Alex Nichols Agency

Well-Related Spirit of St Louis Set To Take Flight

Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency 3rd-AQU, $70k, Msw, 4yo/up, (S), 1m, post time: 2:20 p.m. ET A $300,000 Keeneland September purchase by Peter Brant back in 2020, SPIRIT OF ST LOUIS (Medaglia d'Oro) makes a belated first trip to the races. Bred by the Bromans, the dark bay is a gelded son of GIII Herecomesthebride S. winner Khancord Kid (Lemon Drop Kid), whose daughter Bar of Gold (Medaglia d'Oro) caused one of the bigger upsets in the history of the Breeders' Cup when taking out the GI Filly & Mare...

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Sunday Insights: Klaravich Debut French-Bred Firster at the Shore

Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency 4th-MTH, $55K, Msw, 2yo, f, 1mT, post time: 1:40 p.m. ET    CUSTOMER LIST (FR) (Wootton Bassett {GB}), purchased by Michel Zerolo's Oceanic Bloodstock for €250,000 at last year's Arqana August Sale (walking video) on behalf of Seth Klarman's Klaravich Stable, is out of a winning daughter of MGSW & GISP Innuendo (Ire) (Caerleon), the dam of MGSW & GISP Criticism (GB) (Machiavellian) and granddam of SW & GSP Magical Touch (GB) (Dubawi {Ire}). Also responsible for SW Peacoat (GB) (Doyen {Ire}), Innuendo is out...

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August 9 Insights: Well-Bred Casse Pair Make Ellis Debut

Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency 5th-ELP, $50k, Msw, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 5:42 p.m. ET Trainer Mark Casse sends out a pair of regally bred fillies in Friday's fifth event at Ellis. CRYSTAL GLACIER (Curlin), a daughter of the same stallion that lit up the Fasig-Tipton Saratoga sales ring during Monday's session with three seven-figure colts, was acquired by Live Oak for the sum of $500,000 as a yearling at that sale a year ago. The dark bay hails from the family of Grade I winner and sire Majestic Warrior...

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August 8 Insights: Sales-Topping Bodemeister Primed for Del Mar Debut

Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency 1st-DMR, $61k, 3yo/up, f/m, (S), 6f, 5:00 p.m. ET    Trainer Brian Koriner saddles 2017 Barretts Select Yearling Sale topper TAKETHEDIAMONDLANE (Bodemeister) in her career debut in Thursday's opener at Del Mar. Acquired by Jay Em Ess Stables for $300,000, the dark bay sports an impressive and consistent work tab over the past two months, including a Aug. 3 half-mile drill in :47 2/5 (5/91) over this course. Takethediamondlane is a half-sister to multiple stakes winner and grade I-placed Take the One O One (Acclamation)...

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Wednesday's Insights: Plenty of Juvenile Mischief at Saratoga

Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency 3rd-SAR, $78,000, (S), Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, post time: 2:12 p.m. ET Jeff Drown's RISKY MISCHIEF (Into Mischief), a $350,000 Fasig-Tipton New York-Bred Yearling purchase last August, who had been expected to debut on the Saratoga card which got rained out last Thursday, makes her first trip to the post here for trainer Jeremiah Englehart. She is a daughter of multiple stakes winner Risky Rachel (Limehouse) and her second dam is graded stakes winner Dancin Renee (Distinctive Pro). Her half-brother Yale (Scat Daddy) sold for...

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July 28 Insights: Half-Sis to Arrogate Debuts at Del Mar

Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency 7th-SAR, $90k, 3yo/up, f/m, 1mT, post time: 4:21 p.m. ET The powerful owner/trainer combo of Klavarich Stables and Chad Brown unveil NEW AND IMPROVED (Cairo Prince) on Saratoga's Sunday card. A $320,000 yearling purchase at the Keeneland September Sale, the gray's dam High Style (Giant's Causeway), is a daughter of the multiple Grade I winning turf specialist Tout Charmant (Slewvescent). TJCIS PPS 7th-ELP, $50,000, 2yo, f, 7f, post time: 4:40 p.m. ET Three Chimneys Farm homebred PRINCESINHA JULIA (Pioneerof the Nile), a daughter of multiple...

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