By J.N. Campbell
5th-GP, $84k, Msw, 3yo, 6f, 2:09 p.m. ET
Missourians Robert and Lawana Low purchased SGT. PEPPER (Uncle Mo) for $1.6 million at the 2021 FTSAUG sale. Bred by Bobby Flay Thoroughbreds, he will make his debut sprinting on the dirt with Lasix in South Florida for the Todd Pletcher barn. Sgt. Pepper, the 5-2 morning-line favorite, is a half-brother to GSW Spice Is Nice (Curlin), who fetched $1.05 million from these same connections at the 2018 KEESEP sale. Sgt. Pepper's dam Dame Dorothy (Bernardini), owned and campaigned by Bobby Flay, was herself a GISW. TJCIS PPs.
8th-GP, $84k, Msw, 3yo, 1m, 3:37 p.m. ET
Another Pletcher-trained Uncle Mo colt will head to the post for the first time on Saturday. The 7-2 morning-line favorite KINGSBARNS (Uncle Mo), an $800,000 purchase by Spendthrift Farm at last year's FTFMAR sale, is out of GSP Lady Tapit (Tapit). His female family boasts several black-type winners, including GISW Gozzip Girl (Dynaformer).
The Shug McGaughey-trained Weyhill Road (Quality Road), a $1.6-million KEESEP graduate and half to GISW and successful young sire Girvin (Tale of Ekati), returns to the track after finishing a well-beaten fourth on debut at Keeneland Oct. 21. TJCIS PPs.
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