This column highlights the performances of maidens who’ve made not more than 5 begins and who both bought for greater than $500,000 at public public sale, have siblings which are grade/group winners, or have dams which are grade/group winners. BloodHorse analysis exhibits maiden winners, particularly, who meet these standards usually tend to go on to be graded stakes winners. 

Santa Anita Park
From Southern California to New Orleans to Miami, the Maiden Watch radar was abuzz with exercise this final week. Nevertheless, in per week of spectacular performances, a son of Kentucky Oaks (G1) victress Consider You Can  blazed to a track-record-setting tally within the opener at Santa Anita Park March 4.

Whereas his identify is Conclude , his profession is definitely simply starting.

#5 CONCLUDE kicks off Massive Cap Day at Santa Anita with a bounding win within the opener. The son of Collected scored underneath Flavien Prat for coach @PhilDamato11. pic.twitter.com/nkHFIzx4Mu

— TVG (@TVG) March 4, 2023

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The three-year-old son of second crop sire Collected   was a narrowly crushed second on debut Jan. 21 for coach Phil D’Amato. In that effort, he struck the entrance on the prime of the lane earlier than being collared on the wire by $675,000 buy Hawker  touring 6 1/2-furlongs on the grass in opposition to maiden particular weight firm.

Chopping again to five 1/2 on Saturday going through comparable circumstances, Conclude rocketed to the entrance underneath Flavien Prat, regardless of going through regular strain on his outdoors from 14-1 shot Fleet Ft . Rattling off a gap quarter in :22.19, the flashy chestnut confirmed no indicators of stopping on the flip for dwelling, shaking free from his foe and blitzing to the wire with highly effective, reaching strides. Ultimately, he was 4 1/4 lengths the very best in 1:01.57 on a turf course labeled good.

Though eyes are inclined to fall on potential Kentucky Derby contenders this time of 12 months, the blaze-faced Conclude has the makings of a particular athlete, turf or not. It’s not too typically one sees a maiden winner decrease any monitor commonplace, particularly at a prestigious circuit like Santa Anita.

Conclude is the product of famed Airdrie Stud breeding. Bred in Kentucky by Airdrie kingpin Brereton Jones, whose silks had been carried by Consider You Can to victory within the 2012 Run for the Lillies, his sire Collected additionally stands at stud on the Lexington farm, the place he retired in 2018 after annexing such prizes because the 2017 Pacific Basic (G1) for homeowners Speedway Stables. Provided as a yearling by the Airdrie consignment throughout the 2021 Keeneland September Sale, Conclude failed to satisfy his reserve at $140,000 and was stored by Jones to race. Madaket Stables and Little Purple Feather Racing later turned companions on the colt.

The colt is Consider You Can’s greatest runner up to now since her first foal to race, 2018 Ellis Park Derby winner and Oklahoma Derby (G3) runner-up Consider in Royalty  by Tapit.  

Whereas Consider You Can by no means raced on the turf, her dam El Fasto , is a daughter of Irish group 1 winner and influential grass stallion El Prado. Her half sister And You Can  can also be the dam of a number of staked positioned sprinter Baytown Bear , a black-type performer on each the turf and dust. Apparently, Collected broke his maiden over the downhill turf course at Santa Anita as a juvenile and was runner-up within the Cecil B. DeMille Stakes (G3T) that very same 12 months earlier than Derby goals took his path onto the dust.

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If Conclude is a future star on the turf, Squire Creek  seems to have the makings and the pedigree to grow to be a possible two-turn monster on the dust. Racing analysts took discover of the Brad Cox trainee after he demolished a area of maidens first trip at Truthful Grounds Race Course & Slots March 2.

One other winner by Uncle Mo! One other good 3-year-old for @bradcoxracing! #5 SQUIRE CREEK ($7.80) wins Race 8 on the @fairgroundsnola underneath @flothejock. Congratulations to the homeowners @WinStarFarm, Twin Creeks Racing Stables (@rgullatt), 4 G Racing, and Ronald Ortyl! pic.twitter.com/OqoxzWROF5

— TVG (@TVG) March 2, 2023

The son of Uncle Mo   joins a protracted record of auspicious Cox 3-year-olds heading into Triple Crown season, however together with his breeding and price ticket ($525,000 Keeneland September yearling), it would not be a shock within the least to see Squire Creek pop up in a Derby factors race

Squire Creek rolled to the entrance underneath little urging, dueled with the finely-bred Gun Runner   colt Depraved Once more  by a half-mile right here within the close to future. in :44.92 earlier than gliding away from his opposition. Widening his benefit to 3 lengths on the head of the lane, he coasted underneath the wire a 6 1/4 size winner, stopping the clock in 1:10.05 for six furlongs.

Owned in partnership by WinStar Farm, Twin Creeks Racing Stables, 4 G Racing, and Ronald Ortyl, the WinStar Farm-bred colt is out of the Speightstown   mare Covenant , herself a daughter of the notable producer Flaming Coronary heart. Along with begetting a number of graded stakes winner and Belmont Stakes (G1) runner-up Commissioner  and grade 3 winner Chortle Monitor , Flaming Coronary heart is the second dam of 2019 Breeders’ Cup Basic (G1) hero and thrilling younger stallion Vino Rosso  .

Gulfstream Park 
Additionally becoming a member of the weekend’s standouts had been debut scorers Scotland  and Queen Picasso .

From the barn of Invoice Mott, Scotland pulled off a gallant last-to-first effort to ace a seven-furlong dust maiden particular weight check on Saturday by a head for proprietor/breeder LNJ Foxwoods. The Good Magic   gelding is produced from the grade 3-winning Speightstown mare Gemswick Park , who already has a black-type performer to her credit score with the a number of stakes-placed Tapped .

Queen Picasso, a daughter of prime European stallion Kingman , graduated within the nightcap Sunday afternoon for homeowners Siena Farm, Michael Kisber, Peter Deutsch, and The Elkstone Group. The Christophe Clement pupil overtook race pacesetter Soviet Extra  in a dogfight to the end, prevailing by a half-length whereas clocking the 1 1/16-miles on a agency turf course in 1:41.10. A $285,241 acquisition abroad on the Tattersalls October Yearling Sale, Queen Picasso is a half sibling to the French group 1 successful sprinter and stallion Aclaim .