We\u2019ve had a bit of rain affect the track for the regular stakes race in The race is named after Nineteen Meal<\/B>, a stakes winning, grade three placed horse which picked up $400,000 in a career covering 82 starts for four different trainers<\/P> The early market this week is:<\/P> 2\/1 \u2013 Adobochubbycheeks<\/P> 5\/2 \u2013 King of All Media, A.P. American <\/P> 9\/2 \u2013 Uptonogood<\/P> 7\/1 \u2013 My Chance<\/P> 9\/1 \u2013 Locked on High<\/P> Looking through the field in betting order:<\/P> # 3 \u2013 Adobochubbycheeks<\/B> \u2013 2\/1. \u2013 A controversial favorite in the morning line, considering he has a bit left to prove. The bookmakers were obviously mightily impressed with his first up run, when he overpowered a full field to take out his maiden in # 1 \u2013 King of All Media<\/B> \u2013 5\/2. \u2013 An established stakes class colt, with a win over six and a half furlongs, and a closing third over the mile in two starts at this level. The most experienced runner in the race, he lines up for his seventh start this weekend. He likes to drop out in his races, and the small field suits as he\u2019ll have less horses than usual to work through. Trainer moneymaker<\/B> has secured the pick of the riders in R. Bokie<\/I>. The colt is a son of Mass Media <\/I>based on Cat\u2019s Thunder<\/B> (Thunder Gulch \/ Storm Cat<\/I>), a winner of 2 from 42. He looks a second to none chance, with the only question mark being his ability to handle the track condition.<\/P> # 4 \u2013 A.P. American<\/B> \u2013 5\/2. \u2013 Has been a tad disappointing in his four runs since his debut, where he made up good ground to defeat eleven rivals in a five furlong dash. He likes to give away a good start, so again he\u2019s one who may benefit from the small field. Prior to last start, his speed rating had shown steady improvement, so oddsmakers are obviously prepared to overlook the last as an aberration. Two starts back he ran third in a full field over the mile in a stakes race. ticketman0<\/B> scratchbred him using the quality lines of A.P. Indy \/ Quiet American \/ Afleet<\/I>. One of only two in the race with winning wet track form, he\u2019ll be well ridden by M. Isdell<\/I> and is sure to be motoring home at the business end.<\/P> # 6 – Uptonogood<\/B> \u2013 9\/2. \u2013 Is somewhat of an unknown quantity here as only one of his five starts to date has been on the dirt, and he\u2019s tackling the route distance for the first time. Nothing wrong with his exposed form, as he put away maiden and allowance races at his first two, before embarking on a black type career which has seen a check brought home at each of his subsequent three. Third of ten in the Dalesbark Cup \u2013 G3<\/I> is the most significant achievement of any of the runners here, and he\u2019s the other winner on a rain affected track. There is plenty to like on the form page. Uptonogood<\/B> was bred by trainer bigears<\/B>, using Pulpit over his good producing \u2018exclusive\u2019 broodmare Sadie Nun<\/B> (Rainbow Quest \/ Pappa Riccio<\/I>). He\u2019s the third black type runner from the mare\u2019s three to race. Persistent Pedro (Swain)<\/I> was stakes placed as an early three year old. Pedro\u2019s Rainbow (Scenic<\/I>) is still racing well, with a stakes win and four black type ITM\u2019s from 16, and now this one is more than earning his keep. There\u2019s plenty to like about his chances this weekend, and he may be the best value in the race. <\/P> # 2 \u2013 My Chance<\/B> \u2013 7\/1. \u2013 This one may have sneaked under the radar, given that he took five starts until winning his maiden five weeks ago. That fact combined with his cheaper bloodlines, may encourage bettors to underestimate his chances. His first ever start was his only run on rain affected going, and he made good ground to finish fourth, just a length and a half from the winner, returning a 68 speed figure. Far from shabby for an early juvenile. His next three were all closing close up finishes, before he stepped up to the mile last start and motored home for a convincing win. Always a question mark surrounding the big class jump, but globalism\u2019s<\/B> son of High Demand \/ Rollicking \/ Transworld<\/I> could fly home late without surprising.<\/P> # 5 \u2013 Locked on High<\/B> \u2013 9\/1. \u2013 The only filly in the race will start at the longest odds, based on a brief career comprising just two starts, with her maiden victory coming at the second of them two months ago. Although officially the roughie, wdfifty\u2019s<\/B> lightly raced youngster is by no means without some sort of chance. Factors to be taken into account include her first run, in which she was beaten just a length on rain affected going. Her victory came over the mile, so she\u2019s established herself at the trip. Locked on High<\/B> is a daughter of High Yield<\/I>, based on Our Locks<\/B> (Sharp Drummer \/ Broad Brush<\/I>), a grade 2 placed winner of five stakes races. She\u2019s got a bit to prove jumping up to stakes class against the boys so quickly, but, like all in this race, a forward showing would not surprise.<\/P> Selections:<\/U><\/B> – I don\u2019t think the favorite represents any value, with all the questions he has yet to answer. He obviously has ability, but I\u2019d want to see some black type form on the page before accepting these cramped odds. King of All Media<\/B> is a stakeswinner, came home strongly over the mile last start and so gets my nod. It was only a maiden, but My Chance<\/B> looked good at his first route start, and at 7\/1 looks good value, so he\u2019s my second pick. A.P American<\/B>, stakes placed over the mile, and a winner on the good, in a tight decision for third pick, although I\u2019m not happy leaving out Uptonogood<\/B>, and really, any result from the six fairly evenly matched runners will come as no great surprise. I don\u2019t think this is a good betting race, unless you want to support your own horse.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Six Two Year Olds Face the Starter in Tennessee<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":453,"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-2996","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2996","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\/453"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2996"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2996\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2996"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2996"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2996"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}