The EWC starts the 2-year season off with a pair of Showcase races on the dirt and grass open to all residency horses.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Irish Luck Farms recently questioned why not have a race for just the girls\u2026.well, why not?\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Thus the birth of Tale of Seattle,\u00a0 <\/SPAN>a maiden stake race just for the girls, which will be held in Florida.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The residents at EWC are eligible to enter fillies and mares into this 2-year old turf race which will be going a distance of 6 furlongs on the turf and only maidens are eligible for the race. Tale of Seattle is a retired mare who won 15 races in her 42 career starts.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Although she never won a graded race, she made a mark for herself with picking up 13 non-grade stake wins and earning in excess of $640,000.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is rated C as a game-dam and has produced a pair of male children.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/SPAN>All of her wins came in sprint races, the majority on the turf. 1. \u00a0<\/SPAN>AUCTION CHANT \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/SPAN>19-1 Trained by Mubofsmub The fourth horse spawned out of F-rated game-dam Tioga, who has already produced three others that have won a combined 11 races in 44 starts.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Tioga was a dirt runner earning over $140k and raced once on the grass.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Sire Andromeda\u2019s Hero has been lightly used and has not produced a winner since 2010.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This first time starter hopes to break this trend. 2.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>FRENCHY CONNECTION\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>13-1<\/B> Trained by Indyatw G-rated game-dam had one win in 24 starts and did her running on the dirt.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She does bring into the bloodline the dam-sire of Rahy, a strong producer of grass runners.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Sire French Deputy is the opposite producing mostly dirt runners.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In the early stages of 2012 French Deputy has seen a rather high 23% of her 2-year olds getting victories.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A little mixture with the racing surfaces leads to a toss-up as to how this first time starter will fare. 3.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>SLAM THE GANTLET\u00a0 <\/SPAN>19-1 Trained by Sjmeola5 Daughter to Grand Slam, who has seen her children preferring the dirt 3 to 1 over the grass since 2008.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This beautiful brown mare is a slow starter as she has raced on the dirt twice and showed some late speed, but finished off the board with speeds of 59 in each race.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She looks for a change in scenery and scoots over to the turf for the first time.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I have a feeling this gal will find the longer races more appealing and it\u2019ll be a matter of time for her to find success 4.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>POUR HOF\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>9-1 Trained by Thehofman3 G-rated game-dam Cryptic Stride was used with this female and won three races in her 35 career starts earning just over $100k.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Those wins all came in turf routes.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Pour Moi is a first year sire who\u00a0 <\/SPAN>has bred 27 2-year olds with 18% snagging victories, an overwhelming 94% game on the grass.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Strong bloodlines are abundant in this young lady and she could fry up the turf in her debut. 5.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>PURE NONSENSE\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>7-1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN> Trained by Raceck3 A nicely bred Street Sense x Giant\u2019s Causeway x Grand Slap mare.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The bloodline favors the dirt, but worth a shot putting this first time runner on the grass to see what she can do.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She comes out of game-dam Batting Practice (G-rated), a winner of 3 races (all dirt) in 28 starts.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Breeding line brings tons of hope in this event! 6.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>PYRAMID OF CAIRO\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>8-1<\/B> Trained by Zipchippy Sire Zabeel has had 19% of her 2-year olds win a race this season and the offspring favor the grass by a 3 to 1 margin.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>With one start behind her, Pyramid finished fifth going 5.5f with a speed of 61 as the second choice in a full field.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is a scratch bred with bloodlines flowing in from Kingmambo and Sadler\u2019s Wells and she is bound to improve off her first start. 7.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>OH FIDDLE STICKS\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>13-1 Trained by Celebrial Makes first time start and is out of G-rated game-dam Lilly\u2019s Lemon.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Lilly won just shy of $100k with two career wins on the turf in 39 starts.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Sire New Approach has a high 91% of her children finding success on the turf.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This year, 15% of 2-year olds have earned a victory with one celebrating a pair of stake wins.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Oh Fiddle Sticks has good grass breeding background and should fare well on this surface. 8.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>NAREMBURN\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>54-1 Trained by Bbudgievic A first time starter who is mothered by Macho Uno.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This sire has bred five runners this year, none of which have found the winner\u2019s circle.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last year\u2019s crop saw less than half (44%) of offspring pick up a win.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her babies favor the dirt over the grass by a 2 to 1 margin and this one will need to be one of the exceptions to steal this race. 9.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>THAT KINDA SPIN\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>14-1<\/B> Trained by Sprinter3 Comes out of F-rated game-dam That Gal, a mare that won $44k with five wins in 31 starts, the majority coming on the dirt.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This first time starter is the daughter of Hard Spun, who has a modest 16% of this year\u2019s 2-year olds picking up a win.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Hard Spun siblings, since 2008, have a strong 2 to 1 preference for the dirt.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Dam Sire Empire Maker siblings prefer the dirt also, however, Swain, the DSS, tend towards the grass.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Mixed signals come out of the pedigree and it may take a few races to see where she belongs.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>May end up liking both surfaces.