{"id":48400,"date":"2019-03-16T01:37:32","date_gmt":"2019-03-16T05:37:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=48400"},"modified":"2019-03-15T22:38:15","modified_gmt":"2019-03-16T02:38:15","slug":"future-stars-series-8-fillies-take-on-a-nw4l-mile-in-new-york","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=48400","title":{"rendered":"Future Stars Series – 8 Fillies Take On A NW4L Mile In New York"},"content":{"rendered":"

First, a quick recap of last week\u2019s race.\u00a0 It turns out that class prevailed overall, as the horse with graded stakes experience, Seize The Knight<\/b> ($14.40) lorded over all.\u00a0 Settling towards the back of the pack early, nearly 10 lengths off the pace duel between Life To Come <\/b>and Popest of Maori<\/b>, Seize The Knight came flying late and was dominant in a 3-1\/2 length victory, earning a 99 SP.\u00a0 Only 1 length separated 2nd<\/sup> from 6th<\/sup>, but it was Quality Ending<\/b> that followed Seize The Knight into 2nd<\/sup>.\u00a0 Ratavari<\/b>, who had sat 2 lengths off of Life to Come early, caught up to that filly and took the photo for 3rd<\/sup>.<\/p>\n

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This week, the Future Stars Series missed its flight!\u00a0 So we\u2019re staying in New York, and just bumping up the class.\u00a0 This week we\u2019ll look at a NW4L Allowance for 3yo fillies, running 8 furlongs on the dirt.\u00a0 The field of 8 is:<\/p>\n

#1 – American Belle<\/b> (American Pharoah x Belle of Broadway [A.P. Indy x Mr. Prospector]) \u2013 Owned by farm304<\/i> \u2013 4\/1 (f-t<\/i>)<\/p>\n

Race Record<\/span>: 6:3-0-1; $150,181<\/p>\n

Race History<\/span>: The bluest of bloods, American Belle is not only well bred; she is also the most accomplished in the field, with a residency-restricted (ESR) stakes victory to her name.\u00a0\u00a0 That win came in career race #2, at 6f on the dirt, where she dueled for the lead early with today\u2019s rival Giant Rebourbon<\/i><\/b> and then put away that rival, defeating her by 1-1\/2 lengths.\u00a0 From there, American Belle tried G1 company in the Getaway Stakes<\/span>, but finished 6th<\/sup>.\u00a0 She comes into this race off of a 3rd<\/sup> place finish in another residency-restricted (ESR) stakes race at 7f on the dirt, where she tried her usual stalking style and ran out of room late, finishing 1-1\/4 lengths back.\u00a0 American Belle earned a career high 95 SP in that effort, her first of 2019, and will try to improve upon that run here while stretching out to a route distance for the first time.<\/p>\n

Pedigree<\/span>: American Pharoah, the 2015 Triple Crown Winner, has a private stud fee and his real foals have not yet hit the track, but his 2018 yearlings sold for an average of $453,273.\u00a0 In the sim, his 2018 crop currently ranked #3 overall, with 198 runners to date, including 122 winners finding success at a ridiculous 21.7% rate. Among the 122 winners are 11 stakes winners, one of which, Yankee Pharoah<\/b>, just took home the Fountain of Ute-G2<\/span> at 9f on the dirt.\u00a0 The sim progeny of American Pharoah, much like their sire, have found most of their success on the dirt (79% of earnings on dirt) in routes (59% in routes).\u00a0 American Belle is the 11th<\/sup> of 12 foals out of G2-winning 17yo mare Belle of Broadway.\u00a0 Belle of Broadway was quite the belle of the ball in her day, winning 12 of 30 career races, including 3 straight stakes wins ending in the Scary Carrie The Blueberry-G2<\/span> back in 2006.\u00a0 All 3 of those wins were at 6f on the dirt, as were 10 of her 12 career races.\u00a0 But it wasn\u2019t just on the track where she found success.\u00a0 American Belle is a half sister to G1-winning Belladonte<\/b> (Sea The Stars (IRE)<\/i>), winner of The Humane Distaff-G1<\/span> at 7f on the dirt, G2-winning Star of Broadway<\/b> (Smarty Jones<\/i>), winner of the Crooklyn Handicap-G2<\/span> at 12f on the dirt, and 5 other stakes winners.\u00a0 Those half-siblings have all been dirt runners, though the ideal distances have varied.\u00a0 A.P. Indy mares have been sent to American Pharoah 54 times in the past 4 years.\u00a0 7 of those (6 plus American Belle) are stakes winners, including 2 graded stakes winners, and most of the progeny excel at the 8-10f dirt distances.\u00a0 Of the 7 others that are the full American Pharoah x A.P. Indy x Mr. Prospector cross, all 7 have broken their maidens and 3 have at least 1 allowance win (5 of the 7 are still 3yos with 3-6 starts).<\/p>\n

Expectations<\/span>: American Belle began her career trying to set the pace, but in her last few races she\u2019s learned to take back a bit, which could help her here.\u00a0 The last race was particularly impressive, as she made up solid ground in the stretch from her early stalking position before running out of track.\u00a0 She\u2019ll get an extra furlong here, which might just be enough to put her ahead.\u00a0 A strong contender.<\/p>\n

Watch Level<\/span>: High<\/p>\n

#2 – Barbara Tap Out<\/b> (Candy Ride x Woodman x Tapit) \u2013 Owned by heffbarn<\/i> \u2013 9\/2<\/p>\n

Race Record<\/span>: 7:3-2-2; $82,905<\/p>\n

Race History<\/span>: Never worse than 3rd<\/sup> in her career, Barbara Tap Out comes into this race off of a career best effort last time out.\u00a0 Stretching out to 9 furlongs in that NW3L effort against 7 others, she stalked the pace early before moving with a vengeance late, pulling away to win by 2-1\/4 lengths and earning a career high 97 SP.\u00a0 That race was her first off of a 2.5 month layoff.\u00a0 In her prior race, Barbara Tap Out tried routing for the first time at today\u2019s 8f distance and came on strong late, but finished 3rd<\/sup> beaten 1-1\/2 lengths.\u00a0 Barbara Tap Out does have one previous race against one of today\u2019s foes, as she battled Ten Souls<\/i><\/b> in a 5.5f NW1x allowance back in July 2018, but Ten Souls came out on top in the 4 horse field, \u00bd length in front of Barbara Tap Out.\u00a0 Barbara Tap Out will try to repeat what she did last time out in the 9f race while cutting back in distance here.<\/p>\n

Pedigree<\/span>: Candy Ride, who stands in Kentucky for $80,000, was the #2 ranked US sire of 2018, largely on the back of 2018 Pegasus World Cup winner Gun Runner.\u00a0 In the sim, Candy Ride isn\u2019t quite<\/i> as successful but is still a solid sire, as his 2018 crop currently ranks #49 overall.\u00a0 That 3yo crop includes 133 runners to date, from which 73 have won races at a 17.5% rate.\u00a0 3 of those winners have pulled off the feat at the stakes level, all at 8.5f on dirt (one also a stakes win at 7.5f).\u00a0 Candy Ride\u2019s sim progeny typically prefer the dirt (66% of earnings on dirt) and have shown a slight preference for routes (58% routes), which lines up with his real life average winning distance of 7.07f (about average for a US sire).\u00a0 The Candy Ride x Woodman cross has been used one other time in the past 4 years, and it was by the same owner, also last year.\u00a0 That horse, Bonsai Barbara<\/b>, also showed improvement in her first race as a 3yo, but thus far only has her maiden win to show in 4 career races.<\/p>\n

Expectations<\/span>: Barbara Tap Out likes to stalk the pace, sitting 3-4 lengths back, and then pounce from there.\u00a0 She\u2019s been able to show a late kick in her past few races, but it wasn\u2019t until her most recent run that she kicked it up another notch.\u00a0 The downside was that the last race was farther than today\u2019s, and she may need that extra distance to really find her best gear.\u00a0 The upside is that the last race was also her first of 2019, and the huge run last time out may have just been Barbara Tap Out showing her maturity as a 3yo. Which side will win out here?\u00a0 It\u2019s anyone\u2019s guess.\u00a0 But you can\u2019t discount her.<\/p>\n

Watch Level<\/span>: High<\/p>\n

#3 – Demostolos<\/b> (Bodemeister x Fusaichi Pegasus x Dynaformer) \u2013 Owned by champions9<\/i> \u2013 6\/1<\/p>\n

Race Record<\/span>: 6:3-1-1; $107,805<\/p>\n

Race History<\/span>: Demostolos began her career with 3 races at 5-5.5f on the dirt, where she went 2 for 3.\u00a0 She then moved over to the turf for 3 races, where she saw an immediate SP spike, first in the initial 6f race (going from a 71 SP to an 82 SP) and then against when she stretched out to 8f (going from 82 SP to a career high 90 SP).\u00a0 After winning her first turf route in a NW2x, she tried her had at an 8f turf stakes in her first 2019 start, but after setting the pace early she tired and finished 4th<\/sup>, 6-1\/2 lengths back.\u00a0 Demostolos\u2019s SP regressed slightly (to an 88 SP), and so she switches back to the dirt here to try a dirt route for the first time.<\/p>\n

Pedigree<\/span>: Bodemeister, second in the 2012 Kentucky Derby and Preakness, currently stands for $25,000 in Kentucky and was the #49 ranked US sire of 2018.\u00a0 In the sim, his 2018 crop currently ranks #115, with 52 winners from 121 runners to date, winning at a 12% rate (below his average 16%).\u00a0 Only one of those has picked up a stakes win thus far, Bodement<\/b>, who did so in his most recent race at 8.5f on the dirt.\u00a0 Interestingly, no Bodemeister sim foal has ever won a G1. <\/b>Bodemeister\u2019s sim foals strongly prefer dirt (76% of earnings on dirt) and are pretty evenly split between routes and sprints (55% in routes), though in real life his foals are successful at slightly longer distances, with an AWD of 7.23.\u00a0 Bodemeister has been crossed with Fusaichi Pegasus 3 times over the last 4 years.\u00a0 Unfortunately, the other two have not yet won at the allowance level and are a combined 4 for 45 overall.\u00a0 One has done his best racing in turf sprints, while the other has preferred dirt routes, but both have spent most of their careers at the claiming level.<\/p>\n

Expectations<\/span>: Although she has six races under her belt, Demostolos is a bit of an unknown here.\u00a0 Her two route efforts have seen her set the pace early, so she may try that again here, but she tired in her last try at the distance.\u00a0 It\u2019s possible, however, that she just needed the race, as it was her first as a 3yo.\u00a0 Her initial dirt tries are promising for this effort, but even though she won on the dirt, the races themselves weren\u2019t all that impressive.\u00a0 So the big question is whether she does like the dirt.\u00a0 I like the move by the owner to run her here, because it answers the question of where to go next, but I can\u2019t back her here until I know that she likes the dirt.<\/p>\n

Watch Level<\/span>: Medium<\/p>\n

#4 – Loyola Ramblers<\/b> (Adlerflug (GER) x You See LA [Special Week x Storm Cat]) \u2013 Owned by barkerblack<\/i> \u2013 6\/1<\/p>\n

Race Record<\/span>: 8:3-1-0; $89,511<\/p>\n

Race History<\/span>: Somebody must have called Sister Jean, because Loyola Ramblers looks like she may have gotten some divine help recently.\u00a0 After winning her first 2 starts in early 2018, Loyola Ramblers struggled a bit in the middle part of the year in short sprints.\u00a0 But when she finally got a chance to run, she saw significant improvement.\u00a0 That first came on the turf, where she finished 4th<\/sup> in a NW3L at 8f.\u00a0 But from there she moved back to dirt and saw a big pop.\u00a0 In her first 8f dirt race, Loyola Ramblers stalked the pace early, sitting 3-4 lengths back, and inched closer from there, timing her move perfectly and taking the photo by a head.\u00a0 Loyola Rambles comes into this one off of a solid 4th<\/sup> place effort in an 8.5f dirt stakes for her first race of 2019, where she and most of the field bunched up close behind the leads and she outlasted the tiring horses, finishing 4th<\/sup> and earning a career high 94 SP (the winner in that one came back to take a G2 next time out).\u00a0 She drops back in class and cuts back slightly in distance here.<\/p>\n

Pedigree<\/span>: Adlerflug, a 2-time winner at 12f in his racing career, currently stands in Germany for $15,000 and has passed that distance onto his foals, as his real AWD is 10.79.\u00a0 His 2018 sim crop is Adlerflug\u2019s best to date, and it currently ranks #60 overall.\u00a0 The class consists of 96 runners and 54 winners, scoring at a 19.5% rate.\u00a0 Only one of those horses, Storm Sirens<\/b>, is a stakes winner, and he did so at 9.5f on the turf.\u00a0 Through 5 sim crops, Adlerflug has only produced 1 graded stakes winner, 4yo Idle Dancer<\/b>, who picked up the victory in a 5f turf sprint.\u00a0 Unsurprisingly, most of Adlerflug\u2019s sim foals prefer the turf (75% earnings on turf), and they show a slight preference for routes (57% in routes), though the route percentage may be held down slightly by that G2-winning sprinter.\u00a0 Based on speed figures, his sim progeny seem to be best at long distance races. \u00a0<\/b>Loyola Ramblers is the daughter of Sim royalty, as she is the 6th<\/sup> foal from 2010 Sim Eclipse 3yo Dirt Filly of the Year<\/span> You See LA<\/b>.\u00a0 You See LA was a monster on the track and was arguably (give-or-take a Final Exit<\/b>) the best 3yo dirt filly the sim has ever seen.\u00a0 After defeating the boys in the Derby Lock Prep Chicago Derby-G2<\/span>, she went on to the Bluegrass Derby-G1<\/span> and finished 2nd<\/sup> (by 2 lengths) before moving on to win the Middle Jewel Stakes-G1<\/span>, one of only 3 fillies to ever win that race.\u00a0 She finished the Sim Triple Crown campaign with a 3rd<\/sup> place finish in The New Yorker-G1<\/span>, in addition to walloping the boys in the Clerk of Scales Stakes-G1<\/span> (winning by 4-1\/2!) and then running 3rd<\/sup> in the Travelers Stakes-G1<\/span>. \u00a0Her sim foals have not been as<\/i> successful, but they do include 2 stakes winners and 2 more stakes placed horses.\u00a0 However, none have taken after her dirt routing abilities; they have found success in either dirt sprints or turf routes.\u00a0 Of particular note, Loyola Ramblers is a full sister to 4yo filly U S C Trojan<\/b>, who is stakes placed at 8f and 9.5f on the dirt in addition to being a multiple stakes winner at 7.5f.\u00a0 Outside of the two siblings, Adlerflug has been bred with a Special Week mare one other time in the last 4 years, with that horse\u2019s best races coming in dirt sprints.<\/p>\n

Expectations<\/span>: Loyola Ramblers has no problem letting other horses go early and will likely sit a few lengths back (at least) here.\u00a0 She may have some distance limitations, so the real question here is whether 8f is gettable, or if she would prefer something in the 7-7.5f range like her full sister.\u00a0 But she does have a win at this distance, and has been impressive in her last 2 races.\u00a0 If her dam passed down even half of her abilities on the track, Loyola Ramblers is gonna be a good one for a long time.\u00a0 Respect.<\/p>\n

Watch Level<\/span>: High<\/p>\n

#5 – Giant Rebourbon<\/b> (Giant\u2019s Causeway x Redoute\u2019s Bourbon [Redoute\u2019s Choice x Gone West]) \u2013 Owned by bathred<\/i> \u2013 4\/1 (\u00ad\u00adf-t<\/i>)<\/p>\n

Race Record<\/span>: 7:3-3-0; $141,510<\/p>\n

Race History<\/span>: The sponsor of this race, Giant Rebourbon is one of three stakes placed horses in this field.\u00a0 That stakes placing came in career race #3, a 6f residency-restricted (ESR) dirt stakes race where Giant Rebourbon battled today\u2019s rival American Belle<\/i><\/b> for the early lead and won that battle, but ultimately lost the war by finishing 2nd<\/sup>, 1-1\/2 lengths behind her rival.\u00a0 Giant Rebourbon rebounded nicely, taking home a 7f NW2L allowance, but then struggled when jumping to open stakes company.\u00a0 She comes into this race off of 2 solid allowance efforts, both at 7.5f on the dirt.\u00a0 The first, in a NW3L to end 2018, saw her battle for the pace and then pull away, winning by 1-3\/4 lengths with a career high 92 SP.\u00a0 Her most recent race, her 2019 debut, was a 4 horse field where the jockey made a tactical miscue, letting a competitor set an easy pace, giving Giant Rebourbon no chance to catch her and settling for 2nd<\/sup> with a 90 SP.\u00a0 Giant Rebourbon adds an extra half furlong and tries routing for the first time today.<\/p>\n

Pedigree<\/span>: Giant\u2019s Causeway, the #19 US sire in 2018, passed away in 2018, making Giant Rebourbon a member of his massive final sim crop.\u00a0 That sim crop is currently the top ranked class with 381 runners to date.\u00a0 Of those, 227 have won at a 20% rate.\u00a0 Among the winners are 18 stakes winners and 6 graded winners.\u00a0 His sim foals are typically routers, aligning with his real world 8.09 AWD, and his sim foals are evenly split among dirt and turf, though the 2018 crop is favoring dirt thus far, with 61% of earnings on dirt.\u00a0 Giant Rebourbon is the sole foal from he-mare Redoute\u2019s Bourbon, a winner of 6 races in his 25 race career.\u00a0 That career included three G2\/G3 placings as a 3yo at the 8.5-9f dirt range, and 2 stakes wins, one at 8f and one at 7.5f (both on the dirt).\u00a0 Giant Rebourbon\u2019s granddam was also a multiple graded stakes winner in dirt sprints, making this a family line with a lot of potential.\u00a0 Redoute\u2019s Choice mares have been sent to Giant\u2019s Causeway 8 times in the past 4 years, with one, Titanom<\/b>, a graded stakes winner at 8f on the dirt.\u00a0 The others, to the extent that they\u2019ve had success, have done their best work on the grass.<\/p>\n

Expectations<\/span>: Giant Rebourbon will likely try to sit close to the pace early, but may be willing to concede it to another one or two in this field.\u00a0 From there, it\u2019s all about outlasting her competitors.\u00a0 This is the longest race she has ever tried, but she\u2019s certainly shown potential in her prior races.\u00a0 There\u2019s a bit of a question mark about whether she can carry her speed for the full distance of today\u2019s race.\u00a0 If her jockey can dial in properly that she\u2019s got a chance here.\u00a0 Don\u2019t sleep on her.<\/p>\n

Watch Level<\/span>: High<\/p>\n

#6 \u2013 Ten Souls<\/b> (Rock Hard Ten x Lost Soul x Medaglia D\u2019Oro) \u2013 Owned by fallridge<\/i> \u2013 5\/1<\/p>\n

Race Record<\/span>: 9:3-3-1; $82,258<\/p>\n

Race History<\/span>: Ten Souls started out her career hot, winning 3 of her first 5 races and really breaking through when she tried routing for the first time.\u00a0 Among those 3 wins was an effort in a 4 horse 5.5f NW1x allowance, where she battled for the lead early and then held off today\u2019s rival Barbara Tap Out<\/i><\/b>, who finished 2nd<\/sup>. \u00a0<\/i><\/b>In Ten Souls\u2019 most recent 4 races, however, she hasn\u2019t quite achieved the same level of success.\u00a0 She comes into today\u2019s race off of a career best 94 SP, when she stalked the pace early in a 9f dirt NW2s allowance but was no match for the winner, finishing 2-1\/4 lengths back in 2nd<\/sup>.\u00a0 That fits a pattern from her last 3 races, where she\u2019s been unable to pick off horses late and hasn\u2019t had the speed to catch up to the leaders.\u00a0 Ten Souls will cut back in distance here to try and regain some of her early magic.<\/p>\n

Pedigree<\/span>: Rock Hard Ten, winner of the 2005 Big Cap and 2nd<\/sup> in the 2004 Preakness, currently stands in South Korea and was the #20 ranked South Korean sire of 2018.\u00a0 In the sim, his #160-ranked 2018 crop currently includes 49 runners with 20 winners finding success at a 14% rate.\u00a0 One of those 20 winners, Moon Rock Magic<\/b>, is a stakes winning (and G1-placed) turf sprinter. <\/b>Rock Hard Ten\u2019s sim progeny are predominately routers, with 70% of earnings in routes, while they split pretty evenly between dirt and turf (55% on turf).\u00a0 It\u2019s the longer the better for his sim foals, as the best speed figures relative to others come in long distance races.\u00a0 Ten Souls is, not surprisingly, the only sim horse with the Rock Hard Ten x Lost Soul cross (in fact, he\u2019s the only sim horse that can claim Lost Soul as a damsire!).\u00a0 Lost Soul\u2019s sire, Officer, has been the damsire to one Rock Hard Ten sim foal in the past 4 years, but that horse has done nothing of note in 20 career races (with his \u201cbest\u201d races at 8-9f on the turf).<\/p>\n

Expectations<\/span>: Ten Souls is one of many here that are content to sit just off of the pace.\u00a0 In her past few races, that has been a little problematic as she hasn\u2019t had the late movement of some of the others here.\u00a0 Her last race was her most impressive, but there\u2019s a bit of a red flag; she finished 2-1\/4 lengths back, and it was another 5-1\/2 lengths back to 3rd<\/sup>.\u00a0 That indicates that the race, and the 94 SP, may have been a bit of an illusion as the winner may have dragged her further forward that she otherwise would have.\u00a0 The cutback in distance should help, but it might not be enough.\u00a0 Prefer others.<\/p>\n

Watch Level<\/span>: Medium<\/p>\n

#7 – Tap Into My Heart<\/b> (Tapit x Heart of Wire [Giant\u2019s Causeway x Medaglia D\u2019Oro]) \u2013 Owned by atw14<\/i> \u2013 9\/2<\/p>\n

Race Record<\/span>: 10:3-1-0; $101,826<\/p>\n

Race History<\/span>: The veteran of the field, Tap Into My Heart also has arguably the most class in this field.\u00a0 After winning 3 of her first 4 career starts at 5-6.5f on the dirt, Tap Into My Heart made the leap to G2 company and didn\u2019t make a fool of herself, as she finished a narrowing 4th<\/sup> in the 7f The Motherly Love-G2<\/span>.\u00a0 From there she stretched out to today\u2019s 8f distance and dropped down to stakes company, but she was unable to do much and finished 7th<\/sup>.\u00a0 Since that race, she has tried stakes company in dirt sprints 4 more times, including another G2 effort to kick off 2019.\u00a0 Her best effort in those came 3 starts back in a 7.5f stakes, where she stalked the pace early and briefly grabbed the lead in the stretch, before being overtaken and settling for 2nd<\/sup>, earning a career high 90 SP.\u00a0 Tap Into My Heart comes into this race off of a 7th<\/sup> place finish in a 7f dirt stakes, so she\u2019ll drop in class here and stretch back out to 8f for a second try.<\/p>\n

Pedigree<\/span>: Tapit currently stands for a $225,000 stud fee as the #5 ranked US sire in 2018.\u00a0 His 2018 sim class that currently numbers 276 runners is the #2 ranked sim class of 2018 thus far.\u00a0 Among those 276 runners are 179 winners (winning at a 21% rate) and 14 stakes winners.\u00a0 Only one of those 14, however, has achieved Graded Stakes glory, and it took until Legacy of Evil<\/b>\u2019s most recent race in an 8f dirt G3, to finally break that 0-fer.\u00a0 Tapit\u2019s sim foals are mainly dirt routers (71% of earnings on dirt, 60% in routes), though in terms of speed figures, Tapit throws horses that are equally adept in sprints, routes, and longer races, so distance may be passed down more from the dam\u2019s side.\u00a0 Tap Into My Heart is the lone foal from 6yo he-mare Heart of Wire.\u00a0 Heart of Wire was an OK runner on the track, with 3 wins in 22 career starts.\u00a0 All three of those victories came in 8f dirt races.\u00a0 He did most of his running at that distance and surface, but showed some ability on other surfaces as well.\u00a0 The Tapit x Giant\u2019s Causeway cross has been used a ridiculous 73 times in the past 4 years.\u00a0 2 of those are G1 winners (one in turf sprints, one in a Bluegrass Derby prep), and 10 of the 73 have earned a stakes level victory.<\/p>\n

Expectations<\/span>: Tap Into My Heart is another one in this field that\u2019s likely to try and stalk the pace, sitting a few lengths off of the leaders.\u00a0 It has been a while since she\u2019s visited the winner\u2019s circle \u2013 not since August of 2018 \u2013 but she\u2019s 2 for 3 lifetime at the allowance level and the class drop here should help.\u00a0 She\u2019s been struggling a bit against better company, but should appreciate the field today.\u00a0 But have those performances gotten into her head?\u00a0 Another with a shot.<\/p>\n

Watch Level<\/span>: Medium<\/p>\n

#8 – VT Mansion<\/b> (Frankel (GB) x Smelling Into Cat [Storm Cat x Housebuster]) \u2013 Owned by kallor<\/i> \u2013 12\/1<\/p>\n

Race Record<\/span>: 8:3-1-1; $55,010<\/p>\n

Race History<\/span>: VT Mansion has struggled to find her place in the sim through her first 8 races, but she\u2019s hoping that her first route effort will strike a chord.\u00a0 She has bounced between turf and dirt thus far in her career, with 2 wins coming at 5f on the dirt (in 5 horse fields) and one at 6.5f on the turf (in a 4 horse field).\u00a0 VT Mansion comes into this race off of back-to-back turf efforts, one being the 6.5f win where she earned a career high 84 SP.\u00a0 In her most recent race, at the NW3x level at 6f-T, she set the early pace before tiring late and finishing 5th<\/sup>.\u00a0 VT Mansion\u2019s closest race to today\u2019s came 3 starts back, in December 2018, at 7f on the dirt against the boys, where she battled for the lead early but couldn\u2019t keep up with the other sex and tired to finish 8th<\/sup>.\u00a0 This will be her longest race to date as she hopes for a turf-to-dirt bump.<\/p>\n

Pedigree<\/span>: Frankel, the best racehorse ever assessed by the World Thoroughbred Racehorse Rankings, currently stands in England for $175,000 as was the #3 ranked EU sire of 2018, with an AWD of 8.47.\u00a0 His 2018 sim crop is equally impressive, as it currently ranks #4 overall with 122 winners from 198 runners to date (winning at a 19% rate).\u00a0 Among those are 10 stakes winners and 2 graded stakes winners, both in turf sprints.\u00a0 All but 1 of the stakes winners have done so on the turf, so it\u2019s not surprising that Frankel\u2019s sim progeny have a strong preference for turf (75% of earnings on turf) and routing (67% in routes). VT Mansion is the 13th<\/sup> and final foal from 21yo mare Smelling Into Cat.\u00a0 Smelling Into Cat was a 2-time stakes placed horse, both in super sprints on the dirt as a 2yo (4.5f and 5.5f) back in 2000.\u00a0 She earned 3 career wins in 28 races, all coming (like those stakes placings) in dirt sprints.\u00a0 She only tried routing once, but the race did not end well and she finished a well-beaten 9th<\/sup>.\u00a0 But while her track exploits didn\u2019t amount to much, she\u2019s much more known for her efforts in the breeding shed.\u00a0 Among her offspring is 2009 Sim Eclipse 2yo Dirt Male of the Year<\/span> Curling<\/b> (Curlin<\/i>), who, much like most of Smelling Into Cat\u2019s other foals, was primarily a dirt sprinter (his only on-the-board finish in a route being his Eclipse-sealing victory in the 2009 Breeders\u2019 Bowl Juvenile-G1<\/span>).\u00a0 Smelling Into Cat also has 2 other stakes winning foals, both also in sprints but on the turf.\u00a0 Unsurprisingly, Frankel has been bred to a Storm Cat mare 22 times in the last 4 years \u2013 two are stakes winners, one in a residency-restricted dirt route and one in a turf sprint.<\/p>\n

Expectations<\/span>: VT Mansion doesn\u2019t like having dirt kicked in her face, so expect to see her battling for the lead here.\u00a0 Unfortunately, even if she does get that lead, it doesn\u2019t look like she\u2019ll be there for too long.\u00a0 Her mother was a sprinter, 9 of her 12 siblings were primarily sprinters, and 2 of her last 3 races have had her running out of gas well before the wire in a race shorter than today\u2019s 8f distance.\u00a0 The pedigree is there, but today doesn\u2019t look like it will be the day for VT Mansion.<\/p>\n

Watch Level<\/span>: Low<\/p>\n

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That\u2019s the field for this week\u2019s NW4L Allowance.\u00a0 Unlike a couple of the most recent races, where there has been minimal pace and a number of deep closers, the horses in this race are likely to be bunched up, and it wouldn\u2019t surprise me if first to last early on was only about 4-5 lengths.\u00a0 The pacesetter will probably be VT Mansion<\/b>\u2026if she has the speed to outrun her opponents from the outside post.\u00a0 Battling her for the lead will likely be Demostolos<\/b>, with Giant Rebourbon<\/b> hot on their heels.\u00a0 Everyone else in the field should be sitting anywhere from 2-5 lengths off of that pace.\u00a0 But from there, it\u2019s anyone\u2019s guess, as this field of 8 looks wide open.\u00a0 But since I am anyone, I\u2019ll take a guess!\u00a0 I\u2019m gonna side with (1) American Belle<\/b>, (2) Loyola Ramblers<\/b>, and (3) Giant Rebourbon<\/b>.\u00a0 Good luck!<\/p>\n

Other Races to Watch This Weekend:<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kentucky \u2013 Alw NW2L @ 8.5f (Division 1<\/a>) (Division 2<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kentucky \u2013 Local Allowance @ 8f<\/a><\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 California \u2013 Alw NW2L @ 8f-T<\/a><\/p>\n

4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Indiana \u2013 Alw NW2L @ 8f-T (Fillies) (Division 1<\/a>) (Division 2<\/a>)<\/p>\n

5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Surrey (England) \u2013 Alw NW3L @ 8.5f-T<\/a><\/p>\n

6)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Berkshire (England) \u2013 Alw NW2L @ 7f (Division 1<\/a>) (Division 2<\/a>)<\/p>\n

7)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Dubai \u2013 Alw NW2L @ 8f-T<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

First, a quick recap of last week\u2019s race.\u00a0 It turns out that class prevailed overall, as the horse with graded<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":384,"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":[230,229,12],"class_list":["post-48400","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews","tag-3yo","tag-future-stars-series","tag-new-york"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48400","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\/384"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=48400"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48400\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":48420,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/48400\/revisions\/48420"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=48400"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=48400"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=48400"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}