\u201cOverture\/Curtain, lights\/This is it\/The night of nights\/No more rehearsing\/And nursing a part\/We know every part by heart\u2026\u201d Picture it: <\/SPAN> \u201cOverture\/Curtain, lights\/This is it\/We\u2019ll hit the heights\/And, oh, what heights we\u2019ll hit\u2026\u201d It\u2019s Breeders Bowl Fever.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The Sim Message Board has been busy with some super BB trash-talking, but while many eyes focus on the Turf and the Classic and the Juvenile, a fascinating storyline has been developing beneath the radar.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It\u2019s youth versus experience, a saga that worked best in \u201cAll About Eve\u201d and is bound to entertain here as well. \u00a0<\/SPAN>It\u2019s also the battle for sophomore superiority: who\u2019s got the best three-year-old filly?\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Is it the speedy Empire Reef, the stalwart stalker Swift Kick, or the ing\u00e9nue Donner, or maybe even the hard-luck Dubai Prospector, who has battled back from injuries to loom a threat?\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Lastly, is Squall Is A Storm as good as her trainer says she is?\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Or will she be surpassed by the determined Glass Heart, who has bent but not broken and looked stronger than ever at times?\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In about 110 seconds, the answer will be foretold, in Saturday\u2019s Grade I, $2,000,000 Breeders Bowl Distaff.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The track will be fast, the conditions pleasant enough, and the racing incredibly complex and contentious. \u201cOn with the show, this is it!\u201d Game on. The field, in post position order: #1: SWIFT KICK<\/B> (8-1) Classic division ranking<\/SPAN><\/B>: #1 (among three-year-old fillies) Pedigree<\/SPAN><\/B>: Summer Squall x Crafty Prospector Jockey<\/SPAN><\/B>: P Harzheim (694-174-129-110, 25.1% win, 59.5% on the board) Trainer<\/SPAN><\/B>: sdmf2<\/I><\/B> (165-38-25-19, 23% win, 49.7% on the board) Career highlights\/Major 2005 wins<\/SPAN><\/B>: Grade I Bluegrass Oaks, Superfilly Handicap, Birmingham Stakes Major 2005 flops<\/SPAN><\/B>: 5th<\/SUP>, Grade I California Oaks What the trainer thinks<\/SPAN><\/B>: He\u2019s licking his chops, with two entries from his various stables in the field, but even as he\u2019s high on his filly, he\u2019s a little concerned: \u201cThe only downside so far is Swift Kick<\/STRONG> came up RTG after five weeks\u2019 rest.\u00a0\u00a0She runs great with a little extra time between races, (but) not coming up sharp was a shock…beating older fillies last race gave us a boost of confidence for the BB, but now we’ll have to see how she acts up in the paddock.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Bigger things are expected from Swift Kick<\/B>, for sure!\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her three-year-old filly championship campaign should be locked up if she can win the Distaff.\u201d What the jockey thinks<\/SPAN><\/B>: \u201cShe\u2019s the top filly in the Sim for a reason, and that\u2019s consistency.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I\u2019ve seen her races on tape, and she strides with beauty and confidence.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I\u2019ll try to nurture her kick as she goes \u2018round the oval, but I don\u2019t think she needs no directing\u2026she just goes when she sees that it\u2019s time.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>That\u2019s what champions do.\u201d What the competition is thinking<\/SPAN><\/B>: <\/SPAN>What the railbird thinks<\/SPAN><\/B>:\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u201cShe\u2019s amazing going long.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I think she could be a real keeper if she is sitting just purdy as a picture off them in the Bowl.\u201d—anonymous clocker timing a morning workout on the <\/SPAN> Preview<\/SPAN><\/B>: She\u2019s a very formidable foe from the rail.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She\u2019ll have a prime location on the inside, and whatever pace duel develops shouldn\u2019t impact how she goes about her business.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She prefers a stalking trip, and with the pace breaking outside of her, she can keep an eye poised to her right and calculate how far she has to get.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She\u2019s gotten dream trips this fall; sitting chilly and then outkicking the late traffic has definitely worked to her advantage.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She beat older fillies last out stalking a rather easy pace in the Superfilly, and has won against the best of her generation when it counted (with a distinct advantage against Empire Reef<\/B>), and she\u2019s had five weeks to prepare, the same layoff she had between her last two races, so she\u2019s certainly ready.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>To consider a downside, she does break from the rail, and she\u2019s 0-for-2 from that position. \u00a0<\/SPAN>It should also be noted that her speed figures do fall behind a few other of the top contenders, although her last tends to imply a lot of developing potential against older.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Lastly, she did <\/I>only come up as \u201cready to go\u201d.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It\u2019s a matter of semantics between that and \u201csharp\u201d, but the intangibles make the difference, sometimes. #2: TECHNICALLY T(<\/B><\/SPAN> Classic division rank<\/SPAN><\/B>: #10 (among three-year-old fillies) Pedigree<\/SPAN><\/B>: Theatrical(<\/SPAN> Jockey<\/SPAN><\/B>: D Findlay Jr (570-95-61-83, 16.7% win, 41.9% on the board) Trainer<\/SPAN><\/B>: youngnhung<\/I><\/B> (690-66-79-72, 9.6% win, 31.5% on the board) Breeders Bowl r\u00e9sum\u00e9<\/SPAN><\/B>: 6th<\/SUP>, 2004 Juvenile Fillies Career highlights<\/SPAN><\/B>: Won Grade I G.S.R. Diamond Major 2005 Result<\/SPAN><\/B>: 2nd<\/SUP>, Grade II Sleepy Fan Stakes Major 2005 Flops<\/SPAN><\/B>: 12th<\/SUP>, Grade I Sweet Nanette Stakes What the trainer thinks<\/SPAN><\/B>: While youngnhung<\/I><\/B> was unavailable for comment, a groom who wished anonymity stated that \u201cShe\u2019s the type who likes to work all the time.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She\u2019s a demon in the morning, and she\u2019s always eager for something to do, whether it\u2019s a walk on shed row or a five-furlong breeze.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Lately, she\u2019s been very hungry after she hits the track, so that\u2019s a good sign.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I think she\u2019s an autumn horse—when it gets colder and blustery, she\u2019s at home.\u201d\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Another source indicates she\u2019s been working with a shadow roll and blinkers to try and get her to relax and concentrate. What the jockey thinks<\/SPAN><\/B>: \u201cI\u2019m psyched to get the mount.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She\u2019s training well for this, she\u2019s coming into form at the right time, and she won late in the year last year, so if I can get her to rate, relax and rally, I think that I\u2019m going to have a handful of filly when we turn for home.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I\u2019m just happy to be here this weekend.\u201d What the competition thinks<\/SPAN><\/B>: \u201cShe\u2019s talented, without question, but maybe she\u2019s just someone who blossoms at 4 and beyond.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I look forward to seeing her around these parts next year, and when she does, we should seriously watch out.\u201d—assistant to the racing secretary for <\/SPAN>