Jan. 14 Insights: Pletcher Pair of Uncle Mo Colts Debut at Gulfstream

5th-GP, $84k, Msw, 3yo, 6f, 2:09 p.m. ET
Missourians Robert and Lawana Low purchased SGT. PEPPER (Uncle Mo) for $1.6 million at the 2021 FTSAUG sale. Bred by Bobby Flay Thoroughbreds, he will make his debut sprinting on the dirt with Lasix in South Florida for the Todd Pletcher barn. Sgt. Pepper, the 5-2 morning-line favorite, is a half-brother to GSW Spice Is Nice (Curlin), who fetched $1.05 million from these same connections at the 2018 KEESEP sale. Sgt. Pepper's dam Dame Dorothy (Bernardini), owned and campaigned by Bobby Flay, was herself a GISW. TJCIS PPs.

8th-GP, $84k, Msw, 3yo, 1m, 3:37 p.m. ET
Another Pletcher-trained Uncle Mo colt will head to the post for the first time on Saturday. The 7-2 morning-line favorite KINGSBARNS (Uncle Mo), an $800,000 purchase by Spendthrift Farm at last year's FTFMAR sale, is out of GSP Lady Tapit (Tapit). His female family boasts several black-type winners, including GISW Gozzip Girl (Dynaformer).

The Shug McGaughey-trained Weyhill Road (Quality Road), a  $1.6-million KEESEP graduate and half to GISW and successful young sire Girvin (Tale of Ekati), returns to the track after finishing a well-beaten fourth on debut at Keeneland Oct. 21. TJCIS PPs.

 

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Thursday Insights: 3-Year-Old Curlin Half To Midnight Bourbon, Girvin Debuts At Churchill

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10th-CD, $120K, Msw, 3yo/up, 1m, 5:35 p.m.

A $500,000 Keeneland September yearling out of the 2020 Stonestreet Thoroughbreds consignment, CAWKAB (Curlin) was purchased by Shadwell Stables and makes a belated debut out of the Brad Cox barn. A 3-year-old son of Catch the Moon (Malibu Moon), Cawkab is a half-brother to four graded-stakes winners including the late GSW & MGISP Midnight Bourbon (Tiznow), GISW & up-and-coming freshman sire Girvin (Tale of Ekati), GSW Cocked and Loaded (Colonel John), and GSW Pirate's Punch (Shanghai Bobby). His 2-year-old half-brother, Weyhill Road (Quality Road), was himself a $1.6m Keeneland September yearling, nearly topping the sale, and recently debuted fourth in maiden special weight company at Keeneland. TJCIS PPS

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Friday Insights: $1.6M Quality Road Half To Midnight Bourbon And Girvin Debuts At Keeneland

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7th-KEE, $100K, Msw, 2yo, 6 1/2f, 4:12 p.m.

Bred by Stonestreet Thoroughbreds and purchased for $1.6 million by Woodford Racing & West Point Thoroughbreds, WEYHILL ROAD (Quality Road) makes his debut Friday at Keeneland. Out of the Malibu Moon mare Catch the Moon, Weyhill Road is a half-brother to GSW & MGISP Midnight Bourbon (Tiznow), GISW and up-and-coming sire Girvin (Tale of Ekati), GSW Cocked and Loaded (Coloniall John), and GSW Pirate's Punch (Shanghai Bobby).Trained by Shug McGaughey, Weyhill Road enters off a four-furlong work from the gate in :48 1/5 (18/82) and gets jockey Tyler Gaffalione aboard. TJCIS PPS

8th-SA, $61K, Msw, 2yo, 6fT, 7:44 p.m.

A $760,000 yearling, Clooney (City of Light) makes his first start Friday for owners SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, and Madaket Stables and trainer Tim Yakteen. A half-brother to MGSW Selcourt (Tiz Wonderful), whose first foal brought $485,000 from the same connections at this past September's Keeneland Yearling Sale, Clooney picks up jockey Tyler Baze in the irons. TJCIS PPS

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