The Kentucky Stubble Bonanza
This week in Alabama is The Kentucky Stubble Bonanza, a seven furlong sprint on the dirt for three-year-old fillies. The weather here in Alabama has been cool and overcast but no rain is expected for Saturday’s race, look forward to a fast track. Ten fillies have drawn into The Kentucky Stubble Bonanza, let’s take a look at them.
On the real will be Alluring Niner G (Forty Niner x Lure x Sharpen Up (GB)) and is out of the dam Lure’s Kiss. This striking bay filly is owned by zz . Out of a total of eleven career starts this filly has finised off the board in only two of them. Her last start was in an allowance race in Delaware as a two-year-old where she finished a dissapointing seventh, nine lengths behind the leader. Her last win however was just two starts previoius to the allowance race in The A.P. Goodbye Memorial where she won by three-fourths of a lenght and a recorded speed figure of eighty-two. She seems to be doing well lately despite average speed figures.
In the second post position is She Beast T (IRE) (Moonshine Mountain (IRE) x Gone West x Woodman) and is owned by skyhigh This is perhaps one of the most inexperienced horses in the field with only three career starts. The bay filly won her first start of her career, a Maiden in Louisiana, and then followed that up with two stakes races, The Fargroove Special and The Pleasant Ginger Bonanaza, both of which she finished in the money, but failing to finish on the board in eighter race.
Next in line is Kirby’s Play Cat (Cat Country x Dodge x Defensive Play) owned by isa . This brown filly has had a total of nine career starts and has only finished off the board just once in those nine starts. Her last race was less than two weeks ago in an Allowance race in Minnesota on a sloppy dirt track where she managed to finish third, a half length behind the winner. The filly’s last win was as a two-year-old in a claiming race in Mexico where she won by two lenghts with a speed figure of seventy-one.
In the four slot is Giggly Girly (Housebuster x Coastal x Count Prospector) trained by bombsaway . Like many of the other horses in this field this filly has finished off the board only once in her five career starts. Her last race was a dissapointment in the seven furlong Dangerous Reward Handicap, a Grade I race, where she finished a well-beaten eleventh. Her last win was just the race before in The Bulladonna Special, the filly winning by one and one-half length with jockey K. Shirley aboard.
In the middle post is Bubble Dancer (Cat Thief x Seeking The Gold x Northern Dancer) trained by catfish . Out of this filly’s nine starts, five have been wins. Her last start was in The Star Wingo Challenge in Vermont where she finished fifth. Her last win was as a two-year-old in The Orange Capote Stakes with a speed figure of seventy
Next is Barb’s Dane Silly (GB) (Dansili (GB) x Mr. Greeley x Sword Dance (IRE)) owned by jakematt1 . This impressive chestnut filly has not finished off the board in any of her eight career starts. Her last start, also as a two-year-old was in the DelPeen Champions Day Juvenie Filly Sprint where she finished a hearbreaking second by one and one-fourth length. Her last win as two races before in an Allowance race in Kentucky with a recorded speed figure of eighty-four.
In the seventh slot is Conga Line (Congaree x Unbridled x Buckpasser) owned by super11 This bay filly has had a total of eight starts, out of those eight starts half of them have been wins, and three of those wins were at stakes caliber. Her last start was also in the DelPenn Champions Day Juvenile Filly Sprint where shre finished fourth. Her last win was in The Barb’s Salma Stakes in Hong Kong where she managed to win by a nose with an eighty-three speed figure.
In the eight post position is Xenophobe (Sky Mesa x Danzig x Forty Niner) and is out of the dam Xenon. This filly is trained by lipickles . This bay filly has only had two career starts to date but has won both of those starts. The most recent was an allowance race in Arkansas where she won by a length with a speed figure of eighty-seven. In her debut start she won in a Maiden race by three-fourth a length. An interesting side-note is that this will be the first time the filly races outside of Arkansas, it will be interesting to see how she handles a new track.
Following is Arabian Sun (GB) (Desert Sun x Mr. Prospector x Southern Halo) and is out of the dam Halo The Buildings. This filly is owned and trained by v8mullet . She has had a total of nine career starts, three of which have been wins, two places, and one show. Her last start was two weeks ago in The Silver Project (FR) Memorial where she finished fifth, five and one-fourth lengths behind the winnner. Her last victory was just the race before in the eight furlong Storm Over Seattle Specical where she recorded a speed figure of eight-six.
Finally, breaking from the far outside post position will be Rarju Diva (Mr. Greeley x El Gran Senor x Alysheba) owned by ozsteve This is also a fairly inexpericed filly with only two career starts, though both were on the board, one of which was a win. Her most recent start was a maiden race in Main just two weeks ago where she won by one and one-half length, recording a speed figure of eighty-six. Her first career start was in a maiden race in Vermont where she finished a close second, just one and one-fourth lengths behind the victor.