dunn preview – G2 The Angry Dragon

Japan (JPN)
Sunday, October 14,  2018 — 2:30 PM EST | Race ID: 1947578
The Angry Dragon
Grade 2 Stakes – Purse $375,000
Restricted to 3 Year Olds and Older
One Mile and a Half on Turf

#1
kittensherr                                horsechic7 barn                       t small                          4/1

This five year old son of KITTEN’S JOY has finished in the money in sixteen of thirty-one career starts with six wins. He comes in off a sixth place finish at the Kepler Sin Turf Stayer where he ran 105 speed over eleven furlongs. He has a lot of experience at or around this distance so he will be comfortable here and should compete out of the one hole.

#2
tete balius                                racelord4 barn                          r gibson                       3/1

This five year old son of MANHATTAN CAFE has finished in the money in sixteen of his twenty-two career starts including six wins and a streak of four in a row. Comes in off four straight Graded Stakes starts where he his best result was a fifth place finish at the Grade 3 BBR Special. He will be comfortable at this distance and hopes to return to winning ways and add to his half million in career earnings.

#3
playing deep                            babychicks barn                       k ledwith                      2/1

This four year old son of DEEP IMPACT has finished in the money in fifteen of twenty-one career starts. He has had a successful 2018 with a win at the Fluminese Turf Route to start the year, a Grade 3 win at the Great Beer Cap, and back to back third place finishes in his last two. He shows consistent 100+ speed and should handle the distance well here and will be one to reckon with.

#4
thumping hammer                   bred2win barn                          e eberhard                    18/1

This six year old son of FARHH has finished in the money in just seven of his forty career starts. He has not raced since July when he finished sixth at an allowance race that covered eight furlongs. He has raced just five times on Turf and has never raced at a distance greater than nine and a half furlongs. He will be overmatched here today.

#5
walder frey                               xpansion9 barn                        d evans                        3/1

This four year old son of GLENEAGLES has finished in the money in eleven of his twenty starts including five wins. He has amassed more than four million in earnings thanks mostly to a win at the Grade 1 Derby de English where he took home more than three and a half million and a Grade 2 win at The Hogwarts. His big 2017 resulted in him taking home an End of Year Award. He is winless this year and has finished in the money in just two of seven starts but hopes to turn things around here today against this field of six.

#6
jitsu                                         silversun9d barn                      l rigdon                        5/1

This six year old son of SEA THE STARS has finished in the money in fourteen of his twenty-seven career starts. He comes in well rested and has just four starts this year with a win and a third place finish in back to back starts in April / May bringing decent pay days. He has been most successful at or around a mile but has proven in his starts this year that he can manage this distance. He should compete out of the six hole.