Insights on the American Racing Scene for July 15

6th-BEL, $75K, Msw, 3yo/up, 7fT, 4:09 p.m. EDT Chad Brown saddles $450,000 KEESEP yearling Butler Field (Malibu Moon) on behalf of Woodford Racing. The dark bay colt is the first foal out of near-millionaire and MGSW Wasted Tears (Najran), a debut winner and pure grass runner. Barraaq (GB) (Distorted Humor) stopped after a troubled trip dirt sprinting first out at Gulfstream Mar. 12, but he might look like a different horse this time around. The Shadwell homebred is out of these connections' 2008 GI Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup heroine Alwajeeha (Dixieland Band), who has already produced two turf winners. Barraaq will also get first-time Lasix, which is a very high-percentage angle for trainer Kiaran McLaughlin. TJCIS PPs