By Christie DeBernardis
5th-SAR, $83K, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 3:15 p.m. ET
Kiaran McLaughlin saddles $410,000 FTSAUG buy and first time starter FIRST WARRIOR (War Front) in this spot. Out of GSW First Passage (Giant's Causeway), the dark bay is a half to GSP Berned (Bernardini). This is also the family of GISW Harmony Lodge (Hennessy); and MGSW & GISP Graeme Hall (Dehere). Chad Brown unveils Paul Pompa Jr.'s Allured (Flatter), who was purchased for $600,000 at OBS March after breezing in :10 2/5. Marylou Whitney Stables homebred Tweeter in Chief (Graydar) makes his first trip to the post for Ian Wilkes. He is out of the unraced Bird Legacy (Mineshaft), who is a half-sister to champion Bird Town (Cape Town), herself the dam of MGSW Bird Song (Unbridled's Song); and MGISW sire Birdstone (Grindstone). TJCIS PPs.
7th-ELP, $40K, Msw, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 4:40 p.m. ET
PTK went to $700,000 to acquire WETUMKA (Pioneerof the Nile) at last term's Keeneland September sale and he debuts in this test for Dane Kobiskie. The juvenile is a half-sibling to MSW Softly Lit (Latent Heat) and MSP Venice Queen (Latent Heat). This is also the family of GSWs Palliser Bay and He Loves Me. TJCIS PPs.
6th-DMR, $60K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 7:43 p.m. ET
Simon Callaghan unveils $650,000 FTSAUG purchase MOONSHINE MEMORIES (Malibu Moon), a half-sister to SW & GSP Indian Evening (Indian Charlie) and SP Mo for the Money (Uncle Mo). Her dam is a half-sister to Horse of the Year and champion juvenile filly Favorite Trick (Phone Trick); SW Cold N Calculating (It's Freezing); and the dam of MGSW Favorite Tale (Tale of the Cat). Hall of Famer Bob Baffert can never be overlooked and he saddles first timer Crownstone (Street Cry {Ire}) for Godolphin. Out of SP Divine Dixie (Dixieland Band), she is a full-sister to GSW Discourse and a half-sister to GISW Bandini (Fusaichi Pegasus).Her second dam is GISW Hail Atlantis (Seattle Slew), who produced MSW sire Stormy Atlantic (Storm Cat). TJCIS PPs. —@CDeBernardis
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