Sunday Insights

6th-MTH, $36K, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 3:22 p.m. ET
George Weaver trainee TRUE BELIEF (Gone Astray) will attempt to get off the mark at first asking for R A Hill Stable and Reeves Thoroughbred Racing, the latter of GI Breeders’ Cup Classic hero Mucho Macho Man (Macho Uno) fame on closing day at the Oceanport oval. Easily the most expensive representative of his freshman sire at the sales when appreciating from a $70,000 OBSAUG yearling to a $435,000 2-year-old at FTIMAY after working a furlong in :10.1, the Florida-bred’s dam is a half to champion juvenile and MGISW Shared Belief (Candy Ride {Arg}), as well as GSW Little Miss Holly (Maria’s Mon). Key Phrase (Flying Paster), winner of the GI Santa Monica H., is under the third dam. Maggi Moss firster Pilot House (Midshipman) goes to bat for the Terri Pompay barn. The chestnut is out of SW Clear Destiny (Deputy Minister), a half-sister to GISW Gemologist (Tiznow). Click for TJCIS.com PPs.

4th-SA, $52K, Msw, 2yo, 6 1/2f, 5:30 p.m. ET
Bob Baffert saddles MOR SPIRIT (Eskendereya) in this debut for Michael Lund Petersen. A son of MSW and GSP I’m a Dixie Girl (Dixie Union), the dark bay was a $85,000 FTKOCT yearling that blossomed into a $650,000 FTFMAR 2-year-old after breezing a furlong in :10.1. Mor Spirit was the most expensive juvenile of 2015 for his sire and this is the extended family of GISWs Great Hunter (Aptitude) and Stellar Wind (Curlin). Click for TJCIS.com PPs.