By Alan Carasso
3rd-CD, $120k, Msw, 2yo, f, 4 1/2f, post time: 1:45 p.m. ET
Authentic won the COVID-delayed GI Kentucky Derby in 2020, and it is fitting that the Horse of the Year's first starter, MISS MAKENNA, would do so at Churchill Downs in the days leading up to the Run for the Roses. The Apr. 26 foal, bred by Sierra Farm, is kin to five winners from as many to race out of Peggy May (Lemon Drop Kid), a daughter of Eclipse Award-winning grass mare Perfect Sting (Red Ransom) and a half-sister to Canadian GSW Smart Sting (Smart Strike), GSP Perfect Bullet (El Prado {Ire}) and SP Sweet Sting (Awesome Again). Miss Makenna, a $140,000 Keeneland September purchase last fall, is herself closely related to Doc Boy (Into Mischief), a two-time stakes winner on turf. TJCIS PPs
6th-CD, $127k, Alw, 3yo/up, 7 1/2f, post time: 3:27 p.m. ET
The beautifully bred CASTLEWARDEN (Into Mischief) looks to make it two straight, having won his maiden first off a 10 1/2-month absence in a sloppy six-furlong event at Oaklawn Mar. 15. The Juddmonte homebred is a son of Calm Water (Empire Maker) and was graduating 13 days after his full-brother Laurel River decimated his rivals in the G3 Burj Nahaar at Meydan. The 6-year-old would go on to record a towering 8 1/2-length success in the G1 Dubai World Cup Mar. 30. Calm Water is a full-sister to Emollient–a Grade I winner on turf and synthetic–and a half to SW/MGISP Hofburg (Tapit) and the stakes-winning Courtier (Pioneerof the Nile), a stallion in Brazil. TJCIS PPs
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