3rd-SAR $115k, Msw, 3yo/up, f/m, 1m, post time: 2:22 p.m. ET
Maria Louise (Gun Runner), a 3-year-old daughter of 2015 GI Longines Breeders' Cup Distaff winner Stopchargingmaria (Tale of the Cat), debuts for Todd Pletcher going a mile out of the Wilson Chute. Bred in Kentucky by Three Chimneys Farm and Whisper Hill Farm, she brought $850,000 from Epic Horses and Town and Country Racing as a Keeneland September yearling. Maria Louise will exit from post three with Johhny Velazquez aboard in the seven-horse field. She debuts with Lasix. TJCIS PPS
6th-SAR $115k, Msw, 2yo, f, 5 1/2fT, post time: 4:04 p.m. ET
Scratched out of last Friday's rained-out opener, $140,000 Keeneland September yearling turned $2.3-million OBS April filly topper (:9 3/5) Without Hesitation (Jackie's Warrior) kicks off her career for trainer Wesley Ward. Campaigned in partnership by Mrs. Fitriani Hay, Breeze Easy, Resolution Road Stables, Peter Leidel and Two Eight Racing, the daughter of GSW Brazen Persuasion (Indian Charlie) breaks widest of all from post nine with Jose Ortiz aboard going 5 1/2 furlongs over the Mellon Turf Course. She is the 2-1 morning-line favorite. TJCIS PPS
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