The Breeders\u2019 Bowl Distaff is one of the richest season ending G1 races of the year.\u00a0 This race is a dirt race with a distance of 9 furlongs.\u00a0 It is restricted to fillies & mares, age 3 or older.\u00a0\u00a0 Over 30 horses were entered into the event hoping to make the cut.\u00a0 In the end, 14 horses got in and included in this field which includes the 2017 returning and defending champion, Treacherously II, who is also an Eclipse winner.\u00a0 One other Eclipse winner is in the field and that is Got Street Smarts, who won the Breeders\u2019 Bowl Juvenile Filly race last year.\u00a0\u00a0 The weathermen are mixed on whether we will have a wet track, with most giving it a 45% chance.<\/p>\n
As for the female older route dirt division, the top five horses (Jess Killin Time, Internet Sensation, Treacherously II, Provolone With and Razor Girl) all are in this field and this race will more than likely determine the ultimate winner for the year.\u00a0\u00a0 But the five others in the top 10 are also in this field and could overtake them which include First Spin Gold, Luna Ape, Skyline Slew, Iwildryupthenile and Leya<\/p>\n
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1\u00a0 LUNA APE\u00a0 12\/1<\/b><\/p>\n
Owner:\u00a0 Chabuca<\/b><\/p>\n
Luna Ape is a five year old scratch bred mare with the bloodline of Stay Gold x Affirmed x Unbridled.\u00a0 She has won half of her 16 lifetime starts with purses in excess of $1.3 million.<\/p>\n
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So far this year, Luna Ape has raced six times with a pair of wins and a second in a mixture of listed and grade level races.\u00a0 The second was struck first in February when she managed to hold position throughout the race and tagged a 110 speed.\u00a0\u00a0 In March she was 8th<\/sup> in another listed stake but that did not deter the owner from testing the grade level and off she went into the G2 MD Distaff.\u00a0\u00a0 In the 8.5 furlong race, she built a nice 4 stride lead in the second half of the race and coated to the wire to win by just under 2 strides with a best speed of 115.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n She moved up a notch to the G1 Steadhemp\/Mike Phipps Handicap in which she took down the field with her second win of the season and beat foes Jess Killin Time (2nd<\/sup>), Internet Sensation (3rd<\/sup>) and Leya (6th<\/sup>) who are also competing in this race. \u00a0\u00a0Luna Ape was last seen back in September where she finished 10th<\/sup> in the Chicago Matron Handicap (G3) and was competitive early but faded badly.\u00a0 That came after a three month layoff and with some hope, the second race after the break could be a blessing.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2\u00a0 JESS KILLING TIME\u00a0 10\/1<\/b><\/p>\n Owner:\u00a0 Phillipj <\/b><\/p>\n This scratch-bred was borne with the line of Awesome Again x Unbridled x\u00a0 Damascus.\u00a0\u00a0 She is a 4-year old who has amassed over $1.3 million with 6 wins in 17 races.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Jess Killin Time had a killer start to 2018 and in the G2 Canada, her first try with graded company, she raked out a 119 career speed number and wired the field.\u00a0\u00a0 She nudged up to the G1 Orange Blossom where she came from off the pace to earn a back-to-back victory and a fine 117 speed.\u00a0 Next it was the Steadhemp\/Mike Phipps Handicap where she ran off the pace again but could not close, still a nice second.\u00a0 Things went downhill from here.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In 17 races, Jess Killin Time has been ITM 14 times.\u00a0 The three races she\u2019s missed have been in her last three starts.\u00a0\u00a0 The good times may have come to an end and making a turn around in this big race will take a big, killer effort.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 3\u00a0\u00a0 PROVOLONE WITH\u00a0\u00a0 7\/1<\/b><\/p>\n Owner:\u00a0 Upperhand2<\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n This is a four year old filly who is a scratch bred carrying the lineage of Pivotal x Danehill x With Approval.\u00a0\u00a0 She has been the victor 10 times in 17 starts with earnings of a little over one million.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n She kicked the 2018 year off with four listed stake appearances in which she finished fourth in the frist race and then launched a streak of three straight wins, all with speeds in the range of 110-114.\u00a0 The streak would continue as she jumped up into the G1 Very Vane where she notched another 114 figure and extended the streak to four, which would end in the Personal Sign (G1).\u00a0 \u00a0Provolone With went straight to the lead and had a comfy cushion heading into the stretch but the tank would dry out and she\u2019d lose by 5 lengths behind victor First Spin Gold who she will confront in this race.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Her 110 speed was fine enough to beat out last years Distaff winner, Treacherously II, who will also compete again this year.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In her last start, the Great Dame (G1), Provolone With regained some composure, running and finishing second with a 114 speed, well ahead of Mashed Taters (9th<\/sup>) and Leya (12th<\/sup>) other foes in this years Distaff.\u00a0\u00a0 Provolone appears to be in good shape, with six of her seven starts with speed numbers of 110 and up.\u00a0 More importantly, she has not finished worse than fourth and ITM 5 times.\u00a0 Figures to do well here.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 4\u00a0 BEEF AND BEER\u00a0\u00a0 20\/1<\/b><\/p>\n Owner: Mtkholding<\/b><\/p>\n This Curlin sired mare comes from Bosongaboutseattle who is a two time grade winning mare with the best coming in the G2 Manhattan District back in 2010.\u00a0\u00a0 She is mother to several others but only one besides Beef and Beer have won in stake competition and that is 2018 bred Mo Beef and Beer.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Beef and Beer is a three year old and this will be her second start with older runners.\u00a0 In early August, she did well with the older foes in her appearance in the Three Smoestacks (G1) notching a career best speed of 112 and finishing second with the steepest odds (19\/1) in the field.\u00a0\u00a0 She sports a pair of G1 wins this season, the first coming in the Equinics and the other in the Sister Hen.\u00a0\u00a0 During 2018, her speeds and results have been hopscotching.\u00a0 One race, she\u2019ll be in the top three with 100+ speed, the next, off the board and sub-100.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 If this trend continues, this race would not be good.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 5\u00a0 LEYA\u00a0\u00a0 15\/1<\/b><\/p>\n Owner:\u00a0 Jastables<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Shizzle Street, the mother to this mare, won 6 times which included a G3 win.\u00a0\u00a0 Leya is her only child that won a stake race.\u00a0\u00a0 Leya is the only G1 winner out of sire Lea.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n After a winter layoff of over three months, Leya started things off in March with high promise.\u00a0 In the G1 Original Margarita Invitational, she would strike paydirt with a win at 16\/1 after trailing by roughly 15 at the half of the 9 furlong race.\u00a0\u00a0 The 111 speed came on the heels of the win in the Hunted By Lions (G2) that she also won to conclude the 2017 season.\u00a0 \u00a0This nice start, with all it\u2019s promises, has not carried forward.\u00a0 Leya has raced four times after this win in grade events and has not finished better than 6th<\/sup> and beaten by a few of the horses that are also entered into this field.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Leya has\u00a0 the ability to run late with a powerful stride but it just has not been strong enough in her last four outings to be a factor.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 6\u00a0 INTERNET SENSATION\u00a0\u00a0 7\/1<\/b><\/p>\n Owner:\u00a0 Gowans2011<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This lady is out of Eclipse winning he-mare Tosh, who was the winner of the 2011 running of the Breeders\u2019 Bowl Dirt Marathon and made two subsequent appearances in Breeders\u2019 Bowl races.\u00a0\u00a0 Internet Sensation is sired by Tapit and at the age of five has won over $2.6 million.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Internet made an appearance in last years Distaff and put in a fine run, taking the lead as the field entered the stretch but was caught by Treacherously II, who will be defending her championship this year, with Internet Sensation finishing 2nd.\u00a0 \u00a02018 kicked off nicely with a win in the G1 Santa Marina Handicap and a strong 114 speed.\u00a0\u00a0 After finishing out of the money in the Orange Blossom (G1) and taking a beaten\u00a0 losing out to Jess Killin Time and Treacherously II, she made a bit of a comeback in the G1 Steadhemp\/Mike Phipps Handicap, finishing third but behind Luna Ape and Jess Killin Time, competitors she will have to take on again in the Distaff.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Internet\u2019s last two races included a rascally off-track turf allowance throw away race and a much better third in the G1 Superfilly Handicap with a 115 speed, losing to victor Razor Girl.\u00a0\u00a0 Internet Sensation has faced many of the horses in this field and is capable of competing with them.\u00a0 Her last outing may proof to be a boost leading into this event.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 7\u00a0 TREACHEROSULY II\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 8\/1<\/b><\/p>\n Owner:\u00a0 Canyongate<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n The returning champion from last years Distaff looks to defend her belt.\u00a0 She is a scratch bred with an impressive lineage of Malibu Moon x Deputy Minister x Alydar.\u00a0\u00a0 Treacherosuly II is also an Eclipse winner who leads the field with over $4 million in earnings and 8 wins over 17 races.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 2017 was a fabulous season for this gal who won four grade level races, three of them G1 and included the Distaff as a season closer.\u00a0\u00a0 2018 has been a totally opposite story.\u00a0\u00a0 This late runner started the season in the Equinics and while she was 16 back at the half mile but could only chop that down to 8 and finished eighth.\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0Treacherously\u2019s style is to wander way back and charge late, but getting to the front has been a problem that has plagued her all year.\u00a0\u00a0 After running in four more graded\/listed stake races, the best outcome was a pair of fourths.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A turnaround is needed and maybe on the horizon.\u00a0 Treacherously had one more race and that was at the end of September in the Bra Snap (G1).\u00a0 She kept much closer at the half point, only 4 back and was able to make it to the front and won by two.\u00a0 Speeds have ranged from 104 to 113 (which was scored in the Bra Snap).\u00a0 The key may be to keep closer in the early going which could get her a repeat Breeders\u2019 Bowl trophy.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 8\u00a0 IWILLDRYUPTHENILE\u00a0\u00a0 6\/1<\/b><\/p>\n Owner:\u00a0 Romeshome<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n This Pioneer of the Nile sired four-year-old comes from game-mare Togainyoumustgive and is the first child for the mare.\u00a0\u00a0 Over her career, the mother scored four wins and was a listed stake winner.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A somewhat busy girl this year as she has raced seven times and pulled in four wins.\u00a0\u00a0 Iwilldryupthenile started the year in the allowance division and notched a win right out of the gate.\u00a0\u00a0 By April, she was racing in the G3 Route Sixty Six where she drove home in the stretch hard to win by half a stride and a solid 115 speed and beating Leya who she will see again in the Distaff.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 A month later, she would put in a repeat performance in the G3 Poor Mona Lisa Handicap taking her third season win with 116 speed.\u00a0\u00a0 In July, the fourth win would be earned in the G1 Go For The Gold\u00a0 where another 116 speed came, driving home to score by half a stride.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The G1 Great Dame was her last stop, finishing 4th<\/sup> behind second place finisher Provolone With who she will be battling with in this race, but getting the upperhand over Leya (again) and Mashed Taters.\u00a0 \u00a0She has been consistent during the year and is one to respect.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 9\u00a0 FIRST SPIN GOLD\u00a0\u00a0 9\/2<\/b><\/p>\n Owner:\u00a0 Kingny2<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Eleven time winner An Angel First is the mother to this lady and First Spin Gold is the only child of five kids to win above the allowance level.\u00a0\u00a0 First Spin Gold is sired by Hard Spun and has collected three wins in six starts this season.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Taking things a bit easy to start the season, she raced in an allowance event and finished second with a strong 114 speed.\u00a0 Using this a prep race, she flew into the Equinics and going 10 flanks got her another second with a 113 speed.\u00a0 First Spin dipped down into the listed stakes for a pair of races to sharpen up and the strategy paid off as she won both.\u00a0\u00a0 Back to grade level in July where in the G2 First State Distaff but could only muster a 5th<\/sup> with 113 speed.\u00a0 She rebounded in her last start in the G1 Personal Sign, winning by 2, and defeating foes such as Provolone With and Treacherously II.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n First Spin Gold is galloping into this race off a very nice win and she\u2019s performed well during the year, only off the board once.\u00a0 She will be a factor to contend with.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 10\u00a0 MASHED TATERS\u00a0\u00a0 27\/1<\/b><\/p>\n Owner:\u00a0 Bandinni<\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n This three-year-old comes from Mushy Taters who has mothered one other G1 winner, Tizater (winner of Japanese Oaks) and one listed stake winner.\u00a0\u00a0 Mashed Taters is the only G1 winner out of sire Flatter.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n In eight starts during 2018, Mashed Taters has a 3-0-1 record.\u00a0\u00a0 Two quick wins came within the first three starts of the season with the first in an allowance race and the second in a listed stake.\u00a0 In both races, she rallied from the backend of the field to get to the top.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Her other win came in the July running of the G1 Clerk of Scales where she notched a career best speed of 108.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Her form has been a bit shakey of late, finishing fifth in the Birmingham (G1) and well off the lead and ninth in the Great Dame (G1) where she squared off with older horses for the first time.\u00a0\u00a0 Mashed Taters did cut her deficit in half in her last start, but still finished nearly 8 back.\u00a0 She\u2019ll need to get that late run moving sooner to take this.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 11\u00a0 GOT STREET SMARTS\u00a0\u00a0 24\/1<\/b><\/p>\n Owner:\u00a0 Roscoe1<\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n One of three young 3-year olds in this filed, Got Street Smarts is already an Eclipse award winner with over $1.8 million in earnings.\u00a0 She\u2019s sired by Street Hero and is out of Clickety Smart, a game mare who netted only one victory in her 27 race career.\u00a0 She\u2019s had much better success in the breeding stable producing 6 allowance winner and this Eclipse winner.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n As a two year old, she won a pair of G1 races that includes back to back in the Getaway followed by the Breeders\u2019 Bowl Juvenile. \u00a0Both were good enough to capture an Eclipse win.\u00a0\u00a0 This year has been a challenge.\u00a0 \u00a0She has been racing exclusively in the grade class this year and has not found a way to enter into the winner\u2019s circle.\u00a0 In seven races, she has a record of 0-1-2 in a mix of dirt and grass tries.\u00a0\u00a0 Got Street Smarts enters into this race after finishing third in the G3 Norther Oaks getting there as horses tired behind her, but did match her career best speed of 107.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The odds are stacked against this filly who joins older horses for the first time and her form has not been consistent\u00a0\u00a0 She did have a decent fourth place finish in the Bluegrass Oaks (G1) earlier in the year making up a lot of ground in a huge 20 horse field on an off track.\u00a0 Still, the form needs a boost.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 12\u00a0 WAVE AT LIAM\u00a0\u00a0 33\/1<\/b><\/p>\n Owner: Turfkin32<\/b><\/p>\n This runner is one of three grade winners out of game mare Wave A Wand and includes the winner of the 2012 The New Yorker (See the Wand).\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Liam\u2019s Map is the sire to three year old Wave At Liam\u00a0 who enters into this race after a dreadful 10th<\/sup> place finish in the Birmingham (G1).<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Throwing that to the side, the rest of 2018 has been excellent.\u00a0 She started the year by finishing second in her first grade level race on New Years day in the Santa Jezebel (G3).\u00a0 A month later, her first grade win came in the Silverbulletbeer (G3) which was followed by beating beat by an eyelash in the California Oaks (G1) where she was declared second and notched a career best speed of 108.\u00a0\u00a0 During the summer, she took a pair of wins in the G2 Los Angeles Oaks and the G1 Players Club National Oaks.\u00a0\u00a0 If the photo in the California had gone her way, it would have been 4 straight grade wins.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Wave at Liam has only been off the board once in 10 starts and that was the above-mentioned Birmingham.\u00a0\u00a0 This will be her first race with the older experienced ladies and she\u2019ll need to overcome the disappointment of her last race back in August.\u00a0 A nice rest break leading into this race may have helped.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 13 \u00a0RAZOR GIRL\u00a0\u00a0 7\/1<\/strong><\/p>\n Owner:\u00a0 Rager<\/strong><\/p>\n <\/p>\n Three-time listed stake winner Forty Karats is the mother to this girl and she had 6 victories over her 14 race career.\u00a0\u00a0 In addition to Razor Girl, she has also bred listed stake winner Prison of Wishes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Razor Girl has been \u2018razor sharp\u2019 this year and maybe having Animal Kingdom as a sire may have helped.\u00a0\u00a0 The season started with a trio of wins that started in March in an allowance field.\u00a0 She bumped up to a listed stake race, scoring a speed of 116, good enough to advance into the G2 Bumblebee Classic where this lady hit a 115 speed after sitting mid-field.\u00a0\u00a0 A respectful second in July came in the D-Day Distaff, with another sharp 115 speed.\u00a0\u00a0 Another win came, this time in the G1 Superfilly Handicap where she outran Internet Sensation who was third in the race, with Razor nailing a 116.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Razor Girl raced three weeks after the Superfilly in an allowance race and there maybe some concern as she finished third with a drop-in speed to 101.\u00a0 This may have been a relaxed work out leading into this big race with pushing her to hard.\u00a0\u00a0 Otherwise, her speed numbers have been top notch and more importantly, she has delivered results.\u00a0 Toss out the allowance race and be a believer.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n 14\u00a0 SKYLINE SLEW\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 12\/1<\/b><\/p>\n Owner:\u00a0 Jms11<\/b><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n This entrant is a scratch bred with a strong lineage of Distorted Humor x Seattle Slew x Ghostzapper.\u00a0\u00a0 She\u2019s won five times in 18 races and has grossed over $1.2 in winnings.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Skyline Slew had a win streak of three straight that commenced in October, 2017 in the G3 South Bend Oaks.\u00a0 The middle charm in December was earned in the G2 Baracoa Handicap.\u00a0 Flipping the calendar to 2018 and going to the Equinics where the third was delivered with a 116 speed, the best of the three.\u00a0\u00a0 The front runner\u2019s streak came to an end in the Orange Blossom, faltering to ninth and watching Jess Killin Time take the top honors.\u00a0 \u00a0She again surrendered the lead in the Bumblebee Classic (G2) finishing fourth behind winner Razor Girl.\u00a0\u00a0 Skyline had no speed whatsoever in the G1 Go For Gold Stakes, trailing badly throughout the race and losing to Iwilldryupthenile.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Skyline found a bit of something when rundown late in the G2 East Coast Mile, holding on for third.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 She comes in after finishing second in an allowance race prep for the Distaff, and this time outperformed Razor Girl.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Has this one turned a corner with the allowance race?\u00a0\u00a0 She\u2019s been struggling since winning the Equinics and ill need her very best to topple this field and she\u2019ll need to do it against several horses\u00a0 that have already victimized her.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n PICKS<\/span><\/b><\/p>\n <\/p>\n I like Razor Girl in this one.\u00a0 I think the allowance race performance was just a gap-filling light run to keep her in form leading into this race.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Iwilldryupthenile has been delivering powerful speed numbers and that is part of the game.\u00a0\u00a0 She\u2019ll fall off the lead but by only a manageable amount and will make her attact.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Provolone With has raked out four straight earlier this year and could assume winning ways, gets third pick.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Luna Ape has pulled off a couple of surprises this year and is my longshot hope.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The Breeders\u2019 Bowl Distaff is one of the richest season ending G1 races of the year.\u00a0 This race is 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