The Empire Rose Stakes will be run on Sunday in Victoria.\u00a0 The grade one race has attracted a field of eleven to go a mile on a firm turf.\u00a0 The purse is $750,000.\u00a0 Headlining the field is Champion Tears in Seattle who happened to finish second in this race last year during her championship season but her path to victory this year is in no way guaranteed.\u00a0 There are three fillies listed as second choice in the field and two others that are listed in single digits plus a major threat from a three year old filly whose speeds are improving now.\u00a0 Let\u2019s take a look at the runners.<\/p>\n
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#1 Gimlets Gone North\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 14\/1<\/p>\n
One of the two six year old mares in this field, Gimlets Gone North has only made sixteen starts in her careers.\u00a0 She\u2019s got six wins and overall has been in the money eleven times.\u00a0 She made her graded stakes debut in May of 2017 and then was off for eleven months before returning this spring with an allowance win going a mile and one sixteenths.\u00a0 Astonishingly she only needed about six weeks before running and winner her next start, the Grade Three Morning Julep over the same distance as her allowance win.\u00a0 She ran a 114 speed that day, a career best.\u00a0 The daughter of Tanino Gimlet based on the North Light x Kingmambo hemare Newer Slew has not done as well more recently.\u00a0 In three races since that big win she has failed to hit the board although in fairness two of those races were on off tracks and she may not have cared for them.<\/p>\n
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#2 One of These Nights\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 19\/1<\/p>\n
This is a real hit or miss filly \u2013 she\u2019s won six of her fourteen runs but has never finished second or third.\u00a0 She\u2019s one of two three year olds in the race and is one of only three searching for her first graded victory.\u00a0 The daughter of Gleneagles out of the Fastnet Rock x Broad Brush mare Rocks Hard is a half sister to grade one winner Hardiac.\u00a0 Hardiac won most of his races in turf sprints but he scored his grade one triumph going one mile as a two year old.\u00a0 One of These Nights does have four listed stakes wins to her credit, including two on turf at a mile and one sixteenths.\u00a0 She also won an allowance prep for this start handily.<\/p>\n
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#3 Calle D\u2019oro\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 5\/1<\/p>\n
Calle D\u2019oro is the only runner here who has never won a stakes race but her recent form is enough for the oddsmaker to make her co-second choice.\u00a0 The four year old daughter of Medaglia D\u2019oro is out of the grade one winning Kingmambo x Pleasant Colony mare Mambo De Calle.\u00a0 The multiple grade one winning turf miler actually finished third in this race back in 2012 but so far she has not reproduced herself in the shed.\u00a0 Perhaps her daughter can snag the trophy mom missed out on.\u00a0 Calle D\u2019oro has been knocking at the door in stakes runs.\u00a0 She\u2019s hit the board in four listeds and two grade ones, all at a mile on the grass.\u00a0 Her most recent start saw her run third in the Grade One Queen Ascot, losing by less than two lengths after leading most of the way.<\/p>\n
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#4 Midwest Funk\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 12\/1<\/p>\n
After bouncing around between sprints and routes this filly has really found herself going a mile on the turf.\u00a0 She\u2019s run those conditions in her last four starts and has a 1-2-0 record with her off the board performance coming over a yielding surface.\u00a0 Her most recent race saw her win the Grade Two Mother Stakes closing desperately to win by a head.\u00a0 Her speeds have been very high recently.\u00a0 Tossing that yielding effort her three most recent races have seen her average a 110.3 speed.\u00a0 She\u2019s a scratchbred daughter of Speightstown x Danehill x Pulpit and she\u2019s got a lot of upside.<\/p>\n
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#5 Finke Beryllium\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 5\/1<\/p>\n
The first grade one winner in the field is this four year old filly who has won half of her fourteen starts.\u00a0 She\u2019s a South African-bred filly by Variety Club out of the Cape Cross x Dynaformer mare Outback Beryllium.\u00a0 She is easily the best foal produced by this young mare so far but her two year old is by Frankel suggesting that Finke Beryllium\u2019s success has given her dam an upgrade in sire choices.\u00a0 She\u2019s only run five times this year and has hit the board in four of those races including wins in the Grade One Foulmouth and the Grade Two Blood Bond.\u00a0 All of her runs have come at a mile on turf and it seems to work well for her.\u00a0 Her only off the board effort was her most recent start, the Grade One Maudlin Cup where she finished sixth after leading most of the way.\u00a0 That race was against males and likely was a chance to see if she could compete in the Breeders\u2019 Bowl Mile.\u00a0 Although she missed the board it was still a strong run considering the circumstances and she should be tough here.<\/p>\n
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#6 Primetime Lami\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 17\/1<\/p>\n
Royal Runner is an eighteen year old mare by Daylami x Kingmambo.\u00a0 She was a seven time stakes winner, topped off by a grade one victory and several other graded wins.\u00a0 For many years it seemed as if she was destined not to reproduce herself on the racetrack until her 2015 filly foal by Dansili came along.\u00a0 Named Primetime Dansil the filly won two grade ones going a mile on turf as a two year old, including the Breeders\u2019 Bowl and she was named a champion that year.\u00a0 Her full sister Primtime Lami was born a year later and showed similar precociousness, winning a grade two as a two year old and running third, beaten one half length in a grade one.\u00a0 Unfortunately for Primetime Lami her form has not continued on as a three or four year old.\u00a0 In six starts this year she has only hit the board once, running third in an allowance race.<\/p>\n
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#7 Tears in Seattle \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 7\/2<\/p>\n
Last season\u2019s champion route turf female has only gotten better at age six.\u00a0 This scratchbred Street Cry x Seattle Slew x Damascus mare enters off two straight grade one triumphs.\u00a0 In her six starts this season she also boasts a grade two victory as well as a third place finish in the Equinics.\u00a0 She had a go versus males after that run and was beaten under four lengths by some of the best turf milers in the game in the Sand Castle Duty Fee.\u00a0 Her average speed for all six races this year is a 111, which is much higher than many in the field.\u00a0 Tears in Seattle finished second in this race last season and she is looking for revenge!<\/p>\n
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#8 Never Admit Defeat\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 7\/1<\/p>\n
Never Admit Defeat is a solid five year old mare who seems to love the 7.5 furlong distance.\u00a0 She has a win and two on the board finishes in three stakes runs at the distance and has won all of her allowance efforts at that distance.\u00a0 She is a stakes winner going a mile but her form is less consistent at that distance.\u00a0 The daughter of Dubawi out of the stakes winning Galileo x Danehill mare Special To Me enters this race off her first in the money finish in a graded stakes race.\u00a0 That came in the one mile Prix Marcel Boss where she ran a 109 speed after closing mildly in the stretch.\u00a0 She ran a 109 speed in that spot which came only 27 days ago.\u00a0 The two biggest speeds of her career \u2013 115 and 112 did come in races at one mile but overall she has only won two of her fourteen starts routing.<\/p>\n
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#9 Kanaloa Mama\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 12\/1<\/p>\n
The more fancied of the three year old entrants is already a grade one winner and a winner of eight of eleven starts.\u00a0 She won four straight graded stakes versus fellow three year olds this year before finishing fourth in her most recent start.\u00a0 That came in a grade three in her first race against older runners.\u00a0 She ran a career best 111 speed and oftentimes three year olds stumble in that first race against older and then rebound to show their true potential in their next starts.\u00a0 All five of her most recent races were in turf miles and included two grade one wins.\u00a0 This daughter of Lord Kanaloa is easily the best of five foals out of the stakes winning mare Musclebound Mama (by Lope de Vega x Symboli Kris S.).\u00a0 I don\u2019t often tip horses in my columns but I really like this filly\u2019s chances.<\/p>\n
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#10 Dynimal\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 8\/1<\/p>\n
Dynamil is a filly who has never hit the board in a graded stakes going eight furlongs on turf.\u00a0 She\u2019s done it several times going nine including a win earlier this season in the Black Betty Handicap but it seems like she is a bit compromised at this distance.\u00a0 Her only attempt at a grade one going a mile came in this year\u2019s Equinics race and she does have an allowance win at the distance but her speeds are higher when she gets that extra furlong.\u00a0 She\u2019s a deep closer and that may have something to do with it.\u00a0 She\u2019s a five year old daughter of Animal Kingdom out of a Dynaformer x Nijisnky II mare.\u00a0 She\u2019s the only stakes winner from seven foals for her dam.<\/p>\n
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#11 Fanny Crosby\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 5\/1<\/p>\n
What can be said about a mare who is 18-5-5-5?\u00a0 She\u2019s super consistent that\u2019s what!\u00a0 Fanny Crosby is a four year old by Redoute\u2019s Choice out of an A.P. Indy x Nureyev mare who has also produced two grade one winners and a multitude of stakes winners.\u00a0 Both of those grade one winning siblings preferred a bit more distance (one turf distance mare and the other classic distance on dirt) but Fanny Crosby has found her place at a mile on the turf.\u00a0 Her last four starts have come at that distance and she\u2019s won her two most recent and was second in another.\u00a0 She earned her grade two badge in her most recent run the Flight Mile where she ran a 118 speed \u2013 easily the tops in this field.\u00a0 She lead wire to wire that day but has shown the ability to rate which will help her in this spot.<\/p>\n
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Good luck to all!<\/p>\n
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