Prospect Watch: Midnight Bisou's 1st foal debuts

Prospect Watch: Midnight Bisou’s 1st foal debuts

Posted by author October 24, 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.

There are so many notable youngsters in this week’s report that it was hard to choose, but here are some of the notable horses of the 75 who met the report criteria.

Midnight Bisou’s first foal debuts

Churchill Downs hosts its stars of tomorrow program on its fall opening day, and no horse is more befitting of that designation than Bisou, the 2-year-old first colt of multiple Grate 1 winner Midnight Bisou. Midnight Bisou famously ran second to Maximum Security in the inaugural Saudi Cup (G1) and just earlier this year was awarded the official win after five years of controversy. Bisou is sired by Hall of Famer Curlin. He is a homebred for Jeff Bloom, who also raced Midnight Bisou. Trainer Steve Asmussen had both sire and dam in his barn and gives son Erik Asmussen a leg up for this 1 1/16 mile-maiden special weight on dirt that closes out the card.

Friday

Belmont at Aqueduct race 6. Divine Rose, a half-sister to Ashland winner Leslie’s Rose, debuts in this 1 1/16-mile turf event for trainer Cherie DeVaux. Divine Rose is sired by Good Magic and is out of the Galileo mare Wildwood Rose. John Gunther is the owner-breeder, and jockey Joel Rosario has the ride.

Keeneland race 4. Wiz the Bomb, a 2-year-old filly sired by Gormley, is entered in a six-furlong maiden claiming on dirt as an also-eligible for trainer Daniel Leitch. She is a half-sister to multiple graded-stakes winner Tiz the Bomb. Wizard Stables and Katierich Stables co-own, and Luan Machado has the ride if she draws in.

Keeneland race 6. Serendibite is a 2-year-old colt sired by Curlin out of the mare Solerina, making him a half-sibling to Concrete Rose. Concrete Rose won the Edgewood (G3), Belmont Oaks (G1) and Saratoga Oaks at 3 on turf. This colt is an also-eligible for this six-furlong dirt maiden for trainer Eric Reed. Wilbert Tan owns and jockey Rafael Bejarano has the ride.

Saturday

Laurel Park race 5. Somnium, a half-sister to Grade 1 winner Caravel, debuts. Somnium is sired by Street Boss and is a homebred for owner-trainer Elizabeth Merryman, who also bred Caravel in Pennsylvania. This debut is a 5 1/2-furlong turf sprint, the distance that Caravel excelled at, winning the Breeders’ Cup Turf Sprint in 2022.

Sunday

Churchill Downs race 11. Buzz Rocket, California Chrome’s half-brother sired by Curlin, makes his second career start in the same race as Bisou. Bill Mott trains for Frank Fletcher Racing.

Monday

Horseshoe Indianapolis race 3. Pretty in Pearls, a full sister to Grade 1 winner Wicked Strong, debuts on turf going five furlongs. Trainer Eoin Harty conditions the 2-year-old filly for Casner Racing. Wicked Strong won the 2014 Wood Memorial (G1) and Jim Dandy (G2) for Centennial Farms. He recently retired from stud in Massachusetts.

Tuesday

Horseshoe Indianapolis race 1. Take a Look is a 2-year-old filly sired by Into Mischief out of 2017 Kentucky Oaks winner Abel Tasman. Abel Tasman has two older foals, both sired by Galileo, but they have not raced. Take a Look is trained by Brad Cox for Magnier, Smith and Tabor. She begins her career on dirt going one mile with jockey Marcelino Pedroza in the irons.

Date	Track	Type	Horse	Div	Sire	Dam	Last auction	Top sibling (Highest GS)
First-time starters
10/25	BAQ 6	MSW	Aviso	2F	Hightail	Off the Road (BRZ) (G1)
10/25	BAQ 6	MSW	Cabaletta	2F	Maclean’s Music	Balletto (UAE) (G1)		Frost Point (G3)
10/25	BAQ 6	MSW	Divine Rose	2F	Good Magic	Wildwood Rose (IRE)		Leslie’s Rose (G1)
10/25	KEE 4	MCL	Wiz the Bomb	2F	Gormley	Tiz the Key		Tiz the Bomb (G2)
10/25	KEE 6	MSW	Serendibite	2M	Curlin	Solerina		Concrete Rose (G1)
10/25	LRL 6	MSW	Outrunner	2M	American Pharoah	Gale Force (G3)
10/25	SA 6	MCL	Lookin for Curly	2M	Lookin At Lucky	More Hoping		Lighthouse (G1)
10/26	BAQ 1	MSW	Graffiti Writer	2M	Into Mischief	Paid Up Subscriber (G2)
10/26	BAQ 1	MSW	Treaty of Rome	2M	Uncle Mo	Coin Broker (IRE)		Donna Veloce (G3)
10/26	KEE 10	MCL	Burnham Square	2M	Liam’s Map	Linda (G2)
10/26	LRL 5	MSW	Evershed (IRE)	2F	Churchill (IRE)	Balankiya (IRE)		Bayrir (FR) (G1)
10/26	LRL 5	MSW	Somnium	2F	Street Boss	Zeezee Zoomzoom		Caravel (G1)
10/26	MVR 1	MSW	Shanghai Delight	2F	Shancelot	Turner’s Hall (G1 Placed)		Tamarind Hall (G3)
10/26	PLN 7	MSW	Border Control	2F	Mendelssohn	Border Dispute		Combatant (G1)
10/26	SA 1	MSW	Rosa Parks	2F	Sir Prancealot (IRE)	S Y Sky (G3)
10/26	WO 3	MOC	Calling Home	2M	Catholic Boy	Like a Gem		Hard Not to Like (G1)
10/27	CD 4	MSW	Tequila n’ Salt	2M	Kitten’s Joy	Cocktail Hour		Focus Group (G2)
10/27	CD 6	MSW	Justtakethecannoli	2F	Laoban	Include Me Out (G1)
10/27	CD 7	MSW	Restless Renegade	2M	Into Mischief	Restless Rider (G1)
10/27	CD 7	MSW	Serendibite	2M	Curlin	Solerina		Concrete Rose (G1)
10/27	CD 11	MSW	Bisou	2M	Curlin	Midnight Bisou (G1)
10/27	GP 4	MCL	Dixie Escape	2F	Unified	Island Escape		Tricky Escape (G3)
10/27	LRL 6	MSW	Then What Time	2M	Not This Time	Belvedera		Plus Que Parfait (G2)
10/28	IND 3	MSW	Pretty in Pearls	2F	Hard Spun	Moyne Abbey		Wicked Strong (G1)
10/29	IND 1	MSW	Chapel Street	2F	Street Sense	Penwith (G2)
10/29	IND 1	MSW	Take a Look	2F	Into Mischief	Abel Tasman (G1)
Second-time starters
10/25	GP 3	CLM	Grand Daniel	4M	Klimt	Accusation	FTKOCT21 $14K	Sharp Sensation (G3)
10/25	KEE 2	MSW	Chapman’s Peak	2M	Quality Road	Dickinson (G1)
10/25	KEE 2	MSW	Generative	2M	McKinzie	Courtisane (ARG)		Madame Stripes (ARG) (G3)
10/25	KEE 10	MSW	Phantasmical	3F	Uncle Mo	Afleeting Lady (G2)
10/25	LRL 4	ALW	Be Inspired	3F	Munnings	Oh Carole	KEESEP22 $575K
10/25	RP 10	STK	Medicine Dog	2M	Constitution	Royal Charlotte (G2)
10/26	GP 4	MCL	Beauty Bolt	3M	Bolt d’Oro	Beautified	KEESEP22 $775K	Dance to the Music (G3)
10/26	KEE 5	ALW	Random Harvest	3F	Uncle Mo	Claire de Lune (IRE)		Full Count Felicia (G1)
10/26	SA 5	MSW	Imagineer	3M	Tapit	Nashoba’s Gold (G2)	KEESEP22 $105K
10/26	WO 10	MSW	Lastmambo in Paris	3F	Mineshaft	Moms Pride (FR)	FTKOCT22 $9K	Artislas (G3)
10/27	CD 1	MSW	Ez Tree Ates	2F	Honor A. P.	Irish Jasper (G2)
10/27	CD 3	MSW	Moral	2M	Catholic Boy	Cross		Sign (G2)
10/27	CD 4	MSW	Swirling Eights	2M	Twirling Candy	Hachi (CHI) (G3)
10/27	CD 6	MSW	Everloving	2F	Violence	Marwa (GB)		World Record (G2)
10/27	CD 8	MSW	Nile Valley	2F	American Pharoah	Little Cat Feet		Customer Base (G3)
10/27	CD 8	MSW	Princess Em Too	2F	Not This Time	Princess Warrior (G2)
10/27	CD 11	MSW	Buzz Rocket	2M	Curlin	Love the Chase		California Chrome (G1)
10/28	FL 3	MSW	Two Thirty A. M.	2M	Vino Rosso	Lost Raven (G3)
10/28	IND 7	MSW	Chemical Reaction	3F	Collected	It’schemistrybaby		Majestic City (G3)
10/28	IND 7	MSW	Moms Tribute	4F	Collected	Halloween Fun		Tom’s Tribute (G1)
10/30	CD 2	MCL	Pakula	2M	Mitole	Wealth Creation		Mighty Mischief (G3)
10/30	CD 7	MSW	Thanksgiving	3F	Uncle Mo	Cara Marie (G2 Placed)		Girl Daddy (G3)
10/30	CD 9	ALW	Senior Officer	3M	Into Mischief	Southern Ring (G3)	KEESEP22 $500K
10/30	CD 10	MCL	Kosher Capone	3M	Mendelssohn	Experience (IRE) (G3)	FTKOCT22 $30K
10/30	RP 4	MSW	Missy Gurl	2F	Cutting Humor	Miss Attractive		Awesome Baby (G2)
Third-time starters
10/25	BAQ 1	MSW	Princess Mischief	2F	Honest Mischief	Princess Consort		Waterway Run (G3)
10/25	BAQ 6	MSW	Pretty Liza	2F	Kantharos	Amurmar (IRE)		Tidal Tactics
10/25	KEE 5	ALW	The Ginger Wizard (IRE)	3M	Calyx (GB)	Fancy (IRE)		The Grey Wizard (IRE) (G2)
10/25	KEE 8	STK	Echo Sound	2F	Echo Town	Eagle Sound		Pick of the Litter (G2)
10/25	LRL 5	MCL	Urban Symphony	2M	Curlin	Sounds of the City		Venetian Harbor (G2)
10/26	BAQ 11	MSW	Blakely’s Wish	2F	Honest Mischief	My Every Wish		Firenze Fire (G1)
10/26	DED 8	ALW	Gormley’s Queen	2F	Gormley	Queen Ofthe Catsle (G3)
10/26	KEE 3	MSW	El Joury	2F	Medaglia d’Oro	Up (IRE) (G2)		Aspray (G2)
10/26	KEE 3	MSW	Humbled	2F	War of Will	Colina Verde (BRZ) (G1)		Greenzapper (G1)
10/26	LRL 2	MSW	Pay Billy	2M	Improbable	Harlington’s Rose (G3)
10/26	PLN 7	MSW	Walk’n the Beach	2F	Omaha Beach	Sky Walk		Stunning Sky (G3)
10/26	SA 3	MSW	Orange Thunder	2F	Clubhouse Ride	Orange Cove		Closing Remarks (G2)
10/26	SA 4	MSW	Majestic Palisades	3M	Majestic Harbor	Palisadesprincess		Ceiling Crusher (G1)
10/26	WO 5	MSW	D’aurum	2F	Medaglia d’Oro	Ausus (G3)
10/27	CD 5	MSW	Girl Math	2F	McKinzie	Sacristy (G3)
10/27	CD 9	STK	Claire’s Charm	2F	Violence	Hoppa		Muth (G1)
10/27	CD 9	STK	Good Cheer	2F	Medaglia d’Oro	Wedding Toast (G1)
10/27	GP 4	MCL	Camm’s Princess	2F	Caracaro	Texas to a Tee		Mississippi Delta (G3)
10/29	FL 4	MCL	Store Front	3M	Summer Front	Majorelle		Surveillance (G3)
10/29	FL 6	MSW	She’s Wicked	3F	Speightstown	Wicked Charm		Bobby’s Wicked One (G3)
10/29	IND 1	MSW	Runnin N Gunnin	2F	Gun Runner	Charity Belle (G3)		Alms (G3)
10/30	CD 4	MCL	Two Timer	2F	Improbable	Major Allie		Cistron (G1)
10/31	DED 5	MSW	Donegal Freedom	3M	Maximus Mischief	Warm Sunshine	KEESEP22 $200K	Steal Sunshine (G2)
10/31	DED 5	MSW	Marcus Gift	3M	Bernardini	Four Gifts (G3)	TTAYRL22 $79K

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.