Hootenanny Maiden - 5F - M
FIRST Orpheus
SECOND Corduroy
THIRD Shadowfax
FOURTH Landslide

Isabelle can I please have feedback for the Dirty Intentions Stakes? I'm struggling to grasp this one. xD

Ugh *slaps forehead* kenren I stuck him in the wrong race. Yeah DQ for that please XD I meant for him to be in the Palindrome Stakes. I'll see if I can pop him in somewhere next week.

Lolly This race was going to Rough Boy and Soaring Passion first and second. Soaring Passion was an inch from the win, but I felt Rough Boy was just so overdue for a victory. He's been pushing and pushing for a win, True Enough foals tend to be durable, they might be down for a while but they do have the underdog flavor and snap up a win under a favorite's nose. He had a small but consistent two year old year, and I feel was caught up in some hard competition early this year. He has been racing at G4 quality since the beginning of January in undercard and HOTY. I don't think much is going to hold Soaring Passion down, and he will most likely be pulling in more HOTY wins soon. He's got the back class, experience, and pedigree I could not see putting him lower than second.

Persian Virtue was on an impressive winning streak, but she is a four year old who has been competing mostly with juveniles to get where she is. She hasn't much track experience yet, and only just began competing in G4, and facing up seasoned, experienced track colts with packed pedigrees I couldn't see her overtaking them. When an older horse starts out they do find wins very quickly because their competitions is juveniles, who never beat an older horse, but once they get into competing with horses more their own age who have backgrounds their success can be shaken up by competitors because they're not in the 'soft zone' anymore, that's what I call the buffer the older horses have racing low levels with younger horses. Don't get discouraged by this, our horses can't win every single race they enter.

I'll PM you.