Insights on the American Racing Scene: Aug. 30, 2018

5th-DEL, $34K, Msw, 2yo, f, 1m70ydsT, post time: 3:15 p.m. ET
MONKEYS UNCLE (Uncle Mo&log=">Uncle Mo), a $180K Fasig-Tipton July yearling, breezed an eighth of a mile in :10 2/5 and was hammered down to Roy and Gretchen Jackson's Lael Stable for $300K at this year OBS March Sale. The February-foaled dark bay is a granddaughter of MGISW Lazy Slusan (Slewvescent), the dam of GISW Last Full Measure (Empire Maker). TJCIS PPs

7th-SAR, $75K, Msw, (S), 2yo, 5 1/2f, post time: 4:24 p.m. ET
POPPY'S DESTINY (Orb) fetched $175K at last year's Keeneland September sale and improved into a $300K OBSMAR breezer after drilling a furlong in :9 4/5. The dark bay is a son of Canadian stakes winner Plethora (First Samurai), a half-sister to multiple stakes-placed juvenile Congo (Johannesburg). The deeper female family includes European Group 3 winner Long Lashes (Rock Hard Ten). Risp (Violence), a son of MSW & MGSP Five Star Momma (Five Star Day), was the most expensive of his sire's 31 foals to sell as weanlings in 2017, hammering to Sullimar Stables' Mary Sullivan for $275K at KEENOV. TJCIS PPs

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