Zanpakutoh wins The DR.’S EAGLES(IRE) Special Stakes

It was a beautiful day in Kentucky today for the running of The DR.’S EAGLES(IRE) Special stakes. It was the ladies who battled it out in this 10.5 furlong race on the dirt for $80,000. At the wire it was Zanpakutoh who would finish first with an impressive speed of 108 and would break the race record of 2:09 4/5 by a 1 1/5 second to finish the race with a time of 2:08 3/5.

Let’s take a look and see how the race played out.

The horses broke fairly evenly and at the first call it was Angles in Heaven who had the lead. Cement Mixer was just a length behind her in second with Zanpakutoh 3/4 of a length behind her in third. Queen of the Ryche was running just 1/4 of a length back in fourth. Red Sorceress had settled into fifth 4 lengths off the lead with Rainbow Creek just a quarter of a length behind her.

The second call found them in the same positions with just the distances between them changing slightly. Zanpakutoh and Red Sorceress began making their moves and by the third call Zanpakutoh had taken over first with a lead of 1 1/2 lengths which put Angels in Heaven in second and Cement Mixer in third. Red Sorceress had moved up to take over fourth and Queen of the Ryche dropped back to fifth and Rainbow Creek remained the trailer 7 1/4 lengths off the lead.

Zanpakutoh held on to be the first to race under the wire. Red Sorceress passed the rest of the field to bring home second and Cement Mixer finished in third. Angels in Heaven dropped back to finish in fourth with Queen of the Ryche right on her heels in fifth. Rainbow Creek seemed to not be able to get it together and finished the race in sixth 24 1/2 lengths off the lead.

So, there you have it. Zanpakutoh adds another win to her race record and did it in style. Congratulations to trainer mrfu and Zanpakutoh for their win here today.

Have a great weekend and hope to see everyone at the tracks next week.