Prospect Watch: Follow siblings of Thorpedo Anna, Rombauer

Posted by Admin November 18, 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.

Fair Grounds opens for the season this week and the maiden special weight races are full of youngsters with deep pedigrees. Here are a few notables:

Friday

Fair Grounds race 4 – No. 1 Canal Street is a Louisiana-bred daughter of McKinzie out of the mare You Laughin. She is a half-sibling to the ill-fated Dubai Golden Shaheen (G1) winner Zenden. Trainer Bret Calhoun conditions the filly for Martin Racing, Bob Gorsky and Circustown Racing Stable. Axel Concepcion has the ride in the six-furlong dirt debut.

Fair Grounds race 6 – No. 3 Natural Rights is a 2-year-old half-brother to Grade 2 winner Zeitlos. He is sired by Constitution out of the Redoute’s Choice mare Thyme for Roses. Like Zeitlos, Natural Rights is a homebred for Stonestreet Stable and is trained by Steve Asmussen. Zeitlos won the Thoroughbred Club of America (G2) at Keeneland this year. This maiden special weight is at 5 1/2 furlongs on turf and Jose Ortiz pilots.

Churchill Downs race 7 – Kentucky Derby winner Mandaloun’s full brother Scorpius makes his second career start, this time on dirt, for trainer Brad Cox and owner-breeder Juddmonte. In his first start at Keeneland, Scorpius ran fifth in a one-mile turf maiden race, the winner of which returned to run second on the Breeders’ Cup undercard at Del Mar. Scorpius is sired by Into Mischief out of the Empire Maker mare Brooch. He goes 1 1/16 miles this time under Florent Geroux.

Sunday
Churchill Downs race 1 – Breeders’ Cup Distaff winner Thorpedo Anna’s half-brother, McAfee, is back in the entries for his second career start. He moves up to a starter allowance for horses who graduated in auction maidens, after his winning debut for trainer Rick Dutrow. McAfee is sired by Cloud Computing and owned by Black Type Thoroughbreds.

Churchill Downs race 7 – Two noteworthy fillies debut in this 6 1/2-furlong dirt maiden special weight. Brown Sugar is a full sister to 2021 Preakness Stakes winner, Rombauer. Sired by Twirling Candy and out of the mare Cashmere, by Cowboy Cal, Brown Sugar was bred in Kentucky by John and Diane Fradkin, who also bred Rombauer. Ignacio Correas trains this filly for Resolute Racing, who also purchased Brown Sugar for $400,000 at the OBS June sale. Luis Saez has the call for her debut.

Pretty Sassy is a half-sister to 2023 Kentucky Oaks winner, Pretty Mischievous. Sired by Medaglia d’Oro out of the Tapit mare Pretty City Dancer, Pretty Sassy is a homebred for Godolphin, just like her sister. She also has the care of trainer Brendan Walsh and will be ridden by Tyler Gaffalione in this debut.

Check out more youngsters who meet the Prospect Watch criteria below.

Date	Track	Type	ML	Horse	Div	Sire	Dam	Last auction	Top sibling (Highest GS)
First-time starters
11/18	FL 4	MSW	10-1	Dr. Barry	2M	Blame	Mindy Gold		Sharp Starr (G3)
11/19	RP 6	MSW	7-2	Frannie’s Wish	2F	Vino Rosso	Rosy Humor		Stanford (G2)
11/20	CD 1	MCL	10-1	Bonita Song	2F	Cross Traffic	Bonita Blonde		Mexican Wonder Boy (G1)
11/20	PRX 7	MSW	4-1	Foil	2M	Street Sense	Elude		First Mission (G2)
11/21	AQU 1	MSW		Keepthedreamalive	2F	Into Mischief	It Tiz Well (G1)
11/22	AQU 4	MOC		Bobby Bob	2M	Constitution	Hard Not to Like (G1)
11/22	CD 3	MSW	6-1	World Chaos	3M	Into Mischief	Harvestfortheworld (IRE) (G3 Placed)		Caroline Street (G3)
11/22	DMR 6	MSW		Miso Phansy	2F	Karakontie (JPN)	Sandy Cheeks		Cheekaboo (G2)
11/22	FG 4	MSW	5-1	Canal Street	2F	McKinzie	You Laughin		Zenden (G1)
11/22	FG 6	MSW	4-1	Natural Rights	2M	Constitution	Thyme For Roses (AUS) (G3)		Zeitlos (G2)
11/22	FG 9	MSW	8-1	Liam’s Mist	2F	Liam’s Map	Misty Run		Dunkin Bend (G3)
11/22	GP 2	MSW		Rumours Have It	3F	Tapit	Songbird (G1)
11/23	AQU 9	MCL		Hey Maggie	2F	Speightstown	Cinderella Time		Horologist (G2)
11/23	CD 7	MSW		Solid Left	2M	West Coast	Solid Appeal (G2)
11/23	CD 7	MSW		Tomasello	2M	Authentic	Dakota Queen		Enola Gay (G2)
11/23	CD 7	MSW		Wise Decision	2M	American Pharoah	Belle Hill (G3)
11/23	FG 4	MSW	12-1	Beamer	2F	Jimmy Creed	Hour Queen		The Player (G2)
11/23	FG 4	MSW	8-1	Coeur Rouge	2F	Hard Spun	Mourette		Sir Anthony (G3)
11/23	FG 4	MSW	20-1	Twenty Four Grand	2F	Instagrand	Cheesecake		Beer Can Man (G3)
11/23	LRL 6	MCL		White Blue	2M	Catholic Boy	Vexed (G2)
11/24	CD 7	MSW		Brown Sugar	2F	Twirling Candy	Cashmere		Rombauer (G1)
11/24	CD 7	MSW		Good Game	2F	Game Winner	Brazen Persuasion (G3)
11/24	CD 7	MSW		Lil Drummer Girl	2F	Street Sense	Beat the Drums		Dynamic One (G2)
11/24	CD 7	MSW		Miss Authentic	2F	Authentic	Vertical Vision		Vertical Oak (G2)
11/24	CD 7	MSW		Pretty Sassy	2F	Medaglia d’Oro	Pretty City Dancer (G1)		Pretty Mischievous (G1)
11/24	FG 5	MSW		Hot Property	2M	Medaglia d’Oro	Milwaukee Appeal (G1 Placed)		Actress (G2)
11/24	GP 1	MSW		Lomax	2M	Curlin	Song of Bernadette		Catholic Boy (G1)
11/24	GP 1	MSW		Long Acting	2M	War of Will	Adorable Miss		Battle of Normandy (G3)
11/24	GP 11	MSW		No More War	2M	War of Will	Amen Hallelujah (G2)
Second-time starters
11/19	ZIA 8	MSW	3-1	My Vino	2M	Vino Rosso	Specification		Center Aisle (G3)
11/21	AQU 1	MSW		Kiss Me Slow	2F	Into Mischief	Teresa Z (G3)
11/21	CD 10	MSW	10-1	Cathcart	3F	Quality Road	S S Pinafore	KEESEP22 $800K	Plainsman (G3)
11/21	DED 8	MSW	15-1	Miss Rosie T	2F	Improbable	Dancing Alone		Dancing Solo (G3)
11/22	CD 4	MCL	8-1	Canisius	2M	City of Light	Miss Isella (G2)
11/22	CD 7	MSW	3-1	Scorpius	2M	Into Mischief	Brooch (G2)		Mandaloun (G1)
11/22	DMR 2	MSW		Rosa Parks	2F	Sir Prancealot (IRE)	S Y Sky (G3)
11/22	LRL 6	MCL		New Boots	2F	Complexity	Soundwave		Dean Martini (G3)
11/22	RP 4	MSW		Always in the Game	2M	Always Dreaming	Bridge Game (G3)
11/23	CD 7	MSW		Restless Renegade	2M	Into Mischief	Restless Rider (G1)
11/23	CD 7	MSW		Sea Vista	2M	Street Sense	Sara Louise (G2)
11/23	CD 11	MSW		Madeline’s Promise	2F	Promises Fulfilled	High Dollar Woman (G2)
11/23	CD 11	MSW		Seraphia	2F	Gun Runner	Temptress		Tenfold (G2)
11/24	CD 1	STR		McAfee	2M	Cloud Computing	Sataves		Thorpedo Anna (G1)
11/24	CD 7	MSW		Quick to Charm	2F	Goldencents	Trophy Girl		Blazing Sevens (G1)
11/24	FG 2	MCL		Constitutionreview	3M	Constitution	Sparkling Review (G2)
11/24	GP 1	MSW		Highly Potent	2M	War of Will	Exit Three		Untrapped (G3)
11/24	GP 4	MCL		Blazing Hot	2M	Khozan	Mollie’s Magic		Fiona’s Magic (G2)
11/24	GP 11	MSW		King of Ashes	2M	Street Sense	Causeforcommotion (G3)
11/24	GP 11	MSW		Oasis Prince	2M	Constitution	Imprecation		Anothertwistafate (G2)
Third-time starters
11/20	CT 5	MSW	9-5	Lawyer Up Riley	3M	Into Mischief	Call Pat (G2)
11/21	AQU 1	MSW		Ice Cream Boat	2F	Outwork	Special Treat		Chocolate Gelato (G1)
11/21	AQU 1	MSW		Sharp Smile	2F	Practical Joke	Chocolate Pop		Airoforce (G2)
11/21	CD 7	MSW	3-1	Ez Tree Ates	2F	Honor A. P.	Irish Jasper (G2)
11/22	DMR 5	MCL		Parade Down Broad	3F	Liam’s Map	Mims Eppi	OBSAPR23 $130K	Singanothersong (G3)
11/23	CD 4	MCL		Holster	3M	Gun Runner	Classy Dancer	FTKOCT22 $550K
11/23	CD 11	MSW		Heart’s Compass	2F	Into Mischief	Sailor’s Valentine (G1)
11/23	GP 7	MSW		Force of Law	2F	Constitution	Power Gal (JPN) (G3)
11/24	CD 1	STR		Moral	2M	Catholic Boy	Cross		Sign (G2)
11/24	CD 4	AOC		Donegal Destiny	3M	Arrogate	Lenatareese (G2 Placed)	KEESEP22 $325K	Big Bend (G3)
11/24	CD 5	MSW		Bisate	3M	City of Light	Sam’s Sister (G1)	KEESEP22 $325K
11/24	CD 5	MSW		Ghost Nation	4M	Tapit	Gloryzapper (G3)	FTKOCT21 $230K

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.