By Stefanie Grimm
3rd-CD, 120K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 1:43 p.m.
The juveniles kick things off at Churchill Downs Friday with a well-bred pair drawn side by side. Widest of the two is MO LAKE TIME (Uncle Mo), the first foal out of the American Pharoah mare Lake Garda who sold for $600,000 to H & R Bloodstock carrying Mo Lake Time in utero at KEENOV in 2022. While unraced herself, Lake Garda is a half-sister to MGISW Hoppertunity (Any Given Saturday) and MGISW Executiveprivilege (First Samurai). Bred by Boardshorts Breeding and Racing, Mo Lake Time races for the Flying Dutchman under the tutelage of Brian Lynch.
Drawn just inside of her, Sina (Gun Runner) is a daughter of MSW/GSP Sittin at the Bar, making her a half-sister to GISW Alva Starr (Lord Nelson), SW/MGSP Club Car (Malibu Moon), GSW/GISP Cilla (California Chrome) and SW Jack the Umpire (Bodemeister).
Furthest out, Teatonic (Yaupon), a $260,000 KEESEP grad for Stoneway Farm, is out of a daughter of MGSW/GISP Stonetastic (Mizzen Mast), also a Stoneway Farm yearling purchase back in 2012. This is the family of MGSIW Gina Romantica (Into Mischief) and Lane's End sire Gift Box (Twirling Candy). TJCIS PPS
11th-CD, 120K, Msw, 3yo/up, 6 1/2f, 5:58 p.m.
The 3-year-olds close out the card with a race that includes Unitas (Speightstown), a half-brother to GSW/MGISP Medoro (Honor Code) from the family of stakes winner Nashville (Speightstown) and GI Kentucky Derby winner Giacomo (Holy Bull).
Notably on the race's also-eligible list is Only Phil (McKinzie), the half-brother to MGSW/GISP Two Phil's (Hard Spun) out of MSW/MGSP Mia Torri. TJCIS PPS
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