Summer Breezes: Thursday, July 3, 2025

Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings at Saratoga and Del Mar and at Ellis Park, which attract its fair share of high-priced juveniles from a variety of top national outfits. Summer Breezes, sponsored by OBS Sales, highlights debuting and stakes-entered 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, including links to their under-tack previews. Here are the horses entered for Thursday at for opening day at Ellis Park and Saratoga, which hosts the first of four days of the Fourth of July Festival.

Thursday, July 3, 2025
Ellis 2, $100k, 2yo, f, 5 1/2f, 1:19 p.m. ET
Horse (Sire), Sale, Price ($)
Cold Case (Tiz the Law), OBSAPR, 150,000
C-Cortez Racing & Sales, agt; B-Jeff Mackor, agt Keith Johnston

 

Cue the Drama (Complexity), OBSAPR, 325,000
C-Cesar Loya Training & Sales, agent; B-Corbin Blumberg, agent

 

Run On States (Yaupon), OBSMAR, 200,000
C-Navas Equine; B-Stone Bridge Farm

 

Saratoga 6, $90k, 2yo, f, (R), 5 1/2f, 3:53 p.m. ET
Dolce Vino (Omaha Beach), OBSAPR, 20,000
C-Grassroots Training & Sales; B-Keri Brion, agent

 

Iron Orchard (Authentic), OBSAPR, 500,000
C-Grassroots Training & Sales; B-Bill Childs & Mark Stanton

 

Probable Choice (Improbable), OBSAPR, 45,000
C-Grassroots Training & Sales; B-Bob Novak

 

Two by Two by Two (Rock Your World)  OBSMAR, 50,000
C-Goldencents Thoroughbreds; B-Michael Dubb