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Sunday Insights: $1.2-Million Into Mischief Filly Makes The Saratoga Races

6th-SAR, $136.5K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6 1/2f, 4:08 p.m.
Sunday's racing slate features a daughter of Into Mischief who fetched $1.2-million at FTSAUG sale when she was purchased by Koji Maeda. MUGEN, trained by Steve Asmussen and ridden by Joel Rosario, is out of GI Test S. heroine Paola Queen (Flatter). TJCIS PPs

1st-SAR, $136K, Msw, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:10 p.m.
Heading to Saratoga's turf, there are number of first timers here worth mentioning. Sands of War (War Front) brought $550,000 at the Keeneland September Yearling sale and the Cherie DeVaux trainee's dam Egyptian Storm (Pioneerof the Nile)–a $750,000 purchase at FTKNOV in 2019–is a half-sister to Triple Crown champ Justify (Scat Daddy). Speaking of that Horse of the Year, he is the sire of Justdeny, who was a $175,000 KEEJAN and $460,000 KEESEP buy and whose second dam Nell Gwyn (Ire) (Danehill) counts European Horse of the Year Rock of Gibraltar (Ire) as a full-brother.

Ozara (Ire) (Lope de Vega {Ire}) from Christophe Clement's stable was a TATTOCT Ylg graduate who was purchased by Mike Ryan for $416,346 and her dam Cercle d'Or (Ire) (Acclamation {GB}) is a half to G1 Prix de l'Arc de Triomphe hero Golden Horn (GB) (Cape Cross {Ire}). Another Chad Brown trainee will seek to break her maiden in $240,000 KEENOV weanling turned $650,000 KEESEP yearling Spendalot (More Than Ready). The gray filly is a full-sister to stablemate and MGSW Consumer Spending.

Lastly, Causeway's Jewel (More Than Ready) is a full-brother to MGSW and GISP 'TDN Rising Star' Emmanuel. Her dam is a half to both MG1SW Hawkbill (Kitten's Joy), plus GISW and GISP Free Drop Billy (Union Rags). Also, $500,000 KEESEP buy Miz Sense (Street Sense)'s dam produced GSW Canoodling (Pioneerof the Nile) and she is a half-sister to champion 2-year-old colt Shanghai Bobby (Harlan's Holiday). Both will look to draw off the also-eligible list. TJCIS PPS

9th-WO, $111K, Msw, 3yo/up, 7f, T, 5:27 p.m.
Ready Shakespeare (More Than Ready) was set to begin his career Thursday at Woodbine before the card was canceled because of the heat. Click here for his Insight. TJCIS PPS

8th-DMR, $82K, Msw, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 8:39 p.m.
Swinging out west to Del Mar, Gate of Paradise (Arrogate) will be making her debut for trainer John Shirreffs. At OBSMAR, the gavel dropped at $950,000 and to view her prior under tack breeze, along with others from this race, click here.

Another filly to watch is Thermal (Nyquist) from John Sadler's shedrow, who brought $625,000 at FTSAUG sale. Her latest works July 17 at Santa Anita (4f, :47.60, 8/39) and July 24 at Del Mar (5f, :59.60, 3/53) flatter. TJCIS PPS

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Second Chances: ‘Mor’ to Come from Munnings Filly at the Spa

In this continuing series, TDN's Senior Racing Editor Steve Sherack catches up with the connections of promising maidens to keep on your radar.

Lamorna (f, 2, Munnings–Freudie Anne, by Freud) kicked off her career for Hall of Famer Bill Mott with a better-than-it-looked fourth-place finish sprinting over the Saratoga grass July 20.

Last of 10 after getting squeezed at the start, the 7-1 chance was immediately under a ride from jockey Luis Saez and caboosed the field through an opening quarter in a sharp :22.02. She began to catch the eye with a flashy, sweeping move on the far turn and was hung out seven wide as they straightened for home.

The blaze-faced chestnut continued to rally down the stretch, and, despite racing a bit greenly from there with multiple lead changes, finished only 1 1/4 lengths adrift of the very promising Kentucky Downs Juvenile Fillies S.-bound Kodiac Wintergreen (Ire) (Kodiac {GB}).

Campaigned in partnership by Arnmore Thoroughbreds and West Paces Racing, Lamorna earned a strong 70 Beyer Speed Figure for the effort.

“I was so proud of her,” Arnmore Thoroughbreds's Megan Jones said. “She ran a 14 1/4 Ragozin, which is a huge 2-year-old filly number on the grass. I didn't think she had it easy, either. They came in on her at the start and the winner came out on her at the top of the lane.”

Jones, a former vice president of Team Valor International, continued, “As a baby, when they make that big move on the turn and catch up, you expect that they might flatten out and get tired, but she just kept dropping her head down and trying. I would look to see her back here at Saratoga. She came out of the race super, really good energy. And mentally, she figured out what it was all about.”

Bred in Kentucky by Fergus Galvin, Marc Detampel, Jayne Johnson and Adrian Wallace, Lamorna went through the ring twice at Keeneland, bringing $155,000 from Stoneriggs Farm as a KEENOV weanling and $320,000 from Arnmore Thoroughbreds as a KEESEP yearling.

The versatile New York-bred Freudie Anne, a half-sister to MSW Frostie Anne (Frost Giant), won eight of her 25 career starts, including the New York Stallion Series S. over the Saratoga grass and East View S. on dirt at Aqueduct.

The Munnings over Freud cross is responsible for GSW & GISP Catalina Red. Lamorna is also bred similarly to MGSW and two-time GI Breeders' Cup Turf Sprint runner-up Om (Munnings), who was produced by a Tabasco Cat mare. Leading young Ashford Stud stallion Munnings is the sire of 26 graded winners.

“I think she's gonna be a pretty versatile filly,” Jones said. “Her mother won short and long, turf and dirt. We were just getting her started there. She's just a real pleasure.”

Jones's fledgling partnership has approximately 10 horses in training, including the 4-year-old homebred filly Poppy Flower (Lea), winner of the GIII Intercontinental S. earlier this summer at Belmont Park.

“I buy fillies as yearlings to race and to add to the broodmare band,” Jones said. “It's hard to win first out, but at the end of the day, as long as you come out of that first race feeling like you have a good individual that we can keep with us for years to come, that's what's really important to us. I am really grateful to my partners because I loved her so much (at Keeneland September) last year.”

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Summer Breezes: Pricey Arrogate Filly Gets Going at Del Mar

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 at Ellis Park, which attract 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. To follow are the horses entered for Sunday at Saratoga and Del Mar. Qualifying horses entered for the cards cancelled at Ellis Park July 28 and 29 will appear in editions of July 31 and August 1, respectively:

Sunday, July 30, 2023
Saratoga 1, $136k, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 1:10 p.m. ET
Horse (Sire), Sale, Price ($), Breeze
Life's An Audible (Audible), OBSMAR, 200,000, :10.1
Consignor: Britton Peak, agent
Buyer: West Bloodstock, agent for Repole Stable Inc

Del Mar 8, $82k, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 8:39 p.m. ET
Acoustic Melody (Arrogate), OBSAPR, 250,000, :10.2
Consignor: White Lilac (Katie Miranda), agent
Buyer: Mike Ryan, agent for Peter Redekop BC Ltd
Barbara T (Army Mule), OBSMAR, 120,000, :10.1
Consignor: RiceHorse Stable (Brandon & Ali Rice), agent
Buyer: Michael P Warnick & Joseph Hinkhouse
Gate to Paradise (Arrogate), OBSMAR, 950,000, :20.4
Consignor: Tom McCrocklin, agent
Buyer: Parks Investment
Into Yellowstone (Maxiumus Mischief), OBSAPR, 75,000, :10.1
Consignor: Top Line Sales LLC, agent
Buyer: Peter Miller, agent
Just Be You (Justify), OBSMAR, 110,000, :21.4
Consignor: Eddie Woods, agent
Buyer: Christina R Jelm for Hollendorfer LLC
Nothing Like You (Malibu Moon)-AE,  OBSAPR, 190,000, :10
Consignor: Wildheart Thoroughbreds LLC, agent
Buyer: John Rogitz
We'll Do It Live (The Factor), OBSMAR, 100,000, :10
Consignor: GOP Racing Stable Corp, agent
Buyer: TMSA, agent for Mark Stanton

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US-Bred Group 2 Winner Returns Over Minimum Trip at Niigata

In this continuing series, Alan Carasso takes a look ahead at US-bred and/or conceived runners entered for the upcoming weekend at the tracks on the Japan Racing Association circuit, with a focus on pedigree and/or performance in the sales ring. Here are the horses of interest for this Sunday running at Niigata Racecourse:

Sunday, July 30, 2023
11th-NII, ¥78.2m ($555k), Ibis Summer Dash-G3, 3/up, 1000mT
JEAN GROS (c, 4, More Than Ready–Goodbye Stranger, by Broad Brush), a brother to MGSW & GISP Tom's Ready, has won four of his nine starts to date, including a stunning, front-running success in last year's G2 New Zealand Trophy over the metric mile (see below, SC 6). Also a listed winner going six furlongs last term, the $130,000 Keeneland September buyback turned $265,000 OBS March breezer makes his first start since the G1 NHK Mile Cup last May in which he bombed the start, but courageously ran on from the tail to finish seventh, beaten under four lengths (video, SC 13). A winner of over $855,000 to date, Jean Gros has the services of top jockey Keita Tosaki. B-Nursery Place & Partners (KY)

 

 

 

 

12th-NII, ¥21,740,000 ($154k), Allowance, 3yo/up, 1200m
META MAX (c, 3, Into Mischief–Zapara, by Not For Love) was unplaced in a pair of starts on the turf to begin his career, but has shown marked improvement with a switch to the dirt, having amassed a record of 2-1-0 from four tries on the surface. Well beaten behind the classy Perriere (Jpn) (Henny Hughes) in the Listed Hyacinth S. this past February, the $180,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga yearling and $1.1-million OBSMAR pinhook exits a victory in a six-furlong Chukyo allowance July 15 (video, SC 16). Both Jean Gros and Meta Max are raced by owner Susumu Fujita and trained by Hideyuki Mori. B-Brookstone Farm & Lee Mauberret (KY)

 

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