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Prospect Watch: Half-sibling to Life Is Good debuts at Churchill

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June 20, 2024

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Prospect Watch: Half-sibling to Life Is Good debuts at Churchill

Horse Racing Nation’s Prospect Watch scans all upcoming entries for starters early in their careers who sold for more than $500,000 at their most recent auction or whose dams or siblings are graded-stakes winners.

Among this week’s runners who meet the Prospect Watch criteria are these spotlight maidens:

Thursday

Churchill Downs race 8, $1.5 million Gun Runner filly

Islander is a 3-year-old filly sired by Gun Runner and out of the mare Tip At Tapit. She was a $1.5 million yearling at Keeneland September 2022 for Winchell Thoroughbreds and Three Chimneys Farm, who race her in partnership. In the same Steve Asmussen barn as her sire, she begins her career going seven furlongs on dirt with jockey Cristian Torres up.

Friday

Churchill Downs race 9, half-sibling to Grade 1 winner Life Is Good

Most Wanted is a 3-year-old colt sired by Candy Ride out of the mare Beach Walk. He is a half-sibling Life Is Good, winner of the Breeders’ Cup Dirt Mile, Pegasus World Cup (G1), Whitney (G1) and other top-level stakes. Life Is Good was a horse of the year runner-up in 2022. This younger sibling is owned by Gary and Mary West and is trained by Brad Cox. He debuts going seven furlongs on dirt with Florent Geroux in the saddle.

Saturday

Laurel Park race 1, first foal of Breeders’ Cup winner Sharing

Sharedashenanigans is a 2-year-old filly sired by Into Mischief whose dam is Sharing, winner of the 2019 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf. Sharing followed that effort with wins in the Tepin Stakes and the Edgewood (G2). This is her first foal. Sharedashenanigans is trained by Graham Motion for Boardshorts racing. She will kick off her career going five furlongs on dirt with Victor Carrasco in the irons.

Second-timers to watch

Penny Royal, a full sister to champion Good Magic, makes her second start at Churchill Downs on Saturday. She finished fifth to Prides Crossing in her May 25 debut. This time she stretches out to 1 1/16 miles.

Results

Mentee, the 2-year-old full brother of Fierceness, left watchers buzzing in his track-record-setting debut at Belmont at Aqueduct. The speedy colt sprinted five furlongs in 56.97 seconds, shaving 2 seconds off the track record.

Complexion, the 2-year-old filly half-sister to Jack Christopher, impressed in her debut for Belmont Stakes-winning trainer Danny Gargan. She dusted her foes at Belmont at Aqueduct easily, going five furlongs on dirt.

Among this week’s runners who meet the Prospect Watch criteria are these 80 starters:

Date	Track	Type	ML Odds	Horse	Div	Sire	Dam	Last auction	Top sibling (Highest GS)
First-time starters
6/20	CD 5	MSW	6-1	Dream On	2M	Not This Time	Mamma Kimbo (G2)
6/20	CD 8	MSW	7-2	Islander	3F	Gun Runner	Tip At Tapit	KEESEP22 $1.5M
6/20	CD 8	MSW	8-1	Prestwick	3F	Uncle Mo	Our Khrysty (G3)		Grace Adler (G1)
6/20	DEL 6	MCL	7-2	Shrug	3M	Candy Ride (ARG)	Private Gift	KEESEP22 $475K	Private Mission (G2)
6/21	CD 2	MCL	8-1	Gallo de Fuego	2M	Audible	Spelling Again (G2)
6/21	CD 4	MSW	5-1	And One More Time	2F	Omaha Beach	Complicated		Honor D Lady (G3)
6/21	CD 4	MSW	15-1	Bonne Fille	2F	Cupid	Run Like the Boss		Andthewinneris (G2)
6/21	CD 4	MSW	3-1	Eclatant	2F	Into Mischief	Downside Scenario		Mutasaabeq (G2)
6/21	CD 9	MSW	9-2	Kinetic	3M	Street Sense	Collective		Shared Sense (G3)
6/21	CD 9	MSW	20-1	Magnificent Rags	3M	Union Rags	Magnificent Song (G1)
6/21	CD 9	MSW	5-2	Most Wanted	3M	Candy Ride (ARG)	Beach Walk		Life Is Good (G1)
6/21	MTH 5	MSW	5-1	Underinvested	3M	Justify	Rosy Humor		Stanford (G2)
6/21	MTH 8	MSW	8-1	Luca Il Cavallo	3M	Frosted	Archstone	OBSAPR23 $30K	Proctor’s Ledge (G2)
6/22	CD 3	MCL	4-1	Evie’s Eyebrows	2F	Mitole	House of Fortune (G2)
6/22	EVD 3	MSW	15-1	Congratulera	3F	Congrats	Pachangera (G1)	LTBSYM22 $11K
6/22	GP 2	MSW		It’s Witchcraft	2F	Tapit	Lady’s Island (G3)
6/22	HST 4	MOC		Evanderkeen	3M	Keen Ice	Marketway	FTKOCT22 $30K	Sunbird (G3)
6/22	HST 4	MOC		Rhumbaba	3M	Catalina Cruiser	Cake Baby		Slipstream (G3)
6/22	LRC 7	MSW		Dothraki	3M	Into Mischief	Vanquished	KEESEP22 $600K	Takeover Target (G2)
6/22	LRL 1	MSW		Sharedashenanigans	2F	Into Mischief	Sharing (G1)
6/22	LRL 4	MSW		Wisecrack Warrior	3M	First Samurai	Pun	FTKOCT22 $50K	Cutting Humor (G3)
6/22	WO 3	MSW		Mikelle	2F	Twirling Candy	Turn the Tide		Avanzare (G2)
6/22	WO 3	MSW		Pop Idol	2F	Maclean’s Music	Unspurned (G3)
6/23	CD 4	MSW		Perfect Force	2M	Gun Runner	Cuaba (G2 Placed)		Scuba (G2)
6/23	CD 9	MSW		In Speight of What	3M	Speightstown	Victory On Tap		My Majestic Rose (G2)
6/23	PRM 7	MSW	7-2	Eskenforaraise	2F	Constitution	Eskenformoney (G3)
6/23	PRM 7	MSW	10-1	Friendly Spirit	2F	Ghostzapper	Smart Sting (G3)
6/23	PRM 7	MSW	4-1	Traciana	2F	Brody’s Cause	Set’n On Ready		Sittin On Go (G3)
6/24	IND 8	MSW	6-1	Tigerish	2F	Tiz the Law	Lerici		Avenge (G1)
6/24	PRX 3	MSW	6-1	Hollywood Beauty	2F	Honor A. P.	America’s Friend		America’s Tale (G2)
6/25	IND 6	MSW		McKinzie Magic	2F	McKinzie	Jet Black Magic (G3)
6/25	IND 7	MSW		My Version	3F	Curlin	Champagne Problems (G3)
6/26	CD 1	MCL		Certain Victor E	2F	Improbable	Elke		Weston (G2)
6/26	CD 4	MSW		And One More Time	2F	Omaha Beach	Complicated		Honor D Lady (G3)
6/26	CD 4	MSW		Reliable Source	2F	Volatile	Repeta		Mucho Del Oro (G3)
6/26	CD 5	MSW		Hue	3F	Ghostzapper	Sunset Glow (G1)	OBSAPR23 $120K
Second-time starters
6/20	CD 8	MSW	8-1	Come as You Are	3F	City of Light	Fascinate	KEESEP22 $500K
6/20	CT 5	ALW	6-5	What’shername	3F	Blofeld	Lov’emnrun		Runnin’toluvya (G2)
6/20	IND 5	MSW	30-1	Bomb Cyclone	3M	Constitution	Wood Not	KEENOV21 $110K	Purely Hot (G3)
6/21	BAQ 2	MSW	8-1	The Sugars	2F	Collected	Candy Store (IRE) (G3)
6/21	CD 7	ALW	9-2	Lakota Territory	5M	Quality Road	Akron Moon		Bellafina (G1)
6/21	WO 5	MSW	5-2	Roikop	3F	Ghostzapper	Red Ruby (G2)	KEESEP22 $320K
6/22	CD 8	MSW	6-1	Penny Royal	3F	Curlin	Glinda the Good (G2 Placed)		Good Magic (G1)
6/22	CD 8	MSW	4-1	Queen of Paris	3F	Tapit	Wedding Toast (G1)
6/22	LRC 7	MSW		Mendelssohns Music	3M	Mendelssohn	Harbingerofthings	EASMAY23 $190K	Tell Your Daddy (G2)
6/22	WO 6	MOC		Save the Date	3F	Where’s the Ring	No Wonder		God of Love (G3)
6/22	WO 10	MSW		Romantica	3F	Mendelssohn	Ameristralia (AUS) (G3 Placed)	KEESEP22 $375K	Ain’t Easy (G2)
6/23	CD 9	MSW		D’oro Lemon	4M	Medaglia d’Oro	Lemons Forever (G1)		Forever Unbridled (G1)
6/23	CD 9	MSW		Tapit’s Tale	4M	Tapit	Verve’s Tale (G3)
6/23	GP 11	MSW		Sultan the Great	3M	Vino Rosso	Money Madness	FTSAUG22 $175K	Boardroom (G2)
6/23	HAW 11	MSW		Thunderstrike	3F	Bolt d’Oro	R Holiday Mood (G3)	KEESEP22 $230K
6/24	IND 1	MCL	9-2	Wild Rumors	3F	Wildcat Red	It’s the Cats Meow		Atlantic Hurricane (G3)
6/25	IND 6	MSW		My Mama Sez	2F	Classic Empire	Mamasez		Brooke Marie (G2)
6/25	LAD 7	MSW	15-1	Two Weeks Notice	3M	Catholic Boy	Refreshing (GB)		Clear Vision (G3)
6/26	CD 1	MCL		Jersey Turnpike	2M	Bee Jersey	Toll		Tax (G2)
6/26	CD 4	MSW		Anakarina	2F	Vekoma	Tacit Approval		Hoist the Gold (G2)
6/26	CD 5	MSW		Harper’s Ride	3F	Candy Ride (ARG)	Goldbud		Valid Point (G1)
Third-time starters
6/20	BAQ 4	MSW	7-2	Capo Donna	3F	Medaglia d’Oro	Bauble Queen (G2)	KEESEP22 $80K	Blitzkrieg (G3)
6/20	BAQ 4	MSW	8-1	Jitterbug	3F	Justify	Apt		Carve (G3)
6/20	BAQ 4	MSW	5-1	Queens Fable (IRE)	3F	Frankel (GB)	Rymska (FR) (G2)
6/20	BTP 4	MCL	10-1	Fast Flo	3F	Outwork	Triumphantly		Trouble Kid (G3)
6/20	CBY 6	ALW	3-1	Brit Blitz	3M	English Channel	Adventure	KEESEP22 $140K	Laughing Lashes (G2)
6/20	CD 4	ALW	3-1	West Hollywood	3M	Uncle Mo	White Hot (IRE)		Pizza Bianca (G1)
6/20	CD 8	MSW	15-1	Victorious Nyquist	3F	Nyquist	Victorious Ami		Ami’s Mesa (G2)
6/20	IND 4	MSW	5-1	She’s All Ellie	3F	More Than Ready	She’s All In (G3)
6/20	IND 5	MSW	8-1	Hoby Cat	3M	Uncle Mo	Belle Gallantey (G1)	FTKJUL22 $250K
6/21	BAQ 9	MCL	6-1	Oxford Union	4M	Union Rags	Fair Point (G3)
6/21	BTP 1	MSW	7-2	Starlight Love	3F	Speightstown	Gaga A (URU) (G3)
6/21	CT 4	MSW	9-2	Senza Fine	3F	Union Rags	Endless Sea	KEENOV21 $52K	Silver Ocean (G3)
6/21	EVD 6	ALW	12-1	Jalouse	3F	Hard Spun	A Jealous Woman (G2 Placed)		By My Standards (G2)
6/21	PLN 7	MSW	7-2	G G Gilley	3M	Gun Runner	Sister Sally		Sircat Sally (G2)
6/22	BAQ 1	MSW		Garden Leave	3M	Curlin	On Leave (G2)
6/22	GP 7	AOC		Catholika	3F	Catholic Boy	Marypop (FR) (G3)
6/22	LRL 1	MSW		Pure Majestic	2F	Tapit	Hitechnoweenie		Tonalist’s Shape (G2)
6/22	LS 3	MSW	20-1	Angel in the Air	3F	Eagle	Malaysian Air		Texas Air (G3)
6/22	MTH 3	MCL		Lonely Ride	3M	Candy Ride (ARG)	Lonesome Town (G3 Placed)		Lonely Road (G3)
6/22	WO 5	AOC		Ready for Shirl	3F	More Than Ready	Perfect Shirl (G1)		Shirl’s Speight (G1)
6/23	CD 2	CLM		West Coast Cruiser	3M	West Coast	Rehear		Mani Bhavan (G1)
6/23	CD 5	AOC		Wants N Needs	3M	Maclean’s Music	Springside (G2)	EASMAY23 $180K
6/25	IND 7	MSW		Bougie Not Basic	3F	Oscar Performance	Wild Silk	FTSAUG22 $65K	Red Carpet Ready (G2)

Legend:

Div: Age and sex. 2F for 2-year-old fillies, 2M for 2-year-old males (colts/geldings), etc.

Top sibling (highest graded stakes): The sibling with the highest level of graded stakes won (G1, G2, G3) followed by the most money won if two siblings are at the same level.

Bolded names are mentioned in the article.