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Apr. 30 Insights

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MILLION-DOLLAR WAR FRONT FACES WINNERS

3rd-CD, $118K, Opt. Clm. ($75K), 3yo, f, 6 1/2f, 11:30p.m.

Shadwell Stable's $1-million KEESEP buy ZAINALARAB (War Front) looks to take her record to two-for-two in her first try against winners here. A debut winner sprinting on the Belmont main track in September, she was subsequently sidelined and receives Lasix for the first time in this return. The bay is out of GSW Delightful Joy (Tapit), who is a daughter of GSW & GISP Graeme Six (Graeme Hall) and a half-sister to GSW Cali Star (Street Cry {Ire}) and SW Seymourdini (Bernardini). MSW Australasia (Sky Kingdom) puts her perfect record on the line as she faces open company for the first time here. She won her first four starts–three of which were LA-bred stakes– by a combined 24 1/2 lengths. TJCIS PPs

BROWN UNVEILS WELL-BRED BERNARDINI FILLY

13th-CD, $115K, Msw, 3yo, f, 6f, 7:00p.m.

Alpha Delta Stables homebred SMITH'S POINT (Bernardini) makes her career bow for trainer Chad Brown in this spot. Out oof GSW Summer Raven (Summer Squall), the dark bay is a full to MGSW & GISP millionaire Lewis Bay and a half to GSWs Misconnect (Unbridled's Song) and Winslow Homer (Unbridled's Song). TJCIS PPs

BLUE-BLOODED HOMEBREDS DEBUT AT OP

11th-OP, $93K, Msw, 3yo, 5 1/2f, 7:12p.m.

Steve Hobby saddles one of three firsters in this event with a big pedigree in TIZ LIFE (American Pharoah). The dark bay is out of Grade I-winning millionaire Tiz Miz Sue (Tiznow), a daughter of GSW Sue's Good News (Woodman) and a half-sister to Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint winner Bulletin (City Zip). Her second foal Tatweej (Tapit) summoned $2.5 million at Keeneland September and her third foal, GSP Serein (Uncle Mo), brought $500,000 at the same auction. Stronach homebred Hard Cash (Lemon Drop Kid) also debuts here. Out of GISW Collect the Cash (Dynaformer), he is a half to GISW Stately Victor (Ghostzapper) and GSP Hot Cash (Ghostzapper). Winchell homebred Wicked Mad (Tapit) also makes his career bow in this spot. Out of SW Wicked Deed (Harlan's Holiday), the bay is a full to GSWs My Miss Lilly and Just Wicked. TJCIS PPs

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Expensive War Front Firster Takes Belmont Lid-Lifter

1st-Belmont, $63,000, Msw, 9-18, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:12.01, ft.
ZAINALARAB (f, 2, War Front–Delightful Joy {GSW, $179,200}, by Tapit), whose $1-million purchase price out of last year’s Keeneland September sale was the second-highest for her hugely successful stallion, got the Belmont fall meet off on a chalky note, grinding her way past her chief market rival Exact (Competitive Edge) for a narrow victory. Allowed to sit the box-seat trip as Exact made the running in advance of the blinkered Jade Empress (Shanghai Bobby), Zainalarab was pulled off the fence in upper stretch by Javier Castellano, drew alongside the pacesetter with a sixteenth of a mile to travel and inched clear to take it by 1 1/2 lengths as the 11-10 favorite. The winner has a Medaglia d’Oro half-sister who was consigned to, but withdrawn from the opening day of this year’s KEESEP sale this past Sunday, as well as a foal half-sister by American Pharoah. Delightful Joy, the 2015 GIII Monmouth Oaks winner, was a $700,000 purchase out of the 2017 Keeneland January Sale, and was most recently covered by Curlin. Zainalarab was scheduled to make her debut at Saratoga Aug. 29, but was scratched–along with stablemate Always Carina (Malibu Moon)–when a torrential rainstorm rendered the track sloppy. Sales history: $1,000,000 Ylg ’19 KEESEP. Lifetime Record: 1-1-0-0, $34,650. Click for the Equibase.com chart orVIDEO, sponsored by Fasig-Tipton.
O-Shadwell Stable; B-International Equities Holding Inc (KY); T-Chad C Brown.

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Sept. 18 Insights: Million-Dollar Baby Debuts at Belmont; Rachel Alexandra Full-Sis Unveiled at Gulfstream

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1st-BEL, $63K, Msw, 6f, 2yo, f, 1:00 p.m. ET

Shadwell Stable’s ZAINALARAB (War Front) will get both her racing career and the Belmont fall meet underway Friday when facing five other juvenile fillies in this sprint. Bought for $1 million even at Keeneland September, the bay is the first foal out of GSW Delightful Joy (Tapit), a half-sister to GSW Cali Star (Street Cry {Ire}) and 113 Beyer-earning SW Seymourdini (Bernardini). Trained by Chad Brown, she shows a steady worktab going back to mid-July at Saratoga, highlighted by a half-mile gate breeze in :47 1/5 (5/131) there Aug. 23. Her main rival appears to be fellow firster Exact (Competitive Edge). Hammering to Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners for $82,000 at OBS Spring after breezing a furlong in :10 flat, the chestnut shows a sharp local worktab for Todd Pletcher, capped by a four-furlong bullet in :47 flat (1/76) from the gate Saturday. TJCIS PPs

6th-GP, $65K, Msw, 6f, 2yo, f, 2:50 p.m. ET

Dede McGehee’s GLADYS (Medaglia d’Oro), a full-sister to Hall of Famer Rachel Alexandra, opens her account here for trainer Kelsey Danner. Also a half to GSP Dolphus (Lookin At Lucky) and SP Wooderson (Awesome Again), the dark bay is the first product of dam Lotta Kim pairing with Medaglia d’Oro since 2011 filly Samantha Nicole. She displays a consistent Palm Meadows worktab going back to late June, most recently going a half-mile in :48 3/5 (6/30) there three days ago. TJCIS PPs

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