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1st-BEL, $90K, Msw, 2yo, f, 5fT, 3:05pm
Belmont Park opens week with first lawn sprint including $700,000 purchase of FTSUG SAM’s TREASURE (Munnings). Trainee Wesley Ward with Irad Ortiz in the iron, second count MSW Treasured Up (Medaglia d’Oro) and her half-sister GSW Choctaw Nation (Louis Quatorze) in her family.
In addition to Ward’s stables is a daughter of Freshman Sire Advertise (GB), who is a former Group 1 sprinter in Europe. Chitarra (Ire)which sold for 300,000 guineas at the Tattersalls’ October annual sale last fall, is a Stonestreet-owned bay rode by John Velazquez.
Omaha Beach is also represented here with his first entry. A $250,000 purchase of KEESEP, Cynane comes from a female family that includes several prominent Class I winners including Pleasant House (Gold Search), Pine Island (Arch) and Entry Point (Dynaformer). Until now, Tom Morley will join the team of Javier Castellano. TJCIS PPS
2nd-CD, $120K, Msw, 2yo, f, 4 1/2f, 5:29 pm
Fresh out of Derby Week, Churchill Downs returned to action on Thursday night and was joined in by a $300,000 OBSMAR purchase that scored high this year for the Kids Coaching 2 program. age for those who follow their parents Music by Maclean (videotapes). Bred by Whisper Hill Farm, trained by Brad Cox and ridden by Florent Geroux, MUSIC DIVA second dam Shop Glack (Smoke Glacken) is half-sister to both GI Personal Ensign heroines Miss Shop (Vice Minister) and Shop Again (Wild Again), who produced GISW Power Broker (Pulpit).
Confronting her will be a pair of first-year students Mitole begin VV .’s dreama $190,000 KEESEP purchase coached by Kenny McPeek and hybrids april clover from Steve Asmussen’s barn. Troubled Worldanother young gentleman, represented by weekend girlIt was also her career debut. TJCIS PPS
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