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Prospect Watch: Fierceness’s full brother debuts Saturday

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June 13, 2024

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Prospect Watch: Fierceness’s full brother debuts Saturday

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:

Friday

Belmont at Aqueduct, race 2 – half-sibling to Jack Christopher

Complexion is a 2-year-old filly sired by Complexity and out of the mare Rushin No Blushin. She is a half-sister to Jack Christopher, a three-time Grade 1 winner who dominated the 2022 Pat Day Mile (G2). This juvenile filly sibling begins her career at five furlongs on dirt for red-hot trainer Danny Gargan, winner of the Belmont Stakes. She is owned by Arnmore Thoroughbreds and Carl Pascarella. Jockey John Velazquez has the ride.

Saturday

Belmont at Aqueduct, race 7 – full brother to champion Fierceness

Mentee, a 2-year-old colt by City of Light and out of the mare Nonna Bella, has big horseshoes to fill as the full brother of Fierceness. Of course, Fierceness is the reigning Eclipse 2-year-old champion and former Kentucky Derby favorite. This younger brother brings that winning team of trainer Todd Pletcher and owner Mike Repole together again for this anticipated debut, a five-furlong sprint on dirt. Jockey John Velazquez is in the irons as well for this firster.

Recent results

Audacious, a $700,000 yearling sired by Into Mischief, broke her maiden at first asking at Saratoga during the Belmont Stakes racing festival. Her entrymate, Chanteuse, finished third.

Illuminaire, a 3-year-old City of Light colt owned by Centennial Farm, scored on his debut, also at Saratoga. Runner-up in the race was the Arrogate colt Itza Mirrakle.

Mixologist, a 3-year-old filly sired by Frosted, checked off her maiden conditions on turf at Churchill Downs for owners LNJ Foxwoods.

Among this week’s runners who meet the Prospect Watch criteria are 59 entries:

Date	Track	Type	ML	Horse	Div	Sire	Dam	Last auction	Top sibling (Highest GS)
First-time starters
6/14	BAQ 2	MSW	15-1	Bossy Dish	2F	Catalina Cruiser	Katana (NZ) (G1 Placed)		Broken Sword (G2)
6/14	BAQ 2	MSW	4-1	Complexion	2F	Complexity	Rushin No Blushin		Jack Christopher (G1)
6/14	CD 4	MSW	5-2	Aurelia’s Mischief	2F	Into Mischief	Lady Aurelia (G1)
6/14	CD 4	MSW	12-1	Lucky Mama	2F	Munnings	Outburst (GB) (G3)
6/14	SA 6	MSW	6-1	Smash It	2M	Star Guitar	Hennesey Smash		Slammed (G2)
6/15	BAQ 7	MSW		Mentee	2M	City of Light	Nonna Bella		Fierceness (G1)
6/15	BAQ 7	MSW		T Kraft	2M	Connect	Margarita Friday		Straight No Chaser (G3)
6/15	CD 10	MSW	10-1	Kiss Blue	3F	Air Force Blue	Kiss the Devil (G3)		Kiss Moon (G3)
6/15	EMD 4	MSW		Avellinasa	3M	Take Charge Indy	Joyful		Cleburne (G3)
6/15	HAW 9	MSW	6-1	Roar of Silence	3F	Cairo Prince	Askbut I Won’ttell (G3)
6/15	LRL 3	MSW		Pink Peonies (IRE)	3F	Kingman (GB)	Peeping Fawn (G1)
6/15	LS 8	MSW	6-1	King of the Disco	2M	Copper Bullet	Coal and Ice		More Ice
6/15	WO 9	MSW		Rafaroo	3M	Hard Spun	Light Green (G1 Placed)		Green Light Go (G2)
6/16	CD 2	MSW		Angels Above	3F	Dialed In	Plaid (G3 Placed)	KEESEP22 $40K	Senior Investment (G3)
6/16	CD 6	MSW		Sandborn	3M	Yoshida (JPN)	Noble Beauty (G3)
6/17	IND 2	MSW	10-1	Red Shaheen	2M	Preservationist	Gold Edge (G3)
6/17	IND 8	MSW	15-1	Phrase	3F	Catholic Boy	Night and Day		Made You Look (G2)
6/17	MNR 5	MSW		Notso Mischievous	3M	Into Mischief	Ever So Clever (G3)		Everso Mischievous (G2)
6/19	CD 3	MSW		Gallo de Fuego	2M	Audible	Spelling Again (G2)
Second-time starters
6/14	BAQ 9	MSW	9-2	Miss City Girl	3F	Mucho Macho Man	City Scamper		City Man (G2)
6/14	CD 4	MSW	3-1	Anakarina	2F	Vekoma	Tacit Approval		Hoist the Gold (G2)
6/14	EVD 5	MCL	12-1	Zack Attack	3M	Breaking Lucky	Pampered Princess (G1)
6/15	BAQ 6	MSW		Deputy Mischief	3M	Into Mischief	Delightful Mary (G3)
6/15	BAQ 6	MSW		Then	3M	Not This Time	Guiltless	KEESEP22 $410K	Du Jour (G1)
6/15	BAQ 7	MSW		My Mitole	2M	Mitole	Board Battle		Xtina (G2)
6/15	CD 6	MSW	12-1	Flawless Quality	3F	Quality Road	Internallyflawless (G1)
6/15	CT 8	MCL		Paynt Your Way	3F	Paynter	Stop the Wedding	KEEJAN22 $15K	Morello (G3)
6/15	GP 4	MCL		Rapid Roy	3M	Always Dreaming	Factor One	KEEJAN22 $4.5K	Soul of an Angel (G2)
6/15	HAW 9	MSW	7-2	Crossanna	3F	Cross Traffic	Leading Astray (G3)
6/15	HST 4	MCL		I’m Seeing Red	3M	Value Plus	Regal Red		Regal Riot (G3)
6/15	LRL 3	MSW		No More Kisses	3F	Twirling Candy	True Kiss		Shancelot (G2)
6/15	SA 7	MSW		Tiny Prancer	3F	Sir Prancealot (IRE)	Patti’s Regal Song	KEENOV21 $60K	Maracuja (G1)
6/15	SA 8	MSW		Wise Counsel	3M	Curlin	Akron Moon		Bellafina (G1)
6/15	WO 4	MSW		War Empire	4M	V. E. Day	Love Contract		Bella Sofia (G1)
6/16	CD 6	MSW		Bomb Cyclone	3M	Constitution	Wood Not	KEENOV21 $110K	Purely Hot (G3)
6/16	LRL 3	MCL		Silent Roar	3M	Done Talking	Jungle Lady		Swayin to and Fro (G3)
6/17	PID 2	MSW		Mima Princess	2F	Good Samaritan	Ideratherblucky		Harpeth River (G1)
6/18	IND 3	ALW		Season Fighter	3M	Tapiture	Esstadista (URU) (G1)
6/19	CD 3	MSW		Purse Thief	2M	Caracaro	Hey Little Sister		Play the Music (G3)
6/19	CD 7	AOC		Pure Force	3M	Constitution	Mexican Gold (G3)
Third-time starters
6/14	BAQ 9	MSW	10-1	Pamplona Red	3F	Accelerate	She’ll Be Right	SARAUG22 $160K	Varda (G1)
6/14	DEL 7	MSW	5-2	Tactical Joke	4F	Practical Joke	Competition	KEENOV22 $560K
6/14	DEL 8	CLM	12-1	Integrated	4M	Curlin	The Dream (CHI) (G1)	KEESEP21 $150K
6/14	SA 2	MSW	6-5	Hymnal	3F	Constitution	Bryan’s Jewel (G3)	FTSAUG22 $200K
6/15	BAQ 1	MSW		Saka Shocka	4M	Maclean’s Music	She’ll Be Right		Varda (G1)
6/15	BAQ 3	CLM		Soca	3F	Speightstown	Rattataptap (G3 Placed)	KEESEP22 $100K	Double Thunder (G3)
6/15	BAQ 4	MSW		Missouri River	3M	Arrogate	Wholelottashakin (G3 Placed)	FTKOCT22 $275K	Wholebodemeister (G2)
6/15	BAQ 4	MSW		Timeout	3M	Curlin	Lull (G3)
6/15	BAQ 6	MSW		Storm Ready	4M	City of Light	Ghostslayer	KEESEP21 $1.1M	Biddy Duke (G3)
6/15	CD 6	MSW	7-2	Queen of the Rodeo	4F	Curlin	Berned (G3)	KEESEP21 $575K
6/15	LRL 3	MSW		Gin Gin’s Approval	3F	Uncle Mo	Chocolate Pop	FTSAUG22 $450K	Airoforce (G2)
6/15	MTH 5	MSW		Gasparilla	3F	Quality Road	Texting (G3)
6/15	SA 8	MSW		Pony Express	3M	Gun Runner	Quiet Temper (G2)	KEESEP22 $500K
6/16	CD 4	MCL		Bebedouro	3M	Fed Biz	Love ‘n’ Happiness (BRZ) (G1)
6/16	CD 6	MSW		Rebel Red (GB)	4M	Frankel (GB)	Without You Babe		Tamarkuz (G1)
6/16	GP 1	MCL		Amandaannadrew	4F	Kitten’s Joy	Birkin Bag (BRZ) (G1)	KEESEP21 $5.5K
6/17	IND 8	MSW	12-1	Starlight Love	3F	Speightstown	Gaga A (URU) (G3)
6/17	PID 4	MSW		Modarosa	3F	Palace Malice	Essential Rose	FTKOCT22 $50K	Roses for Debra (G3)
6/18	IND 8	MSW		Total Class	3F	Mizzen Mast	Abbeyville Miss		One Mean Man (G3)

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.