Spotlight Race of the Week-Germany

Christmas Weekend brings us to the 6^th week of shinning the spotlight around.  Last week, none of my top 3 picks found the winner’s circle for the first time.  Affray wone the NW2L allowance race by nearly 2 strides.  I did state that she “Squares off with horses with similar attributes and may benefit with this change.”  How true that turned out to be.

Germany is this weeks stop for the spotlight and the ray of light is pointed to the very first race which happens to be another allowance race.   For the first time we are looking at a local bred race which is open to all horses age 3 and up.  It’s a conditional dirt race, set for a mile, restricted to horses with at least 5 starts and a CPU value no higher than 410.   It’s a small field of 6 going to the gate and I’ll try to get back on track with my selections.

1.  Hoe Hoe Hoe  7-2-appropriately named and racing on this holiday date.  Trainer Oddgermany has targeted smaller fields and local bred races for Hoe Hoe Hoe winning 3 of 11 starts since acquiring horse.  Lots of early speed and comes off two of her best  speeds of 79 and 80 respectfully (hit 85 in February).  Others have early speed and will need to avoid a dual for the lead.

2.  Chawroth   6-5 –Has been scoring speeds over 80 for most of 2010 for trainer Rash, but these were on the turf.  Returns to dirt where his top speed was 77, but that was over a year ago and could possibly improve upon it.  Has had success recently in local bred level.  Has added benefit of being only male in race.

3.  Fuzzywuzzywasabear  8-1 –Fuzzywuzzywasabear has been active this year for trainer Metallinut appearing in 21 races thus far.  All but two have been against fields of 6 and under.  9 of these races have been in Germany and Fuzzy has one win this year and it was not at this track.  21 races in one year is far too aggressive for my liking and this style tends to wear down a horse. 

4.  Deadly Millennium   8-1 –Deadly Millennium has been running with speeds between 68 to 75 since trainer Rblking2 took ownership this past summer, however, these were all on the turf.  Deadly moves back to dirt her speeds were pretty similar under her prior trainer running on the dirt.  She’s put in 10 races since August which is rather aggressive, in one instance she had 4-days between races.  She may show improvement with more rest between races.

5.  Double Latte   3-1 –Double Latte has also appeared in quite a few races this year.  She has 17 starts this year with 4 trips to the winner’s circle.   She has a handful of races with speeds over 80 which have been followed with a race with a drop in speed.  Her last outing recorded a speed of 81 and it looks like a drop in speed is again in her future.

6.  Bostarsmonsun   6-1 –Trainer Urcfarms recently snagged Bostarsmonsun for a tag of $2500.  She has won two consecutive races since joining her new connection and both at this track, but on the turf.  Bred out of Monsun, known for nice turf runners, Bostarsmonsun will try the dirt for the third time.  Her first two were rather poor but is in with local breds and may show improvement.

Chaworth gets the top selection.  His speeds have been good on turf and may transfer over to the dirt and gets the edge against the girls.

Bostarsmonsun looks better suited for turf but may find a home in the local breds.  Doing well with new trainer and this may carry over to the dirt.

Hoe Hoe Hoe has been putting in some of her best speeds in her career of late and this could mean something.