Full Field Draws In For Booker T. Handicap

This coming week in Ireland is the Grade III running of the Booker T. Handicap for two year old fillies. Saturday’s race will be run over a mile in the inner turf track. The weather here in Ireland has been perfect for the last few days and is expected to hold out throughout the weekend. A full field of fourteen, lets take a glance at the competition.

Drawing the rail is Stars That Mystify (Sadler’s Wells x Soviet Star x Forty Niner) and is out of the graded race running dam Star Cornering. This bay filly is owned and trained by topicount and has had only one other lifetime start to date. This start came overseas in Kentuckey during The Lessa Bonanza where she finished second, three lengths behind the winner with a recorded speed figure of sixty-five.

Favorite in Saturday’s race, has drawn the number two slot, Augustus Bay (Elusive Quality x Deputy Minister x Unbridled) and is trained and owned by catomine . This chestnut filly has had a total of three lifetime starts, of which two were wins. The fillies most recent start came in Germany during The Tex Ransom Bonanza where she won by a length and three-fourths over the rest of the field and set a speed rating of eighty.

In the third slot is Jaded Now (Tiznow x Jade Hunter x Cornish Prince) and is out of the stakes running dam Madyson’s Hunt. This brwn filly is trained by phillipi3 and has a total of seven lifetime starts, making her one of the most experiences fillies in the field in terms of number of starts. Of these seven starts, three of them were wins. The fillies most recent start came in an allowance caliber race where she won by half a length and posted a speed figure of seventy-eight.

Next will be seppy owned Awesome Vision (Awesome Again x Point Given x Danzig) and is out of the stakes running dam Synesthete. This chestnut homebred has had a total of four career starts, all of which have resulted in finishes on the board. The fillies last start came in Rhode Island during The Zig My Mill Stakes where she went wire to wire, winning by five lengths over he rest of the field with a speed figure of sixty-one.

Following is A P In The Well (A.P. Indy x Octagonal (NZ) x Danehill) and is out of the graded race winning dam The Well Runs Deep. This brown filly is trained and owned by broohar and has a total of four lifetime starts, all of which have resulted in finishes on the board. The fillies most recent start came in California during the Grade I Kyhorseman Debutante where she came in third, two and three-fourth lengths back. Her most recent win was just two starts prior in a maiden special race in Florida where she won by a length and one-fourth and set a speed figure of seventy-six.

In the sixth post positon is Price Canyon (Rock Hard Ten x Forty Niner x Northern Dancer) and is owned and trained by lasthorpe1 . This bay filly has a total of five lifetime starts of which two have been wins. The fillies most recent start came during an allowance caliber rnce in Florida which she won by a length nd three-fourths over the rest of the field and recroded a speed figure of seventy-four.

Longshot A Wee Bit Irish (IRE) (Doyen (IRE) x Johannesburg x The Minstrel) and is out of the race winning dam The Reviewer. This chestnut homebred is owned by buttons and has had a total of five lifetime starts. The fillies most recent start came here in Ireland during The Mr. Falutin Bonanza where she finished fourth, three and a half lengths back. The fillies most recent victory was four starts prior in the Here We Go Again Maiden where she triumphed by a length with a recorded speed figure of sixty-five.

Next is Castle Black (IRE) (Castledale (IRE) x Gone West x Storm Cat) and is out of the race winning dam Storm Tow.. This brown fillyl is owned by piccolo87 . This filly has had a total of four lifetime starts, all of them ending with finishes on the board. Her most recent start came in North Carolina during The Seventh Heaven Challenge where she finished a fast closing secnd, two and one-fourth lengths back. Her most recent win ws just the race before, an allownce caliber race in New York, which she emerged victorious by a length and a half and recorded a speed rating of seventy-two.

Following will be catahoula owned Red River War (Red Ransom x Fusaichi Pegasus x Raise A Native) and has a total of four career starts, three of those being wins and all of them being finishes on the board. The bay fillies last start was in an allowance caliber race in Virginia where she won by two and one-fourth lengths with a speed figure of seventy-four.

In the ten slot is Seabrook Star (GB) (Diesis (GB) x Swain (IRE) x El Prado (IRE)) and is out of the stakes winning dam Swain Prado (IRE). This chestnut homebred is owned and trained by eirann2 and has a total of five career starts to date, of which two were wins. The fillies most recent start came in France during the Grade III Moony Stakes where she finished just off the board in fourth, three and three-fourth lengths back. Her most recent win came just the race before, in an allowance caliber race in Japan where she won by a length and three-fourths with a speed rating of seventy-seven.

Ballimon (IRE) (Ballingarry (IRE) x Maria’s Mon x Unfuwain) and out of the graded race running dam Win For Fun has drawn into the elven slot. This dark grey homebred filly is trained and owned by branrg and has only had one previous start. This start was her maiden debut race in Delaware where she closed late to win by a length with a recroded speed figure of seventy-seven.

Next is Deforestation (Woodman x Giant’s Causeway (IRE) x Kris S.) and is out of the stakes running dam Giantessa (IRE). This chestnut filly is owned by battlers and has a total of five livetime starts, all of which have ended with finishes on the board. Her most recent start came in an allowance caliber race in Japan where she finished second by three-fourths of a length. Her most recent win came just the start before in an allowance caliber race where she won by one-fourth of a length with a speed rating of seventy-five. This Saturday will be the fillies first attempt at stakes caliber competiton, graded or otherwise.

Following will be Treviana (Tale Of The Cat x Dixieland Band x Mill Reef) and is out of the stakes running dam Sim Blanca LC and is trained by bellissimo This brown filly has had a total of three lifetime starts, all of which have resulted in wins. After breaking her maiden on her first try out it was on to the stakes races, The Caine’s Childe Bonanz and The Hungry For Donutz Stakes, all of which she won with speed figures averaging in the mid-seventies.

Breaking from the far outside post positioin will be derbyking9 trained and owned Swanish Hell (IRE) (Swain (IRE) x Seattle Slew x Alydar) and is out of the graded stakes winning dam My Girl From Hell. This bay filly has had a total of six lifetime starts, all but one of them leading her to an on the board finish. The fillies last race, in Georgia, was The Honkey Tonk La Memorial which she won by three-fourths of a length with a speed figure of seventy-seven.