Kgbeast(IRE) filly to beat in Renee You Bonanza
The Renee You Bonanza features a short field of five fillies all seeking to earn that first marathon stakes win. The race is named for a mid-level mare who, oddly enough, never did win a stakes, and didn’t exactly love running so far.
The morning line favorite, Goldinsky, is a chestnut filly by Stravinsky out of a Strike the Gold mare. She’s had success on both surfaces, and is coming off two stellar performances. Two starts back she won the mile Secret The Secret Special by 3 lengths to earn a lifetime-high 103SP. Her next race saw her take on older mares in the Urban You Stakes at a mile where she finished second by a shortening 2 3/4 lengths for a 98SP. This choice of race by trainer Qcd is unexpected, to say the least. This filly has never gone over 9.5 furlongs (and that was on dirt), so the extra-half mile is a definite question. Her pedigree says she can probably handle it, so her odds are probably lower than they ought to be. Goldie is a closer, so if she gets a hot pace and can relax well she might be able to pull off a major coup here. Top jockey F Gossett will ride.
The second betting choice, Kgbeast(IRE) is the horse to beat. She’s well-experienced at this distance, and trainer Devil01 found a perfect spot for this Galileo filly to show her stuff. The Beast made her debut as a 2-year-old in a now-infamous owner-restricted race where she beat a field of blue-blooded horses going 7 furlongs on turf. Since then she’s struggled a bit, although seems to have found her niche in in turf marathons. Earlier this year she put in two excellent performances to win a pair of turf allowances at 10 and 12 furlongs. In her last two races the big-boned filly has faced graded and listed stakes company and acquited herself well with third and fourth-place finishes. Here the Beast faces horses she should have no trouble beating. This filly prefers to be somewhat close to the pace, but may be seen on the front-end as soon as the three-quarter pole of there’s no other speed to be found. Well-respected jockey M Staples will be aboard.
Seeking Bonewood, the third betting choice, will be coming out of the stall number 4 right between Goldinsky and Kgbeast. Ksparrow2’s chestnut filly is out of a Pine Bluff mare who excelled around a mile on the turf. Her sire, Woodman, may lend a bit more distance to her pedigree. Seeking has been running in dirt sprints of late, and her last win came three back at 6.5 furlongs in a 4-horse open allowance. Seeking’s lone route try was at a mile in a 4-horse (T) race. She won it, but earned in a dismal 57 SP. Her trainer is likely trying to figure out if his filly likes any ground at all in a relatively easy race. Based on her one route attempt, this filly is unlikely to win, but stranger things have happened. She’ll probably be sent to the lead in hopes of gathering up so much of a lead she cannot be overtaken. Jockey N Bonus is highly-regarded at this track, and certainly can be counted on to make sure this filly puts in her best performance possible.
Dance Quest, the 7-1 fourth betting choice, will break from the second stall. This Rainbow Quest filly is out of an unraced Northern Dancer x Buckpasser mare. Dance is probably the most legitimate contender to beat Kgbeast here. She’s made a careeer out of turf marathons, and her pedigree certainly stands her in good stead. In her nine races to date, Dance has two wins at 11 and 9 furlongs. She’s spent most of her young career at the allowance level, but three starts back trainer Shades entered his filly in the Oaks de English. The Grade I company was clearly over her head, but she’s shown an aptitude for the 9-12 furlong range. If jockey T Bates can get this girl on the move at the right time, she could be in the battle at the wire. In her most recent win at 11furlongs, Dance took, and kept, the lead the whole way round. If she can duplicate that style, and put in her best performance ever, she just might steal the win from Kgbeast.
The longshot in this race is Buster’s Sis, a brown filly by Aljabr. Trainer Maxibar is moving his filly out of a 150K claimer into stakes company here. Is it the right move? Doubtful. Sis ran in the 12-furlong Lady Geri Special two starts back and was beaten by 26 lengths to finish fifth of six. She hasn’t won since January, and that was just a 4-horse 25K claimer. Sis is shipping in from Florida. At least her trainer can be content knowing that even a last-place finish here will cover most of the trailering fee. If Sis follows form, she’ll be a step slow out of the gate, and slowly trail off as the race progresses. Her owner might look at placing her in a 10-furlong dirt race next out, as her first start on dirt over a mile in a claimer showed her closing enough to think a slightly longer race worthwhile.