Prospect Watch: Dreaming of Julia, Volatile siblings debut

Posted by author September 16, 2024 Horse Racing

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Horse Racing Nation’s Prospect Watch scans all upcoming entries for starters early in their careers who sold for more than $500,000 at their most recent auction or whose dams or siblings are graded-stakes winners.

Let’s take a closer look at a few of the 56 runners of note this week.

Tuesday

Indiana Grand entries, race 1. In this maiden special weight going a mile on the main track for 2-year-old fillies, trainer Brad Cox debuts Blind Faith, a daughter of Medaglia d’Oro and a half-sibling to Grade 3 winner Hit Show. Her older brother is by Candy Ride, and probably best known for finishing fifth in the 2023 Kentucky Derby.

Friday

Presque Isle entries, race 3. Jumping from a winning debut to a listed stakes is Tessitura, a 2-year-old filly by Medaglia d’Oro out of Grade 1 winner Octave. Trained by Eoin Harty, she is owned by Godolphin.

Saturday

Belmont at Aqueduct entries, race 1. In the opener on Saturday, Au Contraire, a 2-year-old homebred by Tapit, debuts for trainer Jena Antonucci and owner Stonestreet Stables in a maiden special sprint on the main track. The royally-bred filly is out of the Grade 1 winning dam Dream Rush and a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Dreaming of Julia.

Gulfstream Park entries, race 7. In this six furlong maiden special on the main track, Melody Man, a 2-year-old homebred son of Into Mischief and a half-brother to Grade 1 winner Volatile debuts for trainer Heather Smullen and owner Whisper Hill Farm.

Churchill Downs entries, race 5. The LNJ Foxwoods homebred Rothko, a 2-year-old Tapit colt out of the Grade 1 winner Covfefe, makes his second start after finishing fourth at even money in his debut at Ellis Park. He returns in another maiden special weight, stretching out from seven furlongs in his debut to a mile.

Sunday

Churchill Downs entries, race 7. After just missing by a neck in her maiden special debut at Saratoga in the mud, Claire’s Charm, a 2-year-old half-sister to Grade 1 winner Muth stretches out from six furlongs to a mile. A daughter of Violence, she is trained by Phil Bauer and owned by Rigney Racing.

Here are the 56 first, second and third-time starters in the entries who meet the Prospect Watch criteria.

Date	Track	Type	Horse	Div	Sire	Dam	Last auction	Top sibling (Highest GS)
First-time starters
9/16	IND 8	MSW	Moon Mystique	2F	Malibu Moon	Mrs. Boss (BRZ) (G3)
9/17	IND 1	MSW	Blind Faith	2F	Medaglia d’Oro	Actress (G2)		Hit Show (G3)
9/18	RP 7	MSW	Folding Money	3M	Laoban	Elrose	KEESEP22 $130K	Super Freaky (G3)
9/19	BAQ 3	MSW	Gun Barrel City	3M	Frankel (GB)	Mrs McDougal (G2)		Seal Team (GB) (G2)
9/19	BAQ 9	MSW	Silent Dreamer	2F	Into Mischief	Celestine (G1)
9/19	RP 6	MCL	Allez Cupid	2F	Cupid	Article Rare (G3)
9/20	CD 4	MSW	Ensorcell	2F	Not This Time	On Fire Baby (G1)
9/20	CD 7	MSW	Cocktail Kisses	2F	Classic Empire	Chocolate Kisses (G3)
9/20	CD 7	MSW	Everloving	2F	Violence	Marwa (GB)		World Record (G2)
9/20	CD 7	MSW	Mendela	2F	Mendelssohn	Jenda’s Agenda		Just Cindy (G3)
9/21	BAQ 1	MSW	Au Contraire	2M	Tapit	Dream Rush (G1)		Dreaming of Julia (G1)
9/21	BAQ 1	MSW	Fun to Tap	2M	Tapit	Plenty O’Toole		Mr. Money (G3)
9/21	BAQ 7	MSW	Have a Cigar	2M	Practical Joke	Riviera Chic		Brooklyn Strong (G2)
9/21	CD 1	MCL	She’s Single Again	2F	Classic Empire	Stop the Wedding		Morello (G3)
9/21	CD 5	MSW	Cash the Money	2M	Gun Runner	Money Huntress		Noble Beauty (G3)
9/21	CD 11	MSW	Pahoehoe d’Oro	3F	Medaglia d’Oro	Miss Exclusive	KEESEP22 $500K
9/21	GP 1	MSW	Just Got Lucky	2F	Bernardini	Mambo Bell		Noble Moon (G2)
9/21	GP 7	MSW	Melody Man	2M	Into Mischief	Melody Lady		Volatile (G1)
9/22	CD 10	MSW	Senior Officer	3M	Into Mischief	Southern Ring (G3)	KEESEP22 $500K
9/22	GP 10	MCL	Oasis Prince	2M	Constitution	Imprecation		Anothertwistafate (G2)
Second-time starters
9/16	IND 7	MSW	Hold My Halo	4F	Great Notion	Modena Bay (NZ) (G3 Placed)		Ruby Notion (G3)
9/16	MNR 3	ALW	Quebeck (ARG)	5M	Cisne Branco (ARG)	Queen Cabaret (BRZ) (G3 Placed)		Quechua (ARG) (G1)
9/17	PID 1	MSW	Saki Bomb	2M	Vino Rosso	Cactus Kris (G3)
9/18	IND 2	MSW	Touchdown Rocket	3M	Arrogate	Sensitively (G3 Placed)	OBSMAR23 $525K
9/19	BAQ 9	MSW	Yesterday	2F	American Pharoah	Essential Rose		Roses for Debra (G3)
9/19	WO 2	MSW	Running Lights	3M	Munnings	Aurora Lights (G3)
9/20	BAQ 1	MSW	Policy Change	2M	Munnings	Excited (G3)
9/20	BAQ 6	MSW	Princess Mischief	2F	Honest Mischief	Princess Consort		Waterway Run (G3)
9/20	CD 1	MCL	Sound of Victory	3M	Audible	Victress (G3)
9/20	CD 10	MCL	Holster	3M	Gun Runner	Classy Dancer	FTKOCT22 $550K
9/20	PID 3	STK	Tessitura	2F	Medaglia d’Oro	Octave (G1)
9/21	BAQ 7	MSW	Caddiemaster	2M	Liam’s Map	Democrat Taxes		Sue’s Fortune (G2)
9/21	CD 5	MSW	Rothko	2M	Tapit	Covfefe (G1)
9/21	CD 11	MSW	Pretty Pertinent	3F	Liam’s Map	Pretty Prolific (G3)
9/21	GP 3	MCL	Ruby Tiger	2F	The Factor	Wichita		Second of July (G3)
9/21	GP 3	MCL	Timber	2F	Tom’s d’Etat	Nadadora		Olympic Runner (G2)
9/22	CD 5	MCL	Skater	2M	Nyquist	Tapit Today (G3)
9/22	CD 7	MSW	Claire’s Charm	2F	Violence	Hoppa		Muth (G1)
9/22	CD 7	MSW	Girl Math	2F	McKinzie	Sacristy (G3)
Third-time starters
9/17	FL 1	ALW	Beauty’s Bangle	4F	Beautyinthepulpit	Sutra (G1)
9/17	IND 5	MCL	Valobra	4M	Ghostzapper	Margarita Mistress		Patrona Margarita (G2)
9/18	CD 4	MCL	In the Numbers	3M	Flatter	Simply Sunny	KEESEP22 $360K	Fore Left (G3)
9/19	CD 6	ALW	Kinetic	3M	Street Sense	Collective		Shared Sense (G3)
9/19	IND 3	MCL	D Day Reunion	3M	Omaha Beach	Silver Reunion (G3)		Speaktomeofsummer (G2)
9/20	BAQ 1	MSW	Lucas’s Mischief	2M	Into Mischief	Harvestfortheworld (IRE) (G3 Placed)		Caroline Street (G3)
9/20	BAQ 9	MCL	Philly’s Finest	3F	Flameaway	Sky Dreamer (G3 Placed)	KEESEP22 $57K	Kimbear (G2)
9/20	CD 10	MCL	Deputy Mischief	3M	Into Mischief	Delightful Mary (G3)
9/20	CD 10	MCL	Varvatos	3M	Medaglia d’Oro	River Maid (G2)	KEESEP22 $385K
9/21	BAQ 11	ALW	Fake Celebrity	4M	Practical Joke	Riviera Chic	SARAUG21 $85K	Brooklyn Strong (G2)
9/21	CD 5	MSW	Knock Knock Joke	2M	Practical Joke	Surrender		Red Flag (G3)
9/21	CD 9	STK	Illuminare	3M	City of Light	I Still Miss You	KEESEP22 $500K
9/21	GP 9	STK	Rafid	2M	Into Mischief	Rayya (G3)
9/22	CD 3	MCL	Starscape	3M	Ghostzapper	Prospective Saint (G3)	KEESEP22 $225K
9/22	CD 5	MCL	Righteous Star	2M	Authentic	Munny Spunt (G3)
9/22	CD 10	MSW	Braven	3M	Audible	Letchworth		We the People (G3)
9/22	CD 10	MSW	Fly J’s Funtastic	3M	Funtastic	Flowery	KEESEP22 $2.2K	La Enaltecida (G2)

Legend:

Div: Age and sex. 2F for 2-year-old fillies, 2M for 2-year-old males (colts/geldings), etc.

Top sibling (highest graded stakes): The sibling with the highest level of graded stakes won (G1, G2, G3) followed by the most money won if two siblings are at the same level.

Bolded names are mentioned in the article.