The tenth race on the card this week in Arizona is The Bone Of Pegasus Memorial, a six and one half furlong sprint on the turf for three year old fillies. The weather here has been free of rain, and you can expect a firm turf track for Saturday\u2019s race. Seven fillies have drawn into The Bone Of Pegasus Memorial, lets take a look at the competition.
Breaking from the rail will be Let There Be Peace <\/b> (Peace Rules x Wolf Power (SAF) x Buckaroo) and out of the game dam Samiam (SAF). This elegant roan filly is owned and trained by acrylic <\/i>. Out of a total of seven career starts this filly has finished on hte board in five of them. Her last five starts in her career have earned her no less than second. Her last start in The Kelly The American Special earned her a win by one and a half lenghts with a speed figure of eighty-six, a career best for the filly. The fillies only off the board finishes both came in races on the dirt.
In the number two slot will be Salty\u2019s Gone <\/b> (Salt Lake x Gone West x His Majesty) with the game dam of Diplomatic Coupon. This filly is trained and owned by minnesota <\/i>. This filly, one of the more experienced in the field, has had a total of ten career starts, three of which have resulted in wins. The fillies last start came in California in The Sunnybank Lady (GB) Stakes were she finished a well-beaten tenth with a speed figure of seventy-six. The fillies last win came in October of last year, right here in Arizona in The Utter Seattle Stakes where she won by two and one-fourth lengths and posted a speed figure of seventy-seven.
Next will be Giant Strides (IRE) <\/b> (Giant\u2019s Causeway (IRE) x Fusaichi Pegasus x Seattle Slew) and is out of the graded stakes starting game dam Bone Of Pegasus, for whom this race was named. This bay filly is owned by foxon <\/i>. This filly has had a total of five career starts, three of which have been finishes on the board. This race will be this fillies first stake start of her career. Her last race, in Illinois, resulted in a win by a length and a half and a career best speed figure of eighty-six. foxon <\/i> is hoping that his young bay filly will live up to the greatness of her dam, here in this race.
Following is Maybe Diva (IRE) <\/b> (Desert King (IRE) x Riverman x Roberto) owned by mgprice <\/i>. This filly has had a total of seven finishes on the board in her nine career starts. Her last start in The Bro Dandy Bonanza resulted in a third place finish, four and one-half lenghts off the lead with a speed figure posted of eighty-one, a career best for this filly as well. Her lst win came in an allowance race in New South Wales where she posted a speed figure of seventy-two and won by a head.
In the five post is Hot Sauce Demoss (AUS) <\/b> (Reset (AUS) x Storm Cat x Seattle Slew) trained and owned by socalsgrl <\/i>. This brown filly has had a total of nine career starts to date, two of which have resulted in wins and four more starts making it on the board. The fillies last start an allowance race here in Arizona resulted in a fifth place finish, four and one-fourth lenghts behind the leader and posting a respectable seventy-nine speed figure. The fillies last win was back in the 2005 racing season in an allowance race in California where she won by one and one fourth lenghts and posted a speed figure of seventy eight.
Next will be Germanic Blueprint <\/b> (Perugino x Deposit Ticket x Linamix (FR)) and is owned and trained by redbirduk <\/i>. This brown filly has more career starts, at tweleve, than any of the other horses in the field for this Saturday\u2019s race. Her last start was in the Grade III Broadside Stakes where she finished thirteen lengths back and finished twelth. Disappointing finishes also occured in the Grade II Whodini Shootout and the ungraded stakes race The Carson\u2019s Colony Stakes. However the filly earned a second place finish in the Grade III race Oalms Otward Stakes. The fillies last win came in September of last year in the ungraded The Under Performer Memorial Stakes, where she won by a length and posted a speed figure of seventy-three.
Breaking from the far outside number seven post will be Auction Baby <\/b> (R C Indy Go x Slewpy x Just Infatuation) and is owned and trained by 3gs <\/i>. This filly, also with twelve starts, ties for the most starts of any filly in this race.Her last start was in The Mindsworld (IRE) Bonanaza where she won by one and one-fourth length over the rest of the field. Her race prior to that, The Queen Tub Stakes, also resulted in a win and a speed figure of eighty-five, a career best speed figure for the chestnut filly. On Saturday trainer 3gs <\/i> and jockey PJ. Mitz will try to make it three wins in a row.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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