By J.N. Campbell
4th-CD, $120K, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 2:14 p.m. ET.
In a maiden special weight at Churchill Downs on closing day there are a bevy of options among two handfuls of first-time starters. Leading the way is SEAL BAY (Munnings), who went for $625,000 during Keeneland September, and is now owned by St. Elias and Starlight. Sent to trainer Brendan Walsh, the colt's second dam is MGSW One Caroline (Unbridled's Song) and his extended female family includes Japanese MSW Master Fencer (Jpn) (Justa Way {Jpn}).
I Did I Did (Curlin) claims as a relation older half-sister Sweet Loretta (Tapit), who won the GI Spinaway Stakes for St. Elias. A $300,000 OBS March buy, the colt is out of a winning dam who herself is a half-sister to GI Darley Alcibiades Stakes heroine Spring in the Air (Spring At Last).
Speaking of the Alcibiades, $300,000 Keeneland September graduate Exonerate (Justify) is out of a dam who is a half-sister to Candied (Candy Ride {Arg})–the 2023 winner of the 'Fall Stars' race. Finally, King of Heat (American Pharoah) hails from American turf royalty with his second dam being none other than the incomparable, gone-too-soon Tepin (Bernstein). TJCIS PPS
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