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Sunday’s Racing Insights: Pricey Munnings Filly Spa Debut

5th-SAR, $136K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 3:27 p.m.
MUNNY ROCKETTE (Munnings) sold to Champion Equine for $450,000 as a yearling at last year's Fasig-Tipton New York Saratoga Select Yearling Sale and went for $1-million when Donato Lanni signed the ticket for Frank Fletcher Racing Operations on the final day of this year's OBS March Sale. Trained by Bill Mott and with Junior Alvarado in the irons, the bay filly's second dam is a half sister to GI Test S. and GI Ballerina H. winner Chaposa Springs (Baldski) and GI Met Mile champ You and I (Kris S.)

Also looking to make her mark first time out, Catherine Wheel (Into Mischief) is an OBS April alum who fetched $725,000. She hails from an extended female family which includes GI Belmont S. winners Rags to Riches (A.P. Indy) and Arcangelo (Arrogate). Joining this pair is Ella Elizabeth (Take Charge Indy), who sold to Gus King for $510,000 at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic 2-Year-Old Sale. A full sister to GSW and MGSP Take Charge Paula, the Chad Brown trainee gets the services of Joel Rosario. TJCIS PPS

5th-ELP, $70K, Msw, 2yo, f, 5 1/2fT, 4:37 p.m.
Heading to the Pea Patch, $675,000 OBS April grad Blitz (Uncle Mo) debuts for Gary Barber and DJ Stable. The dark bay filly, out of GSW Customer Base (Lemon Drop Kid), is trained by Mark Casse and will be ridden by Cristian Torres. She drilled :48.00 Aug. 5 at Ellis (4f, 7/49) in preparation for this start.

Also entered is Movin' On Up (Accelerate), who is a well-connected Harvey Clarke Racing Stables homebred. Trained by Brendan Walsh and ridden by Martin Garcia, the gray filly is the first offspring out of Stifle Yourself (Cairo Prince). Second dam Gloria S. (Tapit) produced GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup winner Harvey's Lil Goil (American Pharoah) and she counts GI Kentucky Derby victor I'll Have Another (Flower Alley) and MGSW Golden Award (Medaglia d'Oro) as half siblings. TJCIS PPS

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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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Sunday Insights: Recent OBS Grads Headline Sunday Action

4th-Mth, $55K, Msw, 2yo, f, 5fT, 2:02 p.m.
AMO Racing's MADAME MISCHIEF (Into Mischief), out of a half-sister to MGISW Divisidero (Kitten's Joy), went for $550,000 at OBSMAR after clocking .10 flat during the under-tack breeze show. The Jorge Delgado trainee gets Isaac Castillo in the irons. TJCIS PPS

1st-HAW, $35K, Msw, 2yo, f, 4 1/2f, 3:30 p.m.
Another recent OBSMAR grad who fetched $500,000, Dorothy Crowfoot (Audible) makes her first start for trainer Larry Rivelli. Her dam, Enjoy This Moment (Midnight Lute), is a half-sister to MGSW Sum of the Parts (Speightstown) and GSW Rocket Heat (Latent Heat). TJCIS PPS

6th-WO, $111K, Msw, 3yo/up, f, 7f (AWT), 3:57 p.m.
Heading north of the border, Tag Team (Curlin) debuts for Josie Carroll with Kazushi Kimura aboard. The $400,000 OBSAPR purchase is out of a female family which includes second dam Citiview's full-sister GISW Hookedonthefeelin. She is responsible for MGISW Pussycat Doll (Real Quiet), dam to GISW Aquaphobia (Giant's Causeway), and GISW Jimmy Creed (Distorted Humor). TJCIS PPS

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Sunday Insights: $1.25m Keeneland Yearling Grad By Into Mischief Debuts

5th-CD, $120K, Msw, 3yo/up, f/m, 6 1/2f, 2:45 p.m.
PUMPKIN SCONE (Into Mischief), a $1.25-million Keeneland September Yearling purchase by Spendthrift Farm, debuts for Brad Cox from the outside gate on Sunday. Bred in Kentucky by the China Horse Club, the bay filly is out of Embellish the Lace (Super Saver), who has also produced three-time winner and fellow $1.25-million KEESEP graduate Tap the Faith (Tapit). Pumpkin Scone hails from a female family which includes GI Travers S. hero Afleet Express (Afleet Alex) and MGISP My Miss Sophia (Unbridled's Song), the dam of GISW Annapolis (War Front). She will face a pair of debuting homebreds in Juddmonte's Call Again (Arrogate) and Winchell Thoroughbreds's Absinthe (Gun Runner). TJCIS PPS

1st-BEL, $75K, Msw, (S), 2yo, 5f, 1:00 p.m.
A 2-year-old maiden special weight for New York-breds kicks off Belmont's Sunday card. Trained by Mike Maker, the rail-drawn THE WINE STEWARD (Vino Rosso) hails from the first crop of Vino Rosso, who is represented by one winner from five starters. The $340,000 OBS March buy's dam Call to Service (To Honor and Serve) counts MGSW Isotherm (Lonhro {Aus}) as a half-brother and the unraced half-sister Adande (Bwana Charlie), who is responsible for GSW Skelly (Practical Joke). TJCIS PPS

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