Saturday, October 27, 2012
Jon Forbes
RACE 4, ALL TWO-YEAR-OLDS, SIX FURLONGS, 2:26 P.M.
CIRCLE CITY (dark bay/brown colt, A.P. Indy—Miss Halory, by Mr. Prospector) looks to
become the fifth winner from as many foals to race out of his dam, a winning half-sister to Grade
2 Blue Grass winner Halory Hunter, Irish Group 2 winner Van Nistelrooy, and Grade 3 winners
Brushed Halory and Key Lory. Miss Halory’s best foal to date is Stormalory, who took the
Grade 3 Transylvania on the turf.
Owner: Darley Stable
Trainer: Kiaran McLaughlin
Jockey: Ramon Dominguez
SECRET BID (bay colt, Street Cry—Inside Information, by Private Account) is out of the
Champion Older Mare who posted Grade 1 wins in the Breeders’ Cup Distaff, Spinster, Ashland,
Ruffian Handicap, Acorn, and Shuvee Handicap. Two of four foals out of Inside Information to
race have won, including Champion Three-Year-Old Filly Smuggler, victorious in the Grade 1
Coaching Club American Oaks and Grade 1 Mother Goose. Illicit, an unraced daughter of Inside
Information, produced dual graded stakes winner Gone Astray. Inside Information is a half-sister
to Educated Risk, who earned Grade 1 scores in the Frizette and Top Flight Handicap.
Owner: Phipps Stable
Trainer: Claude McGaughey, III
Jockey: Javier Castellano
LITTLE DISTORTED (Distorted Humor—Asbeautifulasyou, by A.P. Indy) is the first foal
out of his dam, whose lone win in four starts came in a maiden special weight at Laurel Park.
Asbeautifulasyou is a daughter of Santa Catarina, who earned Grade 1 placings in the Del Mar
Debutante, Frizette, and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile as a 2-year-old before going on to win the Grade
2 Hollywood Oaks and finish second in the Grade 1 Kentucky Oaks at 3.
Owner: Kuehne Racing
Trainer: Michael Mareina
Jockey: Rajiv Maragh
Sales history: $180,000 Keeneland September yearling
BOLD DANCE (gray/roan colt, Pulpit—Quiet Dance, by Quiet American) is a half-brother to
Horse of the Year and Breeders’ Cup Classic winner Saint Liam, a four-time Grade 1 winner.
Other half-siblings to Bold Dance include Grade 2 Molly Pitcher victress Quiet Giant and Grade
3 Bay Meadows Derby winner Congressionalhonor. Quiet Dance herself was a black-type
earner, finishing second in the Grade 2 Demoiselle for juvenile fillies and winning a restricted
stakes at Pimlico as a 4-year-old.
Owner: Besilu Stables
Trainer: William Mott
Jockey: Junior Alvarado