The Whole Time Grade III

Welcome to Virgina for today’s Grade III The Whole Time!  I’m Dylan, and I will be giving you a rundown of today’s runners.  It looks to be a small but top notch field from top to bottom, and I must say that any one of these girls has a very good shot at winning the race.  The track appears to be firm for this 9 furlong, turf race.  Today’s purse is a giant 250,000.  So if you’re ready let us check out the ladies.

1:  Sender4 will enter River Cape into this race today.  Jockey A. Brandon  will try to ride this 3/1 shot into the winners circle.  This girl has really shown that she can favor the off track as she has four wins in five starts on the wet grass.  Will she be able to handle the firm turf though as she has not won on the dry grass.  That is the big question upon sender4’s mind right now.  With a small four horse field, I would say this girl has a shot as just about any one of these runners do.  She has woken up recently and even posted a lifetime best 109 SP two races back while finishing second on the dry grass.  A lot of questions surround this girl.  Will she prove that she has what it takes today to not only get a stakes win, but a graded win as well?   

2:  The 5 year old mare Saddle Dance  will be in post position number two today.  Owner stcmead will put his trust in jockey O. Ridenour to bring home the win today.  This 6/5 favorite has proven that she can win at high levels.  The small field should help today in her quest for a first graded win.  She has proven that she can reach the winners circle in the stakes level though as she has two stakes wins.  Lately her speed figures have been on the rise as she has posted back to back 105 plus SP performances, and almost beat her best SP of 110.  This will be her 3rd graded try this year, and she has woken up as she is two for three in hitting the board in those races.  Will this girl finally get her long wanted first graded win today?      

3:  Jockey T. Mudgett will be riding this four year old mare by the name of Magic Token into what he hopes will be her first win on the grass.  This girl, at 5/2 odds, has been back and forth in her career so far as she has eight races on the dirt and four on the grass.  As I have said she has not won on the grass as of yet, but she has definitely been there in all four of her races.  She has three seconds and a fourth place finish in those four races while posting a great SP of 110 last time out on the grass.  That race though was back in February of this year.  As with River Cape, there is a lot of question surrounding the horse of bucksfan9.  Will she continue to run over 100 on the grass, and if so can she top the 110 SP last time out on the grass.  I feel it should be noted that 110 SP was on the wet grass and her best speed figures look to be on the wet surfaces 110 and 108.    

4:  Redhill5 is looking for a fresh start when he sends the 2/1 shot Cold World out for today’s race.  Jockey L. Creek will ride this four year old mare in today’s race.  This young girl has yet to reach the 10 career race mark, but has shown that she can run with the best as saw in her last race, a 100 SP listed stakes finish.  She has yet to fail to hit the board in all nine career races and has won more than half with five wins.  She is two for her last two and four of her last five winning two allowance races and two stakes races while finishing third in another listed stakes.  She looks to take that giant leap into graded company today and hopes that she can top her best SP of 110 set five races back where she won an NW2L allowance race on the grass.

This looks as though it will be an entertaining race from start to finish.  I noticed three of these girls will likely all go for the lead and we will have Cold World sitting back early.  Expect Cold World to make a charge late and if the other three push hard for the lead as each one tries to do, expect the 2/1 shot cold war to pick up her third win in a row.  For more pre race, and post race analysis head on over the Black Type Bugler and check out what some of the others have prepared.  As for me I am Dylan and I want to thank you for reading today.  We hope you choose us again sometime, and let’s let the races begin!!