2nd-CD, $44K, Msw, 2yo, 4 1/2f, 1:15 p.m. EDT
John Oxley's CLASSIC EMPIRE (Pioneerof the Nile) makes his career bow for the Mark Casse barn Wednesday. The $475,000 KEESEP yearling, the top-priced offspring by his sire to sell in 2014, is already a half-brother to two stakes winners and his second dam is SW & MGISP In Her Glory (Miswaki). Based at Keeneland since mid-April, the bay gave a sharp indication of his rude health with a five-panel bullet in :59 flat (1/18) Apr. 26. TJCIS PPs
5th-BEl, $80K, Alw/OC ($80K), 3yo, 1m, 5:13 p.m. EDT
ECONOMIC MODEL (Flatter), runner-up in the GII Swale S. in only his second start at Gulfstream Park two back Jan. 30, resurfaces in this allowance test. The Chad Brown trainee faded to ninth in the GII Lambholm South Tampa Bay Derby behind GI Kentucky Derby-bound Destin (Giant's Causeway) Mar. 12 and is looking for redemption for Klaravich Stables and William Lawrence. A regular on the Belmont Park worktab, the half-brother to GSW & MGISP Well Monied (Maria's Mon) and MSW & GSP Jimmy Simms (Lost Soldier) breezed a half-mile in :49 1/5 (6/27) there Apr. 29 and will leave from gate three. The intriguingly bred Wicked Wink (Distorted Humor), a Chantilly maiden winner in four starts for Gianluca Bietolini and owner Scuderia Aleali SRL, was purchased privately this spring and makes his U.S. bow from co-owner Thomas Albertrani's barn. The John D'Amato and Michael Pietrangelo colorbearer receives first-time Lasix and is out of U.S. GSW Genuine Devotion (Ire) (Rock of Gibraltar {Ire}), who is a half-sister to European champion juvenile and successful sire Mastercraftsman (Ire) (Danehill Dancer {Ire}). TJCIS PPs
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