Prospect Watch: McPeek debuts $650,000 Curlin colt

Posted by Admin November 6, 2024 Horse Racing

Prospect Watch: McPeek debuts 0,000 Curlin colt

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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.

Several siblings of Grade 1 winners are set to debut this post-Breeders’ Cup weekend, as is the first foal of a popular Grade-3-winning mare. Here are the highlights among 49 who hit the Prospect Watch criteria.

Thursday

Churchill Downs race 9. Oh Monaco, a 2-year-old colt sired by Curlin out of the mare Byrama, is a full brother to 2021 Florida Derby winner Known Agenda. Oh Monaco was a $650,000 purchase by Resolute Racing’s John Stewart at Keeneland September 2023. He starts in this one-mile maiden special weight on dirt for trainer Kenny McPeek and will be ridden by Brian Hernandez Jr., who paired to win this year’s Kentucky Derby and Oaks.

Friday

Aqueduct race 1. Game Chaser, a 2-year-old filly by first-year sire Game Winner, debuts for trainer Linda Rice at 6 1/2 furlongs on dirt. Game Chaser’s dam is Shehadmefromhello, an Empire Maker mare who produced Grade 1 Test winner Separationofpowers. She is a homebred for Summer Wind Farm and will be ridden by Jose Lezcano.

Saturday

Aqueduct race 1. Tux is a 2-year-old colt sired by Tapit out of the Grade-3 winning mare Fancy Dress Party. Tux debuts for owner-breeder LNJ Foxwoods at 6 1/2 furlongs on dirt. Trainer Bill Mott conditions the colt, and jockey Junior Alvarado is in the irons. Fancy Dress Party won the 2019 Beaumont stakes at Keeneland.

Sunday

Laurel Park race 1. Somnium, a half-sister to Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint winner Caravel, is an also-eligible in this 5 1/2-furlong maiden special weight on turf. In her first start going the same distance on Oct. 26, Somnium made an impressive late run to just miss the win. Owner-breeder Elizabeth Merryman also trains the daughter of Street Boss out of the Congrats mare Zeezee Zoomzoom.

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

Date	Track	Type	Horse	Div	Sire	Dam	Last auction	Top sibling (Highest GS)
First-time starters
11/7	CD 9	MSW	Oh Monaco	2M	Curlin	Byrama (GB) (G1)	KEESEP23 $650K	Known Agenda (G1)
11/8	AQU 1	MSW	Game Chaser	2F	Game Winner	Shehadmefromhello		Separationofpowers (G1)
11/8	AQU 2	MSW	Happy Henry	3M	Street Sense	Renda (G2 Placed)	KEESEP22 $425K	Rock Fall (G1)
11/8	AQU 4	MSW	My Sherrona	2F	Not This Time	Class Included (G3)
11/8	AQU 4	MSW	Taratel	2F	Candy Ride (ARG)	Scarlet Strike (G3)		Toro Strike (G3)
11/8	CD 6	MSW	Somerville	2F	Street Sense	Patrona Margarita (G2)
11/9	AQU 1	MSW	Peak Performer	2M	Curlin	Fly So High (G2)
11/9	AQU 1	MSW	Salamis	2M	Speightstown	Antonoe (G1)		Segesta (G2)
11/9	AQU 1	MSW	Tux	2M	Tapit	Fancy Dress Party (G3)
11/9	CD 1	MSW	Queenoftheuniverse	5F	Hard Spun	Love Train	OBSAPR21 $30K	Tripoli (G1)
11/9	GP 5	MSW	Kamari	2F	Nyquist	Remembered		Bowies Hero (G1)
11/10	GP 4	MSW	Flashy Motor	3F	Omaha Beach	Dynamotor	KEESEP22 $200K	Our Flash Drive (G2)
11/10	GP 9	MCL	Secret Bagent Man	2M	Global Campaign	Miss Skeetd		Mr. Jordan (G3)
Second-time starters
11/7	CD 7	SOC	One True Shance	2M	Shancelot	Yankee Victoria		Shang Shang Shang (G2)
11/7	CD 9	MSW	Cornhuskerchris	2M	Game Winner	Town Tour		Souper Hoity Toity (G3)
11/8	AQU 1	MSW	Wind Flower	2F	Constitution	Blamed (G3)
11/8	AQU 4	MSW	Not the First Time	2F	Not This Time	Moonlight Serenade		Dixie Serenade (G3)
11/8	CD 5	ALW	Blameitonbourbon	2M	Authentic	Beyond Blame (G3)
11/8	CD 6	MSW	Fallon	2F	Volatile	Fighter Wing		Glass Ceiling (G3)
11/8	CD 6	MSW	Jewel Box	2F	Street Sense	Ivory Empress (G3 Placed)		McCraken (G2)
11/8	CD 6	MSW	Risky Wave	2F	West Coast	Run a Risk		Risk Taking (G3)
11/8	DED 6	STK	Map of Donegal	2M	Liam’s Map	Jazz Tune		Rattle N Roll (G1)
11/8	DMR 5	MSW	Just as Fancy	2F	Volatile	Clarendon Fancy		Brightwork (G1)
11/9	CD 5	MSW	Lebowski	2M	Caravaggio	Becky’s Best		Becky’s Joker (G3)
11/9	DED 3	MSW	He’s Ready to Win	2M	Imperial Hint	Ready’s Gal (G2)		Machen (G3)
11/9	RP 5	MSW	Ziah Y G	2F	Brody’s Cause	Mattie Camp		Really Mr Greely (G3)
11/10	CD 2	MCL	Army Hero	3M	Union Rags	Smokey’s Love		Fighting Mad (G1)
11/10	CD 4	MSW	Cocktail Kisses	2F	Classic Empire	Chocolate Kisses (G3)
11/10	CD 4	MSW	Princess Em Too	2F	Not This Time	Princess Warrior (G2)
11/10	CD 6	MCL	Bisate	3M	City of Light	Sam’s Sister (G1)	KEESEP22 $325K
11/10	LRL 1	MSW	Somnium	2F	Street Boss	Zeezee Zoomzoom		Caravel (G1)
Third-time starters
11/7	AQU 2	MOC	My Mitole	2M	Mitole	Board Battle		Xtina (G2)
11/7	CD 8	ALW	Indigo Stunner	2F	Authentic	Blue Gallina		Can Group (G2)
11/7	WO 3	MCL	Dialedinwitha D	2F	Dialed In	Gabbywitha G (G2)
11/8	CD 2	MSW	Braven	3M	Audible	Letchworth		We the People (G3)
11/8	CD 9	MSW	Kosher Capone	3M	Mendelssohn	Experience (IRE) (G3)	FTKOCT22 $30K
11/8	CD 9	MSW	Velociraptor	3M	Accelerate	Lets Dance Charlie	OBSOCT22 $15K	Elm Drive (G2)
11/8	DED 5	STK	Nomoretanlines	2F	Global Campaign	Mary Delaney (G2)		Dr Post (G3)
11/8	DMR 8	MSW	Sparrow	4F	Into Mischief	Belleski (G3)		Keri Belle (G3)
11/8	LRL 3	AOC	Turk and Wendy	2M	The Factor	Scoop of Gold		Medea (IRE) (G3)
11/8	LRL 7	ALW	Yercan Maro (ARG)	4M	Cityscape (GB)	Yumba Fitz (ARG)		Yumara Chica (ARG) (G2)
11/9	GP 3	MCL	Frosty Shop	3M	Frosted	Shoppers Return		Imprimis (G2)
11/10	CD 4	MSW	Humbled	2F	War of Will	Colina Verde (BRZ) (G1)		Greenzapper (G1)
11/10	CD 4	MSW	Les Is Best	2F	Catholic Boy	Unfold the Rose		Stephanie’s Kitten (G1)
11/10	CD 6	MCL	Levee Was Dry	4M	Maclean’s Music	Tap Softly	KEESEP21 $100K	Silver Prospector (G2)
11/10	GP 9	MCL	Deputy Tramon	2M	Improbable	Lucas Street		Wavell Avenue (G1)
11/10	GP 11	MCL	Cruising	3M	Catalina Cruiser	Private Feeling	KEENOV21 $200K	Lookin At Lucky (G1)
11/11	IND 5	CLM	Greatest Moment	3F	Protonico	An Annika Moment	KEESEP22 $24K	Madame Cactus (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.