The Pittsburgh Stayer (GII)
Saturday, January 16, 2021 — 2:10:00 PM EST
Pennsylvania – Grade II – Purse : $375,000
16 Furlongs – Fast Dirt – Restricted to 4 Year Olds and Older
Watch Race – 3D Viewer – Watch Race – 2D Viewer
Post 1 – TSONOKWA – 4/1
TSONOKWA is sired by GIANT’S CAUSEWAY and is running for the 2wide stable. TSONOKWA has won in 3 times in 10 starts for a 30% win rate and will be ridden by jockey Z Ayya (4265 814-756-605 19%) from New York.
12 Month Top Speed: 111 (2)
Kegger’s Projection: Favourite
Post 2 – LEO FROM CURLIN – 141/1
LEO FROM CURLIN is sired by CURLIN and is running for the graywolf19 stable. LEO FROM CURLIN has won in 1 times in 12 starts for a 8% win rate and will be ridden by jockey T Vincent (174 23-27-27 13%) from Delaware.
12 Month Top Speed: 80
(8)
Kegger’s Projection: Long Shot
Post 3 – LA NINA APE – 6/1
LA NINA APE is sired by TAPIZAR and is running for the apenlared stable. LA NINA APE has won in 8 times in 32 starts for a 25% win rate and will be ridden by jockey V Glasgow (284 36-45-40 13%) from Massachusetts.
12 Month Top Speed: 106
(5)
Kegger’s Projection: Contender
Post 4 – SILENT CONCERT – 40/1
SILENT CONCERT is sired by SMARTY JONES and is running for the eliteteam1 stable. SILENT CONCERT has won in 2 times in 13 starts for a 15% win rate and will be ridden by jockey R Waples (796 243-122-103 31%) from Ontario-CAN.
12 Month Top Speed: 91
(7)
Kegger’s Projection: Long Shot
Post 5 – GLIMMERSTONE – 5/2
GLIMMERSTONE is sired by ORB and is running for the champions18 stable. GLIMMERSTONE has won in 5 times in 19 starts for a 26% win rate and will be ridden by jockey V Elliott (1714 360-328-250 21%) from Maryland.
12 Month Top Speed: 110
(3)
Kegger’s Projection: Favourite
Post 6 – KITTY BELLO – 5/1
KITTY BELLO is sired by KITTEN’S JOY and is running for the barn stable. KITTY BELLO has won in 12 times in 38 starts for a 32% win rate and will be ridden by jockey J Hernandez (1807 386-332-254 21%) from Ontario-CAN.
12 Month Top Speed: 108
(4)
Kegger’s Projection: Contender
Post 7 – STAMPER – 8/5
STAMPER is sired by DEEP IMPACT and is running for the saver stable. STAMPER has won in 11 times in 23 starts for a 48% win rate and will be ridden by jockey C Gerhke (1463 300-238-214 21%) from Maryland.
12 Month Top Speed: 113
(1)
Kegger’s Projection: Favourite
Post 8 – POP THE QUESTION – 8/1
POP THE QUESTION is sired by DISTORTED HUMOR and is running for the trotbreds stable. POP THE QUESTION has won in 4 times in 17 starts for a 24% win rate and will be ridden by jockey W McClendon (1055 197-179-160 19%) from Vermont.
12 Month Top Speed: 102 (6)
Kegger’s Projection: Contender
Kegger’s Pace Projection
*Lengths off leader in winning races.
# | Horse | C1 | C2 | C3 | Fin |
4 | SILENT CONCERT | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
8 | POP THE QUESTION | -0.75 | -1.13 | -0.75 | 0.00 |
1 | TSONOKWA | -2.13 | -3.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
2 | LEO FROM CURLIN | -2.25 | -3.25 | -1.75 | 0.00 |
5 | GLIMMERSTONE | -3.00 | -4.00 | -0.42 | 0.00 |
3 | LA NINA APE | -4.42 | -5.58 | -3.08 | 0.00 |
7 | STAMPER | -7.04 | -9.92 | -3.79 | 0.00 |
6 | KITTY BELLO | -8.00 | -11.33 | -3.08 | 0.00 |
Kegger’s Picks
Holeshot – SILENT CONCERT – Went wire to wire in his marathon debut (14F) last time out. He might not be a contender to hold on, but he should have a good shot at setting the early pace.
Kegger’s Favourite – TSONOKWA – Came up just short in his last two races, both 2nd place graded finishes, it looks like he has found the right field to get the elusive graded win.