Sinndahill Co-Favorite on Good Turf

Recent rains and long grass have turned the Ostend turf course into a tiring surface that should challenge the field of six two year old fillies scheduled to run the Boomer Belly Stakes feature.

Co-favorites in the morning line are Sinndahill, winner of the Nineteen Storm Challenge, and the undefeated SJ’s Clam Bake.

Here is a look at the field:

1. Seven Skies (2 yo f, Septieme Ciel x With Approval x Arazi) was a fading fifth six weeks ago in a very competitive stakes in Dubai. She should be running early for the very competent Francsoir stable.  Top jockey A Smith chose this mount, second longest morning line odds.  Don’t ignore.

2. This is the 100^th race for trainer Eirann2, who hopes to maintain a 10% winning percentage here with Star of Stars(Ire)  (2 yo f, Best of the Bests(IRE) x Thunder Rain (Thunder Gulch) x Deputy Minister).  The brown filly broke her maiden last out in her second race.  Sire is doing well with turf sprinters.

3. Bezstables has been winning at a 20% clip and enters the longest shot in the race.  Lagagogo(AUS) (2 yo f, Encosta De Largo(AUS) x Jackson Square(AUS) x Glitterman) ran her first two in restricted company, broke her maiden in her third race, and then finished third in a four horse dirt stakes last out.  She will need to run faster today, but the return to grass should help.  Bezstables probably would have preferred a faster surface as Lagagogo has had a tendency to fade.

4. Flash Storm (2 yo f, Lonhro(AUS) x Storm Cat x Mr. Prospector) grabbed the lead after a half in The Their Chevrons Challenge four weeks ago, but could not hold off a determined winner.  Returns to turf where Lonhro’s babies have shown preference.  The DKYoung3 stable’s entry looks to be a major player here.

5. She’s the co-favorite, but Sindahill (Ire) (2 yo f, Sinndar (Ire) x Hill Cannibal (Danehill) x Shergar (GB)) looks like a standout here.  The speed figures in her last two races are much better than for any other entrant.  The Shergar owned filly owns the only stakes victory in the field as well as the largest bankroll.  Tries for three in a row. 

6. For the third time in her three races, SJ’s Clam Bake (2 yo f, Awesome Again x Nashua x Turn-To) will go off as a favorite.  She did not disappoint in her first two starts at Dubai, where she brought home those large purses for the BooBerry stable.  The speed figures are somewhat suspect in this, her stakes debut.  BooBerry has won a lot of races, though, and I am wrong more often than right.

Morning Line Selection: 5-6-2

Timmn’s picks: 5-4-1

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