Prospect Watch: Meet California Chrome’s little bro Buzz Rocket

Posted by Admin September 22, 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 63 runners of note this week.

Sunday: 2nd try for Muth sibling

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.

Woodbine entries, race 4. North of the border, 4-year-old gelding Patches O’Houlihan has been dominant, winning 10 of 12 starts including multiple Grade 3 wins. On Sunday his 3-year-old half-sibling by Souper Speedy debuts in a maiden optional claimer going six furlongs over the Tapeta main track. May and June makes his debut as a gelding, starting for trainer Ronald Tiller and owner-breeder Frank Di Giulio Jr.

Tuesday: Tarifa’s half-sibling

Indiana Grand entries, race 6. In this maiden special-weight sprint on the main track for 2-year-old fillies, trainer Eddie Kenneally debuts Josie’s Girl, a daughter of Bernardini and a half-sibling to Grade 2 winner Tarifa, who just ran third to Thorpedo Anna in the Grade 1 Cotillion at Parx yesterday. Josie’s Girl is owned by MNM Racing and is 7-2 on the morning line.

Friday: California Chrome’s 2-year-old brother

Churchill Downs entries, race 8. Champion California Chrome’s latest sibling to debut is Buzz Rocket, a 2-year-old son of Curlin trained by Bill Mott and owned by Frank Fletcher Racing. He was purchased at the Fasig-Tipton October 2023 sale for $460,000.

Buzz Rocket debuts in a one mile, $120,000 maiden special weight on the main track. He’s been working steadily, starting in June at Saratoga with the last several works at Belmont. Florent Géroux has the call.

Here is how the offspring of California Chrome’s dam Love the Chase have performed.

California Chrome’s dam Love the Chase offspring

Horse	Sex	Year	Sire	Record	Earnings
California Chrome	H	2011	Lucky Pulpit	27: 16-4-1	$14,752,650
Hopes Love	M	2013	Lucky Pulpit	5: 0-1-0	$8,562
R Sunday Surprise	M	2014	Lucky Pulpit	9: 1-0-3	$59,895
Faversham	H	2015	Lucky Pulpit	19: 2-2-1	$81,086
Fort McHenry	G	2017	Tapit	11: 1-1-2	$45,836
Primary Endpoint	H	2018	Pioneerof the Nile	3: 0-1-0	$6,595
Captaire	M	2019	Uncle Mo	5: 1-1-0	$34,480
Halucinogenie	G	2020	Accelerate	1: 0-0-0	$0
Celtic Elegance	F	2021	Medaglia d’Oro	3: 0-0-0	$1,354
Buzz Rocket	C	2022	Curlin	0: 0-0-0

Here are the 63 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
9/22	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)
9/22	LRL 5	MSW	Burden of Proof	3M	Constitution	Sand Puce (ARG) (G2)	FTSAUG22 $700K
9/22	WO 4	MOC	May and June	3M	Souper Speedy	Maythefourthbwithu		Patches O’Houlihan (G3)
9/23	IND 3	MSW	Austin’s Map	3M	Liam’s Map	Appenzell		Basin (G1)
9/23	PID 4	MSW	List	2F	Vino Rosso	Zeenut		Miss Leslie (G2)
9/24	IND 6	MSW	Josie’s Girl	2F	Bernardini	Kite Beach		Tarifa (G2)
9/24	MNR 8	MSW	S S Funny Forever	3M	D’ Funnybone	Honky Tonk Angel		Olivia Darling (G2)
9/25	CD 5	MSW	Moral	2M	Catholic Boy	Cross		Sign (G2)
9/25	CD 5	MSW	Tap Em’ Out	2M	Tapit	India (G2)		Mozu Ascot (G1)
9/25	FL 6	MSW	Two Thirty A. M.	2M	Vino Rosso	Lost Raven (G3)
9/25	IND 3	MSW	Team Troy	2M	Mohaymen	Addae Do Jaguarete (BRZ) (G3)
9/26	BAQ 1	MSW	Wind Flower	2F	Constitution	Blamed (G3)
9/26	BTP 4	MSW	San Lino	2F	Tom’s d’Etat	Ballade’s Girl		Coalport (G3)
9/26	CD 1	MSW	Ez Tree Ates	2F	Honor A. P.	Irish Jasper (G2)
9/26	CD 4	MSW	Saving Heart	2M	Army Mule	Springside (G2)
9/27	BAQ 1	MSW	Citational	3F	Into Mischief	Nina Fever	KEESEP22 $1.4M	Nickname (G1)
9/27	CD 6	MSW	Mendela	2F	Mendelssohn	Jenda’s Agenda		Just Cindy (G3)
9/27	CD 8	MSW	Buzz Rocket	2M	Curlin	Love the Chase		California Chrome (G1)
9/27	CD 8	MSW	Into Thin Air	2M	Into Mischief	Tiz Breathtaking (G3)
9/28	CBY 3	MSW	Innately Good	2M	Good Samaritan	Cayuga’s Waters		Glorious View (G2)
9/28	CD 4	MSW	Swirling Eights	2M	Twirling Candy	Hachi (CHI) (G3)
9/28	CD 4	MSW	Vermelho	2M	Constitution	Ruby Lips (G3 Placed)		Lone Rock (G2)
9/28	CD 6	MCL	Silver Flame	2F	Flameaway	Dancinginherdreams (G2)		Champions Dream (G3)
9/28	CD 7	MSW	Cornhuskerchris	2M	Game Winner	Town Tour		Souper Hoity Toity (G3)
9/28	CD 7	MSW	Generative	2M	McKinzie	Courtisane (ARG)		Madame Stripes (ARG) (G3)
9/28	CD 11	MSW	Kosher Capone	3M	Mendelssohn	Experience (IRE) (G3)	FTKOCT22 $30K
Second-time starters
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)
9/22	LRC 2	MSW	Majestic Palisades	3M	Majestic Harbor	Palisadesprincess		Ceiling Crusher (G1)
9/23	FL 3	STK	Princess Mischief	2F	Honest Mischief	Princess Consort		Waterway Run (G3)
9/24	IND 5	MSW	Jam’s Paper Moon	3F	Oscar Performance	Justaroundmidnight (IRE) (G3)		Duopoly (G1)
9/24	IND 5	MSW	Nippy Star	3F	Constitution	Capital Plan (G2)
9/24	IND 7	MSW	Estuary	3F	Hard Spun	Assateague (G3)
9/25	CD 2	MCL	Spunderella	2F	Hard Spun	Southern Honey (G3)
9/25	DEL 6	MSW	Win and Be Happy	4M	Runhappy	Victory On Tap		My Majestic Rose (G2)
9/25	IND 3	MSW	Moon Sniper	2M	Caravaggio	Ruby Notion (G3)
9/26	BAQ 8	MCL	Liberte de Bayeux	3M	Omaha Beach	Wyomia (G3)
9/26	DEL 5	MSW	Pay Billy	2M	Improbable	Harlington’s Rose (G3)
9/26	IND 7	MSW	Humbled	2F	War of Will	Colina Verde (BRZ) (G1)		Greenzapper (G1)
9/26	IND 7	MSW	Indigo Stunner	2F	Authentic	Blue Gallina		Can Group (G2)
9/26	PRM 2	MCL	My Fine Aquiline	2F	Bravazo	Windyindy		Tiz Windy (G2)
9/27	BAQ 6	MSW	Classicist	2M	Curlin	Playtime		Jouster (G2)
9/27	BAQ 6	MSW	Praetor	2M	Into Mischief	Curlin’s Approval (G2)
9/28	CD 9	ALW	Good Cheer	2F	Medaglia d’Oro	Wedding Toast (G1)
9/28	CD 11	MSW	Velociraptor	3M	Accelerate	Lets Dance Charlie	OBSOCT22 $15K	Elm Drive (G2)
Third-time starters
9/22	BAQ 4	MCL	Kilkerran	3M	Enticed	Ever Nice (ARG) (G2)	SARAUG22 $87K
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)
9/23	IND 5	ALW	Robert’s Moon	2M	Gift Box	Dancing Blues		Materille (G3)
9/23	IND 5	ALW	Truly Legit	2M	Authentic	Jordan’s Henny (G3)
9/23	PRX 7	MSW	No Tricks	3F	Into Mischief	Dance to Bristol (G1)		Rockefeller (G3)
9/25	IND 2	MCL	Track Ranger	2M	Hightail	Oxy Lady (G3)
9/25	IND 5	MCL	A Must See	3F	Catholic Boy	Glittering Tax	FTKOCT22 $30K	Miss Temple City (G1)
9/26	CD 4	MSW	Perfect Magic	2M	Maclean’s Music	You Asked (G2 Placed)		Do Share (G3)
9/26	HAW 3	MSW	Margarita Bluebird	2F	Street Sense	Wide Range		Mico Margarita (G3)
9/27	CD 8	MSW	American Promise	2M	Justify	Tapella		Hoosier Philly (G2)
9/28	CD 11	MSW	General Issue (FR)	3M	Hard Spun	My Gi Gi (G2)	KEESEP22 $3K
9/28	GP 9	STK	Discreet Dancer	2M	Tapit	Sweet N Discreet (G2 Placed)		Sweet Melania (G2)
9/28	RP 9	MSW	Eskenforaraise	2F	Constitution	Eskenformoney (G3)

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.