Seven 2-years old fillies will be lining up for the running of the PRINCESA DEL NORTE Memorial <\/EM>on Saturday at Bayou Downs in Louisiana.<\/P> ACTIVIA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3\/1<\/FONT>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 zielissimo\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Cat Thief x Seeking the Gold<\/P> Winner of two of three starts, she responded to her first test on the turf with an impressive allowance win at a mile.\u00a0 She settled easily off the\u00a0leader and was ready to pounce at the top of the stretch to narrowly pull off a win.\u00a0 <\/P> BOP’ IT\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/FONT>6\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0im3xwiser\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/FONT>Bop x Believe It<\/FONT><\/P> After two nice runs on dirt, ownership sent her to New Hampshire for a stakes run on the turf.\u00a0 Her performance was nice enough to prompted her being shipped south for a second try on the turf. She hung tough throughout that grass effort, but may need to improve slightly to be a challenger here.<\/P> A.P. GIACOMETTI(IRE)\u00a0\u00a0 4\/1<\/FONT> \u00a0\u00a0shamran4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/FONT>Alberto Giacometti(IRE) x A.P. Indy<\/P> This is one filly that ownership wishes that their coming out debut in the KyHorseman Debutante would have been delayed.\u00a0 The out come of her participation in that grade I event, was a poor last place finish and prompt ownership to switch to turf for this event.\u00a0 How she will handle the new surface is still unsure, now may be the time to find out.<\/P> CHAPARRALED DANE(IRE)\u00a0\u00a0 8\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 manni153\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/FONT>High Chaparraled Dane(IRE) x Danehill<\/FONT><\/P> One for two on the turf (out of seven career starts)- grass may eventually be her preferred surface.\u00a0 In her turf win, she led gate to wire, and showed alot of courage in that performance.<\/P> RAHY WOLRD\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 5\/2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 nywinger\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/FONT>Rahy x Spinning World<\/FONT><\/P> Six career starts with three wins, but has never been tested on grass.\u00a0 With her breeding line, she best may be ahead of her.\u00a0 She has faced some tough competition so far and has held her own.\u00a0 No run on the turf would not discourage me on backing her in this event.<\/P> ALYMARA\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 3\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 lasthope1<\/FONT>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Red Ransom x Miswaki<\/P> Won her debut on the turf in a strong “pulling away” fashion.\u00a0 She should get a lot of play from that performance, but I suspect she will need to improve more to capture this event.<\/P> ABSOLUT CHIHULY\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 21\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 racefrgold<\/FONT>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Seattle Bound x Alnaab<\/P> Won gate to wire in her racing debut, and has jumped up to this level for her second trip.\u00a0 I suspect she may benefit from a less steep jump in class-but, if she shows a lot of improvement from her first run, she may prove me and the odds maker wrong.\u00a0 That would not be a great crime.<\/P> A good field of two year old fillies with some testing the green material for the first time.\u00a0 Bloodlines may prompt some to get added attention at the betting window.\u00a0Handicappers will be challenged to narrow their choices in this event.\u00a0 It should prove to be an exciting race, and don’t be surprised that more than one become future distaff stars on the turf.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Test Time for Some -subject: Turf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":132,"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-2948","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2948","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\/132"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2948"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2948\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2948"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2948"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2948"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}