The Bluer than Velvet Special

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Race # 10

The BLUER THAN VELVET Special
Stakes
Five and one half furlongs
Firm Turf
$50,000
Fillies and mares, 2 years old

Five young Fillies, still only four reasons to bet.

The 10th race feature in Minnesota this week is for the youngsters and should be exciting. Really at this stage in their careers, any of these fillies can win this contest. This can be seen with the close odds. (That was written for my last article and it seemed fitting here too).

1 85229                 TABASCO RULER(KY)                                                          buffalob                                                                                   J Ritorto                                                                             6/1

What happens when you combine Tabasco Cat with Roman Ruler? Well Tabasco Ruler of course. This chuckrock conglomerate 2 year old will make her first racing attempt here in Minnesota. Don’t tell anyone, but the horse is actually in chuckrock’s Blazing Saddles contingent of stables and is not eligble for the prize horse. No matter, chuckrock would love nothing more than to beat out Kirby’s two horses to make sure those prize horses stay where they are. Chuckrock has a pathetic 8.6 wining percentage and zero wins in this actual stable. Can this be the first?

2 157972                 BUNNY HAS HOPE(KY)                                                          bunnyluv                                                                                 K Friar                                                                            5/1

Bunny love can sometimes be disastrous, but bunnyluv has hope that he can bring home the 10th race feature prize. Of course bunnyluv is a Kin Kirby stable and is part of his Ojai Valley Stable empire. With the tracks best jock Bunny Has Hope tries for her 3rd win over this track. The daughter of Strong Hope has won 50k thus far and probably has much more coming to her. The bunnyluv stable has a 13.8 winning percentage, which is actually lower than the kirbster’s average.

3 135736                 GUILTY PLEASURES(KY)                                                       chloedawg2                                                                              O Man                                                                          5/2

 Right at home stables of the northwest racing circuit is waiting on his 300th career win today. While i’m sure he has other quality chances this weekend to win,would any such win be sweeter than winning he 10th Race Feature? Highly doubtful from my view (albeit an extremely biased view at that). Guilty Pleasures won her maiden last race. It was her first turf try after 5 semi-successful dirt attempts. She leaves California for the first time for the greener lawns of Minnesota. She has won 69k in prize money thus far.The Dixieland Band mare has a bright future if she can score here today.

4 160759                  MAKESOMENOISE(IA)                                                            clooch122                                                                                   K Bowen                                                                    9/1

The field’s longshot at 9/1 is MakeSomeNoise from M & J Stables. Mattclooch is a fairly new player who has compiled a 5.5 winning percentage. Matt, if you are reading this, please feel free to come join the Minnesota Residency. Had you had joined prior to this race, you would have had a shot at the prize horse! Makesomenoise has raced 5 times and has been in tehmoney in each try, all on the turf. The daughetr of Rushin to alter has earned 27k in maiden races to this point. The experience here may be her saving grace. Despite never having run with stakes caliber horses, many of today’s horses haven’t proven that they are stakes quality horses. Bowen gets the point, and that ususally indicates good things.

5 103563                  A CRY FOR KIRBY(KY)                                                             kirby77                                                                                        E R Cothill                                                                 3/5

King Kirby tries for the 10th race feature prize at Minnesota Downs with today’s favorite. This will be A Cry For Kirby’s first race. The daughter of Street Cry has regal lines with teh back end of her pedigree showing Giant’s Causeway X Awesome Again. He job is to bring home a new prize horse for th eking. Kirby has a 15.7 winning percentage in his Ojai Valley Stables, and a 12% wp in the kirby77 stable. Sending an unraced 2 year old to a stakes race is a typical Kirbster move, and that probably indicates some past success with the strategy.

Picks
Win:   A Cry for Kirby

Place: Makesomenoise

Show:  Tabasco Ruler

What’s Happening in Minnesota? (repeated from last article also)