Summer Breezes, Sponsored By OBS: August 29, 2024

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Some of the most highly anticipated races during the summer racing season are the 'baby' races during the boutique meetings at Saratoga and Del Mar and at Kentucky Downs, which attract its fair share of high-priced offspring from a variety of top national outfits. Summer Breezes highlights debuting and stakes-entered 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. Here are the horses entered for Thursday at Saratoga and for the first of six days of racing at Kentucky Downs:

Thursday, August 29, 2024
Saratoga 1, $80k, 2yo, (R), 5 1/2fT, 1:10 p.m.
Horse (Sire), Sale, Price ($), Breeze
Papa's Nico Boy (Blame), OBSAPR, 14,000, :10 2/5
C-RiceHorse Stable (Brandon & Ali Rice); B-Danny Chen

 

Resistance Futile (Thousand Words), FTMMAY, 47,000, :10 2/5
C-Tom McCrocklin, agent; B-Bruce Brown, agent

 

 

KY Downs 1, $170k, 2yo, f, 6 1/2fT, 1:25 p.m. ET
Exington (Hard Spun), OBSAPR, 155,000, :10
C-Harris Training Center LLC; B-EMCEE Stable, C Blumberg, agt

 

Giggle Giggle (Practical Joke), OBSAPR, 270,000, :10 1/5
C-de Meric Sales, agent; B-Exline-Border Racing, M Farrell, agt

 

Rhaenys (Higher Power), OBSJUN, 120,000, :10 1/5
C-30-30 Ranch, agent; B-Lets Go D Stable

 

 

KY Downs 5, $170k, 2yo, f, 6 1/2fT, 3:34 p.m. ET
Bembridge Ledge (English Channel)-AE, OBSJUN, 45,000, G
C-Boutte Sales, agent; B-Three Diamonds Farm LLC

 

Dreaming of Lilies (Global Campaign), FTMMAY, 100,000, :10 3/5
C-Hidden Brook, agent; B-Jason Richey

 

Mechaya (Liam's Map), OBSMAR, 150,000, :10
C-Halcyon Hammock Farm, agent; B-James DiVito, agent

 

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