Insights, Saturday June 23

5th-CD, $51K, Msw, 2yo, post time: 2:45 p.m. ET
BANO SOLO (Goldencents), a $400,000 OBS March graduate after zipping through a bullet quarter-mile in :20 1/5 at the breeze show, debuts for Winchell Thoroughbreds and Willis Horton and trainer Steve Asmussen. He is the 5-2 morning-line favorite. Market King (Into Mischief), a $550,000 KEESEP yearling, also begins his career here. The Robert C. Baker and William L. Mack colorbearer, trained by Hall of Famer D. Wayne Lukas, was produced by a daughter of champion Divine Proportions (Kingmambo). TJCIS PPs

7th-SA, $61K, OC 40k/N1X, 3yo/up, 1m, post time: 6:28 p.m. ET
EXPLORER (Orb) takes on winners and two turns for the first time after earning his 'TDN Rising Star' badge with a flashy, four-length debut win at Santa Anita going six furlongs May 18. The second-highest priced juvenile at last year's OBS March Sale at $1.25 million is campaigned by LNJ Foxwoods and NK Racing and trained by Hall of Famer Bob Baffert. The 9-5 morning-line favorite fired a six-furlong bullet workout in 1:12 2/5 (1/6) in Arcadia June 17. TJCIS PPs

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