The Greatest Maiden To Hit The Sim! <\/SPAN>(rated G)<\/U><\/B> Look out the place has gone crazy. The highlight on the New York card this week is not the X debarckle, nor is it the group 3, the highlight this week in New York is the I.P.Q.O.A.M.D.M. That\u2019s right, the Inaugural Prestigious Quarter Of A Million Dollar Maiden worth $250K to be held for unraced 2 year olds over 7 furlongs on the dirt.<\/STRONG><\/P> There look to be several hot contenders from 6 of racing\u2019s finest barns. Speaking of which its ladies day so Mr Scoobi will be signing autographs and Johnno will be judging fashions on the field the lucky winner of which gets a night out to dinner with given and a signed motorbike helmet from the judge. Deyoto meanwhile will be trying to get his mule Zeditarch to the barriers before the stewards can spot it. Silv and Lenny are singing the anthem before the race.<\/STRONG><\/P> Anyways, lets take a look at the 12 who will do battle\u2026\u2026.<\/STRONG><\/P> \u00a0 \u00a0 Baelish (IRE) <\/STRONG>is an El Prado colt from a Kingmambo mare and looks a real treat going into this race. Rated a 5\/1 chance in latest markets Baelish (IRE) is one of the best backed runners in what looks to be a pretty open race. Not much in the way of form to go on but he\u2019s drawn the inside gate, has a top jock on board and hails from a highly respected stable. Given<\/I> was asked of this fellow\u2019s chances early in the week and here\u2019s what he had to say, \u201cBaelish is a lazy horse who has shown some talent but needs to get out of the gate well\u201d. The first of given\u2019s<\/I> two entries should run a big race. \u00a0 Seeking Indy <\/STRONG>is a 2 year old colt and is the first of silverny\u2019s<\/I> two runners. Despite the impeccable breeding being by A.P Indy out of a Seeking The Gold Mare, this colt seemed a little clumsy in trackwork taking awkward strides and stumbling from the barriers at two of two attempts. So look out Baelish and Scoobis Distaff you two could be in for more than you bargained for. A pity, was well bred by balata<\/I> but everything seems to have gone downhill since. Some query with this one although silverny<\/I> is quietly confident with this boy\u2019s chances and even rates him above the second of her entries. \u00a0 Scoobis Distaff <\/STRONG>is a 2 year old filly hailing from the robscoobi barns. She looks in magnificent order so the scoobs reports. When queried as to her hopes he said \u201cshe will do good I think\u201d \u2013 a man of few words but many horses. And he hates being disturbed mid interview. 6\/1 and barrier 3 but an absolute muppet of a jockey on her back. Look for a big run from her. \u00a0 Frimzimmer <\/STRONG>is a booming colt by Forty Niner and if not with Scoobis Distaff scoobi <\/I>will have a great chance with this fellow. From barrier 4 he should be just lucky enough to avoid any potential barrier shannanigans from Seeking Indy and get a chance to do well. He\u2019s a huge individual and should give a bold sight, scoobi is well within a chance of taking out the glory come race day with this individual. \u00a0 Breezalong (GB) <\/STRONG>is a superb looking filly magnificently prepared by Deyoto Lefranse Head Trainer of Champion Lodge. She is by Kayf Tara out of a mare by the John Ritorto owned stallion Flying Spur. Perhaps will be better suited on the turf and back against fillies, Breezalong is by far and away the better of deyoto\u2019s<\/I> two entries. \u00a0 Zeditarch (AUS) <\/STRONG>adds some interest to this race. She is 99\/1 and providing she can be sneaked to the barriers before stewards see that she isn\u2019t in fact a horse she will do one of two things. Either she will run dead last by distance and possibly be overtaken by the winner at some point, or alternatively she will be one out of the hat and win. No in betweens for the one scoobi has called the prehistoric bird, she\u2019ll either run dead last or win. I\u2019m tipping the former. \u00a0 Macarthur <\/STRONG>is a Congaree colt from the lenny <\/I>barns and no doubt lenny is happy with what he has on his hands here. Rated a 9\/1 shot with the bookies, Macarthur is worth a punt in this race which is virtually open to all bar one horse. Lenny is a well respected trainer so don\u2019t dismiss anything he brings to the track! \u00a0 Hodor <\/STRONG>is the second of given\u2019s <\/I>contenders and shares equal favouritism. He\u2019ll be one of the harder ones to beat and should be in this for a long way, his trainer having huge wraps on this fella \u201cHodor is a big horse with a long stride who I expect a lot out of\u201d. He looks a treat and at 5\/1 bookies simply aren\u2019t prepared to risk him. \u00a0 Mr. Spur <\/STRONG>has big balls. What else can you say about this guy? There is no form to go on and that is not coming from me but straight from johnno\u2019s <\/I>mouth, the barns of which this strapping colt hails from. He\u2019s by Flying Spur out of a Forty Niner mare and at 12\/1 represents some great value I feel. Could surprise at these odds and will be improved by johnno\u2019s pre race program \u201cMr spur has bigger balls than Title Duke and will need two tubs of vaso instead of one before he races.\u201d \u2013 aimed of course at reducing friction as the horse strides and hence allowing optimal performance. \u00a0 Res Ipsa Loquitor <\/STRONG>is a nice looking Woodman colt. He has performed well in his trackwork although not as fancied by silverny <\/I>as her other runner despite all his apparent downfalls. Perhaps different things for this guy, should he not perform on the dirt I believe silv will look to the grass where she believes he may be better suited. Should run well and be a good each way bet for punters. \u00a0 Paranoid <\/STRONG>is at 11\/1 and at that has been totally overlooked by the bookies, if you want some value get on this guy. Another from Lenny\u2019s<\/I> yard, this colt by Empire Maker should be one of the tougher ones in this and prove hard to hold out. Big chance at tempting odds. \u00a0 Down Under Wonder (AUS) <\/STRONG>has drawn the widest gate for this and is Johnno\u2019s <\/I>second entry also by Flying Spur. She\u2019s a 20\/1 filly and is in with a chance here in what looks to be a wide open race. No doubt will probably look to filly restrictions following this one where she\u2019ll find the going a little easier than this. Chance for sure. \u00a0 \u00a0 Summary: <\/STRONG><\/I>So there you have it, 12 unraced 2 year olds all vying for their share of a quarter of a million dollars. Should be a wide open race with a number of chances and no doubt with all the pre-race entertainment and hype of this big one itself, a huge crowd can be expected at the track come the weekend. 6 Trainers, 12 Horses, 1 Winner<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":140,"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":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1263","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263","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\/140"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1263"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1263\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1263"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1263"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1263"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}