Constellation

2nd-Santa Anita, $54,500, Msw, 9-28, 2yo, 6f, 1:09.67, ft, 8 1/2 lengths. KALEA BAY (c, 2, Authentic--For Royalty {SW}, by Not For Love), who had placed in a pair of Del Mar maidens this summer, made it third time lucky under Flavien Prat here. Despite bumping with Smartier (Liam's Map) in the initial strides, the prohibitive 3-10 favorite in the field of six assumed command and set demanding fractions of :21.63 and :44.45 while unchallenged. Given his cue turning for home, he opened up his advantage over his toiling rivals...

Sponsored by Alex Nichols Agency SON OF CONSTELLATION DEBUTS AT GP 8th-GP, $55K, Msw, 2yo, 1m, 3:23 p.m. Todd Pletcher unveils the latest member of the Repole Stable and St. Elias Stable colt group in COMPLETE AGENDA (Curlin). The $250,000 KEESEP buy is the first foal out of GI La Brea S. winner Constellation (Bellamy Road), who was purchased by Don Alberto for $3.15 million with this colt in utero at the 2018 FTKNOV sale. His second dam is SW For Royalty (Not For Love), who was acquired by Jane...

The fireworks at the annual Keeneland and Fasig-Tipton November sales are always a highlight of the year as seven-figure bids abound on some of racing's top broodmares and broodmare prospects. But after the dust settles, it can be years before words get out on the breeding careers of the sales' top offerings. We catch up with the connections of a few of these most recent million-dollar broodmares and learn of their mating plans for 2021 in our ongoing 'Million-Dollar Matings' series.     CONSTELLATION (Bellamy Road-For Royalty, by Not For...