Ten Schudled To Run In Amerika Stakes
The fifteenth race on the card for this week in North California is the Grade III Amerika Stakes. The race, run on the turf over a mile and one sixteenth, has drawn the attention of a total of ten entrants for race day. The weather has been clear though out the week and is expected to continue on into the weekend so look for the track to be listed as firm at post time.
Drawing the rail will be Desert Star (IRE) (High Chaparral (IRE) x Storm Cat x Sharpen Up (GB)), who is owned and trained by super2. The five year old chestnut has been very lightly raced at a total of twenty-eight lifetime starts, eight of which have been wins. Seven of these wins have been over the turf. The horses most recent start came late last month in Florida during the running of the Grade II Hallelulah Turf Cup where he was rated just off the front-runners in fifth but faded in the stretch, crossing the wire in tenth, thirteenth lengths off the pace from the winner. His most recent victory came in February during the ungraded Your Sap Stakes in Mississippi where he was held further off the pace in seventh and this time, rallied in the stretch to win by half a length, recording a speed figure of one hundred three.
In the two slot is Candlepower (IRE) (Law Society (IRE) x Majestic Light x Blushing Groom (FR)), who is out of the race-winning dam Light Teddy. The four year old bay colt is trained and owned by keryn and has had a total of twenty-five career starts with a total of six wins, all coming over the turf. The colts most recent start was under owner reman12000 in New South Wales during the Grade I Sydney Mile where he was held off the pace in eighth but only dropped back as the race progressed, finishing twelfth. His most recent win, still under his old trainer, was during a mile long allowance caliber race in Sweden in which he was again held back and went on to win by two and three-fourth lengths. This Saturday’s start in the Amerkia Sakes will be his first start under new trainer/owner keryn.
Next will be Trebre Machia (IRE) (Peintre Celebre (IRE) x Machiavellian x Caerleon), who is out of the stakes-running dam Machleon. The four year old bay colt is owned by bdhp and has had a total of twenty-five starts, including four wins, all of which have came over the turf. The colt’s most recent start came overseas in Italy during a mile long allowance caliber race in which he was held back off the pace in fifth, gained third going in the stretch, but dropping back down into fifth at the wire, with a speed figure of ninety-six. His most recent win came in an eight and a half furlong allowance caliber race in Taiwan where he stayed up closer to the pace and won by one and one-fourth lengths. The colts most recent graded stakes start came in June of last year during the Grade I St. James Tavern where he was rated in fourth, dropped back as the race progressed, and finished eighth.
Longshot Carolina Quickstep (JPN) (Forty Niner x Sadler’s Wells x A.P. Indy), trained by li2 is next in the field. The three year old bay colt has been lightly raced with a lucky thirteen career starts with six wins, mostly on turf, with one previous win coming on the dirt. The colts most recent start came in Mississippi during the ungraded stakes Leslie’s Dancer Special where he was rated in third chasing the two front runners and made his move in the stretch, going on to take the win by half a length while setting a lifetime best speed figure of one hundred one. His most recent graded start came in late March during the Grade III Dracula Stakes in Kentucky where he finished second, back by two lengths.
One of our co-favorites, Yowza (Pine Bluff x A.P. Indy x Mr. Prospector) is next. The five year old horse is trained by 8ballfarms and has had a total of twenty-four lifetime starts including seven wins, all of which have came on the turf track The stunning horses most recent start came in April during the Grade II Lone Star Mile in which he was set behind the front-runner in second and maintained this position up until the wire where he was caught and relegated to third, three and a half lengths of the winner. His most recent win came in January during an allowance caliber race in Jamaica where he was set further off the pace in sixth and gradually picked off horses from the beginning in the mile long race, going on to win by one and three-fourth lengths with a speed figure set of one hundred two.
At 5/1 is Qamby Pub (Cozzene x Mr. Greeley x Private Account), who is out of the stakes-winning dam Counting With Poet. The five year old light gray horse is owned and trained by aussie and has a total of twenty-six lifetime starts, including seven wins, over both the turf and the dirt. The striking horses’ most recent start came in a mile long allowance caliber start in Indiana in late April where he was held far off the pace in eleventh and proceeded to gain ground seadily on the rest of the field, going on to win the start by one and a half lengths with a speed figure set of one hundred seven.
The Understudy (IRE) (Theatrical (IRE) x Bahri x In The Wings (GB)), who is out of the stakes-winning dam Aasifah, is next. The bay colt, trained and owned by sykesy, has had a total of twenty lifetime starts, including four wins, all of which have come on the turf; in addition to two places and five shows. The colts most recent start was the ungraded Dandy’s Hams Stakes where he was held back in sixth and started dropping back in the stretch of the seven and a half furlong race to finish eighth, eighteen and three-fourths furlongs back with a speed figure of seventy-nine. His most recent win came in February of last year during the ungraded S. Sea Bonanza where he was held closer to the pace in third and went on to win the start by two and three-fourth lengths. His most recent graded start came in mid-December of last year during the Grade I KyH Derby where he again was held closer to the pace in fourth and held that position to the wire, crossing in fourth with a speed figure of ninety-nine.
Milnerton owned Peintre Indyman (Peintre Celebre (IRE) x A.P. Indy x Riverman) who is out of the stakes-winning dam Jumbo A.P. is next in the field. The six year old bay horse has had a total of thirty-six lifetime starts including eight wins, five places and five shows, with all eight wins coming on the turf. His most recent start came in the Grade III Boogity Bear Stakes where he was held far off the front-running pace in tenth and only rallied to finish ninth with a speed figure of ninety-six. His most recent victory came in October of 2005 during an allowance caliber race over in Epsom where he was held in sixth and went on to win the race narrowly by a head with a speed figure of ninety-five.
Our other favorite is Pulpit Fiction (Pulpit x Fusaichi Pegasus x Saint Ballado), who is out of the graded race-winning dam Rainah. The five year old bay horse is trained and owned by foxon3. The horse has had a total of twenty-two career starts resulting in fifteen finishes on the board, nine of which were wins. The horses most recent start came in Sweden during the Grade II Merced Stakes where he was held off the pace in eighth and made his move slowly in the stretch, going on to cross the wire fourth, just one and a half lengths off the leader with a speed figure of one hundred two. His most recent win was just his prior start, the ungraded Arc D’Triomphe Special where he was held back in seventh and made his move slightly earlier in the stretch, going on to win by one and three-fourth lengths.
Breaking from the far outside will be Listen To The Lion (IRE) (Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) x Irish River (FR) x The Minstrel), who is out of the race-winning dam Allen’s Minstrels (FR). The four year old chestnut is owned by super10 and has had a total of twenty-four lifetime starts, including six wins, all on the turf. His most recent start came over nine and a half furlongs in an allowance caliber race overseas in Japan in which he was held off the front runners in sixth and began to move forward on the field in the stretch, going on to win the race by one length and set a speed figure of ninety-five. The colts most recent graded start came in December of last year during the Grade II At Night Cap where he was set further back in seventh but faded in the stretch and finished eighth, twenty and three-fourth lengths back.