Jan. 26 Insights: Halfs to Grade I Quality Runners Debut on Both Coasts
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7th-GP, $94k, Msw, 3yo, 1 1/16m, 3:21p.m. ET
A $500,000 KEESEP purchase by Repoel Stables in 2023, ADVENTURIST (Curlin) goes to post here for Todd Pletcher with Irad Ortiz Jr. in the irons. Out of GIII Comely Stakes victress Touching Beauty (Tapit), the chestnut is a half-brother to GISP Just a Touch (Justify) and SP Corps of Discovery (Unbridled's Song). His dam is herself a half-sister to GSP Tritap (Tapit) as well as SW Noisy Feet (Tapit), in turn the mother of SW What Say Thee (Sea The Stars {Ire}). He's been given 2-1 odds on the morning line and has a consistent worktab under his belt for this unveiling. TJCIS PPs
10th-SA, $60k, Msw, 3yo, 1mT, 7:37p.m. ET
Rowan August (Authentic), a homebred for Spendthrift Farm, will be unveiled in this nightcap in California under Richard Mandella's banner. A half-brother to GISW Kalypso (Brody's Cause)–who sold to Katsumi Yoshida in 2022 for $2.1-million at FTKNOV pregnant to Flightline, and was bred to Equinox (Jpn) after delivering a filly in 2024–Rowan August has a line of six and five furlong works to his credit, and has been given 12-1 odds on the morning line. TJCIS PPs
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