1st-AQU, $60k, Msw, 3yo, 1 1/8m, post time: 12:20 p.m. ET
Godolphin homebred HOLLAND PARK (Tapit&log=">Tapit), favored at 4-5 on the morning-line, looks to earn his diploma at second asking. The 3-year-old gray, a debut second as the 3-5 chalk sprinting at the Big A Dec. 10, is out of 2006 GI Breeders' Cup Distaff heroine Round Pond (Awesome Again). Godolphin acquired the former Fox Hill representative for $5.75 million at the 2007 FTKNOV sale. Holland Park's half-brother Long River (A.P. Indy) was third in the 2014 GI Jockey Club Gold Cup S. and won the 2017 G1 Al Maktoum Challenge Round 3 at Meydan. He defends his title in that event Thursday. TJCIS PPs
9th-GP, $51K, OC75k/N1X, 3yo, 1 1/16m, post time: 4:37 p.m. ET
A trio of promising sophomores line up in this two-turn test. NOBLE INDY (Take Charge Indy), favored at 7-5 on the morning line, takes on winners for the first time off the heels of a runaway debut score going seven furlongs in Hallandale Dec. 3. Todd Pletcher trains for Repole Stable and WinStar Farm. Mississippi (Pioneerof the Nile) graduated at second asking going a one-turn mile for trainer Mark Casse at Churchill Downs last time Nov. 19. The $700,000 FTFMAR graduate is out of two-time graded winner Katz Me If You Can. Tap Rap Strike (Tapit&log=">Tapit), a debut winner going a mile at Parx in October, reported home fifth after stumbling badly at the start in the GII Remsen S. at Aqueduct Dec. 2. The $875,000 OBSMAR juvenile adds blinkers for trainer John Servis. TJCIS PPs
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