Ten Vie For Prize Winner Stakes
This week in the great state of New Hampshire brings us the Grade III Prize Winner Stakes. A race over the inner turf track over a total distance of a mile and one eighth for all horses, three years of age and older. Up for grabs is a purse total of $150,000. After a rainy week here in New Hampshire the weather seems to have disipated for the moment and the tracks have been drying out quickly. The track will most likely be listed as firm for this Saturday’s race. Drawing into this years running is a field of ten horses, lets take a look at the contenders.
Drawing the post position closest to the rail is Final Fan (Lear Fan x Shadeed x Be My Guest) and is owned and trained by nextbonus . This four year old bay homebred colt has been lightly raced with only seven lifetime starts. Five of these starts however have resulted in wins for the striking colt. The colt’s most recent start came in the eight and a hlaf furlong Grade III race run over the firm turf in the Amerika Stakes. The colt dashed to the lead, winning the race by a length over his fellow competition and setting a speed figure of one hundred three, a lifetime best speed rating for the colt.
In the number two slot is Seeking Sal (Seeking The Gold x Kris S. x Magesterial) and is out of the stakes-winning dam Mac’s Courage. This accomplished four year old chestnut homebred is trained and owned by keryn . The chesnut has started in a total of twenty-five races, eigteen of those have resulted on finishes on the board for the colt and career earnings surpassing the two million dollar mark. The colt’s most recent start came in Kentucky during the Grade I, nine furlong, I’m Back Again For Good where he colt won impressively by two and three-fourths lengths and posted a spectacular speed rating of one hundred twelve.
Next will be Ostend Lad (Seattle Dancer x End Sweep x Pharly (FR)) and is owned by stalmanu2 . This four year old bay colt has also been lightly raced thus far in his career with a total of twelve lifetime starts, ten of these twelve starts have resulted on finishes on the board for the four year old homebred. The colt’s last start came in a nine and a half furlong race on the dirt, The Kentucky Storm Challenge, in which the bay colt came thundering into third recording a speed figure of one hundred. The colt’s most recent win was just the race prior, an allowance caliber race in South Africa, which he won by two and three-fourths lenghts, which was also held on a dirt track. This colt will be returning back to turf after a brief four-race change to the other surface. The colt’s last turf start came in an allowance race in Japan where he finished second with a speed figure of eighty-four.
Next is 59:1 longshot of the field, Danecity T (Gimmeawink x Danehill x Carson City) and is out of the dam Dane City. This three year old bay homebred is trained by teefarms and is lightly raced with a grand total of twelve lifetime starts. Half of these starts have resulted on finishes on the board for the colt. The colt’s most recent start came in an allowance caliber race in Kentucky held over egiht furlongs on the turf. The colt fnished in third, three lenghts behind the winner and posted a speed rating of eighty-six. The colt’s last win was just a few races prior when he broke his maiden, winning by a length with a speed figure of eighty-three. This will be the colt’s first stakes start, graded or otherwise in his career.
Breaking mid-pack will be Samaniego (IRE) (Theatrical x Halo x Riverman) and is trained and owned by layequada . This five year old striking dark grey homebred has had a distinguished career of fourty-two starts, nine wins, seven places and six shows. The horse’s latest start came in the Grade I, ten furlong, Movieland Turf Cup, where the horse finished a well-beaten, disappointing tenth, twenty-five and three-fourths lenghts behind the victor with a recorded speed rating of eighty-three. The horses last win was a few races before in the Grade III, nine furlong, Misfired Bogie Stakes where he held on to the win by three-fourths of a length and a recorded speed figure of one hundred four.
Following is is the favorite of Saturday’s race, Redsadky (Red Ransom x Sadler’s Wells x Nijinsky II) and is owned and trained by sherwood . This four year old homebred has been lightly raced with only a lucky thirteen lifetime starts, a miraculous twelve of those thirteen have been finishes on the board, lending to the colt’s career earnings over over one million dollars. The colt’s most recent start was the Grade I, I’m Back Again For Good, in whish he finished second by a two and three-fourth length margin and a speed figure of one hundred nine. His most recent vicotry was just the race before in the Grade III Slowness Stakes, which the colt won by two and three-fourths lenghts with a speed figure of one hundred two.
In the number seven slot is A Wholenuworld (Spinning World x Cryptoclearance x His Majesty) and is out of the race-winning dam Cryptoillini. This four year old homebred chestnut is trained by wfstables . The colt has a total of sixteen lifetime starts with four wins, three places and one show. The colt’s most recent start came in the Grade I, eight fulong, Cosmopolitan Handicap where he finished seventh, eight and one-fourth lengths back in the pack with a speed rating of ninety-nine. The colt’s most recent win, however, came just the stasrt before in The Chief Bag Challenge where he won by three and three-fourth lenghts with a recorded speed figure of one hundred five, a lifetime best for the colt.
Next will be Dubeye (Dubai Destination x Danehill x Nureyev) and is owned by daedalus . This four year old bay homebred colt has had a total of twenty-nine life time starts, with sixteen of those being finishes on the board. The colt’s most recent start was in the Grade III, eight and a half furlong Amerika Stakes which the colt finished in a disappointing eighth palce, twelve and three-fourths lengths behind the victory with a speed figure of eighty-seven. The colts most recent victory came late last year in an allowance caliber race in Vermont over eight furlongs where the colt won by a length and three-fourths wtih a speed rating of niney-seven.
Following is Neon Swan (Festival Of Light x Nureyev x Coastal) and is out of the stakes-running mare Nureyev Native. This four year old homebred is trained and owned by db and has been lightly raced with only eigteen lifetime starts. Of these eighteen starts twelve have resulted on finishe on the board for the tall chestnut colt. His most recent start came overseas in Japan during the Grade II running of the Kinsho Kho Classic where the colt finished just off the board in fourth with a speed figure of ninety-seven. The colt’s most recent win was just the start before in The Coronado’s Honors Special where he defeated the rest of the field by four lengths with a recorded speed figure of ninety-three.
Breaking from the last and far outside post position will be Golden Slope (Seeking The Gold x Nijinsky x Riva Ridge) and is owned and trained by masterab . This five year old chesnut homebred horse has had a total of twenty-six lifetime starts with eight wins, four places and six shows. This last start came in the nine furlong The Sucking Sudafed Memorial in which the horse finished a narrowly beaten second by one and one-fourth lenghts wtih a still-impressive speed figure of one hundred four, a lifetime best. The horses last win was just the race prior, an allowance caliber race in Hong Kong, which he emerged vicorious by a length and a half with a speed rating of ninety-nine.