By Alan Carasso
Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer racing season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings at both Saratoga and Del Mar and at Ellis Park, which attract its fair share of high-priced offspring from a variety of top national outfits.
Summer Breezes highlights debuting 2-year-olds at those meetings that have been sourced at the breeze-up sales earlier in the year, with links to their under-tack previews. To follow are the horses entered for Saturday at Saratoga, Ellis Park and Del Mar and including any already-raced 2yo sales grads entered for the afternoon's juvenile graded stakes on either coast:
Saturday, August 12, 2023
Saratoga 1, $88k, 2yo, (S), 6f, 1:10 p.m. ET
Horse (Sire), Sale, Price ($), Breeze
Solo in Paris (Solomini), FTMMAY, 15,000, :10.3
Consignor: Grassroots Training & Sales LLC
Buyer: Randi Persaud
Saratoga 2, $136k, 2yo, 5 1/2fT, 1:42 p.m. ET
Better Luck (Twirling Candy), FTMMAY, 25,000, :10.4
Consignor: Grassroots Training & Sales, agent
Buyer: Three Diamonds Farm
Run Jalen Run (Runhappy)-MTO, OBSMAR, 42,000, :10.1
Consignor: Mason Springs Partnership (Marcus & Crystal Ryan)
Buyer: Joe Sharp, agent
Ellis 5, $70k, 2yo, 1 1/16mT, 2:53 p.m. ET
Crusading (Curlin), OBSAPR, 310,000, :10.2
Consignor: de Meric Sales, agent
Buyer: Winchell Thoroughbreds LLC
Dirbas (Constitution), FTMMAY, 105,000, :11
Consignor: Eddie Woods, agent
Buyer: HRH Prince Saud Bin Salman Racing Stable
Saratoga 8, Saratoga Special S.-GII, 2yo, c, 6.5f, 5:06 p.m. ET
Haul (Army Mule), OBSAPR, 260,000, :9.4
Consignor: Envision Equine, agent
Buyer: Eclipse Thoroughbred Partners & St Elias Stable
Del Mar 6, Sorrento S.-GIII, 2yo, f, 6f, 7:45 p.m. ET
Benedetta (City of Light), OBSMAR, 750,000, :9.4
Consignor: Top Line Sales LLC, agent
Buyer: K S I
Dreamfyre (Flameaway), OBSAPR, 140,000, :9.4
Consignor: S G V Thoroughbreds (Steven Venosa), agent
Buyer: Danny Eplin
Feisty Mitole (Mitole), OBSAPR, 160,000, :20.4
Consignor: Wavertree Stables Inc (Ciaran Dunne), agent
Buyer: Peter Miller, agent
Motet (Mo Town), OBSAPR, 20,000, :10.2
Consignor: Grassroots Training & Sales, agent
Buyer: Gary Folgner
Ur in Trouble (Maximus Mischief), FTMMAY, 87,000, :10.2
Consignor: Golden Rock Thoroughbreds, agent
Buyer: Dennis O'Neill
Del Mar 8, $82k, 2yo, 5 1/2f, 8:45 p.m.
Ario (Bolt d'Oro), OBSMAR, 150,000, :21
Consignor: Parrish Farms, agent
Buyer: Mike Ryan, agent
Sir Maximus (Maximus Mischief), OBSAPR, 80,000, :10
Consignor: L G, agent
Buyer: Dennis O'Neill
In Suspense (Mendelssohn), OBSMAR, 160,000, :9.4
Consignor: Old South Farm LLC, agent
Buyer: Ryan Hanson
Mr Fabricator (Exaggerator), OBSMAR, 155,000, :20.4
Consignor: Gene Recio, agent
Buyer: Brooke Hubbard, agent
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