Once again the Supertoy7 Marshall turf course will be the host of this weeks race feature at Minnesota Downs Racecourse. The 1st Enough With Tex Memorial Stakes will be the 10th race on the 16 race saturday card. Eight horses 4 year olds and up are entered and will be going 13\/8 miles on the turf vying for the top share of the $45,000 purse. The turf has been listed as firm for today’s card.<\/P>
Let’s take a look at today’s field:<\/P>
1)ROADHOUSE BLUES—5\/1—<\/STRONG>twinoaks sends this 4 year old colt out of JAVA GOLD with a record of 25-5-2-2 and $141,966 in lifetime earnings. This colt is owned by the Super Stables conglomorate out of the Del\/Penn racing district. This 285th divisional ranked colt is 0\/6 lifetime in stakes starts with 2 third place finishes. His best speed rating is a 101 rating earned last year while finishing 2nd in a 10 furlong open allowance race in Arkansas. He has won twice at the 11 furlong distance already this year, both at the allowance level. This closer will be ridden by one of the best on the local scene in Bowen(20.7%).<\/P> 2)EVIL BALLET—7\/1—<\/STRONG>apmccoy sends this 5 year old horse out of MACHIAVELLIAN with a record of 26-6-2-2 and $137,763 in lifetime earnings. He is out of the mare UNCHARTED WATERS who was 4\/25 at the track with no stakes wins and who has 5 foals on record of which 3 are winners and 1 is a Graded winner and another is stakes placed.\u00a0This 416th divisional ranked horse\u00a0runs for the Australian Flash’s Johnno stables and has the destinction of being ridden, trained and owned all by the same person, something not seen to often in the racing world. This horse is 0\/4 in stakes races with 1 third place finish. His best speed rating is 103 earned last year in a 2nd place finish in a 10 furlong\u00a0open turf allowanc in Virginia. He did win a restricted 12 furlong turf allowance earlier this year in New Jersey. Ritorto bring his 10.6% winning percentage with him to ride his own horse who shows his best stuff when closing in the stretch.<\/P> 3)KINGS OVER ACES(IRE)—2\/1—<\/STRONG>attalaq sends this 4 year old colt out of KING OF KINGS(IRE) with a record of 24-10-8-4 and lifetime earnings of $359,629. He is out of the mare A.P.MAMBO who was 1\/17 at the track with no stakes wins and who has 5 foals on record of which 3 are winners, 2 of them stakes winners. This 125th divisional ranked colt runs for the Ozsteve racing empire based in Australia. He has a 5-3-1 record in stakes race starts having hit the board in all of his black type starts. His top speed rating mark is 104 which he posted in his 2006 final race while winning the 11 furlong The Taylor’s Wolves Bonanza Stakes on the turf in Nebraska. After winning that race he took over 5 months off before his only 2007 start 3 weeks ago where he won a restricted allowance over 10 furlongs on the turf in Tennessee prepping him for this stakes start today. Ingram(10.4%) gets the call on this closer who has been made the early morning line favorite.<\/P> 4)AFTER DINNER MINT—12\/1—<\/STRONG>aggie52 sends this 4 year old colt out of PLEASANTLY PERFECT with a record of 24-3-3-5 and $58,457 in lifetime earnings. This 507th divisonal ranked colt races out of the Fun and Friends Stable Club. He is 0\/1 in lifetime stakes starts. He posted his lifetime best 92 speed rating twice last year in 12 furlong turf allowance races. He is 0\/3 this year and returns to the turf after finishing 8th in a dirt route allowance last time out. He has previously won at the 13 furlong distance on the turf. Ireland(12.2%) will ride this closer for today’s race.<\/P> 5)FESTIVAL DAY(IRE)—18\/1—<\/STRONG>tabascomet sends this 4 year old filly out of BALLINGARRY(IRE) with a record of 20-4-2-1 and lifetime earnings of $91,885. This 146th divsional ranked filly runs for the blue and orange silks of The Chuckrock Conglomerate of stables which are a mainstay in the backstretch here at Minnesota Downs. His massive operations take up barns 3 thru 17 on the north end of the grounds. This filly will be trying to run against the boys for the second time in her career, the first being in last years Minnesota Turf Stakes on The Minnesota Festival Day of Racing where she finished 7th. She has one win and a place in 6 lifetime stakes starts. Her best speed rating is a 94 which she posted while finishing 4th in an open allowance last year in Virginia. She won The Sadie Until DAncer Challenge Stakes earlier this year over 14 furlongs on the Indiana turf course. She has shown a versatile running style which will give Ritterspauch (6.7%) some options as this race unfolds.<\/P> 6)STORM’S GONE—17\/1—<\/STRONG>boldruler sends this 4 year old colt out of STRONG HOPE with a record of 20-2-2-2 and $29,912 in lifetime earnings. He is out of the mare CAPOTE STORM who was 5\/40 at the track including 2 stakes wins of which 1 was a Graded win. She has 4 foals of record of which 3 are winners with 1 stakes placed. This colt races for the Lele group of stables and is 0\/2 in lifetime stakes starts. His lifetime best 94 speed rating was posted earlier this year while 2nd in an open 11 furlong allowance race in Maryland. He won his last race, a 12 furlong NW1X allowance race in Missori 2 weeks ago. This closer will be ridden by Bannon(3%) who will be looking for his 2nd win of the season on this mount.<\/P> 7)BIG THUNDER—5\/2—<\/STRONG>supapogs8 sends this 6 year old horse out of THUNDER GULCH with a record of 26-7-8-2 and lifetime earnings of $610,407. This 217th divisional ranked horse runs for the Pogo Racing Empire that is a member of the EAAA group of stables. This horse was a $2k claim by the current owner last season after Fugazzi racing gave up on this stakes winner. He has a record of 7-8-2 in 26 career stakes starts. His best speed rating was a 103 earned last year in the 9 furlong Tractor Whitey Memorial Stakes in Australia. After 3 straight 2nd place stakes wins this season his connections took advantage of his tag by winning a $2K starter allowance 2 starts back. It should be noted that this horse has never won a race longer than 9.5 furlongs before and today’s race will be an 11 furlong contest. Wabbington(8.5%) will ride this stalker\/closing horse today.<\/P> 8)MEETBALL(GB)—3\/1—<\/STRONG>honeyj sends out this 5 year old horse out of DIESIS(GB) with a record of 40-15-4-7 and $387,702 in lifetime earnings. He is out of the mare BUTCHERY who was 3\/41 at the track with no stakes wins and this is the only foal of record. This 38th divisional ranked horse races for the Bob123g stables based in Kentucky. He has a 7-3-3 record in 18 lifetime stakes starts. He posted his lifetime best 104 speed rating twice last year with the last time being a win in the 11 furlong Sheryl’s Hill Stakes in Ohio in his 2006 finale. He won the 14 furlong Gold Light Challenge Stakes earlier this year up north in Ontario and comes into this race after winning an open allowance race in Montana last time out. He appears to be the only speed horse in the race and if the talented Friar(20.3%) gets loose with this one on the lead the closers may only be fighting for a second place finish.<\/P> NOTE #2 EVIL BALLET AND #5 FESTIVAL DAY(IRE) ARE ELIGIBLE FOR THE MINNESOTA DOWNS 200 CREDIT PURSE SUPPLEMENT IF THEY SHOULD WIN THIS RACE.<\/P> WHAT’S HAPPENING AT THE MINNESOTA DOWNS RESIDENCE THIS WEEK<\/U><\/STRONG><\/P> Chuckrock won the speed rating contest for the second week in a row with SIR COX RIDGE who posted a 107 speed rating. A total of 6 residents had horses in triple digit speed ratings this past week in the contest.<\/P> The 4th leg of the Minnesota Sire Series 2 contest is running this week with this weeks race 7.5 furlongs on the dirt. STORMINA ETS has been made the early 7\/2 morning line favorite.<\/P> We had 2 residents make the top of Mt Everst in the climbing contest last week and each claimed the 1000 credit prize for the second time. Congrats to Chuckrock and Doza for their feats but the next time will be hard as they must win their respective races to advance levels now. Who will be the first resident to make it to the top of the mountain 3 times remains to be seen.<\/P> There was no winner of the 200 credit bonus for Minny rez members in last weeks 10th race feature contest. <\/P> Chuckrock’s horse of the week is SEEKING NESSY(KY) who is owned by Minny resident Randy.This three year old colt out of Hennessy has been nearly unbeatable since moving to the turf in week 3126 with 4 wins and a place. This week he wired the field in The LARRY’S SHELF Memorial- at 12 furlongs. This was Nessy’s first stakes win, but his fourth win in a row. SEEKING NESSY(KY) is now the 46th rank horse in the marathon turf division of 3 year old colts. Nessy has already proven able to handle distances between 8 furlongs and 12 furlongs and has won on a yielding turf. The sky is the limit for this colt. The breeding HENNESSY X SEEKING THE GOLD X DAWN QUIXOTE , uses a DDS that intrigues me, and will likely see use in one of my very next breeds. When commenting on his award Randy stated—Wow, thanks for that Chuck and Theo. you caught me by surprise, Seeking Nessy(KY) could turn into a decent turf router it looks like, 12f was a bit long it seemed, but we’ll see how he handles 10f or thereabouts next go round if a race comes up, he should be in good shape for his next run, i hope.<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> GOOD LUCK AND GOOD RACING<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> THEO<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" EIGHT GO XTRA LONG ON THE TURF IN MINNY FEATURE<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"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-4340","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4340","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\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4340"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4340\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4340"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4340"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4340"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}