4th-SAR, $85K, Msw, 2yo, 6f, post time: 2:41 p.m. ET
AHEAD OF PLAN (Big Drama), a $475,000 OBSAPR graduate (:10), looks like another live runner for the loaded Chad Brown barn. His stakes-winning dam Daisy Dukes (Ghazi) won her debut as a 2-year-old at Timonium. Principled (Medaglia d'Oro&log=">Medaglia d'Oro), the first foal from GII Top Flight H. heroine and GI Spinaway S. third Teen Pauline (Tapit), debuts for trainer Todd Pletcher. The $320,000 KEESEP yearling worked a bullet five furlongs in 1:00 3/5 (1/6) over the Oklahoma training track Aug. 11. Godolphin homebred Endorsed (Medaglia d'Oro&log=">Medaglia d'Oro), a son of GI Gazelle S. winner and GI Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint third Dance Card (Tapit), gets his career started for trainer Kiaran McLaughlin. TJCIS PPs
7th-ELP, $42K, Msw, 2yo, 5f, post time: 4:40 p.m. ET
Trainer Mark Casse will unveil the well-related EXPLORATIONIST (Pioneerof the Nile), an $825,000 FTFMAR purchase (:10 1/5) earlier this year by John C. Oxley and Gainesway Stable. The bay is the first foal out of GSW Assateague (Stormy Atlantic). He fired a bullet four-furlong move in :47 4/5 (1/72) at Churchill Downs Aug. 10. This is the immediate female family of graded/group winners Kindergarden Kid (Dynaformer), Rainha da Bateria (Broken Vow), Rabbit Run (Tapit), Asakusa Genki (Stormy Atlantic) and GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile runner-up He's Had Enough (Tapit). Explorationist's loaded catalogue page also includes: champion Althea (Alydar), GI Breeders' Cup Classic winner Bayern (Offlee Wild), et al. TJCIS PPs
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