Insights on the American Racing Scene: Nov. 4, 2017

7th-CD, $60K, Msw, 2yo, 6f, post time: 6:05 p.m. ET
RARE FORM (The Factor&log=">The Factor), a $450K KEESEP acquisition, represents the many owners that comprise the Churchill Downs Racing Club and brings a big pedigree to the table. The gray colt is a half-brother to Polar River (Congrats), who beat older males first time out late in her 2-year-old season to become a 'TDN Rising Star' before going on to win the G3 UAE Oaks and finish second in the G2 UAE Derby. Rare Form's multiple stakes-placed second dam Tortuga Band (Dixieland Band) is responsible for the Louisiana-bred duo of Tortuga Straits (Gold Tribute) and Tortuga Flats (Wild Zone), who between them won 13 stakes and $1.4 million. TJCIS PPs