Insights on the American Racing Scene for Sept. 2

5th-ELP, $38K, Msw, 2yo, 6 1/2f, 3:42 p.m. EDT
Stronach Stable's homebred SINGING BULLET (Hard Spun) debuts without Lasix for the Dale Romans barn Friday. A son of GI Beldame S. and GI Ogden Phipps H. heroine Life At Ten (Malibu Moon), who sold for $1.95 million to Adena Springs at KEENOV in 2011, the bay has strung together a steady series of works beneath the Twin Spires in preparation. He will face fellow Romans trainee Speedy A.P. (Lemon Drop Kid), a Calumet Farm homebred, who is out of SW & MGISP Fircroft (A.P. Indy), from the same family as champion North Sider (Topsider). Debutante Decmeister (Bodemeister) will represent Tom Walters and trainer James Baker. Out of GIII Sugar Swirl S. winner and MGISP Pretty Prolific (Lion Heart), the colt's third dam is champion older mare & MGISW Waya (Fr) (Faraway Son). TJCIS PPs

6th-SAR, $83K, Msw, 2yo, f, 5 1/2fT, 3:48 p.m. EDT
Stonestreet Stables LLC's K J WARRIOR (Tapit) headlines this Spa grass maiden. Hailing from new Hall of Famer Steve Asmussen's barn, the grey was snapped up for $575,000 as a KEENOV weanling and is out of MSW J Z Warrior (Harlan's Holiday). She in turn, is a half-sister to GISW A Z Warrior (Bernardini), and GSW & GISPs Jojo Warrior (Pioneerof the Nile) and E Z Warrior (Exploit). Gary Barber's Black Canary (War Front) was also a hit at the sales, blossoming from a $110,000 KEESEP RNA yearling to a $425,000 OBSJUN 2-year-old after breezing a furlong in :10 flat, as the lone representative of her sire at the sale. The Mark Casse charge is a out of a GSP half-sister to GISW Cat Moves (Tale of the Cat) and another half-sister produced GI Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf winner Hootenanny (Quality Road). Bellavais (Tapit) could also make some noise from the Jimmy Toner barn. The Phillips Racing Partnership homebred sports a pedigree synonymous with high-class turfers. Out of GIII Athenia S. victress La Cloche (Ghostzapper), herself a half-sister to MGISW Winter Memories (El Prado {Ire}), the chestnut's seconddam is MGISW Memories of Silver (Silver Hawk). Gary Contessa saddles Happy Motoring (Harlan's Holiday) for Lee Pokoik. (Click here for a feature by Brian DiDonato). The $300,000 FTNAUG yearling fired a three-panel bullet in :36 4/5 over the turf here Aug. 22 and is a half-sister to GISW Regally Ready (More Than Ready), who has already earned north of $1.8 million. Second dam Vilikaia (Nureyev) was a GSW in France and placed at the highest-level in both the G1 Irish 1000 Guineas and G1 Prix l'Abbaye de Longchamp. TJCIS PPs