<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>LAFYEV (IRE)<\/SPAN><\/B> is an unraced freshman scratch-bred colt by Fasliyev running for wss<\/I>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Fasliyev leans toward turf sprinters as a sire, so that bodes well for the colt.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His damsire, Best Turn, however, points the other way to dirt route horses.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Journeyman T Withycombe is up and does not add particular riding prowess.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>The willowisp6<\/I> stable brings in bargain-bred KALUKI(NY)<\/B>, also unraced.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Little-known sire Kalu\u2019s best runners like dirt, but at least his sire, Honor Grades, got some top turf runners in real life like Honor Glide and Gone Fishin.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Obscure damsire Sakura Laurel (JPN), a multiple group winner in <\/SPAN>Japan<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>, has no other sim runners as a damsire.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His get as a sire do like turf sprinting.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>N Block has the reins on the 88-1 shot.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>DUBAI MOONLIGHT(ENG)<\/SPAN><\/B> was a first-out, turf sprint maiden winner on July 28th here in <\/SPAN>Athens<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The colt is the first foal out of the winning <\/SPAN>E Dubai<\/SPAN><\/st1:place> mare DUBAI WELLS<\/B>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Sire Cacique already has three stakes winners, two on turf.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Another journeyman jock, A Wooden, stays aboard from the maiden win, and will look for a stalking position with the 9\/5 favorite.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>SOULMAN(KY)<\/SPAN><\/B> is another unraced scratch bred coming to post for wispa4.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Sire Perfect Soul\u2019s foals have shown ability on turf, while damsire What A Pleasure is strongly dirt-oriented.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>There is hope that 21-year veteran J Shelmo can guide this one home in a minor upset at 5\/2.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>Unraced TEE CHEE(FR),<\/B> the third member of the Willow Stables empire in the race, further represents the scratch breds, coming down from the breeding farm in <\/SPAN>France<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> to take on this field.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Sire High Yield gets nearly 10% stakes winners, but nearly 70% of his progeny\u2019s earnings are on dirt.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Damsire Apalachee is a decidedly dirt sprint influence.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Jockey W Rudd hopes to move closer to double digits in win percentage on the year with his charge.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>APOLLO MOON(OK<\/SPAN><\/B>) deserves kudos for representing Oklahoma-breds in <\/SPAN>Athens<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is the first foal out of\u00a0 <\/SPAN>ELIZABETHTOWN<\/B>, a Malibu Moon mare who eked out a maiden win and two low dollar claiming wins despite breaking 80 SP#s only once in her career.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She did her best work on turf, but Malibu Moon tends strongly to dirt runners overall.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The Oklahoma-based sire Apollo has turf influence Lyphard in his pedigree, and indeed there are some runners who like the green stuff, including top juvenile earner WHITEY <\/B><\/SPAN>DURHAM<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>(OK).<\/SPAN><\/B>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>APOLLO MOON(OK) broke his maiden first out in his home state for the planetred<\/I> stable, which has secured the services of top jock V Drosos for the first European ride.\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The PEACH BOUNDARY(IRE) Bonanza is a grassy 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