Six Vie For Corparate Burglar Stakes

The tenth race for this week in Athens is The Corparate Burglar Stakes a six and one half furlong sprint on the dirt for fillies and mares, ages of four and older. The wether has been decent here in Athens the past week, and though brief rainfall has been experienced throughout the day the track looks to most likely be listed as fast for Satudray’s race. A half-dozen filles and mares have drawn into the race on Saturday, let’s take a look at the competition.

In post position nearest to the rail will be Ant’s Honor (Gulch x Fairy King x Gallant Man) a five year old mare owned and trained by ferdinand . This race will be the chestnut mare’s twenty-third career start. Her last start, also here in Athens, was in a five and a half furlong allowance race, where the mare finished a close second, one and one-fourth lengths behind the victor and posting a nice ninety-five speed figure for the race. The mare’s last victory was three races prior to the allowance start in The Fuji World (JPN) Challenge where she narrowly held on to the win by three-fourths of a length and posed a speed figure of one hundred one.

In the second spot is Cantankerous T (IRE) (Canyon Creek (IRE) x Lion D’or x Native Royalty) trained by tempstable . This five year old mare has a total of thirty-seven career stats to date, four of which have beens wins along with seven shows and seven places. The mare’s last start was in The Crystal Kitty Stakes where she finished eighth, eight lenghts behind the rest of the field and with a speed figure of eighty-one. The race prior she had finished second in an allowance caliber race but her most recent win came five starts ago in an allowance race in Germany where she held on to the win by one-fourth of a length and posted a speed figure of ninty-seven with jockey M. Spencer riding.

In the third slot will be Witchy Woman (Saint Ballado x Mr. Prospector x Alleged) owned and trained by babes . This six year old grey mare has had a total of thirty-six career starts to date with six wins, four places, and eight shows to her name. Her last start was in an allowance race in South Africa on a sloppy dirt track where she finished second, a narrow one-fourth length behind the winner and posting a speed figure of ninety. The six year old’s last win came in an allowance race in California last year where she won, once again by three-fourths of a length, this time posting a speed figure of one hundred eight.

Next is Shiny Eyes For You (Glitterman x Woodman x Northern Dancer) and is out of the dam Woody Dancer. This five year old mare is owned by angelet The chestnut mare’s last start was in the six furlong Feature Heather Bonanza where she finished a heartbreaking third, only one length behind the winner and posting a speed figure of ninety-six. The mare’s last win was just the race prior in the six and one half furlong The Dancing Flag Special where she won by one and one-fourth length over the rest of the field and posted a speed figure of ninety-nine. This mare has not finishedd off the board in her last eight starts, a time span of over one year.

Following will be Lake Greeley (Mr. Greeley x Salt Lake x Apalachee) and is trained and owned by deltatiger This five year old mare has a total of thirty career starts to date. Her last start was in an allowance rance in China where she ran seventh, finishing five and one-foruth lenghts behind winner with a speed figure recorded of eighty-five. Her last victory was the race prior, also an allowance race, but located here in Athens where she won by one and a half lengths. This mare will be returning to stakes competition after a four start allowance lay off. Her last stakes start was in The Fuji World (JPN) Challenge where she finished second.

Breaking on the far outside post position on Saturday will be Thunder N’ Rainbows (Thunder Gulch x Seattle Slew x Dixieland Band) and is out of the dam Kelly Rainbow. This four year old filly, the youngest horse in the race, is trained by happybarn . This filly has had a lucky thirteen career starts to date, five of those have resulted in wins, along with two places and three shows. The fillies last start was in an allowance caliber race in New Jersey where she finished second, only one-foruth lenght behind the winner and posting a career-best speed figure of one hundred six. The fillies last win was just the race prior, also an allowance caliber race, in Puerto Rico where she won by half a lenght over the rest of the field. This filly is returning to stakes caliber races after a brief three allowance races. Her last stakes start was in The Off For Digger Challenge where she finished ninth.