The aeolipile, the Great Hedge of India, where you left your keys \u2013 Do You Remember These? \u00a0If not take a jaunt down to Brazil for the Equinics race for older females going a mile and one quarter on the turf.\u00a0 You won\u2019t find the answers but you will find a fascinating handicapping puzzle as eighteen fillies and mares take each other on for their Residency\u2019s bragging rights and grade one glory.\u00a0 Let\u2019s take a look at the field.<\/p>\n
#1 Montana\u2019s Rocket\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20\/1<\/p>\n
Montana\u2019s Rocket is a four year old daughter of Sea the Stars x Montjeu x Dynaformer.\u00a0 She enters off a very strong second in the Grade Two Hot Polly over the same distance as this spot.\u00a0 In that race she was ninth early on before unleashing a powerful late run to make up over six lengths in the stretch.\u00a0 She ran a 114 speed in that spot, a career best.\u00a0 Prior to that she won a listed stakes race at a mile and one quarter with a 111 speed.\u00a0 In that race she wasn\u2019t as far back early on and won easily going away at the end.\u00a0 If she stays closer to the pace in this spot she has a good chance to medal.<\/p>\n
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#2 Kris Rock\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10\/1<\/p>\n
Kris Rock is a five year old scratchbred daughter of Rock of Gibraltar x Kris S. x Montjeu.\u00a0 Winner of last year\u2019s Grade One Prix Opera over a mile and one quarter Kris Rock returned to the races this season with a bang, taking a listed at a mile and five sixteenths with a 110 speed.\u00a0 She has not hit the board in three subsequent graded stakes races but in two of those spots she did finish fourth.<\/p>\n
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#3 Koger Damper\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 27\/1<\/p>\n
Koger Damper is a five year old daughter of Macho Uno out of the grade one winning Affirmed x Pleasant Colony mare Pleasant Damper.\u00a0 Pleasant Damper did her best running at two miles on the turf but she was grade one placed going a mile and one quarter.\u00a0 To date she has produced three stakes placed offspring from six foals to race.\u00a0 Koger Damper will be making just her second start for her trainer wideonturns who claimed her for $60,000 two starts back.\u00a0 She won that race at a mile on the grass with a 100 speed and returned to win a starter allowance at a mile and one eighth with a 102 speed.\u00a0 Her story is quite like another former claimer, The Demon Road who transformed after being claimed into a multiple stakes winner.\u00a0 The Demon Road even scored in the 2014 Equinics – fittingly in the race titled Best Horse I Ever Claimed at a mile on turf.\u00a0 Can Koger Damper follow in her footsteps?<\/p>\n
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#4 Canford Slew\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10\/1<\/p>\n
Canford Slew is a five year old daughter of Canford Cliffs out of the stakes winning Fastnet Rock x Seattle Slew mare Fastnet Slew.\u00a0 Fastnet Slew did her best running in turf sprints and this is her best offspring to date.\u00a0 Canford Slew has two graded scores on the year, the Grade Three Tabitha Bewitched Stakes at a mile and one half and the Grade Two Sheepherder Beach Handicap at a mile and three eighths.\u00a0 She most recently finished thirteenth in a grade two at a mile and one quarter, a rare hiccup in this fine mare\u2019s career.\u00a0 Whether she bounced off two great runs or didn\u2019t care for the shorter distance is up to the punters to decide.<\/p>\n
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#5 Misery Chick\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 21\/1<\/p>\n
Misery Chick is a four year old daughter of Mastercraftsman out of the Tanino Gimlet x Kingmambo mare Doldrums.\u00a0 While Doldrums was \u2018only\u2019 an allowance winner, she was in the money in twenty four of thirty four races, mostly in turf middle distance contests.\u00a0 This is her first foal.\u00a0 Misery Chick is doing well following in Mama\u2019s footsteps.\u00a0 She\u2019s been in the money in fifteen of sixteen races so far including four seconds and thirds in listed races.\u00a0 Her only off the board finish came in her most recent race, a listed at a mile and seven sixteenths, a distance that looks out of her comfort zone.\u00a0 She was only fourth in that race and the mile and one quarter distance of today\u2019s event is right up her alley.<\/p>\n
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#6 Ease My Pain\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 13\/1<\/p>\n
Ease My Pain is a four year old scratchbred daughter of Galileo x Danehill x Monsun.\u00a0 She\u2019s done remarkably well in a short career with five wins, two seconds and a third place finish from eight starts.\u00a0 Most of her races have been further than a mile and one quarter and include a listed win at a mile and one half.\u00a0 She does have three starts at today\u2019s distance with two wins and a second place finish to her credit.\u00a0 Typically a maiden race is just the beginning of a story but for Ease My Pain her maiden was so eye-popping it deserves a quick mention.\u00a0 As a three year old filly facing males in a HOT race, Ease My Pain ran away from a field of seven while running a 105 speed, stamping herself as very special early on.\u00a0 Her most recent start was also at a mile and one quarter and she finished second, beaten three parts of a length after being more than seventeen lengths behind early on while running a 111 speed.<\/p>\n
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#7 Gold Secret\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 11\/1<\/p>\n
Gold Secret is a four year old daughter of Tapit out of the stakes-placed Medaglia D\u2019oro x Danehill mare No Secrets.\u00a0 No Secrets comes from a very active female family and while she was only stakes placed she has produced two stakes winners from five foals so far.\u00a0 From four starts this year, Gold Secret has won two listed stakes races and finished third in another.\u00a0 She was also fifth in the Grade Two Epicenter at a mile and one quarter after closing solidly in the stretch while running a 109 speed.\u00a0 This filly is very strong at this distance, her two listeds this year were run at a mile and one quarter and a mile and five sixteenths and she ran a 111 and 110 speed respectively in those races.<\/p>\n
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#8 It Is Very Unclear\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 23\/1<\/p>\n
It Is Very Unclear is a four year old daughter of Distorted Humor out of the grade one winning Encosta de Lago x Kris S. mare Mylifedependsonit.\u00a0 Mylifedependsonit was an Equinics winner in 2012.\u00a0 She took the Ellerslie at a mile and one quarter on dirt against three year old fillies.\u00a0 That race followed a strong win in the Grade One Japanese Oaks at a mile and one half on turf.\u00a0 It Is Very Unclear is her first foal and currently her only stakes winner.\u00a0 Much like her mother, It Is Very Unclear has shown talent on both surfaces.\u00a0 She is a multiple graded stakes winner going long on the lawn and she was second in a grade three going two miles on the dirt.\u00a0 Her most recent race was the Grade Three Far and Away on the lawn at a mile and three eighths and It Is Very Unclear ran away with the win.\u00a0 Her previous graded victory on the turf came at a mile and one half.\u00a0 She has never actually run the mile and one quarter distance in her career but off she does have some tactical speed which will suit her well shortening up.<\/p>\n
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#9 Meha Meztli\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12\/1<\/p>\n
Meha Meztli is a four year old daughter of King Kamehameha out of the Awesome Again x Invincible Spirit mare Awesome Ixtab.\u00a0 This is the mare\u2019s first and best foal so far.\u00a0 Meha Meztli and Strong Hearted are tied for the highest last-out speed with a 117.\u00a0 Meha Meztli earned hers while winning the Grade Two Corridor Stakes at a mile and five sixteenths, her first graded stakes win.\u00a0 Meha Meztli has done much of her running at longer distances but she does have two allowance wins at a mile and one quarter and another allowance win at a mile and five sixteenths.\u00a0 She\u2019s got lots of speed and could be on the lead in this spot.<\/p>\n
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#10 Motoquera \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 22\/1<\/p>\n
Motoquera is a four year old scratchbred daughter of King Kamehameha x Lyphard x Caerleon.\u00a0 Motoquera enters off a strong listed stakes win going a mile and three eighths in June.\u00a0 In that spot she stalked the early pace before drawing away to win by over two lengths with a 109 speed.\u00a0 That was only her third start this year, her prior race was at the same distance in a listed where she was fifth and before that she won a listed at a mile and five sixteenths with a 113 speed.\u00a0 She won that race wire to wire and could do that again in this spot.\u00a0 She did win her only start at a mile and one quarter, an allowance race.<\/p>\n
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#11 Smart Impactor \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10\/1<\/p>\n
Smart Impactor is a four year old daughter of Deep Imact out of the stakes winning Montjeu x Street Cry mare Jilly.\u00a0 Jilly was grade one placed going a mile and one quarter on the turf.\u00a0 This is her first foal.\u00a0 Smart Impactor\u2019s biggest win came as a three year old against older mares last year in the Breeders\u2019 Bowl F & M Turf.\u00a0 She had some time off after the Breeders\u2019 Bowl and won her first three starts this year, an allowance and two listed stakes races.\u00a0 She was third in her only graded run this year, the mile and five sixteenths Grade Two Corridor Stakes where she ran a 107 speed but she came back to win a listed at the same distance in her most recent start.<\/p>\n
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#12 Patch Me Through\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10\/1<\/p>\n
Patch Me Through is a four year old scratchbred daughter of More Than Ready x Danehill x Caerleon.\u00a0 Patch Me Through is trying the mile and one quarter distance for the first time.\u00a0 She is a listed winner at seven furlongs, a mile and a mile and one sixteenth but has never been this far in her career.\u00a0 She ran a career best speed of 112 three starts back when she won that one mile listed.\u00a0 She returned to run a solid sixth in a one mile grade one with a 108 speed and then won an allowance very easily with a 104 speed.\u00a0 She has a lot of speed and could surprise if she gets loose on the lead.<\/p>\n
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#13 Atlantic Liner\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 29\/1<\/p>\n
Atlantic Liner is a six year old scratchbred daughter of Classic De Lago x Roaring Camp x Sadler\u2019s Way.\u00a0 She is a stakes winner at a mile and one half but two starts back she ran a strong second in an allowance at a mile and one quarter.\u00a0 She ran a 102 speed in that spot and came back to finish fourth in a listed at a mile and three eighths where she ran a 108 speed.\u00a0 Those last two speeds \u2013 a 102 and 108 \u2013 were the top two speeds Atlantic Liner has run in her career.\u00a0 She could have turned a corner and be ready for a big run but this is a deep spot to test that theory in.<\/p>\n
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#14 Strong Hearted\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8\/1<\/p>\n
Strong Hearted is a four year old scratchbred daughter of Heart\u2019s Cry x Nureyev x Roberto.\u00a0 As mentioned earlier she has the co-highest last out speed of any horse in the race with a 117.\u00a0 She earned that number by winning the Grade Two Hot Polly at this distance, her first graded stakes win.\u00a0 Prior to that she was second in the Grade Two Corridor at a mile and five sixteenths with a 115 speed.\u00a0 Strong Hearted is a lightly raced filly with only ten starts but she\u2019s won six of them and seems to have found her sweet spot in terms of distance.\u00a0 She\u2019s a deserving favorite.<\/p>\n
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#15 Kame Kame Kameleon\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12\/1<\/p>\n
Kame Kame Kameleon is a four year old scratchbred daughter of King Kamehameha x Halo x Lyphard.\u00a0 Besides having probably the best name in the Equinics this year, Kame Kame Kameleon is also a grade one winner and winner of seven of sixteen races.\u00a0 She earned her grade one win at this distance and surface last November by winning the Best of Rome Stakes with a 109 speed.\u00a0 This deep closer has only won one race from three starts this year, a listed stakes at a mile and one quarter with another 109 speed.\u00a0 Most recently she was seventh in the Grade Two Hot Polly with a 102 speed.<\/p>\n
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#16 Baaad Kitty \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 9\/1<\/p>\n
Baaad Kitty is a five year old scratchbred daughter of Kitten\u2019s Joy x Lyphard x Sharpen Up.\u00a0 She\u2019s won ten of eighteen starts with five additional placings.\u00a0 She earned her grade one win going a mile and one half and finished second in last year\u2019s Breeders\u2019 Bowl F & M Turf at a mile and one eighth.\u00a0 She starte4d this year off well with a victory in a grade three at a mile and three eighths where she ran a 115 speed.\u00a0 She tried the boys twice, finishing second in a grade two against them before moving back against the fillies.\u00a0 Most recently she was third in the Grade Two Landshark Oaks at a mile and one half with a 108 speed.\u00a0 The last time this mare ran a mile and one quarter was in her maiden back in 2014.<\/p>\n
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#17 LV Intrepid\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 20\/1<\/p>\n
LV Intrepid is a four year old daughter of Silvano out of the Encosta de Lago x Irish River mare Intrepid Clipper.\u00a0 Intrepid Clipper did her best running around one mile on the turf.\u00a0 This is her first stakes winning offspring.\u00a0 LV Intrepid scored an outstanding victory at a mile and one quarter last Halloween when she won a South Africa \u2013 Bred listed stakes race with a 114 speed. \u00a0She jumped straight into graded competition and finished seventh before getting time off to start the year.\u00a0 This season she has run second in a listed at a mile and one quarter with a 112 speed, second again in a listed at a mile and five sixteenths with a 110 speed and most recently was well beaten in a grade three at a mile and three eighths.<\/p>\n
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#18 San Juan Amigo\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 10\/1<\/p>\n
San Juan Amigo is a four year old scratchbred daughter of Deep Impact x Encosta de Lago x Danehill.\u00a0 She enters on a three race win streak dating back to February when she won an allowance at a mile and three sixteenths with a 110 speed.\u00a0 She followed that up with her stakes debut at the same distance which was won with a 116 speed and most recently she won the Grade Three Mezzanotte by over two lengths with a 114 speed.\u00a0 This is the hot filly in the field and it may just be her race to lose.<\/p>\n
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