By Stefanie Grimm
Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency
6th-DMR, $80K, Msw, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 6:44 p.m.
Making his first start Saturday for trainer Bob Baffert, FORT BRAGG (Tapit) was a $700,000 FTKOCT yearling purchase for the large ownership group of SF Racing LLC, Starlight Racing, Madaket Stables LLC, Rob Masterson, Stonestreet Stables LLC, Jay Schoenfarber, Waves Edge Capital LLC & Catherine Donovan. Bred in partnership with SF Bloodstock LLC, this is the first foal out of March X Press, who herself brought $560,000 from Parks Investment Group out of last year's Keeneland November Sale while in foal in Quality Road. Fort Bragg put in back-to-back fast works over the Del Mar track, going five furlongs in :59.1 (3/97) Aug. 28 and again in :59.2 (8/55) Sept. 4.
One gate to his inside is Gun Bullet (Gun Runner), a $475,000 KEESEP yearling out of John Sadler's barn for AMA Zingteam. This colt is a half-brother to GSW & GISP Royal Mo (Uncle Mo) and out of a daughter of MGSW Irish Linet (Seattle Song).
Out of the OBSAPR sale (:10), Fleet Feet (Nyquist) looks to rebound off a debut in graded stakes company at Del Mar Aug. 14. The $325,000 pick up suffered a troubled trip and finished sixth in the GIII Best Pal S. and now returns in maiden special weight company for George Papaprodromou.
Also an OBS grad, Jam Session (Maclean's Music) brought $280,000 from the April sale (:10) and debuts out of the barn of Mike McCarthy. TJCIS PPs
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