G2- THE OLD LADY PREVIEW
THE OLD LADY – SOUTH KOREA
Saturday February 3rd – 8:10 PM EST
Grade/Group 2 Purse 375,000
One Mile and Three Quarters on DIRT
4 y/o and Up for Fillies and Mares Only.
1- NEWBAWI 5/2 bizalls15 5yo Bay Mare D. Evans
Looking good to top the 2 Mil mark in career earnings, hitting the board in 20 of 22 starts including 12 wins. She looks to be the class of this field having numerous Graded and Stakes victories and several speed figures above 105.
2- DARK FREDDYDONEIT 42-1 wyndaway10 4yo Bay Filly K. Holt
Traditional sprinter gets the call after a 2nd place finish in a 16 furlong Allowance in Germany. She may not have enough speed to contend with this field. Only her second outing over a Mile.
3- DARK GIN SOAKED 12-1 pecos196 5yo Chestnut Mare J. Kraus
Coming in off a Second place in the Stakes Race – Denoia Dirt Mare Stayer and posted her first ever triple digit speed number. She has hit the board in 4 of her last 5 starts including 2 wins.
4- PERFECT METZLI 5-1 jaka4 6yo Bay Mare B. Izalls
Has had only 1 race, a victory, in a 45K Allowance in Czechoslovakia since finishing in Fourth place in last years running of The Old Lady. Won 6 of 7 starts in 2016.
5- SHEZA LADY 6-1 masterm05 6yo Bay Mare T. Loesch
Has hit the board in 7 straight starts with 4 wins, but 2 of them have been on the Turf. She has struggled in both of her previous Graded races. Has shown she can handle the distance.
6- DARK MANDUROED 7-1 aguadeep 4yo Bay Filly A. King
Has posted some nice speed numbers since switching to the dirt in 2017 but has only 1 win in 8 starts and has not yet went beyond 11.5 furlongs. Can she handle the distance?
7- SIS DU JEU 9/2 roscoe7 5yo Bay Mare Z. Graves
The 2nd choice comes in on a 5-race win streak including the Stakes race – Crafty Art Dirt Mare Challenge right here in South Korea in her last start in November. Has 8 wins in 12 career starts on Dirt.
8- TAILS KAZEEM 5-1 gunners2 6yo Bay Mare M. Walker
Comes in with wins in 3 of her last 6 starts including a Stakes – Winning Season Dirt Mare Stayer. Usually wins when she is the class of the field but speed figures say she may come up a little short in this field.
9- INSPIRED POINT 18-1 adeeprock12 5yo Bay Mare F. Gartland
Has shown that she can handle the distance at lower level races but has never hit the board in a Graded or Stakes race.
10- CONTINUAL UPGRADE 21-1 aguadeep7 B. Putnam
She has not won since May 2015 and never won anything over a Mile. Did post triple digit speed number in last outing Stakes – Corzaffair Dirt Mare Mile. She may be outclassed in this field.
MY PICKS
1- NEWBAWI
7- SIS DU JEU
5- SHEEZA LADY
MY LONG SHOTS
3- DARK GIN SOAKED
8- TAILS KAZEEM
Submitted by: Jb3commish
thanks for covering the race
No problem It was my first attempt I promise they will get better as they go
Good Luck to Inspired Point in the race.