5th-FG, $43,000, Alw/OC ($50K), 3yo, 1m70yds, post time: 3:23 p.m. ET
A pair of promising, well-bred sons of Tapit&log=">Tapitheadline this event that could very well provide a preview of a future Derby prep. Gun It, a $2.6-million KEESEP yearling out of MGISP Miss Besilu (Medaglia d'Oro) and from the immediate family of Horses of the Year Saint Liam (Saint Ballado) and Gun Runner (Candy Ride {Arg}) as well as last year's GI United Nations S. hero Funtastic (More Than Ready), settled for fourth after showing speed first up at Churchill Oct. 28. He put it all together last time here Dec. 22, airing by 4 1/4 lengths and garnering the 'TDN Rising Star' nod. Cornacchia also earned the 'Rising Star' distinction on the same day Gun It did. Buzzed about ahead of his six-panel unveiling, he endured tons of traffic trouble, but still got up by a nose late at even-money. A $685,000 FTSAUG buyback, his dam is MGSW/MGISP sprinter Great Hot (Brz) (Orientate). Cornacchia is trained by Brad Cox, as is 2-1 morning-line second choice (behind Gun It) Owendale (Into Mischief), who was beaten a neck in an identical spot to this one on that same Dec. 22 card. TJCIS PPs
2nd-SA, $55,000, Msw, 4yo/up, f, 6f
Thor-Bred Stable homebred Gold Arrow (Medaglia d'Oro&log=">Medaglia d'Oro) makes her belated debut here. Out of GISW Rigoletta (Concerto), she is a half to none other than fellow Jerry Hollendorfer trainee and 2017 GI Breeders' Cup Dirt Mile winner Battle of Midway (Smart Strike). Last year's GI Cigar Mile H. winner Patternrecognition (Adios Charlie) is out of a half to the dam. TJCIS PPs
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