Hartack’s Choice In ESR Allowance
Members of Empire State Racing are converging on the New York racetrack for their latest member-selected race. This week it is hartack who has chosen the conditions for the Moe, Larry, the Cheese allowance. The race is open to all horses four years old and up who have not won two races in the last six months. A field of eleven has lined up to contest the race and the oddsmaker feels it is a contentious field with seven runners listed between 4/1-7/1. Let’s get to the field!
#1 Dart Catcher 6/1 Robscoobi Stables T Johnson rides
Dart Catcher is a seven year old scratch bred Rahy x Nureyev x Secretariat. He has fourteen wins in thirty nine starts with six seconds and three thirds. He has earnings of $259,977. He has four starts in the past six months. He won a six furlong allowance with a 104sp in November. He then became a stakes placed runner by finishing second by a nose in the restricted Graveyard Stakes. Most recently he ran sixth in an allowance on February 5th with a 98sp.
#2 Practical Magic 5/1 Shiekabner Stables G Smith rides
Practical Magic is a seven year old son of North Light out of f-grade Sadler’s Wells x A.P. Indy horse Aghast. He is a stakes-placed runner. Practical Magic has four starts in the last six months, all at the allowance level. He does not have a win but has finished second twice, including losing by a head while going seven furlongs and earning a 108sp. Three of his starts in that time have resulted in triple digit sps. Most recently he finished fourth while running a 103sp in a seven furlong allowance on February 5th.
#3 Speightselecto 99/1 Lostorf Stables K Jantzen rides
Speightselecto is a six year old daughter of Speightstown out of g-grade Mi Selecto x Elevation mare Sickly Crevis. This is the only foal for that mare. She has seventy four starts in her career, with two wins, seven seconds and four thirds. She has earnings of $50,887. She has ten starts in the last six months, all routes on the dirt at the claiming level. Her best finish during that time was a fourth while going nine furlongs for a $4,000 tag. Most recently she finished fifth in a $2,000 claiming race at ten furlongs on January 29th. She was claimed out of that race by lostorf.
#4 Baile de Espada 5/1 Irisharse Stables R Michaels rides
Baile de Espada is a seven year old son of Sabrehill out of c-grade Mr. Prospector x Northern Dancer mare Senorita Erica. She has six foals to race, including one stakes winner. Baile de Espada has a record of 33-6-7-7 and earnings of $160,288. He has four starts, all in allowance company in the past six months. He won his first start in that time at six and one half furlongs with a 101sp. In his third start he ran a 108sp. Most recently he finished sixth while traveling seven furlongs on February 5th running a 98sp.
#5 Candy Prospector 74/1 Jetman Stables N Painter rides
Candy Prospector is a four year old son of Candy Ride out of e-grade Vindication x Mr. Prospector mare Dirka Dirka. He has three foals to race. Candy Prospector has a 18-1-2-0 record with earnings of $39,453. In the past six months he has four starts in claiming races on the turf. He was claimed out of the first of those races by jetman. His best finish was in his most recent start, taking fourth in a $7,500 claiming race at six and one half furlongs on the lawn. He earned a 88sp for that start, which was on February 22nd.
#6 Delinquent 7/1 Balata Stables L Hoskins rides
Delinquent is a four year old son of Street Sense out of f-grade Forty Niner x Storm Cat mare Spectacular Storm. She has four foals to race, including a three year old with one start. She has one stakes winner and two stakes placed runners, including Delinquent. Delinquent has only started three times in the last six months. He ran eighth in a turf allowance at seven furlongs. Switched back to dirt, where he had shown good form he ran a 112sp while finishing second in the War General Special Stakes at seven furlongs against only three year olds. He challenged older horses for the first time in the Grade Three Minister’s Deputy Stakes at six and one half furlongs on January 29th where he finished fourth with a 108sp.
#7 Ima Pupper 5/1 Spinround Stables P Davis rides
Ima Pupper is a five year old son of Grand Slam out of c-grade Unbridled’s Song x Pine Bluff mare Unbridled’s Spirit. She has four foals to race, including a winning two year old of 2011, the best of which is graded placed. Ima Pupper has a record of 32-5-7-8 and earnings of $157,173. He is a stakes placed runner. Over the past six months he has seven starts, winning once and never finishing worse than fifth while only running one sub-100sp. Two races back he won a $150,000 claiming race at a mile and one sixteenth with a 106sp. His last start was a $150,000 starter allowance at six furlongs where he finished fourth running a 100sp.
#8 Formerly High 4/1 Rk Stables N Lawton rides
Formerly High is a six year old scratch bred son of High Chaparral x Dynaformer xSeattle Slew. He has a record of 22-8-4-3 and earnings of $134,028. Formerly High is a stakes winner. He has one start in the last six months, on December 4th 2010. He finished third that day in the six furlong Her Canyons Special Stakes while earning a 96sp. That broke an eight race streak of triple digit speeds.
#9 Can’t Go Away 99/1 Jrm Stables R Haffner rides
Can’t Go Away is a four year old scratch bred son of Andromeda’s Hero x Gift of Gib x Vice Regent. He sports a record of 8-1-0-1 and earnings of $32,067. Can’t Go Away has three starts in the last six months, with one win. He finished third in a seven furlong maiden, and fourth in a nine furlong turf maiden before breaking through in his most recent start taking a five and one half furlong maiden on January 29th. He earned a 78sp in that race, his lifetime high.
#10 Crane Lakes 4/1 Trotter Stables B Child rides
Crane Lakes is a seven year old son of Rockamundo out of f-grade Atticus x Line in the Sand mare Atticus Summer. She produced two foals, this is her most successful. Crane Lakes has a record of 32-6-7-6 with earnings of $163,298. He has only started four times in the last six months, winning an allowance at seven furlongs. He also finished fourth, fifth and sixth in three stakes at six and seven furlongs during that time. His highest sp is a 107 earned in his most recent start, the Summer Sluice Challenge Stakes on January 15th. In his career Crane Lakes is stakes placed.
#11 Halo For Heroes 12/1 Mjbfarms Stables R Engel rides
Halo for Heroes is a five year old son of Andromeda’s Hero out of h-grade Jolies Halo x Devil His Due mare Devilorangel. This is her only foal. Halo for Heroes has a record of 27-5-4-3 with earnings of $109,716. He has five starts in the last six months. He won the first of those, a $50,000 claiming race for New York-breds at one mile with a 106sp. He has only hit the board once since then, finishing third in a $125,000 claiming race. Most recently he was fifth in another New York-bred claimer at one mile on February 8th with a 90sp.
Good luck to all!