1st-AP, $32K, Msw, 2yo, 4 1/2f (AWT), post time: 2:20 p.m. ET
STRONG WILL (Strong Mandate), a $775,000 OBS March 2-year-old of this year after firing a :9 4/5 bullet at the breeze show, debuts for owner Carolyn Wilson and trainer Larry Rivelli. The even-money morning-line favorite worked a bullet three furlongs in :34 4/5 (1/10) at Arlington May 24. “I think we outbid a couple big shooters for that horse; he's the real deal,” Rivelli said. “He was a man amongst boys at the sale and so far hasn't done a thing wrong. This is probably the biggest gun, we've got a couple more behind him, but he's a special horse we're thinking.” TJCIS PPs
8th-CD, $57K, Msw, 3yo/up, f/m, 1 1/16m, post time: 4:22 p.m. ET
Whisper Hill Farm's TAP GUN (Tapit&log=">Tapit), a $1.4-million KEESEP yearling of 2016, makes her highly anticipated career debut going two turns here. The half-sister to Horse of the Year Gun Runner (Candy Ride {Arg}) worked four furlongs for trainer Tom Amoss in :49 4/5 (17/30) at Churchill Downs June 11. Her dam Quiet Giant (Giant's Causeway), heroine of the GII Molly Pitcher S., is a half-sister to Horse of the Year Saint Liam (Saint Ballado). TJCIS PPs
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