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08/30/2026

As a new week begins, it is an ideal time to reflect on how important beginnings can be, especially in racing.

ICYMI, Flightline's son Ala Sawab -- who is the image of his sire -- took a literal nosedive after breaking a step slowly and then stumbling in his career debut at Del Mar yesterday (Aug. 29), tossing jockey Joel Rosario in the process. (Thankfully, Rosario was unhurt and continued to ride on the program.)

What happened next after that scary moment was rather stunning to see. While nowhere in the video frame for a quarter-mile following the incident, Ala Sawab suddenly ranged up, riderless, on the outside of the small field of three remaining runners and then proceeded to gallop away from them with his ears pricked to the finish line.

Video of the race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-bz5omCcfY&t=49s

We see plenty of loose horses running along with their fields and sometimes outpacing those would-have-been rivals, but this just looked different. We emphasize that he was not carrying the weight of a rider, but nonetheless he appeared impressive with a tremendous stride and the unflustered attitude he had displayed earlier while in the race preliminaries.

Bloodstock agent Pedro Lanz, who secured the c**t at the Fasig-Tipton October yearling sale for the Saudi Arabian-based KAS Stable (these are all the same connections of impressive maiden winner Inshallah [Flightline]), was moved to comment thusly on X after Ala Sawab's misadventure:

"... With Joel on him, he would have won by at least 15 lengths. He’s going to be fine, and you can rest assured he will never lose another race."

Trainer John Sadler reported to Daily Racing Form that Ala Sawab will have to be evaluated after the incident, and he added that he did not recall another one of his horses taking that much of a bad step at the break of a race.

"He grabbed his quarter pretty good,” Sadler said. “He stumbled as bad as a horse can stumble, he had dirt in his face, his nose hit the ground. I don’t think I’ve had [a stumble] that bad.

“We have to check him out pretty good, that was pretty severe. We’re going to want to get some good looks at him," Sadler added, before the big bay resumes training.

Meanwhile, Sadler said Inshallah, who was nominated to the G1 Del Mar Futurity on Sept. 6 after winning his Aug. 15 maiden special weight debut in sizzling front-style with the fastest time at the Del Mar meet, will wait instead for the G1 American Pharoah Stakes at Santa Anita Park on Oct. 3.

A strongly-made chestnut, Inshallah worked an easy but eye-catching 4f at Del Mar on Aug. 29 in :48 (24/111).

There is so much 2yo news! Summer Wind-bred Midnight Still (Curlin), who won a Saratoga maiden special weight race impressively by 6 1/4 lengths on July 11, will be entered in the G1 Hopeful Stakes, trainer Kinnon LaRose told the NYRA media office Aug. 30 after Midnight Still flashed through 4f in a bullet :47.16 (1/127) work.

Junior Alvarado was up for the move and will take over the reins in the Hopeful; Flavien Prat had ridden Midnight Still to his victory.

“He worked a sharp half,” LaRose said of Midnight Still, a chestnut c**t out of Summer Wind broodmare More Moonshine (Malibu Moon), a full sister to MG1 winner Moonshine Memories. “Junior came and worked him. It was the first time Junior got on him and he got a good feeling of him and got to know him pretty well. It was a good, sharp move."

Prat could be on the Chad Brown-trained maiden winner Gaudreau (Nyquist) in the Hopeful; that runner won his debut by a half-length earlier this month.

In other 2yo news:

* Summer Wind-bred Bold Leadership (Not This Time), who finished a fast-closing second by whiskers in his debut on Aug. 8 over turf, has been entered for the G3 With Anticipation Stakes on Sept. 5 at Saratoga. The first foal out of Sweetened (Candy Ride) -- the full sister to G2 victor Confidence Game and out of Eblouissante (Bernardini), the half sister to Zenyatta -- Bold Leadership races for Mike Repole and St. Elias Stable and is trained by Todd Pletcher. He has drawn post 4 and will be ridden by Manny Franco in a compact field of 5 that includes two Pletcher-trained stablemates.

Video of Bold Leadership's workout on Aug. 29 at Saratoga with fellow Pletcher trainee and With Anticipation entrant High Official (Not This Time); Bold Leadership is on the inside: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e-bz5omCcfY&t=49s

Pletcher said Bold Leadership's debut was essentially a winning effort and that a good result in the With Anticipation could propel the c**t – and his other entrants – to potential starts in the Grade 2 Pilgrim on Oct. 3 at Belmont Park or the Grade 2 Bourbon one day later at Keeneland. Both the Pilgrim and Bourbon offer “Win and You’re In” berths to the Grade 1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf in October at Keeneland.

“We're treating it like a win and believe he is good enough to be competitive in this race,” Pletcher said. “We'll give him a chance to get in the Breeders' Cup picture if he were to run well here and set him up for the Pilgrim or the Bourbon.”

* A trio of Jane Lyon's homebreds have been training well with Bill Mott, including the filly Groves (Flightline), who was second in her debut at the Spa on Aug. 15. Groves breezed 4f over the Oklahoma track on Aug. 28 in :48.70 (4/27) while in company with Godolphin homebred Joy of Life (Speaker's Corner).

Video of Groves' workout with Joy of Life: https://1st.tv/video/workout/1_p0jnpws5/

Two juveniles by Tapit -- the c**t Jackpot Rocket, who was fractious at the gate and green in his Aug. 1 debut but still closed to get third -- and the as yet unraced filly Arabella's Legacy have occasionally worked together and each has continued to train steadily. Jackpot Rocket went 4f in :48.75 (8/27) on the Oklahoma on Aug. 28 whereas Arabella's Legacy breezed 4f from the gate on Aug. 26 in :48.95 (4/17).

Jackpot Rocket has been entered in a 7f maiden special weight race at Saratoga on Sept. 5 and has drawn post 8 in a field of 10; Alvarado will be back aboard the gray, whose dam, Holiday Music, is a half sister to Justify.

But back to the beginning and those starts that launch our hearts to our throats! Summer Wind co-bred & co-owned filly On Edge (Flightline) broke sluggishly in her debut at Del Mar on Aug. 28 under Rosario and then seemed perplexed to find herself in a race. Eventually, however, she found her stride and closed to finish just about 1 3/4 lengths behind winner Deluge in the 5f turf dash.

Homebred Follow Your Heart (Flightline) broke cleanly in her 5 1/2-furlong turf sprint debut on Aug. 27 at Saratoga but also seemed green. After flinching back a bit in the stretch drive, she lengthened her stride and finished second -- good girl! She is a beautiful filly and we hope she has just as lovely of a future ahead of her.

And, sticking on this theme of beginnings, it is back to the proverbial drawing board for Summer Wind-bred and co-owned MG2 winner Paladin, Daily Racing Form reported today.

“He was in some light training for a month," trainer Chad Brown told DRF's David Grening. "When I started to pick up his training, he wasn’t moving quite right behind. We got him checked out. He has a minor issue. He’s going to be rested again and he is going to go back into training. We still plan on racing hm next year.”

All these challenging beginnings can make us dizzy at times. Yet really, in life as well as in racing, the endings usually are much more important to the overall big picture.

So, despite the imperfections in the storylines at times, there is much to hope for as the year begins to hit a peak leading into Breeders' Cup! We are so grateful for the efforts made by the horses and all of the people connected with them.

P.S. We are still celebrating the first stakes win for Flightline as a sire, thanks to his daughter Go for Launch speeding home to win the 5 1/2-furlong Bolton's Landing Stakes on turf at Saratoga on Aug. 26. Trainer Kevin Attard already has an ambitious plan mapped out for the filly's future that could lead to the Breeders' Cup at Keeneland.

Go for Launch is likely to make her next start versus males in the Grade 3 Algonquin Stakes, a five-furlong inner turf sprint on Oct. 3 at Woodbine. The George Weaver-trained filly Cy Fair ran second in last year’s Bolton Landing and subsequently won the Algonquin en route to a victory in the G1 Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Turf Sprint.

“We made a plan after her first race to stick to sprinting and see if we could get to the Breeders’ Cup,” Attard said of Go for Launch. “As it stands right now, we’ll stay the course and there’s a great race in our backyard that led to a Breeders’ Cup winner last reason. We’ll follow the same route, play it one race at a time and go from there.”

08/27/2026

It may have been one small step for a filly today, but it was one giant leap for sire !

In rocketing home to win the 5 1/2-furlong Bolton Landing Stakes on the Saratoga turf, Blue Heaven Farm's homebred Go for Launch made a mark in the record books at Flightline's first career stakes winner as a sire.

Video of the race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fxgC7SVCrKY

The bay filly produced by 2019 Canadian Horse of the Year Starship Jubilee (Indy Wind) displayed a new dimension after capturing her 5-furlong turf debut at Woodbine on July 25 by setting all the fractions.

Sent off at slightly over 10-to-1 while facing seven rival fillies in the Bolton Landing, Go for Launch was on her toes prior to the race. But when the gate opened, she rated in third early under Pietro Moran before bursting past Allura (Mind Control) and Extravaganzoo (Golden Pal) to triumph by 2 1/4 lengths in time of 1:02.45 on the firm course. Go for Launch is now undefeated in two starts.

The victory also marked the first ever at Saratoga for Moran, who won both the Eclipse and Sovereign Awards as outstanding apprentice jockey of 2025.

"It's just amazing," Moran exclaimed before praising Go for Launch. "She’s always been a keen, very forward type of filly. For her to be able to settle today was huge, and she didn’t mind it at all, When I asked her, she kicked on pretty good.”

Go for Launch is trained by Kevin Attard, who also trained her dam Starship Jubilee. Attard's son and assistant, Joshua, said Go for Launch has always looked like she would be special.

“Go for Launch showed talent from the get-go. I think she'll get better with more distance as well. It's special to have a foal out of Starship Jubilee, especially by the great Flightline," Joshua Attard told the NYRA media office.

"A lot of improvement," he added of Go for Launch's effort in the Bolton Landing. “Her first race, she was on the lead, showing wire-to-wire. Today, I liked that she settled nicely and made a nice run and it's always good that she's not a one-dimensional horse, she can come from off the pace."

In addition to being the first stakes winner for Flightline, the aptly named Go for Launch also is the first stakes winner and third winner overall produced by Starship Jubilee, who earned over $2 million during her racing career.

Rockets will keep going for launch this week on behalf of Flightline and Summer Wind's Jane Lyon. Jane's homebred filly Follow Your Heart was entered by trainer Rusty Arnold in a maiden special weight race at 5 1/2 furlongs on the Saratoga turf on Aug. 27 with Luis Saez up (although rain is threatening according to weather forecasts).

On Aug. 28, the Flightline filly On Edge, bred & owned by Summer Wind in partnership with Hronis Racing, has been entered in a 5-furlong maiden special weight turf dash at Del Mar. John Salder, who of course trained Flightline, also trains On Edge, and he has named Joel Rosario to ride.

Sadler and Rosario also are set to team up on Aug. 29 with the debuting Ala Sawab, a son of Flightline entered in the first race at Del Mar, a maiden special weight event over 6 furlongs. Ala Sawab has drawn the rail while facing two runners trained by Bob Baffert as well as his Sadler-trained stablemate Gallant Jack (Jack Christopher) in the five-horse field.

(Photo of Go for Launch, Pietro Moran up, winning the Bolton Landing Stakes at Saratoga courtesy of the New York Racing Association)

08/20/2026

The record-breaking Saratoga sale may be over, but the real heat of the yearling sales season is just beginning.

Most of Summer Wind's crop of 2025 has been consigned to the Keeneland September sale, and the hills and paddocks of the farm are alive in the evenings when those yearlings are turned out to romp and graze after practicing their steps walking earlier in the day.

The sights are often breathtaking. Seeing young horses bred as well as Thoroughbreds can be and blossoming in muscle and mind as they gallop and leap and buck in the golden evening light is as exhilarating as life gets for those who love horses.

Take this c**t for example. As a newborn foal, he was as adorable as a teddy bear, but now he is a serious youngster who takes advantage of opportunities to display his potential as a racehorse (and, in his mind, future stallion : ) He relishes taking a good roll in the dirt first and then he is off as if lit like a firecracker from within, exulting in showing off is physique and flagging his tail for anyone who might be available to watch his show.

By , he is the last foal out of For Royalty (Not For Love) and thus is a half brother to G1 winner Constellation (Bellamy Road) and 4 other stakes performers including multiple stakes winner Truth Seeker (Into Mischief), an iron horse who has won 19 races and banked over $592,000.

Before being pensioned for a life of ease at Summer Wind, For Royalty also produced this c**t's now 2yo full sister Royal Flight, who is in training with Riley Mott.

With the power-packed genetics of both sire and dam, these last two foals could well turn out to be the jewels in For Royalty's already shining crown.

08/20/2026

Where can you go to take a long, deep look at the future unfolding before your eyes?

In the fields of any Thoroughbred nursery. And here at Summer Wind, the first group of four weanlings from the crop of 2026 has fledged from their dams successfully and are beginning to thrive as a tight-knit herd.

All fillies, this group tends to move as one, although it is clear that the largest of them, a bay filly by McKinzie out of Berning Question (Bernardini), is the leader, at least for now.

She stands guard in front of her chestnut contemporaries, especially when day is transforming into night and the last rays of the sun gild the group in liquid-looking golden light. With their instincts telling them to watch for possible trouble as nightfall creeps across the landscape, the fillies huddle together, with the daughter of McKinzie seeming to take a stand tantamount to a dare to anyone who might think of prowling toward her "sisters" of the field.

Yet she -- and all of them -- are soft hearted. They have certainly grown in height and weight, but, still, they are not much more than babies and they are curious and keen to receive pats and touch noses with visitors.

They are prized elements of the future, body and soul, of the farm.

From left to right, they are: a Gun Runner filly out of American Pharoah's half sister Lasting Tribute; the aforementioned McKinzie filly, who is bred on the same cross that produced MG1 winner Chancer McPatrick and whose dam is a half sister to G1 winner Constellation and to 4 other stakes performers;

Also, an Elite Power filly out of I Thee Wed (Hard Spun) and thus a half sister to SP Junta (Constitution) and out of a half sister to MG1 winner Mozu Ascot (Frankel), and a Not This Time filly out of Summer Wind homebred Pippi Longstocking, whose dam is a half sister to Summer Wind-bred MG2 winner Paladin (Gun Runner).

Even in this fading light, the future seems to be shining bright.

08/17/2026

The first day of an exciting week has begun perfectly -- with a win at Saratoga that hopefully will be a harbinger for Summer Wind-bred Powerline (Flightline), who has been entered for his second start in a maiden special weight race on August 22.

First things first, pun intended. Summer Wind-bred She's a Gamer (Game Winner) proved a tough, unassailable customer when drawing away from Limes Don't Lie (by Summer Wind-bred McKinzie) to capture a $121,250 allowance optional claiming 6f sprint on Sunday at the Spa.

Junior Alvarado steered She's a Gamer to her front-running victory for trainer Kelly Breen, who co-owns the 4yo filly with Kenwood Racing. The win -- completed in 1:10 .23 after fractions of :22.51 and :45.62 -- marked the fifth time She's a Gamer has visited a winner's circle in her career, and the $68,750 first-place prize pushed her earnings to $219,950.

Coincidentally, She's a Gamer's 3yo full sister I'm Game, who won a maiden special weight event while carrying Jane Lyon's silks at Horseshoe Indianapolis on July 28, has been entered for a 6f allowance at Ellis Park on Friday by trainer Rusty Arnold. We're hoping she will emulate her big sister even though she has been listed at 30-to-1 on the morning line in a field of 9; Victor Carrasco will be back in the saddle.

Both the Game Winner fillies were produced by the stakes-winning mare Funny Feeling (Distorted Humor), a daughter of G1 winner Hookedonthefeelin (Citidancer) and a full sister to G1 winner and sire Jimmy Creed.

Looking ahead to Powerline, the striking 2yo c**t trained by Steve Asmussen for a partnership including Summer Wind, West Point Thoroughbreds, John Oxley and Bee Zee LLC, has drawn the rail in a 6 1/2-furlong maiden special weight dash that will be the 3rd race on August 22. The race looks to be a typically competitive Saratoga contest of extraordinarily blue-blooded youngsters.

The red-hot Jose Ortiz, current leading rider at Saratoga, has taken the mount on Powerline, who in his adventuresome debut on the rainy afternoon of July 18 started slowly under Ricardo Santana Jr., became rank due to kickback, and then got slammed during the stretch drive. To his credit, the c**t out of GSP stakes winner Park Avenue (Quality Road), galloped out strongly, unfazed, and hopes are that he will benefit from that initial racing experience.

Among rivals that Powerline, a $1.8 million Saratoga yearling, is set to face is $1.5 million Coolmore and White Birch Farm yearling purchase Art Museum, who is by Into Mischief and out of G2 winner and multiple G1-placed Point of Honor (Curlin). Chad Brown trains Art Museum and Flavien Prat will ride from post 8 in the field of nine.

Brown also trains Barrel Roll, a $1.2 million yearling and son of Gun Runner who will be racing for Tanglewood Thoroughbreds and Gainesway Stable. Manny Franco will pilot Barrel Roll from post 4.

Starting from post 2 will be Godolphin homebred Louden, who also is by Gun Runner and out of G1-placed G2 winner Lake Avenue (Tapit).

What a week this could be! Especially with this late-breaking news:

Summer Wind-bred El Dandi (Daredevil) ran away from rivals in an allowance Sunday night at Mountaineer Racetrack to win a 6f sprint on a sloppy/sealed track by 6 3/4 lengths. A big gray out of Test of Time (by Unbridled's Song out of Summer Wind foundation mare Misty Hour), El Dandi notched the 3rd win of his career.

And what an extra exciting P.S. -- Trainer John Sadler reported via the Del Mar notes today that Flightline's exciting son Inshallah, who debuted Aug. 15 at the seaside oval with an impressive, geared down win, may run again prior to the end of that meet

"We are very happy and thrilled to see him show that kind of pop the first time out,” Sadler said of the $2.1 million 2yo in training purchase who races for the Saudi Arabian-based KAS Stable. “You think you have a nice horse and for him to show that much speed was really exciting.”

Also is exciting is that while Sadler said he has no specific plans for Inshallah and wants to "see what he shows us," he added that the G1 Del Mar Futurity at the end of the summer meet is “not off the table.”

08/16/2026

There was little doubt from the time the gate opened to the finish line that God was indeed willing that 's fiery chestnut juvenile son Inshallah would gain an easy victory in his maiden special weight debut at Del Mar today.

Ridden by Joel Rosario, Inshallah (whose name is the oft-spoken Arabic phrase meaning God willing) flew immediately to the lead and never looked back, geared down at the end after dazzling through early fractions of :21. 52 and :44.44.

"Inshallah's fast!" exclaimed announcer Larry Collmus. "He's rolling away early!"

Video of the race: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mWb9OHz5_Ug

Sent off as the odds-on favorite, Inshallah was purchased by the KAS Stable, owned by the sons of the late Saudi Arabian King Abdullah bin Abdulaziz, for $2.1 million at the Fasig-Tipton Midlantic sale of two-year-olds in training in May. He is trained by Flightline's conditioner, John Sadler, and had recorded a series of 8 workouts in California since mid-June.

Inshallah is out of 2017 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint winner Bar of Gold (Medaglia d'Oro), an earner of over $1.5 million and full sister to another G1 winner, Spirit of St. Louis, who has banked over $1.9 million.

A three-quarter brother to GSW Coinage (Tapit), Inshallah also is from the family of G1 winner Key Phrase (Flying Paster), dam of stakes winner Yankee Gentleman (Storm Cat), best known as the broodmare sire of American Pharoah through his daughter -- and Summer Wind's queen -- Littleprincessemma.

Inshallah becomes the 5th winner from Flightline's first crop of foals and -- inshallah -- looks like he could be a force to reckon with in the days ahead on the West Coast.

Summer Wind also is proud of homebred Groves, the Flightline filly out of stakes winner Analyze (Candy Ride), who finished second in her career debut at Saratoga today for Bill Mott and Junior Alvarado. Look for her to fly home in her next star!

08/14/2026

It's of another big weekend of racing and this son of already is looking like a future star as he stands tall in the Summer Wind fields alongside his dam.

Produced by the Ghostzapper mare Nyxed, a half sister to G1pl SW Moon Over Miami (Malibu Moon), the c**t hails from the internationally accomplished family of champion It's in the Air (Mr. Prospector) that features the likes of Dubai World Cup victor Mystic Guide, MG1 winner Music Note (A.P. Indy), French 1000 Guineas heroine Musical Chimes (In Excess), and Arkansas Derby winner Sandman (Tapit).

The second foal of Nyxed following a now yearling c**t by Constitution, the c**t began his young life by teaching himself how to change leads on the fly while circling his paddock in lovely canter loops. He was amazing to watch, throwing in a few exuberant bucks and kicks along the way, and that sensation has only increased over time.

He seems the perfect foal to feature on this particular Friday as there are 6 exciting two-year-olds -- 5 c**ts and 1 filly -- by Flightline set to race on Saturday (5) and Sunday (1).

Leading the way for Summer Wind is Jane Lyon's homebred filly Groves, who is from the family of elite broodmare Courtly Dee, who is entered in the sixth race at Saratoga on Saturday for Bill Mott and Junior Alvarado.

Groves will face some tough company in the likes of champion Malathaat's first foal, Tumoohaat (Into Mischief) trained by Todd Pletcher; Godolphin's homebred Free Verse (Justify) out of G1 winner Dickinson (Medaglia d'Oro), trained by Brad Cox, and Libby Lloyd (Into Mischief), who trainer Chad Brown said may turn out to be his best young female sprinter.

Also debuting at Saratoga on Saturday will be the WinStar Farm co-owned Dallas Star, a Flightline c**t out of G1 winner Tara's Tango (Unbridled's Song) who was a $900,000 yearling and is trained by Todd Pletcher, as well as SBA Racing USA's Upper Echelon, a son of GSW Lady Scarlet (Union Rags) trained by Cox.

Set to race at Dundalk in Ireland on Saturday for Aidan O'Brien is the c**t Magna Cum Laude, by Flightline and out of Sweet Achiever (Curlin), a full sister to MGSW Cezanne. A $950,000 yearling, Magna Cum Laude is owned in partnership by Coolmore, Westerberg, Peter Brant, Brook T. Smith and St. Elias Stables.

O'Brien has 3 entered in the one-mile maiden event, with the other 2 both by Gun Runner and led by Ile de France, who is out of MG1 winner and $5 million mare Campanelle (Kodiac).

Another headliner among the group of Flightlines debuting this weekend is Inshallah, the $2.1 million Fasig Midlantic 2yo sale graduate trained by John Sadler who is the 2-to-1 morning line favorite in a field of 8 for Saturday's 7th race at Del Mar over 5 1/2 furlongs. Inshallah -- whose name is akin to the phrase God Willing -- has posted a steady stream of workouts and is out of 2017 Breeders' Cup Filly & Mare Sprint winner Bar of Gold (Medaglia d'Oro).

On Sunday, Flightline's son Greenwell is the morning line 5-to-2 favorite in a 1 1/16-mile maiden special weight race on the Saratoga turf for trainer Mark Casse and jockey Jose Ortiz.

All of us from the home of Flightline are wishing for happy takeoffs with smooth jet streams at their backs for these exciting offspring of the undefeated champion.

08/11/2026

We already miss him, yet we have sent him on his way to what hopefully will be a grand career, making us and his new owners -- the Boersma family's Flying Dutchmen stable -- proud.

The Summer Wind-bred c**t by Curlin out of MGSW Private Mission (Into Mischief) drew a final bid of $800,000 last night during the opening session of the Saratoga select yearling sale and was among a group of 5 purchased by Flying Dutchmen for a total of $5,225,000.

Born with a wide blaze, a hind stocking and a striking blond mane, the c**t would catch anyone's eye when turned out this summer, the evening sunlight gleaming against his coat and gilding him in gold.

We will keep our memories of him close as we await the next stage of his life, ready to always be cheering for his success.

Meanwhile, his dam Private Mission -- whose first foal, bred by Baoma Corp., is a 2yo filly by Gun Runner named Jiliang who is in training at Del Mar with Bob Baffert -- has a filly born in March by Flightline and is back in foal to Flightline.

08/10/2026

Saratoga Spotlight Ready

Set to step into the Saratoga select yearling sale ring tonight is this eye-catching c**t by Curlin, sire of champions, and out of multiple graded stakes winner Private Mission (Into Mischief).

Cataloged as Hip 51 in the Lane's End consignment, the c**t has 5 G1 winners in his immediate female family, including Kentucky Oaks winner Secret Status (A.P. Indy), Alabama Stakes winner Dunbar Road (Quality Road) and Chilean champion Maria Candela (Balconaje), as well as Belmont Stakes runner-up Dunkirk (Unbridled's Song).

As one of only 3 Curlin c**ts still left in the catalog after early scratches, he should be on everyone's must-ee list.

08/10/2026

Exciting times with both racing and sales as we await the Saratoga sales ring entrance on Monday of the Summer Wind-bred Curlin c**t out of MGSW Private Mission (Into Mischief) as Hip 51.

Tonight's email also carried the official race entry for another Summer Wind homebred, 2yo filly GROVES (Flightline), in a 6f hot ticket of a maiden special weight event at Saratoga on August 15.

Trained by Bill Mott, Groves has drawn the outside post 9 with Junior Alvarado up and it was impossible to miss who was drawn just inside of her -- Shadwell Stable's homebred first foal of champion Malathaat (Curlin). By Into Mischief, that filly is named Tumoohaat, which means lofty aspirations, according to Google.

And just to the inside of Tumoohaat in the entry box is Godolphin's homebred Free Verse, a daughter of Justify and G1 winner Dickinson (Medaglia d'Oro) and thus a half sister to multiple stakes winner Wadsworth (Quality Road) and his GSP full brother Chapman's Peak.

We are hoping Groves, who has logged some impressive workouts, has her flight gear ready for this extra demanding debut!

Groves is one of those fillies born looking like a runner and no wonder; in addition to being by Flightline, she is a tail female descendant of phenomenal Broodmare of the Year Courtly Dee (Never Bend), who produced 18 foals and 15 winners, including 7 graded stakes winners led by champion Althea (Alydar).

Jane Lyon named the filly Groves in honor of Helen Kleberg Groves, who along with her daughter Helen Alexander and partner David Aykroyd, owned and managed Courtly Dee for much of her broodmare career, breeding 11 foals from the stellar mare. One of those foals was Aishah, a full sister to Althea and a G2 winner herself as well as being the 3rd dam of Analyze (Candy Ride), who is the dam of Groves.

A stakes winner while racing for the partnership of Alexander Groves Matz and trainer Michael Matz, Analyze claims as her 2nd dam the G1 winner Aldiza (Storm Cat). Analyze's dam is GSP Alchemist (A.P. Indy) and thus Analyze is a half sister to G3 Withers Stakes winner Far From Over (Blame) and multiple G1-placed And Why Not (Street Cry), dam of millionaire and MGSW Fearless (Ghostzapper).

Needless to say, the debut of Groves in this blue-chip maiden race has us feeling goosebumps of anticipation already.

One factor in her favor is that Hall of Famer Mott seems to be charmed by the filly (as you can see in the accompanying photo posted by freelance racing writer Tim Wilkin to his X account last month). Mott keeps Groves in a stall near his office so she is never far from his sight.

Equibase shows 5 workouts for Groves from June 19 through August 8, and two of those moves are bullet drills. Groves has often worked with c**ts, including her August 1 5f session from the gate with Juddmonte's 2yo Stone Aged (Curlin), a half brother to European champion juvenile Air Force Blue. Video of that workout: https://1st.tv/video/groves-(outside)-and-stone-aged-worked-5-furlongs-in-1/1_zj1d57hy/

We hope there will be much more we can share about Groves as her racing begins to unfold.

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