Insights on the American Racing Scene: October 14, 2018

5th-KEE, $67K, Msw, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, post time: 3:18 p.m. EDT
COSMIC CODE (Into Mischief) is the first foal from Touch the Star (Tapit), a half-sister to Juddmonte Farms' talented turf are Etoile Montante (Miswaki), winner in France of the G1 Prix de la Foret and a Grade II winner and Grade I placed upon her repatriation. Etoile Montante is the dam of MGSW Starformer (Dynaformer). The deeper female family is dotted with class horses campaigned by Juddmonte, including Sightseek and Tates Creek, while it is also the stallion family of Chief's Crown, Bowman's Band, Pollard's Vision, etc. TJCIS PPs

8th-KEE, $69K, Alw (N2L), 3yo/up, 6f, post time: 4:57 p.m. EDT
CURATE (Bernardini), a $575K Keeneland September graduate, made the most of his belated racetrack debut, taking an Ellis maiden by 4 1/4 lengths Aug. 25, good for a towering Beyer Speed Figure of 94. Purchased in utero for $525K at KEENOV in 2013, the bay gelding is kin to MGSW & GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint runner-up Dust and Diamonds (Vindication), who is in turn the dam of $600K KEENOV weanling Much Better (Pioneerof the Nile), recent runner-up in the Zuma Beach S. at Santa Anita. TJCIS PPs

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