Monmouth Czar Challenge
This week in Denmark will be The Monmouth Czar Challenge, a six furlong sprint on the dirt, with a purse of $70,000. This race will be for all horses, four years old and up. The weather here in Denmark has been cold, but the skies clear, and the track is expected to be listed as fast for Saturday’s race. Seven horses have drawn into this year’s runnign of The Monmouth Czar Challenge, lets take a look at each competitor.
Breaking from the rail will be Case The Place (IRE) (El Prado (IRE) x Seeking The Gold x Theatrical (IRE)). This four year old striking light grey colt is owned and trained by lulu . This cold has had a lucky thirteen career starts with six of those resulting in wins. The colt’s last start was in Hong Kong during The Pal Listen Stakes, on a good dirt track wherethe colt finished fourth with a speed figure of ninety four. The colt’s last win came just the race prior in The Colonel Velvet (IRE) Stakes. The colt won over the rest of the field by one and a half lenghts, recording a lifetime best speed figure of one hundred six.
Nex twill be Hushwing Hurricane (Storm Cat x Dixieland Band x Don’t Forget Me(IRE)) and is out of the stakes winning dam Stupidly For Bingo. The colt is currently owned and trained by carlos . This handsome chestnut is one of the older horses in the field for Saturday’s race at the age of six. This will be his forty-eighth career start. His last start came in Tiawan during The Seeking The Sun Handicap which resulated in a fourth place finish and a speed figure of ninety-three. The horses las win came last year in Idaho during an allowance race where he won by one one-fourth lengths and recorded a one hundred three speed figure.
Following is General Jack XP (General Assembly x Nureyev x Riverman) and is out of out of the multiple Grade I winning dam River Nicole. This bay five year old is trained by irishjack . This horses last start was in The Fort Delaware Cap where he finished third with a speed figure of ninety-eight. The horses last win came last year in an allowance race where he won by a length over the rest of the field and posted a speed figure of ninety-six. Jocky for Saturday’s race will be P. Garrett.
Breaking midpack will be Resistiv Hollandia Ecton Park x Kissinsky x Sauce Boat) and is trained and owned by legacy . This chestnut five year old has a total of twenty career starts to date, seven of which have resluted in victories for the horse. His last start was in Spain during The Colt’s Neck Handicap where he finished fourth, two and three-fourth lengths behind the winner and recording a speed figure of one hundred two. The horses last win came in an allowance caliber race a few weeks proir where he won by two lenghts and posted an one hundred one speed rating.
In the five slot is Mine Bluff (Mineshaft x Pine Bluff x Raise A Native) and is out of the race winning dam Tecla Bluff. This four year old chestnut colt is trained and owned by carpediem and has a total of thirty career starts. The colt’s last start came in California in the Buritto Grande Breeders Bowl (Grade III) where the colt finished a disappointing eighth and recorded a speed figure of ninety-nine. His last win came last year during an allowance caliber race in South Dakota where he won narrowly by one-fourth a length and recorded a speed figure of one hundred one. B. Schardein will be riding on Satuarday.
Next is the longshot of the race, Dream Walk’n (Black Minnaloushe x Allen’s Prospect x What Luck) and out of the race winning dam Johnny’s Prospects, and is going off at odds of 99:1 in Staurday’s race. This four year old bay colt is owned by easterlyii . Don’t let the odds fool you, this colt is no claimer, perhaps inexperience has earned him these high odds. This colt has only had one previous carreer start, a maiden race in South Africa which we won convincingly by one and one-fourth lengths and posted a speed figure of eighty.
The last horse in the field and breaking from the far outside post position is Ready For Glory (More Than Ready x Cape Town x Lyphard) and is out of the race winning dam Nineteen Cape and is trained by waremblem3 . This four year old colt has a total of nineteen career starts to his name, three of which have resulted in wins for the brown colt. His last start was in Hong Kong in The Pal Listen Stakes where he finished a heartbreaking second by a mere length and posted a ninety-seven speed figure. The colt’s last win came last year during an allowance caliber race where the colt held on to win by a length and record a speed figure of ninety-nine.