Racing this week in Georgia will feature the Grade III Peach State Classic, open to four year olds and up and held over a mile and a quarter on the dirt. The race has drawn a full field of fourteen horses to challenge on Saturday. Despite heavy rain earlier this week the skies are forecasted to be clear on race day with the probablity of the track being listed as fast. Lets take a quick glance at the field for this Saturday\u2019s running of the Peach State Classic.
Drawing the rail is New York Thunder<\/b> (Thunder Gulch x Danzig x Seattle Slew). The six year old chestnut horse is owned and trained by seppy<\/i> and has had a total of fifty-four lifetime starts. The horse\u2019s most recent start came overseas in Spain during the eight and a half furlong Grade III Star Athlete Handicap, where the horse was uncharateristcally out of the gate slow and ran at the back of the field, never regaining fourm and crossing under the wire in tenth. The horses last win came in late July of last year in the ungraded Oregon Trail Stakes over ten furlongs where he was held off the pae in ninth but began putting away horses early on in the race, going on to win by three-fourths of a length with a speed figure of one hundred six.
In the second post is Divine Inspiration<\/b> (Pulpit x Phone Trick x Storm Cat), who is out of the race-winning dam Devine Cat.. The four year old chestnut is trained and owned by win<\/i> and has been moderately raced with a total of twenty-three career starts, resulting in seven wins and giving career earnings fast approaching one million dollars. The colts most recent start came in the nine and a half furlong Grade I Maryland Special Handicap where the colt was seeming to go wire to wire but was caught at the line to finish fifth. The colts most recent victory came in late September of last year during the Grade I LA Derby where he stalked behind front runners in fourth and took control of the lead in the streatch, overtaking tiring horses, to win by two lengths with a speed figure of one hundred ten, a lifetime best for the colt.
At 18\/1 is Band Seeker<\/b> (Dixieland Band x Seeking The Gold x Deputy Minister), who is owned by b4ca<\/i>. The four year old colt has been moderately raced with a total of twenty lifetime starts, including five wins. The colts most recent start came over in Malaysia during the ungraded Diego Rojo Special where the colt went wire to wire in the ten and a half furlong race to win by a length with a speed figure set of one hundred nine, a lifetime best for the chestnut colt. This Saturday\u2019s start in the Peach State Classic will mark the colts first attempt at graded stakes competition.
Favorite Formulated Risk (GB)<\/b> (Beat Hollow (GB) x Bahri x Nureyev), who is out of the stakes-running dam Carolina Roll is next int he field. The five year old bay horse is trained by karen<\/i> and has a total of thirty lifetime starts, including nine wins, six places and seven shows to his credit. The colts most recent start came last month in the eight and a half furlong Grade III Perfectionistic Handicap where the horse was held at the back of the field in twelth and made his vie for the lead in the stretch, but came up short to finish just in the money at fifth, five and a half lengths back off the winner. The horses most recent win came in early March during the nine furlong Grade III Saints Handicap, where he again was held off the pace of the rest of the field, coming behind from eleventh, up into fourth in the stretch and ultimately crossing the wire first, to win by half a length with a speed figure of one hundred nine.
Next is Endurance Key<\/b> (Sakhee x Forty Niner x Marfa), who is out of the stakes-winning dam Sky Block. The four year old colt is owned and trained by geewestink<\/i> and has raced a total of twenty-eight times, earning an impressisve eleven wins. The colts most recent start came in North Carolina during the ungraded twelve furlong Pharlith Stakes where he broke sharply and maintained the lead to the turn where he faded and finished fourth, ten and three-fourth lengths back. His most recent win came just in the race prior, the eleven furlong ungraded One Flux Special where the colt went in wire to wire fashion to take home the win by two and a half lengths with a speed figure of one hundred ten, a career best.
Following will be Buddha\u2019s Undies<\/b> (Buddha x Unbridled\u2019s Song x Mill Reef), who is trained and owned by corza5<\/i>. The light gray horse has had a total of thirty-seven career starts resulting in five lifetime wins. The horses most recent start came overseas in Hong Kong during the nine furlong ungraded Your Hunks Memorial where he was set behind in seventh and rallied in the stretch to finish third, still ten and three-fourth lengths back. The horses most recent triumph came in December of last year during the ungraded Wood Mummy Special in Tennessee where he was held further back in ninth and made an early move in the stretch, earning him the win by an impressive three lengths with a speed figure of one hundred nine. The horses most recent graded stakes start came in late March in the Grade I Sand Castle Classic where the horse finished a disappointing eleventh.
Safety Zone<\/b> (Spinning World x Danzig x Nashua), proundly owned by catamount2<\/i> is next in the field. The four year old chestnut has a total of twenty-four liftime starts and a total of ten wins. The colts most recent start came in Jamaica during the ten furlong ungraded Bread On The Table Cap where the colt went wire to wire to win by two and three-fourth lengths with a speed figure of one hundred eight. The the colt manages to pull off another win in the race on Saturday that will move his winning streak to five races in a row. His current winning streak includes ungraded stakes races of the MN vs VT Restricted, Rock\u2019s Texas Cooking Series, The Cheif Bag Challenge, and the afore mentioned Bread On The Table Cap. This Saturday will also mark the colts first start in graded stakes company.
Capitanio<\/i> trained Summer Law<\/b> (Summer Squall x Seattle Slew x Sadler\u2019s Wells) follows in the field. The six year old bay has been relatively lightly raced with a total of thirty-eight lifetime starts including eight wins. The most recent start for the horse came last month in the ungraded Diego Rojo Special where he was held back in fifth and went forward to challenge front runners in the stretch but crossed the wire third in the ten and a half furlong dirt route. Hit most recent vicotry came in the ungraded Again Find Stakes where he was set further back in seventh and again went into contention in the stretch, winning the race by a length with a speed figure of one hundred one. The horses last attempt at a graded stakes was in March of this year during the Grade II Saint Pats Legacy where he finished ninth.
Longshot Laudum<\/b> (Forestry x Java Gold x Irish River (FR), who is trained by zoshka<\/i> follows in the gate. The four year old has had a total of twenty-six lifetime starts and seven wins. His most recent start came in the Grade II Long Walk Handicap over fourteen furlongs where he was rated stalking the pace in fourth, rushed into second in the stretch, but ultimiately giving up ground at the wire to finish fourth. His last win came in January of this year in the ungraded Your Hawks Cap where he stayed further back in eighth but took down horses earlier in the race and went on to win by an impressive three and one-fourth lengths with a speed figure of one hundred two.
In the ten slot is Pacific Avenue<\/b> (Grand Slam x Summer Squall x Buckpasser), who is out of the stakes-running dam Neurotic and is owned by firfight10<\/i>. The four year old colt has had a total of twenty-five starts with seven of them resulting in wins. His most recent start came in the Grade I Maryland Special Handicap where he was held off the pace in fifth in the nine in a half furlong race, to finish under the wire fourth. His most recent win came in Delaware in the eleven fulrong ungraded A.P. Deputy Memorial where he was held in sixth but began passing horses readily out of the starting gate to win the race by two and a half with a speed of one hundred four.
At 12\/1 is Fly Buda<\/b> (Fusaichi Pegasus x Northern Dancer x Damascus), who is trained and owned by vicki<\/i>. The five year old bay has been very lightly raced with a total of seventeen lifetime starts earning the horse seven wins, two places and a show. The horses most recent start came in a ten furlong allowance caliber race in Colorado in which he was set back in firth and passed horses on the outside since the start lending the horse to win the race by two and three-fourth lengths with a speed figure of one hundred seven. While the horse has had ungraded stakes start, this start in the Peach State Classic will be his first start against graded company.
Next is Myledes (IRE)<\/b> (Grand Lodge (IRE) x Storm Cat x Stage Door Johnny), who is out of the dam Cat Door. The five year old brown horse is owned by ets9<\/i> and has had a total of thirty-nine career starts including nine wins. The horses most recent start came in the Grade II Big D Park Handicap where he stalked the field in third and held the position up until the wire where he finished fourth. His most recent victory came just the race prior, in the ungraded Northern Wing (GB) Cap where he won in wire to wire fashion by two and one-fourth lengths with a speed figure of one hundred five.
Following will be Storming Through<\/b> (Machiavellian x Storm Bird x Seattle Slew), who is trained by super10<\/i>. The five year old horse has a total of twenty-fourt starts with six wins to his credit. His most recent start came in the eleven furlong ungraded One Flux Special in Delaware where he was held back in sixth and began to make his move in the stretch but came up short and finished fourth, fourteen and a half lengths back from the eventuall winner. His most recent win came in the ungraded Hampton Park Memorial where on a good dirt track where he was rated far back in eleventh and went on to win by two and one-fourth lengths with a speed figure of one hundred five. His last start in a graded race came in March of this year int he Someone Set Us Up The Bomb Stakes where he finished ninth.
Breaking from the far outside will be Kansas City Lights<\/b> (Benchmark x Little Missouri x Ferdinand), who is owned and trained by bearcub<\/i>. The four year old bay colt has been lightly raced with a total of seventeen career starts including five wins. The colts most recent start came in the nine and a half furlong ungraded Grand Warrior Challenge where he finished an uncharacteristic and disappointing twelth place finish, eighteen lenghs off the pace and recording a speed figure of only eighty-eight. His most recent win came in the ten furlong Begin Again Stakes where he was again held in fifth and went on to win the race by a length and one-fourth with a speed figrue of one hundred six, a lifetime best. The colts most recent graded start came in December of last year during the Grade II Victory Marathon where he fnished third.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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