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Saturday Insights: $725 Union Rags Colt Debuts at the Big A

3rd-AQU, $80K, 2yo, 8.5fT, 12:50 p.m. ET
Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners, William Freeman and Michael Valdes’s AVIANO (Medaglia d’Oro) debuts for trainer Todd Pletcher, who recorded his 5,000th career victory last weekend and becomes eligible for the Hall of Fame in 2021. Out of graded stakes winner Bryan’s Jewel (Rockport Harbor), the April foal realized a $775,000 final bid from Eclipse at last year’s Fasig-Tipton Select Yearling sale in Saratoga. Bryan’s Jewel, a daughter of $650,000 Fasig-Tipton buy Saphiria (Touch Gold)–trained by Pletcher–is also responsible for a Bodemeister filly ultimately named Empress Sophia, who brought $400,000 at KEESEP in 2017. Stuart Janney III’s Proven Innocent (Blame) kicks off his career for Shug McGaughey. The hombred is out of the prolific Janney mare Meghan’s Joy (A.P. Indy), dam of MGSW and MGISP Ironicus (Distorted Humor), GSW Hunting (Coronado’s Quest), MGSW On Leave (War Front), in addition to graded winners Quiet Harbor (Silver Deputy) and Norumbega (Tiznow). This is the extended family of MGSW Wild Applause (Northern Dancer), dam of Grade I scorer Eastern Echo (Damascus) and graded winners Yell (A.P. Indy), Roar (Forty Niner) and Blare of Trumpets (Fit to Fight). TJCIS PPs

5th-AQU, $80K, Msw, 2yo, 7f, 1:45 p.m. ET
DYNAMIC ONE (Union Rags) gets his start for the partnership of Repole, Phipps and St. Elias Stables while under the guidance of Todd Pletcher. A $725,000 KEESEP yearling purchase, the colt was the third highest-priced colt by his sire in 2019. He hails from the family of undefeated Hall of Famer Personal Ensign (Private Account) through her daughter MGISW My Flag (Easy Goer). The Phipps family-bred is a grandson of My Flag’s champion daughter Storm Flag Flying (Storm Cat), a half-sister to Miner’s Mark (Mr. Prospector) and Traditionally (Mr. Prospector). TJCIS PPs

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2021 Calendar Celebrates Secretariat’s Last Living Sons and Daughters

Continuing a series celebrating Secretariat’s legacy through his remaining offspring, a 2021 calendar featuring the last living sons and daughters of the legendary 1973 Triple Crown winner is now available. It’s the fourth annual fund-raising calendar in what has become a tradition of generating revenue for equine charities, a group that now includes Bright Futures Farm, Old Friends, and Victory Alliance Ranch.

“It is humbling to see how the racing industry, and Secretariat fans in particular, have embraced this calendar series,” said writer/photographer Patricia McQueen, whose creative project is part of her research work on Secretariat as a sire. “The first three calendars have raised more than $14,000 for the designated charities, funds sorely needed to provide homes and special care for horses in need.”

The calendars are available for $25 each at www.SecretariatsLegacy.com. Free shipping within the U.S. is included.

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Upcoming Online Course for Racing Officials Accreditation Program

The Racing Officials Accreditation Program (ROAP) and the University of Louisville have announced a 16-hour continuing education course to be held live online Monday, Dec. 14 and Tuesday, Dec. 15, 2020. Both sessions begin at 8:00 a.m. ET and finish each day at 5:00 p.m. ET.

Speakers during the live online sessions include: Alex Waldrop – CEO and President of the NTRA; Dr. Will Farmer – Churchill Downs Equine Medical Director; Barbara Borden – Chief State Steward, Kentucky Racing Commission; Hugh Gallaher – Safety Steward, NYRA; et al.

Registration is now open at the UofL Equine Payment Portal, https://louisville.edu/business/payments/equine. The cost is $80 prior to Dec. 8 and increases to $110 afterwards.

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Stunning Sky a Worthy Favorite in Mrs. Revere

Stunning Sky (Declaration of War) managed to snap a seven-length losing streak with a tough-as-nails victory in Keeneland’s GIII Pin Oak Valley View S. when last seen Oct. 16 and figures a strong chance to take her current winning skein to two in Saturday’s GII Mrs. Revere S. at Churchill.

Haltered for $50,000 by this outstanding claiming outfit out of a second-out victory in the Gulfstream slop last December, Stunning Sky added a first-level allowance over the turf before her dry spell. The bay turned in some strong efforts in defeat during that stretch, including runner-up finishes in the GII Lake Placid S. and Saratoga Oaks ahead of a fourth in what has become a productive renewal of the Dueling Grounds Oaks Sept. 10. Trapped out three deep the trip in the Valley View, Stunning Sky nevertheless kept on gamely and grabbed perfect-trip Princess Grace (Karakontie {Jpn}) on the line despite covering 42 feet (about 4 1/4 lengths) more than the runner-up, according to Trakus.

Princess Grace was having just her third career start in the Valley View and looked well on her way to victory at the eighth pole, only to hang the last little bit. She can improve for that experience and will have her fair share of admirers.

How Ironic (Tonalist) was the winner of an Ellis Park allowance Aug. 7 ahead of an even seventh in the Dueling Grounds Oaks. She and Stunning Sky effectively raced as a team in the Valley View, though she lacked the same finishing kick and checked in third, beaten a length, while covering 18 fewer feet.

Hendy Woods (Uncle Mo) was runner-up to ‘TDN Rising Star’ Sharing (Speightstown) in Churchill’s GIII Edgewood S. on the GI Kentucky Oaks undercard Sept. 4 and exits a sixth in the GI QE II Challenge Cup, won by Harvey’s Lil Goil (American Pharoah), who returned to be a bang-up third in the GI Breeders’ Cup Filly and Mare Turf last weekend. Easy ground would enhance her chances.

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