5th-GP, $94k, Msw, 3yo, 7f, 1:26p.m. ET
Though not the most expensive in the field, TOTAL SENSATION (Speightstown) comes into this race with perhaps the best-known family as the son of Eblouissante (Bernardini), the half-sister to Hall of Famer Zenyatta (Street Cry {Ire}). A $300,000 yearling from KEESEP in 2023, and racing for the partnership of Qatar Racing, CHC, Inc., and Trilogy USA, the colt is a half-brother to GSW Confidence Game (Candy Ride {Arg}) and GSP The Process (More Than Ready) from the family of the aforementioned Horse of the Year and three-time champion older mare. He heads to post from the barn of Todd Pletcher.
Also in this maiden field packed with pedigree-heavy debuters is Mainstream (Speightstown) from the family of Canadian Horse of the Year Uncaptured (Lion Heart). Out of a twice winning half-sister to that champion, his dam's siblings also include MSW Dancing Raven (Tomahawk). That half-sister produced MSW Breeze Rider (Paynter) and SP Ravella (Liam's Map). This is the extended female family of MGISW Curalina (Curlin). Mainstream is a $485,000 FTSAUG purchase and heads out for trainer Brad Cox.
On the rail and debuting for co-owner and breeder St Elias Stable is Completeeffort (Ire) (Curlin) from the barn of Anthony Margotta Jr. The Irish-bred chestnut is out of a half-sister to the late great European Horse of the Year Giant's Causeway (Storm Cat) and his full-sister multiple Group winner You'resothrilling. That latter sibling would go on to attain blue hen status through her eight (yes, really) Group/Grade I runners; all full-siblings with the most notable of that bunch being multiple Group 1 winners Gleneagles (Ire) and Happily (Ire), and G1 Prix de Diane Longines victress Joan of Arc (Ire). ARM Racing owns this one in partnership with St Elias.
Debuting for Pin Oak Stud is Speedstorm (Volatile), a $400,000 KEESEP buy now in the care of Bill Mott. The grey hails from the extended female family of champion juvenile filly MGISW My Miss Aurelia (Smart Strike). To the outside of the fleet is Makes Sense (Street Sense), a Centennial Farms-owned $375,000 FTSAUG purchase hailing from the female line of Broodmare of the Year Oatsee. TJCIS PPs
The Queens M G winning the Davona Dale | Lauren King
2nd-OP, $110k, Msw, 3yo, 6f, 12:50p.m. ET
Vital Mind (Into Mischief) debuts here for CHC Inc. and WinStar Farm from the barn of Steve Asmussen. A $600,000 KEESEP buy, the colt is the first offspring to the races for MGISW She's a Julie (Elusive Quality). From the female family of GISW Bodemeister (Empire Maker) and MGSW Under the Stars (Pioneerof the Nile), Vital Mind also claims MGSW The Queens M G (Thousand Words), a top contender for the GI Kentucky Oaks who is set for a start Saturday in the GII Gulfstream Park Oaks, as extended family. TJCIS PPs
10th-SA, $65k, Msw, 3-5yo, f, 6 1/2fT, 8:41p.m. ET
On a wickedly busy racing day across the country, Into the Hall (Into Mischief) will round out the action in the Santa Anita nightcap for C R K Stable and trainer John Shirreffs. A half-sister to MGSW Share the Ride (Candy Ride {Arg}) and out of GI Test Stakes-placed Belle of the Hall (Graeme Hall), Into the Hall hails from the immediate female family of Hong Kong Horse of the Year Electronic Unicorn (Housebuster), Canadian champion grass mare GSW & GISP Ambitious Cat (Storm Cat), and GI Kentucky Oaks victress Blushing K. D. (Blushing John). She was an $875,000 KEESEP purchase in 2023. TJCIS PPs
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