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5th-ELP, $50k, Msw, 2yo, 6 1/2f, 5:42 p.m. ET
A field of nine promising juveniles lines up in the fifth event at the Pea Patch Friday afternoon. West Point Thoroughbreds and Robert Masiello teamed up to purchase CALVARY CHARGE (Honor Code) as a yearling for $375,000 at last year's Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Sale. The bay is a son of a budding freshman sire (by A.P. Indy) and his dam is a half-sister to four stakes winners, including GISW Adieu (El Corredor) and GSW Direct Line (Tiznow).
Palace Coup (Bernardini) is out of the Canadian champion 3-year-old filly Eye of the Sphynx (Smart Strike), who has proven to be a successful broodmare for Sam-Son Farm, producing Canadian champion 3-year-old colt and Queen's Plate victor Eye of the Leopard (A.P. Indy), MSW & MGSP Hotep (A.P. Indy) and MGSW & GISP Deceptive Vision (A.P. Indy). Fun in the Desert (Distorted Humor), a half-sister to Palace Coup, is the dam of 'TDN Rising Star' Desert Ride (Candy Ride {Arg}), the heroine of the June 8 Woodbine Oaks and Aug. 10 Wonder Where S.
Trainer Steve Asmussen sends out the coupled entry of Life On the Road (Street Sense) and Jungle Runner (Candy Ride {Arg}). Life On the Road will be making his debut for Phoenix Thoroughbreds. The $450,000 Keeneland September yearling purchase springs from the family of MGISW Marlin (Sword Dance {Ire}), GISW and sire Stormello (Stormy Atlantic) and GSW and sire The Pamplemousse (Kafawain). Jungle Runner, a homebred for Calumet Farm, will be seeking to rebound from his sixth place debut finish July 27 over this oval. TJCIS PPs
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