By J.N. Campbell
5th-BAQ, $85K, Msw, 2yo, 1m, 3:21 p.m. ET.
Bred by Summer Wind, PALADIN (Gun Runner) easily was knighted as a top-twelve price during the 2024 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling sale when the chestnut was hammered down for $1.9-million. The ownership group of Mrs. John Magnier, Peter Brant, Michael Tabor, Derrick Smith, Brook Smith and Jane Lyon, who stayed in for a piece, sent the colt to trainer Chad Brown. Out of unraced Secret Sigh (Tapit), the first-time starter is a half-brother to a colt by Into Mischief–taken home by Case Clay for $900,000 during the recent Keeneland September sale. Paladin's second dam, MGSW India (Hennessy)–responsible for Japanese multiple Group 1 hero Mozu Ascot (Frankel {GB})–is herself a half-sister to the dam of MGISW To Honor and Serve (Bernardini) and GI Chandelier Stakes victress Angela Renee (Bernardini). TJCIS PPS
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