Insights on the American Racing Scene: April 14, 2018

2nd-KEE, $76K, Alw/Opt. Clm., 3yo, 9f, post time: 1:39 p.m. ET
Fresh off a towering 7 1/4-length debut success in a seven-furlong maiden on the GII Tampa Bay Derby undercard Mar. 10 (video), RULER OF THE NILE (Pioneerof the Nile) looks to remain perfect in this first two-turn voyage. A $240K KEENOV weanling turned $1-million OBSMAR breezer, the bay colt is out of a winning half-sister to MGSW Cairo Prince (Pioneerof the Nile) and to GISP Nonna Mia (Empire Maker), the dam of GISW Outwork (Uncle Mo). The Todd Pletcher trainee faces off with Penalty (Blame&log=">Blame), a $390K KEESEP yearling purchase who defied odds of nearly 14-1 to graduate at first asking over seven furlongs at Gulfstream Park Feb. 24. TJCIS PPs

1st-SA, $54K, Msw, 3yo/up, 1mT, post time: 3:00 p.m. ET
CAJUN TREASURE (Treasure Beach {GB}) breezed an eighth of a mile in :10 1/5 ahead of the 2017 OBSAPR sale and was hammered down for $250K, by far the most expensive of his young sire's juveniles to sell to date. There is pedigree appeal to boot, as the Florida-bred is kin to Cajun Delta Dawn (Kantharos), who won two legs of the Florida Stallion Stakes in 2016; SW Mom'z Laugh (Leroidesanimaux {Brz}); GSP Peace At Dawn (Peace Rules); and MSP Cajun Breeze (Congrats), who coincidentally was represented by his first winner as a sire Friday at Gulfstream. TJCIS PPs

11th-KEE, $74K, Msw, 3yo, f, 7f, post time: 6:45 p.m. ET
HANALEI MOON (Malibu Moon) is the first foal from Authenticity (Quiet American), a two-time graded winner and four times placed at Grade I level, including a third-place effort to Beholder (Henny Hughes) in the 2013 Breeders' Cup Distaff. The mare found herself in the Fasig-Tipton sales ring three days later and fetched $1.2 million from Barbara Banke's Stonestreet Thoroughbred Holdings. Hanalei Moon is bred on the same cross responsible for Bernardini. Song of Mine (Ghostzapper&log=">Ghostzapper), the half-sister to multiple champion Songbird (Medaglia d'Oro), cost $800K as an FTSAUG yearling and cuts back to one turn off a pacesetting fourth at Oaklawn Mar. 8. TJCIS PPs

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