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Post by Rendezvous on May 28, 2017 23:47:16 GMT -6
Week 1
Pensive Derby - G5+ - 7f - D - 2yo
WIN Kallisto place I Bet My Life Twilight Tear Stakes - G5+ - 7f - T - 2yo
Gate One: Princequillo Stakes - G5+ - 8f - D - 3yo ISABELLE
FIRST Tuff E' Nuff SECOND Shuttershock THIRD Maleficent Gate Three: TUFF E' NUFF Jockeyed by Terri Lane Harmonica Stakes - G5+ - 8f - T - 3yo
FIRST Dancer's Shadow SECOND Ephermeal THIRD Final Judgement Franklin Square Stakes - G2 - 7f - D
Gate One: FLASHING THE DECLARATION jockeyed by Candace Miller Texas Glitter Stakes - G2 - 7f - T
FIRST Summer Romance SECOND Manhattan Royalty BATTLESTONE DOWNS TURF CLASSIC* - G5/4 - 11F - TURF - 3YO
FIRST Patriot SECOND Shatter THIRD Apache Sunrise BATTLESTONE DOWNS DIRT CLASSIC* - G5/4 - 11F - DIRT - 3YO
WIN Black Thriller PLACE Miss Magic SHOW Nutcracker Suite fourth Roussong BATTLESTONE DOWNS TURF SPRINT* - G5/4 - 6F - TURF - 3YO
FIRST Storm Warning SECOND Game Over BATTLESTONE DOWNS DIRT SPRINT* - G5/4 - 6F - DIRT - 3YO
WIN: Pele's Wrath PLACE: Mistweaver SHOW: Glory Run 4th: BLue Moon SUGAR SWIRL STAKES* - G3+ - 9.5f - DIRT - 4YO+ F/M
WIN: Enrapture PLACE: Barely a Sound SHOW: Ghostly Girl 4th: Fire Goddess |
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Post by Rendezvous on May 28, 2017 23:52:26 GMT -6
Week 2
Vagrancy Stakes - G5 - 11f - D - 2yo
Lolly Win. Bold Trick Place. Flashbang Show. Sillencio Fourth. French Quarter Fifth. Sweet Talker The top three really pushed each other from pretty early on in the race. Sillencio broke into the lead from the start but found himself fighting for the position with both Flashbang and Bold Trick quite early on, and didn’t quite have the experience at the distance as the other two did to be able to maintain it. Bold Trick had glued himself onto Flashbang, and Flashbang was easily influenced and became preoccupied with attempting to out-do him - pushing his pace faster, earlier than he usually would. Bold Trick has won at this distance already, and wasn’t much phased by the eagerness of Sillencio and Flashbang and found himself with the stamina to spare to take the win.
French Quarter and Sweet Talker simply didn’t recognise the huge battle between the top three colts early enough, allowing them to get several lengths ahead, and Sweet Talker having only raced at 8 furlongs thus far was perhaps a little overwhelmed by the distance and competitiveness of the colts and in the end didn’t have enough time to recover the big distance as a closer. French Quarter and Sweet Talker are both impressive horses in my eyes, but I really felt the top three pushed the pace much earlier than either of them were expecting.Capote Belle Stakes - G5 - 11f - T - 2yo
Gate One: moved to Vagrancy Stakes Gate Two: Scratched Carry Back Stakes - G5 - 10f - D - 3yo
Gate One: NIGHT VIGIL Jockeyed by Myra Collins My Portrait Derby - G5 - 10f - T - 3yo
Ripley Win. Stylishly Wild Place. Alchemy Rahy Derby - G5+G4 - 8f - D - 3yo
Ripley Win. Evanescence Place. Sophie's Harmony Show. Rough Boy Sadler's Wells Stakes - G5+G4 - 8f - T - 3yo
Gate One: MOONSTORM jockeyed by Devon Blackthorn Bowl of Flowers Stakes - G4+ - 7f - D - 3yo
Cruisey WIN Key West PLACE Bulletproof show Shady Biscuit Swing and Sway Stakes - G4+ - 7f - T - 3yo
Gate One: Watsonville Stakes - G3 - 8f - D
Ripley Win. Noadiance Place. Escape Artist Show. Dark Maiden Fourth. Crooked Intentions Crooked Intentions: She was cutting back from a marathon distance to the mile distance on a different surface and seemed a little out of her element amongst the speedier horses. She's a good quality mare, but it seemed strange to go back to dirt after rolling to victory in a turf race.Spike Stakes - G3 - 8f - T
Ripley Win. Sugar Rush Place. The Apathy Sugar Rush: I'm fairly certain she won a race already in Year Seventeen. Not sure where, but I thought I'd seen her entered somewhere in Feb Wk 1 or Jan wk 4.ROCKINGHAM SPECIAL* - G2+ - 12f - D - F/M
Rendezvous WIN. Adrasteia PLACE. Awestruck SHOW. Everyday Smile
The beautiful Radiance filly, Adrasteia took a well deserved win today. She came off a second place finish in the Belle Victoire Derby and two weeks off did this filly good. She was extremely focused and had her head completely in the game this morning. She managed to lead the field for a good majority of the race before being overtaken by Awestruck and Everyday Smile not far behind. Adrasteia wasn't having any of that drama, however, and still finished three lengths ahead of the other fillies.Awestruck seemed a bit nervous out of the gate today and was bent up on nervous energy as she tackled the field, giving her jockey a bit of a hard time. Everyday Smile is the older horse of the field, but the four year old horses got the upper hand today.CARNIVAL STAKES* - G2+ - 9f - T
Rendezvous WIN. Scintilla PLACE. Devil's Flair SHOW. Passionate God 4th Secret's Surprise Talk about girl's night out! Last year's Virginia Derby winner was not playing around today and gave the boys a run for their money. It was a true battle of the sexes today with two fillies and two colts on the field. Only Scintilla managed to overtake the boys today with Secret's Surprise being overpowered by Passionate God for the duration of the race. The Foolish Lad filly practically ran her heart out trying to stay on Devil's Flair's heels. The Augusto colt was eager to push the pack to run faster, attempting to tire them out along the way. He was a big bully on the track and occasionally came a little too close to Passionate God during the first half of the race. Passionate God had his mind in the wrong place as he wasted a bit of energy in the gates, breaking last before scurrying to get a lead position. This was where Devil's Flair edged him on, encouraging him to run faster although he himself had no intention of surpassing him just yet. He tried to do the same to Scintilla, but this filly didn't care, she was happy to run her little heart out. Secret's Surprise stayed out of the drama and kept to the back of the pack not wanting to get between Devil's Flair. When Devil's Flair stopped playing devil's advocate, Scintilla had already crossed the wire, pulling up with her nose flaring. Although she won today, it was a hard race for the filly. |
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Post by Rendezvous on May 28, 2017 23:55:38 GMT -6
Week 3
Pennant Stakes - G5+ - 9f - D - 2yo
SunFrost win Flashbang place Red Hot Secret show Sillencio DQ - Hurricane (3yo) Speed Boat Stakes - G5+ - 9f - T - 2yo
Cruisey WIN Terminus place Odin Decidedly Stakes - G5 - 5f - D - 3yo
Cruisey WIN Pied Piper place Glory Run Greek Money Derby - G5 - 5f - T - 3yo
Gate One: Android Stakes - G5+G4 - 6f - D - 3yo
Gate One: KINDLY ENOUGH Jockeyed by Meredith Hently Rhubarb Stakes - G5+ - 6f - T - 3yo
Gate One: Jaipur Stakes - G4+ - 9f - D - 3yo
SunFrost win Vetanda place Partyatthedisco Bramalea Derby - G4+ - 9f - T - 3yo
Gate One: Waterloo Stakes - G2 - 10f - D
Gate One: Sider Joe Stakes - G2 - 10f - T
Gate One: Moved to Jaipur Stakes GENUINE RISK STAKES* - 10f - D - 3yo PREP FOR THE TRIPLE CROWN
Isabelle FIRST Arctic Fox SECOND Roussong SIMPLY PERFECT STAKES* - G5/4 - 8F - TURF - 3YO
SunFrost win Justa Little Cutie place Spirit of Liberty GARDEN STATE HANDICAP* - G2+ - 7f - D - F/M
Cruisey WIN Sugar Demon [nose] place Melodious SUPER COMPLICATED STAKES* - G5/4 - 8F - DIRT - 3YO
Isabelle FIRST Miss Magic SECOND Apache Sunrise THIRD Fabled Dreams *Fabled Dreams desperately needs a break, I'd say at least four weeks. |
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Post by Rendezvous on May 31, 2017 23:42:35 GMT -6
Week 4
Damaged Goods Derby - G5+ - 5f - D - 2yo
Gate One: THE BLUE ALIEN jockeyed by Candace Miller Clarissimus Stakes - G5+ - 5f - T - 2yo
SUNFROST win Miss Abilene place Minuet Trinity show True Sunrise John Battaglia Memorial Stakes - G3 - 11f - D
ENDER WIN Gold Rush PLACE Catastrophic Santa Ysabel Stakes - G3 - 11f - T
Collapsed into John Battaglia Memorial Stakes Curribott Stakes - G2 - 12f - D
SUNFROST win Wyvern place Muggathugga show Whispering Melody Jersey Lilly Stakes - G2 - 12f - T
SUNFROST win Coveted Faith place Jericho BAYSHORE DERBY* - 6f - D - 3yo PREP FOR THE TRIPLE SPRINTER CROWN
ENDER WIN Toss Up PLACE Mistweaver SHOW Dauntless OCEANSIDE STAKES* - 11f - T - 3yo
SAMMY WIN: Laddie Luck PLACE: Luna De Solterra SHOW: Wild Tide 4th: Shuttershock BLIZZARD STAKES* - G2+ - 5f - T - F/M
CRUISEY WIN Sugar Demon [nose] PLACE Athena's Desires show My Kingdom Come PIMLICO SPECIAL* - G1 - 10f - D
RENDEZVOUS 1st Coincidence 2nd Incognito 3rd Baciami 4th Uno Momento 5th Barely Smokin An extremely good looking field of maturing gentleman. All of these colts have probably seen each other field at least once in their racing career and they were familiar with each other on the track today. It was a hard race to judge as all of these horses possess the same quality as the next horse and there was no horse left behind in this track. Even with Barely Smokin in fifth place he wasn't far behind from Uno Momento and so on.MARLBORO CUP INVITATIONAL* - G1 - 10f - T
SAMMY WIN: Like a Lady PLACE: Scintilla SHOW: Devil's Flair LA PREVOYANTE HANDICAP* - G2+ - 11F - DIRT - 4YO+ F/M
RENDEZVOUS 1st Fire Goddess [nose] 2nd Impressionable 3rd Awestruck Fire Goddess came back with a vengeance after coming in second to Impressionable. Girls really do hold grudges, I'm telling you. |
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