Saratoga Babies for Sunday, July 20

Race 1

5 1/2 furlongs
Maiden special weight (NY-breds)
2-year-olds
Purse $73,000

1. G R’S GIANT (Frost Giant – Piano Chimes, by Chimes Band)
Trainer: Dominick Schettino
- Foaled April 28, 2012 in New York
- Sold for $50K as a yearling
- Sire was a Grade 1 route winner ($454K, 1 for 2 at 2, unraced in dirt sprints)
- Sire is 3 for 22 (14%) with 2-year-old first-time starters
- Dam was multiple stakes placed routing on turf at 2 ($139K, 2 for 11 at 2, 1 for 4 in dirt sprints)
- Dam has 4 winners from 5 runners (1 for 2 with 2-year-olds, 3 for 5 with dirt sprinters)
- Dam a half-sister to stakes-placed Swear to It ($174K, 1 for 6 at 2, 1 for 8 in dirt sprints)
- Trainer is 4 for 15 (27%, $6.16 ROI) over the past 5 years with 2-year-old first-time starters in statebred maiden special weight dirt sprints (1 for 6, 17%, $6.33 ROI at Saratoga) according to Formulator
- June 21 workout went .01 faster than barn’s 3-year-old filly M B and Tee (scheduled to debut in Friday’s 4th race); June 29 workout matches M B and Tee.

2. NAVY BLUE (Midshipman – Just Gabi, by Devil His Due)
Trainer: Gary Contessa
- Foaled March 21, 2012 in New York
- $19K RNA as a yearling, sold for $52K as a yearling and for $90K in March
- Half-brother to stakes-winning 2-year-old Saltamontes ($242K, 2 for 5 at 2, 5 for 20 in dirt sprints)
- Sire was a multiple Grade 1 synthetic winner ($1.5M, 3 for 4 at 2, 2 for 2 in dirt sprints)
- Sire is 3 for 8 (38%) with 2-year-olds
- Dam was a winner ($184K, 0 for 1 at 2, 5 for 33 in dirt sprints)
- Dam has 3 winners from 4 runners (1 for 3 with 2-year-olds, 3 for 4 with dirt sprinters)
- Dam a half-sister to stakes winner Margies Smile ($154K, 1 for 1 at 2, 2 for 8 in dirt sprints)
- Trainer is 1 for 18 (6%, $0.21 ROI) over the past 5 years with second-out 2-year-olds in statebred maiden special weight dirt sprints (1 for 3, 33%, $1.26 ROI at Saratoga)
- Breezed 1 furlong in 10.2 seconds prior to the March auction.

3. THANK YOU (Congrats – Actceptional, by Noactor)
Trainer: Michael Mareina
- Foaled April 19, 2012 in New York
- Sold for $60K as yearling
- Half-brother to multiple turf stakes-placed Mrs. Debbie M ($68K, 1 for 4 at 2, unraced in dirt sprints), stakes-winning router Omniscient ($368K, 0 for 6 in dirt sprints), and stakes-placed Miss Emelina ($59K, 0 for 3 in dirt sprints)
- Sire was a Grade 2 route winner ($998K, 1 for 2 at 2, 2 for 5 in dirt sprints)
- Sire is 81 for 567 (14%) with 2-year-olds
- Dam was multiple stakes placed sprinting ($88K, 1 for 5 at 2, 3 for 11 in dirt sprints)
- Dam has 5 winners from 8 runners (2 for 4 with 2-year-olds, 2 for 6 with dirt sprinters)
- Dam a half-sister to multiple-stakes-winning sprinter Valid Pulpit ($140K, 2 for 10 at 2, 4 for 14 in dirt sprints)
- Trainer is 4 for 19 (21%, $1.41 ROI) over the past 5 years going turf to dirt.
- July 2 work matches Mareina’s 2-year-old Blame It On Chris (45 Beyer)

4. DESERT MILLION (Desert Party – Yankee Million, by Yankee Victor)
Trainer: Anthony Dutrow
- Foaled April 4, 2012 in New York
- $32K RNA short yearling, sold for $100K as a yearling, $245K RNA in March, $95K RNA in May
- Sire was a Grade 2 sprint winner at 2 ($808K, 2 for 3 at 2, won debut, 4 for 5 in dirt sprints)
- Sire is 1 for 6 (17%) with 2-year-old first-time starters
- Dam was unplaced ($3K, 0 for 4 at 2, 0 for 2 in dirt sprints)
- Dam has 2 winners from 2 runners (1 for 1 with 2-year-olds, 1 for 1 with dirt sprinters in United States)
- Second dam is Grade 3-placed 2-year-old Betamillion Bock ($46K, 1 for 7 at 2, 0 for 5 in dirt sprints)
- Trainer is 3 for 12 (25%, $1.60 ROI) over the past 5 years with 2-year-old first-time starters in statebred maiden special weight dirt sprints (0 for 1 at Saratoga)
- Breezed 1 furlong in 10.3 seconds prior to the March auction; Breezed 2 furlongs in 22 seconds prior to the May auction; July 13 workout matches Dutrow’s 2-year-old filly Zo Zo (20 Beyer)

5. COSMO STORM (Cosmonaut – Irgun’s Trial, by Irgun)
Trainer: James Lawrence II
- Foaled May 6, 2012 in New York
- Sold for $12K as a weanling, $40K as a yearling, and for $120K in May
- Sire was a multiple Grade 3 winner ($1.3M, 0 for 1 at 2, 0 for 2 in dirt sprints)
- Sire is 0 for 7 with 2-year-old first-time starters
- Dam was a sprint winner ($67K, 7 for 26 in dirt sprints)
- Dam has 2 winners from 4 runners (0 for 3 with 2-year-olds, 2 for 4 with dirt sprinters)
- Family of stakes winner My Gallant Game ($369K, 9 for 55 in dirt sprints)
- Trainer is 0 for 12 over the past 5 years with 2-year-old first-time starters
- Breezed 1 furlong in 10.1 seconds prior to the May auction.

6. TAX PACKAGE (Pioneerof the Nile – D’ Country, by D’wildcat)
Trainer: Chad Brown
- Foaled February 4, 2012 in New York
- Sold for $170K as a yearling
- Sire was a multiple Grade 1 synthetic winner ($1.6M, 2 for 5 at 2, unraced in dirt sprints)
- Sire is 6 for 35 (17%) with 2-year-old first-time starters
- Dam was a stakes-placed synthetic router at 2 ($206K, 1 for 8 at 2, unraced in dirt sprints)
- This is dam’s first starter.
- Second dam is stakes-placed Western Melody ($77K, 1 for 4 in dirt sprints)
- Trainer is 6 for 54 (11%, $1.25 ROI) over the past 5 years with 2-year-old first-time starters in maiden special weight dirt sprints (4 for 21, 19%, $1.93 ROI at Saratoga)

7. SANDLER (Into Mischief – Sunny Senorita, by El Prado)
Trainer: Todd Pletcher
- Foaled March 9, 2012 in New York
- Sold for $50K as a yearling
- Sire was a Grade 1 synthetic route winner at 2 ($597K, 2 for 3 at 2, won debut, unraced in dirt sprints)
- Sire is 5 for 39 (13%) with 2-year-old first-time starters
- Dam was unplaced ($2K, 0 for 2, unraced at 2, unraced in dirt sprints)
- Dam has 1 winner from 2 runners (0 for 2 with dirt sprinters)
- Third dam is Grade 3 winner Scotch Heather ($382K, 2 for 8 in dirt sprints)
- Trainer is 5 for 11 (45%, $3.54 ROI) over the past 5 years with 2-year-old first-time starters in statebred maiden special weight dirt sprints at Saratoga
- June 16 work went .04 slower than Pletcher’s 6-year-old mare Lady Aspen (88 turf Beyer, 84 synthetic, 78 dirt); July 5 work matches Pletcher’s 2-year-old Escondido (finished 5th with 57 Beyer in turf maiden special weight at Belmont on July 11)

8. THIRST FOR GLORY (Lemon Drop Kid – Rumors of Glory, by Storm Cat)
Trainer: John Kimmel
- Foaled May 1, 2012 in New York
- Sire was a multiple Grade 1 winner ($3.2M, 2 for 6 at 2, 1 for 3 in dirt sprints)
- Sire is 29 for 266 (11%) with 2-year-old first-time starters
- Dam won on turf ($29K, 0 for 1 at 2, 0 for 2 in dirt sprints)
- This is dam’s first starter
- Dam is a half-sister to stakes-placed router Time Squared ($100K, 0 for 1 at 2, unraced in dirt sprints), stakes-placed 2-year-old Submerge ($64K, 1 for 4 at 2, 1 for 4 in dirt sprints), and 2-year-old Grade 1 winner Artemis Agrotera ($417K, 2 for 3 at 2, won debut, 1 for 1 in dirt sprints)
- Trainer is 2 for 10 (20%, $3.04 ROI) over the past 5 years with 2-year-old first-time starters in statebred maiden special weight dirt sprints at Saratoga

SELECTIONS:
1. Tax Package
2. Sandler
3. Thirst for Glory
4. G R’s Giant

THE PLAY:
Tax Package – Sandler EXACTA
Tax Package – Thirst for Glory EXACTA