The RENEE YOU Bonanza
Stakes
A mile and one half
Firm Turf
$95,000
Fillies and mares, 3 years old

We welcome 6 routing fillies today here in sunny California for a race over one and a half mile on the firm turf track.

PP        Age      Name                           Trainer            Odds    Pedigree

1          3F         CLAIRAUDIENCE                nane                 8/1       Eavesdropper x Stage Door Johnny x Viceregal

Record: 11 races: 2-2-2

This filly will be running for the modest Nane Pastures and is according to the jockeys the outsider in this race.

She only broke her maiden four months ago, but has been improving constantly since. She seems to love this distance but is not helped by her running style. As a frontrunner she will have a difficult time in races where some good closers are competing. Her latest results show that often she seems to faint at the end of the race. Maybe her trainer has given her instructions today to not take the lead and have something in the tank for the end.

2          3F         DRIVEN DEMON             soulbleed           9/2       Fusaichi Pegasus x Fantastic Light x The Minstrel

Record: 11 races: 3-4-1

The Black Label Stables have entered this lovely bred filly in this small Stakes field. Trainer Soulbleed has a very good 17.7% winpercentage and Driven Demon can have a chance here. Her results almost show the same pattern as Clairaudience. Only in May she was stretched further and discovered her better distance. Since then has been improving in speed and was entered in small Stakes in her last two races. She won the first and was third in her second Stakes. She is a closer and seems to like even more ground. I believe she can surprise today.

3          3F         CREDIT SAINTRESS       meguire3rd        6/1       Grand Reward x Saint Ballado x Green Dancer

Record: 15 races: 3-1-2

Credit Saintress is another filly that has been stretched not too long ago.  She started her carreer on dirt but clearly did not like the ground when she was in the allowances. The switch to turf  and the stretching really did her well: she won two allowances and her stepup to Stakescompany was not too bad: she finished 3^rd in her first Stakes (that was last race) and posted a good 100 SP. This was only on 10 turf, and in the stretch she was coming closer, which means she will surely gonna like today’s distance. That first Stakestry was also against bigger competition so like Driven Demon she might surprise in today’s Race, but to do that jockey Hicks will have to improve.

4          3F         DEROCKERY                  theatrical           4/5       Rock of Gibraltar x Deputy Minister x Mr. Prospector

Record: 19 races: 9-3-1

This first ranked filly is without doubt the favourite in this race for the bookies. However I would not be too sure about that. Yes she won the Sydney Oaks earlier this year in great style. Based on that form she also easily won two Graded two races which kept her on top in the ranking. But she does not seem to be in full form at this moment: she ran a disappointing Smackdown where she only finished 9^th and very far from the winner. Last race was an improvement in speed (posting her first +100SP) but she finished only 6^th. That race was on 8f and it is clear that the distance was too short for her. Hopefully we see her making her comeback in this race and she will be greatly helped by the experience of jockey Gosset. But I believe she will have a difficult time against the other closers in this race. I also have the opinion she is a bit overraced and some rest won’t harm her.

5          3F         HOUSE OF BALLADS       goldcity             6/1       Moon Ballad x Chester House x Grand Lodge

Record: 9 races: 3-2-2

House Of Ballads is our second frontrunner of today. She will surely battle for first place with Driven Demon, but she will have the same disadvantage and will have to try not too faint in the last furlongs. She ran her first Stakes last time in the Smackdown where she also faced Derockery and where her early speed just killed Derockery. Will she do the same today and is her speed sufficient to kill the other closers too? Trainer goldcity clearly knows his stuff managing a +18% winpercentage.

6          3F         VALYRIAN                      devil01              9/2       Galileo x Nureyev x Never Say Die

Record: 6 races: 3-1-1

As old as the rest of the fillies, but less experience as she is entered here in only her 7^th race of her carreer. She started racing in February and started off with a very poor first performance. Smartly her trainer did not give up and she put in a much better performance second time on 9f turf. It was only in her third race she broke her maiden and this on a wet track. Then she was stretched out in an allowance which she won. Her speeds boosted in her last two races where she was entered in two restricted races (GR Simsters Oaks and Smackdown). In the smackdown she finished before Derockery and House of Ballads, which gives her an advantage for todays race. She looks to be a stalker and she has the best speed of the lot today. I put my money on her for the win