Peter Brant's debutante CHICA BOOM CHIC (Tapit&log=">Tapit) sold as the third-priciest weanling at Keeneland November in 2016 when hammering for $975,000 to Brant's White Birch Farm. Trained by Chad Brown, the gray is out of the SW/GISP Miss Empire (Empire Maker), a half-sister to GISW sprinter Bordonaro (Memo {Chi}). She showed a steady series of breezes at Brown's Monmouth satellite before shipping to Big Sandy for a three-furlong test drive in :37 1/5 (3/8) Oct. 20. Godolphin homebred Alisio (Ghostzapper&log=">Ghostzapper) opens her account here for Kiaran McLaughlin. Out of a half-sister to MGISW Better Lucky (Ghostzapper), the dark bay's third dam is 1995 GI Breeders' Cup Sprint heroine Desert Stormer (Storm Cat). Stabled at Saratoga since May, Alisio finished preparations for this with a five-furlong breeze over the Oklahoma dirt in 1:01 (2/9) Oct. 14. TJCIS PPs
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