Saturday's Racing Insights: Whisper Hill Homebred Tries Two Turns In Turf Debut At Fair Grounds

American Pharoah | Sarah Andrew

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5th-FG, $58K, Msw, 3yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 4:15 p.m. ET.
Whisper Hill homebred STRAIGHT FORWARD (American Pharoah) makes her first start for Mandy Pope and trainer Steve Asmussen. The filly's dam, Aloof (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}), was acquired by the farm at the 2014 Keeneland November Sale for a cool $3.9 million. Herself out of English Group 1 winner Airwave (GB) (Air Express {Ire}), Aloof is a half-sister to the dam of full-siblings MG1SW Churchill (Ire) (Galileo {Ire}) and G1SW Clemmie.

Set for her unveiling is another homebred, Good Going (Mendelssohn), who was sent by Klein Racing to trainer Cherie DeVaux. The bay is a out of a multiple stakes winning mare named Good Deed (Broken Vow). A half-sister to MGSW Cash Control (Pioneerof the Nile) and MSW Country Day (Speightstown), Good Going's dam is also responsible for Coronation Cup Stakes heroine Goin' Good (Congrats). TJCIS PPS

7th-GP, $96K, OC75k/N1X, 3yo, 1m, 3:05 p.m. ET.
A $200,000 buy for CHC, WinStar and Maverick Racing at the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling Sale, River Thames (Maclean's Music) certainly earned his keep on debut with a 4 3/4-length score at Gulfstream Park Jan. 11. Named a 'TDN Rising Star' based on that effort, the colt now tries optional claimers while stretching out to a mile for trainer Todd Pletcher. The first and only foal to date for Proportionality (Discreet Cat), River Thames hails from an extended female family which includes MGISW Paulassilverlining (Ghostzapper)–the dam of 'TDN Rising Star' Artorius (Arrogate)–and MGISW Dads Caps (Discreet Cat). TJCIS PPS

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