A short field of six has been drawn for\u00a0the $45,000 SLEEZY CAT Memorial Stakes, which will be run over 7 1\/2 furlongs on the turf course here at Texas Race Course.\u00a0 It’s the older fillies and mares that will be taking this extended sprint trip around the grass course which is expected to be firm for Saturday’s running.\u00a0 Here’s a look at the starters.<\/P>
A.P. Geisha<\/STRONG> appears to be the controlling speed of the race, coming off of two consecutive gate to wire victories.\u00a0 One of those wins was over the same distance as Saturday’s event.\u00a0 That win came in the SHANNON DOCTOR Handicap at Eastern Kentucky.\u00a0 She covered the distance on that occasion in 1:29 2\/5, and a repeat of that would likely put her and trainer sera<\/EM> in the winner’s circle for this one.<\/P> ipitombe<\/EM> sends out Gove Struck Gold<\/STRONG>, a four year old daughter of Carson City.\u00a0 This one just posted a 103 SP# in her turf debut in allowance company.\u00a0 Prior to that, she made her living on the main track, earning just shy of $130,000.\u00a0 A repeat of her last race could spell a victory, although she may need a stronger pace than she will get in here.<\/P> Hide and Chic<\/STRONG> goes out for trainer 2totango<\/EM>.\u00a0 This good looking daughter of Seeking The Gold comes into this race 2 for 2 since switching to turf.\u00a0 Last time out, she won a stake race over the lawn in Utah.\u00a0 With her staking style, she will be a threat to the early speed if the speed decides to back up down the lane.<\/P> Belle Of The Ball<\/STRONG> is one of the more experienced mares in the field, with 34 starts under her belt.\u00a0 She’ll be saddled by snake12<\/EM>, as she looks to make it five wins in her last five tries at this distance.\u00a0 By Atticus, this one is bred to love the turf, and she does just that – earning almost $500,000 on the weeds throughout her career.<\/P> bunnyluv’s<\/EM> Sultry Bunny <\/STRONG>is a bit of an outsider in this one.\u00a0 She enters this race off of a 5th place finish against conditioned allowance foes.\u00a0 Before that, she was soundly beaten in stakes company at this distance.\u00a0 Look for this daughter of Event Of The Year to force the issue early, but will she have enough left to be around late?<\/P> From the outside is another longshot, South Rim(IRE)<\/STRONG>.\u00a0 Conditioned by divisional<\/EM>, this daughter of King Of Kings(IRE) was a beaten 6th against $25,000 claimers in her most recent start.\u00a0 She enters this race, which seems to be over her head, looking to regain her form from three starts back in which she won a 3x allownace race at this distance.\u00a0 She probably won’t be the winner, but may not be the one that leaves without a check.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Short field to tackle 7 1\/2 furlong turf trip<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":51,"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-2297","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2297","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\/51"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2297"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2297\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2297"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2297"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2297"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}