3rd-SAR, $115K, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 1:41 p.m. ET.Bred by Peter Brant, BACKLASH (Gun Runner) was a $900,000 Keeneland September buy for Repole Stable then was sent to trainer Todd Pletcher. White Birch Farm acquired the colt's dam–SP American West (Curlin)–for $925,000 during the 2019 Keeneland September sale and she subsequently went for $650,000 to International Equities Holding for $650,000 at last year's Keeneland November Sale while a filly by Practical Joke was in utero. American West's full-sister is the Repole-owned & Pletcher-trained SW Be You and her extended female family includes current sire Constitution (Tapit).Also entered from the Pletcher barn is Foolin (Practical Joke), who was bred by Machmer Hall and recently graduated from the OBS March sale (see Summer Breezes) where he was taken home by Spendthrift Farm and Lee Ackerley Racing for $775,000. Prior to that auction, Foolin went through the Keeneland September ring for $270,000.Ferrum (Uncle Mo) makes his first start for Danny Gargan. A $550,000 Keeneland September purchase, the bay is out of MSW Shenandoah Queen (Henny Hughes), who also produced GSP Brooklyn Blonde (Gun Runner).The half-brother to GSW Honor Marie (Honor Code) heads to the post in Sanford & Ribble homebred Warrior At Heart (Mandaloun). The Whit Beckman trainee's dam is GSP Dame Marie (Smart Strike) and her half-sister is English Group 1 hero Rule of Law (Kingmambo). TJCIS PPS1st-SAR, $115K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 12:35 p.m. ET.Elevated (Flightline) was a $600,000 Fasig-Tipton Saratoga Select Yearling sale pick for MyRacehorse. Trained by Bill Mott, the filly was handed a full-sister by GISP Slam Dunk (Into Mischief) in early March. TJCIS PPS5th-ELP, $100K, Msw, 2yo, 5 1/2fT, 2:44 p.m. ET.Jay Em Ess homebred and Paul McGee trainee Snubbed (Oscar Performance) is out of MGISW Include Me Out (Include). Her half-sister is GISW Check the Label (Stormin Fever) and the dam of GSW Trademark (Upstart).Modern Legacy (Twirling Candy) goes out for Godolphin and trainer Eoin Harty. The homebred's dam is a half-sister to MGISW Better Lucky (Ghostzapper). TJCIS PPS5th-WO, $115K, Msw, 2yo, f, 5fT, 3:11 p.m. ET.Blue Heaven Farm bred and will race Go for Launch (Flightline). Kevin Attard trains the filly and the conditioner also guided her dam Starship Jubilee (Indy Wind) to Canadian Horse of the Year honors for Bonnie Baskin and Adam Corndorf. TJCIS PPSThe post Saturday’s Insights: Gun Runner Colt Unveiled Against Challenging Saratoga Maiden Field appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.