By Molly Rollins
Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency
5th-Sar, $90k, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 3:21 p.m. ET
Trainer Chad Brown unveils the $1.4-million acquisition KITTANSETT (American Pharoah) in his debut in Saturday's fifth event at the Spa. OXO Equine (Larry Best) signed the ticket for the handsome bay at the 2018 Keeneland September Sale. Out of the Grade II-winning mare Bsharpsonata (Pulpit), Kittansett is a half-brother to graded-stakes performers Vigilante (Tiznow) and Play It Loud (Unbridled's Song). He has been breezing consistently at this oval, most recently clocking a :48.03 (7/96) half-mile in company Aug. 3 with stablemate Structor (Palace Malice), (Click for XBTV Video), the co-fourth highest priced juvenile at this year's OBS March Sale when he sold for $850,000. TJCIS PPs
1st-DMR, $61k, Msw, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 5:00 p.m. ET
Godolphin's homebred Garth (Into Mischief) looks to make a huge splash in his debut in Saturday's opener at Del Mar. The Bob Baffert trainee has absolutely sizzled in the mornings over the surface, recording four consecutive bullet works, including a July 25 5/8ths out of the gate in 1.00 flat in company with Eight Rings (Empire Maker), (Click for XBTV Video), a dominant first out winner here Aug. 4. Garth is out of Country Star (Empire Maker), who broke her maiden as juvenile with an impressive score in the GI Darley Alcibiades S. for trainer Bobby Frankel. She annexed the GI Hollywood Starlet S. in track-record setting time later that season. TJCIS PPs
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