Race Preview – Grade One Coffeefields Cup<\/FONT><\/P> The feature in Victoria this weekend is the Grade One Coffeefields Cup, worth two million dollars.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Run over a mile and one half on a firm turf course, this year\u2019s edition has drawn a seven horse field highlighted by four grade one winners.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Perhaps the most interesting runner is The End Begins, a son of 2007 Coffiefields Cup winner Creepshow.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>But from an excitement factor, the longshot Apex Fallacy adds some sizzle to the race.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s only started eight times in his career and could go on to be any kind.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Let\u2019s take a look at the field. #1 Kidpasser is a four year old scratch-bred colt by Lemon Drop Kid x Danzig x Buckpasser.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After an undistinguished first two seasons of racing, Kidpasser has come alive this year.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has three wins from ten starts but that includes a victory in the Grade One Rhys-Smith Anniversary Turf Classic.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has hit the board in four other graded stakes this year as well.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In all ten starts his speeds have exceed triple digits, topping out with a 112 earned when second in the Grade Two Grand Prix.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Of some concern is his most recent race, he was seventh in the Grade Three Autumn Stakes.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019ll have to prove that the long campaign hasn\u2019t taken its toll on him. #2 Shutdown Corner is a four year old scratch-bred son of Distorted Humor x Sadler\u2019s Wells x Alydar.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Shutdown Corner hit a hot streak last fall, winning three straight races between September and January, topped off by his only stakes win in the Slew J. Turf Challenge.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His form took a downturn when he ran back in a listed and then in a grade one race, finishing off the board in both.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He was very inconsistent over the spring and summer but Shutdown Corner seems to have found his stride again.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s won two straight races, both mile and five eighths allowances.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His last run saw him demolish the field by four and one quarter lengths with a 110 speed.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s proven that when he\u2019s hot he\u2019s very hot and it sure looks like Shutdown Corner is hot. #3 The End Begins is a five year old son of Medaglia D\u2019oro based on the amazing Rock of Gibraltar x Deputy Minister horse Creepshow.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Creepshow earned over seven million dollars in his career and his grade one victories include the 2007 running of this race.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This is the first appearance in the Coffeefields for The End Begins and the multiple graded stakes winner is seeking his first graded win of 2012.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He does have one listed win this year and has hit the board in three graded races, including his most recent start.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In that race he ran second in the Grade Three Winchester Park Cup. #4 Major Irish is a five year old son of Daiwa Major out of the Kris S. x Irish River mare Starling Road.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Starling Road was a grade two winning millionaire and has been a very successful producer.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In addition to grade one winner Major Irish she is the dam of two grade three winners and a grade two winning two year old of 2012 from nine foals.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Major Irish took the biggest race of his career two starts back when he won the Grade One King Geoff and Queen Beth\u2019s Emerald Stakes with a 111 speed.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He had previously been graded placed in 2011 and his only other win this year came in a listed race in February.\u00a0 <\/SPAN> #5 Lordofthedanse is a four year old scratch-bred son of Dansili x Sadler\u2019s Wells x Kris S.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>As a three year old, Lordofthedanse won the Grade Three Prix De Loot at a mile and three quarters.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s only run in two other graded races since then, finishing fourth in the race immediately following the Prix De Loot and a third place finish in the Grade Three Freer Stakes two starts back.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His speeds during that span ranged from a 79 to a 104 but he exploded in his last race by running a 112 speed when third in a listed stakes.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Whether that was an anomaly or a sign of good things to come is anyone\u2019s guess, but at 7\/1 he makes an interesting proposition. #6 Apex Fallacy is a four year old scratch-bred son of Montjeu x Darshaan x Caerleon.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This colt has only run eight times beginning last December but he has been super impressive in that short period of time.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has five wins and a second from those eight starts including the Grade Two Dutchland Stakes at a mile and one half two races back.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s done almost everything asked of him and really this could be any kind of horse.\u00a0 <\/SPAN> #7 Maximum Spell is a four year old scratch-bred son of A.P. Indy x Storm Cat x Mr. Prospector.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last fall Maximum Spell won back-to-back grade one races in the Jolly Summer Cup and the Allied Assault.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has only one victory this year, in an allowance race, but he\u2019s been knocking at the door in graded company for most of the year.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s hit the board in four graded races this year and it would be no surprise if with a little luck he came home a winner in this spot. Good luck to all! \u00a0\u00a0<\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/FONT> Post Time Saturday 2:10 OGT<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":401,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-10465","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10465","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/401"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=10465"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/10465\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=10465"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=10465"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=10465"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}