was a factor in their purchases, Collins said, “Absolutely. We love Authentic. We think he is going to be a good stallion and we hope we are going to get good-looking ones out of the mares we bought in foal to him. We bought a mare out of Mrs. Abercrombie's [Pin Oak] dispersal in foal to Authentic, so now, I believe, we have four mares in foal to Authentic.”

The Woodford team's first purchase Friday was Mucho Amor (Mucho Macho Man) (Hip 967) from the Paramount Sales draft. The 5-year-old won four of her 19 starts, including the Seattle S. Bloodstock agent Christina Jelm purchased Mucho Amor for $100,000 at this year's Keeneland January Sale, just days after she finished third in the New Orleans S. Returned to the races under the name of new owner Michael Pegram, the dark bay was unplaced in her next three starts and was sent to Authentic just 18 days after her final race at Oaklawn Apr. 10.

Woodford's next acquisition came just seven hips later in the Elite-consigned New York Groove (Verrazano) (Hip 974). The bay was a perfect four-for-four as a juvenile, including wins in the Presque Isle Debutante S. and Woodbine's Glorious Song S. Campaigned by Commonwealth New Era Racing, Madaket Stables and Wonder Stables, she made her final start in January of this year and retired with four wins from nine starts. Her second dam Potrinner (Arg) (Potrillazo) was a Group 1 winner in Argentina, who produced GSW & MGISP Melhor Ainda (Pulpit).

“In the case of both mares, they are both stakes winners,” Collins said. “The Verrazano mare is a very useful 2-year-old, which I think is quite important. The other mare was a stakes winner and they were very, very good-looking. Looks are everything in the yearling game now. There is nothing that says that good-looking mares will get good-looking foals, but it is all about trying to increase your probability of getting a good-looking one.”

Woodford has purchased 10 mares so far at Keeneland November for a total of $2.92 million. —@CDeBernardisTDN

Baccari Strikes for Uncle Mo Colt

A weanling colt by Uncle Mo (hip 681) is destined for resale in the yearling market after selling for $360,000 to Chris Baccari early in Friday's session of the Keeneland November sale. The weanling is out of the unraced Sunshiny Day (Bernardini), a daughter of champion Storm Song (Summer Squall). He was bred by Aaron Sones and consigned by Eaton Sales.

“I knew he was going to cost a lot of money,” Baccari said. “In my opinion, he has a unique look for his sire, and I like his sire a lot. He is out of a Bernardini mare and moves like a cat.

[Uncle Mo] has sons that are reproducing now, so anytime you can, you need to get involved in something like that. He is a straightforward, good-moving horse. He looks like a straight racehorse.”

Of paying that much for a pinhooking prospect, Baccari explained, “I'm trying to acquire horses I can sell to my customers that will be racehorses. Sometimes I have to give a lot for some of them. Making money is good, but I want to make sure when I bring my product to town, my clients do well.

It is important to me to sell the very best I can get.”

The weanling had attracted a varied group of shoppers, according to Eaton's Reiley McDonald.

“He's a beautiful, beautiful horse,” McDonald said. “Physically, he is as good as it gets and he is out of a Bernardini mare with pedigree, so [the price] was not a surprise. We had end-users, pinhookers, a lot of people on him. He is a different class of individual.”

Well-Related Speightstown Set to Return to Auction

Those interested in Hip 817, a well-bred son of Speightstown, will get another shot to buy him next year as he was purchased by Brian Graves for one of his pinhooking partnerships. Graves signed the ticket as CeCe Stables.

“He will go in Saratoga or maybe Book 1 or Book 2 [at KEESEP], who knows,” said Graves after signing the ticket out back. “He is a select colt by a really good stallion and we are just excited to get him.”

He continued, “He was just an outstanding physical, just what you want to see from a Speightstown. He's got that speed look with a big hip and beautiful shoulder. He looks like he will be really fast.”

SF Bloodstock acquired Hip 817's MSW & MGSP dam Czechers (Indian Charlie) for $275,000 at the 2018 renewal of this auction carrying a foal from the first crop of Connect. That was the same year her son Switzerland (Speightstown) won a pair of Grade III events.

The full-brother to this weanling took quite some time to come into his own, but found his best form in 2018, winning the GIII Maryland Sprint S. and GIII Frank J. De Francis Memorial Dash. Switzerland is now racing in Dubai and won the G3 Dubawi S. at Meydan in January.

“We have loved him from day one,” said consignor Bedouin Bloodstock's Neal Clarke. “He has been a great colt and is very well related. He came in here and did everything very professionally. We are thrilled with the price.”

Bedouin and SF Bloodstock have been having a very successful Keeneland November Sale, teaming up to sell the $800,000 Exotic Notion (Lemon Drop Kid) and her $600,000 Quality Road colt; the $600,000 Stormy Embrace (Circular Quay); a $350,000 Into Mischief colt; a $250,000 son of Uncle Mo; a $200,000 Justify colt; and the $65,000 mare Surreptitious (Speightstown). —@CDeBernardisTDN

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Orglandes Catches Beautiful Lover, Candy Flower Late To Take Zagora

Candy Flower held the lead from the race's opening strides, but did not have enough left to hold off a late-stretch bid from favorite Orglandes (FR) in the Zagora Stakes at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.

Mike Maker trainee Candy Flower was on the lead first time under the wire in the 1 1/2-mile Zagora, with Always Shopping and Orglandes taking up second and third. Maintaining a three-length advantage throughout, Candy Flower set a steady pace, logging fractions of :24.92 for the first quarter, :49.63 for the half-mile, and 1:15.10 for six furlongs. She looked poised to take the field gate to wire into the far turn, where her lead shrunk to a length as the field entered the stretch.

Irad Ortiz Jr. took Orglandes to the outside on the far turn, as Beautiful Lover pulled even with Candy Flower in the Belmont straightaway. Candy Flower battled back, even with Beautiful Lover, but Ortiz Jr. had Orglandes set down for a drive. She caught the two frontrunners in the race's final strides, getting up to win by a neck. Beautiful Lover was second, while Candy Flower held on for third. Hungry Kitten, Lovely Lucky, Always Shopping, and Go Big Blue Nation rounded out the order of finish.

The final time for the 1 1/2 miles was 2.29.28. Find this race's chart here.

Orglandes paid $3.50, $2.90, and $2.40. Beautiful Lover paid $5.00 and $3.40. Candy Flower paid $6.70.

Bred in France by SA Franklin Finance and Elisabeth Vidal, Orglandes is by Le Havre (IRE) out of the Dansili (GB) mare Influence (FR). Trained by Chad Brown, she is owned by Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables, Wonder Stables, and Michael J. Caruso. Orglandes was consigned by Coulonces Sales and sold to Sylvain Vidal for $88,245 at the 2017 Arqana Deauville October Yearlings Sale. Her win in the Zagora is the 5-year-old mare's first victory of 2021, for a lifetime record of five wins in 14 starts and career earnings of $307,022.

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Public Sector Targets Hollywood Derby Next, Raging Bull Preps For BC Mile

Klaravich Stables' Public Sector maintained a streak of graded stakes victories by capturing Saturday's $400,000 Grade 2 Hill Prince, a nine-furlong inner turf test for sophomores at Belmont Park in Elmont, N.Y.

Expertly piloted by Irad Ortiz, Jr., the bay son of Kingman settled five lengths back in third down the backstretch before making a sweeping move in the stretch to wear down Never Surprised to win by a neck. The victory garnered a career-best 91 Beyer Speed Figure.

Public Sector arrived at his nine-furlong debut off two sharp Saratoga graded stakes coups, taking the Grade 2 National Museum of Racing Hall of Fame on August 6 and the Grade 3 Saranac four weeks later.

“He had been training really well and he's a horse that just continues to improve,” Brown said. “It was a great ride. Irad gave him a great trip and the horse really responded well to him.”

The victory marked a ninth graded-stakes triumph during the month of October for Brown, seven of which were at Belmont.

Brown applauded the pacesetting runner-up Never Surprised, who also rounded out the exacta in the Saranac.

“The pacemaker is a good horse and runs fast numbers and, I thought, a legitimate contender to win the race,” Brown said. “When they kicked on for home, there was a moment there I didn't think we'd be able to reel him in. I have a lot of respect for that horse.”

Public Sector is scheduled to make his next start in the $400,000 Grade 1 Hollywood Derby on November 28 at Del Mar Thoroughbred Club in Del Mar, Calif. He will be following a familiar path as Brown and Klaravich Stables teamed up to capture last year's Hollywood Derby with multiple Grade 1-winner Domestic Spending, one of the likely favorites for the upcoming Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Turf.

Peter Brant's three-time Grade 1-winner Raging Bull breezed five-eighths in 1:01.80 in company Sunday with graded stakes winner Orglandes over firm Belmont inner turf.

“They both worked great,” Brown said.

Raging Bull, a last-out third in the Grade 1 Woodbine Mile on September 18, will make his next start in the $2 million Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Mile on November 6 at Del Mar. The 6-year-old Dark Angel bay was 10th in last year's Mile.

Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables, Wonder Stables, and Michael J. Caruso's Orglandes finished a game second in the Grade 3 Fasig-Tipton Waya last out and will target the $100,000 Zagora on October 31. The daughter of Le Havre won her graded stakes debut last year when shipping to Del Mar to capture the Grade 3 Red Carpet going 11 furlongs.

“It was nice to get her back on track in her last race,” Brown said. “We had some high hopes for her and things just didn't pan out. Hopefully, she can continue to turn things around.”

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My Sister Nat To Defend Her Title In Sunday’s Fasig-Tipton Waya

Four-time Eclipse Award-winning trainer Chad Brown will send out defending champ My Sister Nat along with Orglandes in Sunday's Grade 3, $300,000 Fasig-Tipton Waya, an 11-furlong inner turf test for fillies and mares, at Belmont Park.

The Fasig-Tipton Waya, slated as Race 8, is part of a lucrative 10-race card that includes the Grade 1, $400,000 Frizette [Race 9], a one-turn mile for 2-year-old fillies offering a “Win and You're In” berth to the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Fillies; and the Grade 2, $200,000 Pilgrim [Race 4], a 1 1/16-mile turf test for juveniles. First post on Sunday is 1 p.m. Eastern.

Brown will seek his fifth career Waya win and third straight following scores with Goldy Espony [2015], Guapaza [2016], Fools Gold [2019] and My Sister Nat, who captured the 2020 renewal traveling 12-furlongs on the inner turf last August at Saratoga to secure her first win in North America.

A Group 3 winner at Longchamp in her native France, the Peter Brant-owned 6-year-old Acclamation bay joined Brown in 2019 and made her first three starts against optional claiming company before finishing a late-closing second beaten a neck in the Grade 3 Long Island at Aqueduct.

Following her Waya score, My Sister Nat closed to finish second last year in both the Grade 2 Glens Falls at the Spa and the Grade 1 Flower Bowl Invitational at Belmont, finishing a head short of Civil Union.

My Sister Nat enters from a closing third in the Grade 1 Flower Bowl on September 4 at Saratoga where she encountered traffic trouble behind stablemate American Bridge while rallying from last-of-6 to finish 2 1/4-lengths back of War Like Goddess.

Brown said the talented bay, who has hit the board in 3-of-4 starts this year, is training well towards her title defense.

“I certainly love the way she's training and I don't think she got a good trip last time. I felt this filly could have been a lot closer at the finish,” Brown said. “She kind of ran into the other horse we ran [American Bridge], who was sort of in her way when she wanted to make her move on the inside and it really cost her a couple lengths of momentum. At least she could have been closer and made it a little bit more of a race at the end.”

Although My Sister Nat has yet to win on the Belmont turf [6-0-2-3], Brown said he expects a good showing.

“She really runs good here. She's had a couple unlucky trips,” Brown said. “She got beat a head in the Flower Bowl, arguably one of her best races. I love her on Belmont's course.”

Brown said a good effort Sunday could propel My Sister Nat to a start in the Grade 1 Breeders' Cup Filly and Mare Turf in November at Del Mar.

“If she can go over there and really put in a strong performance and her number comes back legitimate and it looks like she has a shot in there, I'd love to make her final start in the Breeders' Cup, if we can,” Brown said.

Bred in France by Ecurie de Monceaux, My Sister Nat is out of the Galileo mare Starlet's Sister, who produced 2018 Champion Turf Mare Sistercharlie as well as 2019 Group 1 French Derby winner Sottsass.

Michael Dubb, Madaket Stables, Wonder Stables and Michael J. Caruso's Orglandes, a 5-year-old Le Havre bay, will make her third start of the campaign following sixth-place finishes in both the Grade 2 Sheepshead Bay in May at Belmont and the Grade 2 Glens Falls in August at the Spa.

Last year, the French-bred mare won 2-of-3 starts, including a score in the 11-furlong Grade 3 Red Carpet Handicap in November at Del Mar.

Brown said Orglandes has demonstrated a return to form recently in her morning training.

“Orglandes is a horse that really didn't come back into form this year. I've been disappointed with her,” Brown said. “She's come back this last month and is rounding back into form in her works after I thought maybe we had lost the year with her. I gave her a little breather and I really like the way she's turned it around in her works.”

Brown said a good effort Sunday could see Orglandes target the Grade 3, $400,000 Long Island, a 12-furlong turf test on November 27 at the Big A.

“She got to contend with a layoff now and going that far, but I'm just looking for a positive effort with her, something I can use to the end of the year to get me into the Long Island,” Brown said.

Jose Ortiz will pilot My Sister Nat from the outermost post 7, while Orglandes will emerge from post 4 under Irad Ortiz, Jr.

Christophe Clement will saddle a pair of formidable contenders in R Unicorn Stable's Call Me Love and Moyglare Stud Farm's Beautiful Lover.

Call Me Love, a 5-year-old chestnut daughter of Sea the Stars, won the Group 3 Premio Verziere Memorial Aldo Cirla at San Siro and the Group 2 Premio Lydia Tesio at Capannelle in 2019 in Italy.

Transferred to Clement for her 4-year-old season, Call Me Love hit the board in both the Grade 3 Beaugay at Belmont and the Grade 2 Ballston Spa at Saratoga last year, before securing her first North American stakes triumph in the 12-furlong River Memories on July 11 at Belmont.

Call Me Love enters from a distant seventh in the Grade 3 Glens Falls.

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Beautiful Lover, a 5-year-old Arch bay, captured the 2019 Boiling Springs at 1 1/16-miles on the Monmouth turf in the care for former conditioner Chad Brown. Transferred to Clement for her current campaign, the multiple graded-stakes placed dark bay finished fifth in the Distaff Turf in March at Tampa Bay Downs ahead of a neck win last out over next-out winner Miss Teheran in a 1 1/16-mile optional-claiming event June 27 on the Belmont turf.

Out of the Quiet American mare American Skipper, Beautiful Lover is a half-sister to New York-bred graded-stakes winning millionaire Zivo.

Manny Franco will pilot Call Me Love from post 5, while Joel Rosario will guide Beautiful Lover from post 6.

Repole Stable homebred Always Shopping, a 5-year-old Awesome Again mare trained by Hall of Famer Todd Pletcher, is a graded-stakes winner on dirt and turf.

The versatile bay captured the nine-furlong Grade 2 Gazelle in 2019 on the Big A main track and added a victory in the 11-furlong Grade 3 Orchid in March on the Gulfstream Park turf.

Always Shopping will stretch out from a two-month layoff out of a fifth-place finish in the nine-furlong Grade 3 Matchmaker on July 17 at Monmouth Park.

“We shortened her up in distance where she's not at her best and we're bringing her back at a mile and three eighths. Hopefully, she can regain her best form,” Pletcher said.

Ricardo Santana, Jr. has the call from post 2.

Rounding out the field are Lovely Lucky [post 1, Dylan Davis] and Sister Otoole [post 3, Luis Saez].

The Waya is named in honor of Peter Brant and George Strawbridge Jr.'s champion turf mare, who was a four-time Grade 1 winner in the United States. Waya was a multiple stakes winner in her native France before moving to the United States, where she won six of her nine starts, including against males in the Grade 1 Man o' War in 1978, and was named Champion Older Mare the following year.

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