Fourteen horses line up in New Zealand this week for the Grade One Ackland Cup.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Worth $750,000, the race will be run over two miles on firm turf for a purse of $750,000.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Five horses are coming out of the Grade Two Fitness Cup, making it a key prep for this race.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The winner, Magniforma turned in one of the most impressive races run in the sim so far this year, opening up an insurmountable early lead before cruising home over a field loaded with graded winners.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In all the top three finishers that day are represented here and will likely have a strong say in the outcome.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Let\u2019s take a look at the field. #1 Myth or Magic is a five year old exiting the key Fitness Cup.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He was sixth that day, beaten 13 \u00bd lengths by Magniforma.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Previously he had won two straight races at the two mile distance, the Caustic Ant Turf Special and the Grade Three Royal Oak with a career best 110sp.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Myth or Magic\u2019s last seven starts have all come at two miles and include a third victory in the Grade Three BBR Special, as well as two third place finishes.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Myth or Magic, by Dynaformer, is the only stakes winning foal for a-grade Giant\u2019s Causeway x Sadler\u2019s Wells mare Magical Mia. #2 Tizmambo is a five year old with only two starts at two miles.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He was second, beaten only \u00bc length in the Grade Three Gladiator in September and thirteenth in the Grade One Penn Endurance in December.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His only stakes win came in the mile and five sixteenths Tete The Undead Turf Memorial last August.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He earned a career best sp of 114 going a mile and one half in the Grade One King Kong Vase.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Tizmambo is a son of Tiznow out of the f-grade Kingmambo x Alysheba mare Vice Mambo. #3 Magniforma is the five year old mare who blew apart the Fitness Cup.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It was her first start at two miles and she used her considerable speed to open up a seventeen length lead on her way to a 5 \u00bc length romp with a 110sp.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>That was Magniforma\u2019s second victory against males, she had taken the Grade One Europe Classic at a mile and one half in September.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In between she ran two disappointing races in the Breeders\u2019 Bowl and on DelPenn Champions Day.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Trainers in today\u2019s race may not want to let her get such a large lead early on but this impressive mare\u2019s speed may be impossible to match.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Magniforma is a scratch-bred daughter of Galileo x Dynaformer x Mr. Prospector. #4 Dylan Tom N Jerry is the six year old returning champion in this race.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has earned over $5,000,000 in his career which includes three grade one wins at two miles.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He only has one victory since last year\u2019s race; he took an allowance at two miles two starts back with a 100sp.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Most recently he was eleventh in the Grade Three Diamond Stakes.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Dylan Tom N Jerry is one of three stakes winners, two graded for the f-grade Montjeu x Rainbow Quest mare Tete Morningrise.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is by Dylan Thomas. #5 Shutdown Corner is a four year old who has never run beyond a mile and one half.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is a stakes winner at that distance, having taken the Slew J. Turf Challenge two starts back with a 112sp.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It was his third win in a row, all at the same distance.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He dropped back to a mile and three eighths last out and finished eighth in a listed stakes run.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Shutdown Corner is a scratch-bred son of Distorted Humor x Sadler\u2019s Wells x Alydar. #6 Rapaz is an improving four year old who was second in the Fitness Cup.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He closed from over twenty lengths back to take the runner up spot behind Magniforma.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He outclosed the highly regarded Jukebox Kid in that spot, his first at two miles.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last year Rapaz won the Grade Two Great Volt at a mile and one half and was second in the Grade Two Saint Legend Stakes at a mile and three quarters, both against fellow three year olds.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Rapaz is a son of Duke of Marmalade out of the f-grade Speightstown x Kris S. mare Murua. #7 Balance Act, a four year old, is the only horse in today\u2019s field who had a race after exiting the Fitness Cup.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He was tenth in the Fitness and returned to finish fifth in the mile and three eighths Shore Lunch Turf Challenge.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The Fitness Cup was only his second start at two miles; he finished fifth in the Grade One Penn Endurance prior.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Balance Act is won the Grade One Classic Turf Stakes at a mile and one half in 2011.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is a son of Giant\u2019s Causeway out of the f-grade Kingmambo x A.P. Indy mare Lava Lil. #8 Jukebox Kid is a five year old who went on quite a tear in 2011.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He won his first ten starts of the year, nine of those at two miles, two of them grade ones.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He faltered in his final start of the year, running third in the Grade One Penn Endurance before running third last out in the Fitness Cup.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The earner of over $3,000,000 has some of the most consistent sps in the field; he hasn\u2019t run below a 100 in over a year.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Jukebox Kid is a scratch-bred son of Raven\u2019s Pass x Street Cry x Dynaformer. #9 Major Irish is a five year old who exits off a victory in the Bly Me Too Turf Stayer at two miles.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He romped in that race, going wire to wire to win by 4 \u00bd lengths.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is the only likely challenger to Magniforma for the early lead.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Prior to that win he was second in both the Grade One Penn Endurance and the Grade Three Royal Oak at the same distance.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Major Irish is a son of Daiwa Major out of the c-grade Kris S. x Irish River mare Starling Road.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has already produced two graded winners. #10 Blakely is a five year old making his first start at two miles.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He exits a win in the mile and three eighth Grade Two Buck Dharma Handicap.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last season he won the Grade Three Weld Stakes and the Grade One Champion Stakes, both at a mile and one quarter.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The longest he\u2019s ever raced is a mile and three quarters and he was second when going that distance in an allowance race.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Blakely is a scratch-bred son of Montjeu x Smart Strike x His Majesty. #11 Shine On Through is a seven year old with just under $4,000,000 in the bank.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Shine On Through has not had good luck in this race, he finished seventh in 2011 and fifth in 2010.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He does have two grade one wins, both coming at one mile.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The most recent came last April in the Spring Cup.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He only has four starts since that race with his best finish coming when third in the Grade One Longchamp Marathon.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Shine on Through is a son of Bel Esprit out of the g-grade Swain x Cozzene mare Surface Power. #12 Rockafella Skank is a seven year old and the other mare in the field.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A millionaire, Rockafella Skank has made only two starts at two miles.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She won the Storm Force Turf Mare Endurance and was second by only \u00bc length in the Grade One Millwood Cup against the males.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has two starts since the Millwood, a thirteenth place finish in the Grade One Japan Classic and a third in a mile and one half allowance.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Rockafella Skank is a scratch-bred daughter of Rock of Gibraltar x Machiavellian x Caerleon. #13 Vertical Impact is a four year old who won his first stakes in his first start at two miles in his most recent start.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He gave a five length drubbing to the field of the Drop In The Fields Turf Stayer with a 103sp.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Previously he was second in the mile and three eighths Enter Late and Often Special against three year olds and sixth in the Grade One Allied Assault against his elders.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Vertical Impact is a son of Deep Impact out of the g-grade Forty Niner x Lear Fan mare Learing Into Time. #14 Dylan Monte is a five year old who enters off a three race win streak.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>All three of those races came at a mile and one half and included a win in the Grade Three Gary Trent Stakes.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Dylan Monte has made two starts at two miles.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He was second in an allowance in January of 2011 and fifth in the Ale N\u2019 Skittles Turf Stayer last July.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Dylan Monte is a scratch-bred son of Dylan Thomas x Kingmambo x Dynaformer. 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