A disappointingly small field has turned out for the supporting Stakes race at the track in Ireland this weekend, with only four fillies turning up for The YARNI MARNI Memorial<\/I>, a Stakes race for two-year-old fillies over five and a half furlongs on the turf. The going is firm and the total prize money is $80,000. This race is named after a mare who last ran back in 2004, having won mostly Starter and Claiming races, although she was a promising juvenile, winning an Allowance race with a speed of 81. She has produced two offspring, one a Claimer and the other placed at Stakes level as a two-year-old but now trying to gain a third win at Allowance level.
Drawn on the rail is Paiute (KY)<\/B>, who has run three times previous to this. First time out, she won a Maiden Special Weight race over five and a half furlongs, then followed up in an Allowance race for non-winners of two over six furlongs, recording a best speed figure of 73. Last time out, she finished third of four in an Allowance race for non-winners of three over seven furlongs, the winner of which has since been placed in two Stakes races, and the filly who finished third has won a similar race. Top jockey Z.Kentucky takes the ride for the texasace04<\/I> stable and it will be interesting to see if she can do the business on turf \u2013 her pedigree is heavily dirt-influenced from the sire and damsire, but dam\u2019s damsire Theatrical has produced plenty on the turf.
Next to her will be La Integral (KY)<\/B>, who will be ridden by H. Wester for the borinquen<\/I> stable. After winning her Maiden Special Weight race at the second time of asking, she was tried in a Stakes race, but after finishing fourth was brought back to an Allowance race for non-winners of two over six furlongs, which she duly won. Next she went back to Stakes, where she finished third, recording her best speed figure to date of 71. Last time out, she finished last of five in a Stakes race over seven furlongs. All her races to date have been on dirt, and her pedigree has little to recommend it on the green.
The odds-on favourite is Mrs. Prado (KY)<\/B>, who has run in just two previous races. On her debut, she finished fifth of six in a Maiden Special Weight race over six furlongs on dirt. Next, she won a similar race over seven furlongs on turf with a speed of 76. Her odds look rather short here, but if she can follow on from her previous race she will at least earn her backers a small profit. She runs for the irebreds<\/I> stable and will be partnered by the very professional A.Reed.
The outsider is Country Paradox (JPN)<\/B>, who is trained by jockfan22<\/I> and will be ridden by the struggling jockey C. McPherson. She has raced three times previously, all in claiming races, and surely just makes up the numbers here. She won her debut, a $30000 Maiden Claiming race over five and a half furlongs, making all the running, then finished fifth of six in a $60000 Claiming race for non-winners of two. Last time out, she improved to record a speed figure of 66 to finish second in a $30000 Claiming race over six furlongs.
In all, it looks an easy win for the favourite, but if you like to make anything more than a small profit, you would bet on another race than this, especially as two-year-old races with lightly-raced contestants can spring the odd surprise,<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Small Field for Fillies’ Stakes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":452,"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-4735","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4735","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\/452"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4735"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4735\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4735"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4735"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4735"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}