{"id":44935,"date":"2018-03-29T18:05:22","date_gmt":"2018-03-29T22:05:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=44935"},"modified":"2018-03-29T18:05:22","modified_gmt":"2018-03-29T22:05:22","slug":"seven-three-year-old-new-york-bred-fillies-battle-in-the-100000-esr-naughty-new-yorker-stakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=44935","title":{"rendered":"Seven Three Year Old New York Bred Fillies Battle in the $100,000 ESR Naughty New Yorker Stakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><a href=\"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/nybredlogo.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-full wp-image-44688\" alt=\"nybredlogo\" src=\"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/03\/nybredlogo.jpg\" width=\"254\" height=\"117\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>A field of Seven Three-Year Old Fillies will enter the <strong>Big Apple<\/strong> starting gate in the <em>$100,000 ESR Naughty New Yorker Stakes<\/em>.\u00a0 The Saturday feature will be run at One Mile over the Dirt Course.<\/p>\n<p><b>Naughty New Yorker<\/b> was regarded a sound, hard-knocking horse.\u00a0 He broke his maiden by 10 1\/4 lengths while racing Lasix free in New York at Two.\u00a0 He won or placed in 32 of 67 starts, earning nearly $1.1 million dollars in earnings and was voted the 2007 New York-bred Horse of the Year.\u00a0 Included in his 10 victories was the <i>Alex M. Robb Stakes<\/i>, the <i>MacArthur Handicap<\/i> twice and<i> G3 Red Smith<\/i> <i>Handicap<\/i>.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALL PEARLS \u2013 <\/b>the <i>kingab<\/i> trained 3-Year Old Bay Filly by <i>Big Brown<\/i> out of the G3 winning, multi-graded stakes producing mare <b>GEORGIA PEARL<\/b> (<i>Fusaichi Pegasus<\/i>) puts her three-race win streak on the line with her first stakes appearance coming in the ESR feature; ranked tops in the field, the streaking NY Bred did suffer her last defeat at the hands of her ESR rivals in the <i>ESR I\u2019ve Been Waiting Even Longer MSW<\/i>, but that came against an <i>Open Company<\/i> field that produced <i>Bluegrass Hopes<\/i> candidate <b>THE GIST OF IT<\/b>, and she meets no such competition with this field; she is making her first start off a layoff, but should be well poised for a top effort&#8230;one to beat<\/p>\n<p><b>GO BALLISTIC \u2013 <\/b>the 3-Year Old Bay Filly by <i>Golden Missile<\/i> out of the multi-stakes producing mare <b>SUSAGEP (<\/b><i>Mr. Prospector<\/i>) should make a better account of herself for the <i>casino<\/i> racing stables in her second start off the layoff after competing against males in her return; always at her best against ESR competition, the promising NY Bred enters the field off a career best 92-speed figure and should be primed for a maximum effort&#8230;locked and loaded<\/p>\n<p><b>AFROBEATNIK \u2013 <\/b>the <i>itch<\/i> trained<b> <\/b>3-Year Old Bay Filly by <i>Big Brown<\/i> is the first foal of <b>LET IT BE ME<\/b> (<i>Pulpit<\/i>), winner of over $380k on the Turf; two wins and a second in three starts against Local rivals, the talented NY Bred is faced with a tough task here on Saturday making her two-turn debut, while stepping up to the Stakes level for the first time; a winner on both surfaces, the versatile performer defies her Dam\u2019s pedigree while doing her best racing over the Dirt Course; two-turns should be well within her wheelhouse, hailing from a Dam that was 17 times first or second in 33 tries at a route&#8230;might surprise<\/p>\n<p><b>LOCATOR \u2013 <\/b>the scratch-bred 3-Year Old Bay Filly by <i>Big Brown<\/i> out of a <i>Dehere<\/i> x <i>Lyphard<\/i> mare made her first start over the Dirt Course for the <i>trotter1<\/i> stables after six consecutive Turf starts; the three-time winner turned in her best performance with that dirt effort; the speedy local bred has secured the lead in every start but will need to keep something in reserve against stronger rivals this time around&#8230;must not falter<\/p>\n<p><b>PUNKIN ZIVO \u2013 <\/b>the 3-Year Old Roan Filly by <i>Zivo<\/i> out of the stakes placed mare <b>LAST SONG <\/b>made her debut for the <i>ace<\/i> racing stables against <i>Bluegrass Oaks<\/i> hopefuls <b>MONROE COUNTY<\/b> and <b>CAPARCH<\/b> in the <i>ESR Asylum of the Daleks<\/i> <i>Stakes<\/i> in September; still seeking her first victory, despite improving efforts in her last two starts, the Maiden Filly will tackle on two-turns for the first time while returning to stakes level competition&#8230;in tough<\/p>\n<p><b>KIM POSSIBLE \u2013 <\/b>the scratch-bred 3-Year Old Roan Filly by <i>Mission Impazible<\/i> out of a <i>Capote<\/i> x <i>Affirmed<\/i> mare has gathered some interest along the backstretch but faces a tough assignment in her first career start; the nicely bred <i>lbailey<\/i> trainee figures to be a good one, but that is likely to come somewhere down the road as we take a wait and see attitude in the ESR feature&#8230;on watch list<\/p>\n<p><b>FROST QUEEN &#8211; \u00a0<\/b>the <i>valesa<\/i> trained 3-Year Old scratch-bred Filly by <i>Frost Giant<\/i> out of a <i>Stormy Atlantic<\/i> x <i>A.P. Indy<\/i> mare also faces a tough chore as she makes her racing debut at the Stakes level; the NY Local is bred to be a good one and can only move forward with a strong showing here on Saturday&#8230;ambitiously placed<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Handicapping the Field<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p>Unlike last weeks ESR feature, Saturday\u2019s ESR Local Stakes attracts only seven runners, three of which are still maidens hoping the size of the field affords them an upset possibility.<\/p>\n<p><b>ALL PEARLS <\/b>and <b>GO BALLISTIC<\/b> appear to standout from the field, the latter stakes placed while coming off a career best in her first start of the 2018 season.\u00a0 The <i>casino<\/i> trained filly is sitting on a top and but would be wise not to get into a speed duel with the speedy <b>LOCATOR<\/b>.\u00a0 <b>ALL PEARLS <\/b>hails from the red hot kingab stables, has a three-race win streak all around two turns and exits a career best effort.<\/p>\n<p><b>LOCATOR <\/b>must be caught, and could have an advantage in a short field, but newcomers might be willing to take a shot at her in the early going.<\/p>\n<p><b>AFROBEATNIK <\/b>may have the biggest upset chance in this field.\u00a0 Attempting two-turns for the first time, the lightly raced 3yo inherits staying power on the Dam\u2019s side and has proven to be a formidable foe over the Dirt Course.<\/p>\n<p><b>PUNKIN ZIVO<\/b>, <b>KIM POSSIBLE<\/b>, and <b>FROST QUEEN <\/b>are all Maidens are all maidens with <b>PUNKIN ZIVO<\/b> the only one with racing experience.\u00a0 The short field works to their advantage and a top three finish for any of the three would be a benefit going forward.<\/p>\n<p><b><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Picks<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n<p><b>GO BALLISTIC <\/b>\u2013 breaks the <i>schneid<\/i> for her well-respected connections<\/p>\n<p><b>ALL PEARLS \u2013 <\/b>you\u2019re welcome <i>kingab<\/i><\/p>\n<p><b>AFROBEATNIK <\/b>\u2013 you just know this gal is going to excel around two-turns<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A field of Seven Three-Year Old Fillies will enter the Big Apple starting gate in the $100,000 ESR Naughty New<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":443,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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-44935","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44935","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\/443"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=44935"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44935\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":44949,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44935\/revisions\/44949"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=44935"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=44935"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=44935"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}