The ESR Discovered

NICE BOOBY TRAP – Heatseeker 3yo colt from the irisharse stables makes his stakes debut this week, and if that’s not enough of a challenge, the promising homebred will test his ability around two turns for the first time against experienced rivals. A gate to wire winner in his last start at six furlongs, his sire is producing 63% routers from his first crop, so navigating the turns will be less of a hindrance than the rise in class where his sire has produced only 2.5% stakes winners. Can he shake loose in a field void of speed? …buy a lottery ticket

GO FAST GO – trot’s 3yo Hard Spun filly was slowed down in her last start when she exited the allowance ranks to finish far back in the INDY’S GIANT stakes. Taking on the boys for the first time, this filly has done her best racing at today’s distance cruising through conditions after finishing 3rd in the GRANNY EXALTED Challenge in January. Should have things her own way if she can shake off her poor showing in last…one to beat

MATTERS OF WAR – kingabs War Chant colt was lights out earlier in the year stringing three straight wins in a row coasting through conditions until being brought back to earth when finishing 8th in the Grade III Rebel Yell. Off the Derby Trail, connections decided to give their promising young colt some time off. Making his second start off of a six month layoff the Kentucky bred returns to a route where he has done his best racing. There is still a lot of questions surrounding this colt, many that will be answered on Saturday…chance off best

INDY LIVES – toss out a ten and fourteen furlong race in his last seven starts, and balata has a real contender for Saturday‘s field. The 3yo regally bred A.P. Indy colt has spun off 2 wins and 2 places in the remaining starts with the lone race out of the money recording his first triple digit of his young racing career. Second choice morning line, the Kentucky homebred holds a win in his only start at this distance…dangerous

K.M. ILLUSTRIOUS – k’mans 3yo Dehere colt looked like a different horse LTO with a solid allowance win in Minnesota after a series of effortless races in his previous five starts where he managed to beat only eight horses combined. Best race came in his first start at this distance where he recorded a win with an impressive 91 speed figure. Now the question is was that last start an anomaly or has this horse turned things around for the better…your call