Run to the Bargain Bowl

Hard to believe but we are 10 weeks away from the Bargain Bowl. Championship season is upon us and this is when the action starts to heat up. We just had one of our big juvenile days with the first two year old stakes of the year. We have only 3 days of racing action prior to the day of Bargain Champions, The Bargain Bowl, that will be run in South Africa this year.

For those new to the sim, or older players discovering us for the first time we are the Bargain Bred Racing Series. The series consists of 66 stake races and just as many maidens and allowances restricted to cheap scratch bred runners. The trainers here get a lot for a little although it takes breeding lots of runners and patients to get a good one.

We welcome any sim player to enter into our races, check out our website at www.bargainbred.com for rules of entry. We have two year old maiden races on most race days or maybe you already have a bargain kicking around your stables eligible for our stakes races. Either way you can start running in races next week!

Up Coming Race Days

Texas – October 3, 2015
FR – Arc de Maleleve – Three year olds and up 12f on the turf
Gumball Mile – three year olds and up 8f on the dirt.
The Paint Brush – Three year olds and up 6.5f on the dirt fillies and mares only

Kentucky – October 24, 2015
JP – Tokyo Sprint – three year olds and up 6f on the turf
The Tombstone – Three year olds and up 7f on the dirt
The Over Highland – Three year olds and up 10f on the turf fillies and mares only
The Slave to Tradition – Three year olds and up 9f on the dirt fillies and mares only
The Copper Cup – Three year olds and up 10f on the dirt
JP -Ginger Ale – Two year olds 8f on the dirt
DEA – The Winchester – Two year olds 8f on the turf
JP – The Fizzy Miss – Two year old fillies 8f on the dirt
DEA – The VanderGriff Park – Two year old fillies 8f on the turf
TAS – Two Year Old Juvy Allowances – Fillies 7f on turf and dirt, Colts 7f on turf and dirt

Australia / Hong Kong / Brazil– October 31, 2015
A1 – Wombat Cup – Three year olds and up 16f on the turf
HK – The Lantau Mile – Three year olds and up 8f on the turf
HK – The Pearl Cup – Three year olds and up 9f on the turf
BRZ – Ko ko Shan – Three year olds and up 11f on the dirt

South Africa – November 28, 2015 Bargain Bowl
Bargain Classic – Three year olds and up 9.5f on the dirt
Cougar Bite Classic – Three year olds and up 10f on the turf
Cemetary Winter Distaff – Fillies and Mares three years old and up 9f on the dirt
John’s Call – Three year olds and up 12f on the turf
Vimes Turf Distaff – Fillies and Mares three years old and up 9.5f on the turf
Kaif Mile – Three year olds and up 8f on the turf
Sir Bear Mile – Three year olds and up 8f on the dirt
Tale of Two Places – Three year olds and up 6f on the dirt
Chance for Delta – Fillies and mares three years old and up 6f on the dirt
Silent Witness – Three year olds and up 5.5f on the turf
Class Ack Juvenile – Two year olds 8f on the turf
Charlies Tiger Juvenile – Two year olds 8f on the dirt.
Bargain Distance Challenge – Three year olds and up 12f on the dirt
Meadow Star – Two year old fillies 8f on the dirt
Misallocation – Two year old fillies 8f on the turf
Juvenile Dirt Sprint – Two year olds 6f on the dirt
Juvenile Turf Sprint – Two year olds 6f on the turf

This year’s crop of three year olds have already started to impact races facing older horses. Stratopist is an impressive three year old turf miler who just won the Kamikaze Mile. He started his year off by placing in a G3 race. He won The Bourbon Trail and 100 Guineas in the spring and now is picking on older runners.

This series has a very competitive group of older dirt runner both colts and mares. Impressive dirt miler Redfinger has taken both one mile dirt races this year and will look to take his third next week. Open to Alumni is a lightly raced four year old who may be coming into his own off an impressive three length win in the Bargain Summer Classic. For the mares Lle Creoso, Fort War, Libri Prohibiti, and Know Why are just a few of the top runners who routinely beat up on each other. Impressive three year old Oaks winner Her Price is Right may be best in sprints or at a mile but she I coming off a nice allowance win earning a 107 speed figure. Mahia Trust is another three year old filly doing well and she is more of a classic distance runner.

The sprint divisions have been dominated by three runners. In the colt races Got the Touch has now won three of the last four dirt sprints dating back to last year. Traditional Code found new life as a sprinter and she has won both dirt sprints for fillies and mares as well as running second to Got the Touch in the Broadway Sprint. On the turf it has been all Stratum Kahal. In addition to winning both bargain turf sprints he has finished well at the top level in turf sprints. In his last two races he was a tough fourth place finishing a quarter length back in a G3 and three quarters of a length in a G1. Three year old Eyeing the Brew has won both dirt sprints for three year olds and should add to the great group of sprinters jockeying for position on their way to the Bargain Bowl.

October 3^rd is the next set of races. Only a couple of stakes but several maidens for two year olds. Nominations for these races are due September 27. Check out our website, and even join us on our message board.