G3 County BB Handicap, Arizona

G3 County BB Handicap, Arizona

Ten entrants contest at 9.5 furlongs on the dirt

1) Tattenham Corner 4f 24 9-4-2 $348,779

Tattenham Corner has earned 100 speed points or more in 7 of her last 8
races; the exception was a 94 on an off track. Seven of those were
stakes, all ungraded, with a record of 1-1-1 and was fairly close in
others, disregarding her race on an off track. She has run in 5 other
ungraded races, unplaced. She usually rund 8.5 to 10 furlongs.

2) Graupoint 3f 18 5-2-4 $228,450

Graupoint’s last 8 races have produced 5 100+ speed figures. She ran in
7 stakes, 1-1-2, including a G1 placement. She won her first race, an
MSW on an off track. She’s been in 6 other stakes, 0-1-2, including
three graded races in which she was unplaced. Between strings of stakes
races, she won three straight allowances. Several of her wins or
placements were in small fields. She usually runs 9.5 to 12 furlongs.

3) Palm Jumeiral 3f 12 4-2-1 $201,206

She has just a single 100+ speed figure in her last 8 races. However,
she has had only 12 starts, so she may still be finding herself. She has
been in 6 stakes, 1-0-1, including 2 graded stakes in which she was
unplaced. She runs 8 to 10 furlongs.

4) Hand of the Sinner 4f 11 5-1-0 $173,110

She has only 11 starts, one less than Palm Jumeiral. She has run 100 or
more in 5 of her last 8 starts the last 5 of which were stakes, 1-1-0
(the win by only a nose), in ungraded stakes though she was unplaced in
her last two stakes. She has but one race at 8 furlongs, nothing longer.

5) Dance of Death 4f 25 7-4-4 $422,626

Dance of Death has 6 100+ races in her last 8; the other 2 were on off
tracks. All of her last 8 races were stakes, all but one graded, 0-1-1.
She was third in a G1 on an off track and second in an ungraded race.
She has run in 8 other stakes only 1 of which was graded, 3-1-1. She
usually runs 9 to 12 furlongs.

6) Aussie Dynomite 5m 37 9-8-4 $316,225

Six of her last 8 races earned 100+ speed figures. All were stakes, 3
graded. However, all her placements, 0-1-2, were in ungraded stakes. Her
last 13 starts have been in stakes, the first five of which were
ungraded, 3-2-0. Her earnings per race are not only the lowest in the
field but significantly – about 50% – lower. She usually runs 8 to 10.5
furlongs.

7) K’s Bureaukratic 4f 17 7-4-1 $285,258

Her last 8 races produced 5 100+ speed figures. She has run in only
three stakes, all ungraded, winning the last 2. Her last 8 races have
all been 9 to 9.5 furlongs. Four of her last 5 races have been at 9.5
furlongs and she won 4 of them, 2 ungraded stakes (her last 2), 2
allowances. Earlier in her career she won at 10 furlongs and placed at 11.

8) Katherineofaragon 4f 25 6-7-3 $2,634,881

Her last 8 races have speed figures of 100+, all graded stakes, 0-3-1.
She has run in a total of 22 graded stakes, 5-6-2. She also has only one
non-100 in her last 14 races. She has, by far, the highest earnings per
race of this field. Her last win was a G2 about a year ago. She usually
runs 8.5 to 10 furlongs.

9) K’s Escape 6m 37 19-4-7 $1,091,868

Her last 8, all stakes, including 4 graded, have been over 100, 4-2-1.
She was fourth in her last, a G1, at 10 furlongs. She has run in 13
other stakes, some graded, and has won G2s. She usually runs 8.5 to 10
furlongs. She is the favorite.

10) Stormshaft 6m 28 11-7-1 $1,575,001

Stormshaft has 5 100+ speed points in her last 8 races, which included 5
stakes from G1 (a second, her last race) to ungraded, 2-1-0. She has run
in 14 other stakes, 13 graded, 1-3-1 graded, 1-0-0 ungraded. She usually
runs 8.5 to 10 furlongs.