Sunday’s Racing Insights: Daughter Of Flightline Cleared For SDF Takeoff Over Turf Strip

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2nd-CD, $120K, Msw, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mT, 1:29 p.m. ET.Bred by Machmer Hall, SPECIAL BUTTERFLY (Flightline) went to WHS Stables for $900,000 during Keeneland September. The Brad Cox trainee is out of unplaced dam Special Me (Unbridled's Song), who is also responsible for MGISW Gina Romantica (Into Mischief), GISW Gift Box (by Twirling Candy), MGSW Stonetastic (mizzen Mast) and Canadian MGSW Special Forces (Candy Ride {Arg}).Daddy's Nugget (Medaglia d'Oro) is a Jim and Susan Hill homebred trained by Rodolphe Brisset. The couple purchased the first-time starter's dam, Daddy Is a Legend (Scat Daddy), for $160,000 at the 2016 Keeneland September Sale and watched as she took home multiple graded stakes under their colors. TJCIS PPS2nd-BEL, $100K, Msw, 2yo, f, 1 1/16mfT, 1:42 p.m. ET.White Birch Farm bred and will race Benediction (Into Mischief), who is out of Peter Brant's GI Alabama Stakes winner Dunbar Road (Quality Road). The filly is trained by Bill Mott.Stephanie Seymour Brant has her own entry in Miguel Clement trainee Aesthetic Emotion (Ire) (Kingman {GB}), who happens to be a half-sister to the Brant-owned SW Opulent Restraint (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}) and Isadora Duncan (Ire) (Dubawi {Ire}). The filly's dam is White Birch's MGSW Significant Form (Creative Cause).Finally, Saffie Joseph Jr. runner Palace Joy (Palace Pier {GB}) is part of extended female family which includes SW Sweet N Discreet (Discreet Cat)–the dam of MGSW Sweet Melania (American Pharoah) and 'TDN Rising Star, presented by Hagyard,' Sweet Rebecca (American Pharoah). TJCIS PPS6th-CD, $120K, Msw, 2yo, 6f, 3:26 p.m. ET.A $3-million buy that registered as the second topper during the Fasig-Tipton's Saratoga Select Yearling Sale, Lord Mischief (Into Mischief) is owned by Resolute Racing, Stonestreet (breeder) and Anderson Stables. The colt's dam is SW & GISP Lady Kate (Bernardini), who Stonestreet acquired for $1.15-million out of the 2021 Fasig-Tipton Fall Mixed Sale.Colortime (Not This Time) went to Richard Drake for $1.35-million during Keeneland September and was sent to trainer Steve Asmussen. The colt is the first of two foals out of unraced Definitive (Tapit), who is a full-sister to current sire Magic On Tap. Colortime's second dam is GI Humana Distaff Stakes heroine Aubby K (Street Sense). TJCIS PPS7th-CD, $120K, Msw, 2yo, f, 6f, 3:55 p.m. ET.Out of GI Beholder Mile winner As Time Goes By (American Pharoah), Scarlet Ribbons (Gun Runner) heads postward for owners Mrs. John Magnier, Derrick Smith and Michael Tabor. The Bob Baffert trainee's second dam is MGISW Take Charge Lady (Dehere). Her extended female family includes champions Will Take Charge (Unbridled's Song) and Take Charge Brandi (Giant's Causeway), plus current sire Omaha Beach (by War Front).Maximum Capital (Maxfield)–trained by Vicki Oliver–is the first foal for the unraced half-sister of MGISW Defunded (Dialed In).Luxdomina (Good Magic) netted $500,000 during OBS March earlier this year and then was sent to trainer Brad Cox by Wathnan. TJCIS PPSThe post Sunday’s Racing Insights: Daughter Of Flightline Cleared For SDF Takeoff Over Turf Strip appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.