Six in That Rat Rattles

This week here in France will be The Rat That Rattles Stakes, the tenth race on the card for Saturday. The race will cover a total distance of a mile and five sixteenths and is open to fillies and mares, age four and older. The weather here in France has been horrid earlier this week, with fierce thunderstroms scattered througout the area. The weather has cleared throughout the past few days, however the track is expected to be listed as good on race day. Only six horses have drawn into the field for this Saturday’s race, perhaps the rainy conditions kept some other potential competitors away. However let us take a look at our six contenders.

Drawing the rail post position is El Pollo Sweet (Strike The Gold x El Gran Senor x Private Account) and is trained and owned by blazer3 This five year old mare has had a grand total of fourty-one starts to her career, including nine wins, nine places, and nine shows. The striking bay mare’s last start came in an allowance caliber race in Norway where she finished a narrowly-beaten third and posted a speed figure of eighty-nine. The mare’s last victory was just the race prior, this time an allowance caliber race in Tazmania, where she won by one length over the rest of the field and posted an impressive speed rating of one hundred one.

In the number two slot will be Seeking The Statue (Statue Of Liberty x Seeking The Gold x Kris S.) and is out of the dam Feelings Statue, and is owned and trained by tiramisu . This four year old chesnut homebred filly has had a total of twenty career starts, with a lucky thirteen finishes on the board in her lifetime. Her last start was in an allowance caliber race in Vermont over eleven furlongs where she won impressively by two and one-fourth lengths and recorded a career best speed figure of ninety-three.

Next is Henwaki (Hennessy x Miswaki x Alysheba) and is out of the stakes-winning dam, Mama Natural. This four year old filly is trained by icechaser . She has had a total of nineteen career starts with twelve finishes on the board to date. Her last start came in Spain during The Costa Brava Special, a ten furlong race on the fast dirt, where she finished greatly out distanced from the rest of the field and recorded a dismal speed figure of fourty-eight. The start before that was also in Spain but ended in a much nicer note. The ten furlong The North Vote Challenge came as a victory for the filly, winning by four lenghts over the rest of the field and recording a speed rating of eighty-seven.

Following will be Is This Name Taken (Storm Cat x Deputy Minister x Big Spruce) and is out of the race-winning dam Deputy Becky. This five year old mare with a total of twenty starts to her name is owned by rowdy . So far in this mare’s racing career she has recorded seven wins, three places and three shows, a total of thirteen career on the board placings. Her last start came in Italy during The Hidious The Alpha (GB) Handicap where she narrowly managed to hang on to the vicotry by one-fourth of a length and an impressive come from behind challenge. She recodred a speed figure of ninety-five in that race.

In the five slot is Ms. Chant (War Chant x Mr. Prospector x Kaldoun (FR)) and is out of the race winning mare Ms. Pro. This four year old homebred filly is owned and trained by wolfcub . The filly has had a total of twenty career starts with a total of two wins, five places and three shows to her title. Her last start came in Taiwan during The Mango Till Calm Special where she finished third, three and three-fourths lenghts behind the victor and recorded a speed figure of ninety-four. Just the race prior, in The Florida Deputy (FR) Stakes in Dubai she finished a fast-closing second, one length behind the winner. The fillies last win came in an allowance race in Italy last year, where she won by one and one-fourth length with a recorded speed figure of eighty-seven.

Breaking from the far outside post position will be Better Than Heaven (Skip Away x Cheif’s Crown x Silver Hawk) and is trained by cvbear . This lightly raced four year old light grey filly has had a total of fifteen starts, less than the other horses in the field. Her fifteen starts have so far earned her six wins, two places and three shows. The filly has only finished off the board four times in her career. Her last start came in Spain during The Costa Brava Special where she won by three and one-half lenghts over the rest of the field and recorded a speed figrue of ninety-nine. She also won the start previously in Hong Kong’s nine and a half furlong race, The Door Jawing Memorial, where she won by one and one-fourth lengths and recorded a speed figure of ninety-four. Jockey J. Stivers will be riding on Saturday.