I’ve been off for a while, and it’s good to get back on the old typewriter again to cover a new home residency for all my stables. Since the switch, my breedings have started showing promise. A big thanks to URC and Chris for showing me what I was missing in the game.<\/p>\n
This tough field of 8 is looking sharp from the fences here in NY, and there’s 2 fillies that are going to try to steal the win here on Saturday.\u00a0 Here’s the way I see it.<\/p>\n
New York (NY)<\/strong><\/p>\n Saturday August 24, 2019<\/p>\n UNIVERSAL TRAVERS STAKES<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n Purse $100,000\u00a0 \u00a010F<\/p>\n 1. WEST CHROME\u00a0 (18-1)<\/strong><\/p>\n CALIFORNIA CHROME X GONE WEST X SADLER’S WELLS<\/span><\/p>\n This well bred Colt is looking at making a transition from allowance to stakes here. He does have a nice last couple of SP’s, but it’ll be tough for him in this group. Keep your eyes on this fellow, I think we’ll see more of him down the road.<\/p>\n 2. RUN GHARBY RUN (8-1)<\/strong><\/p>\n GHARBY X RUNAWAY GROOM X NORTHFIELDS<\/span><\/p>\n This colt is looking sweet as he’s progressing on Turf. cracking a 100 SP in his last outing, surely a stakes race fits, but this is a dirt race, and this horse shows nothing in his previous starts, so for me to say this horse can do anything, would at best be a guess. Only time can tell how he’ll handle the change in surface, but good luck with the switch.<\/p>\n 3. KYMARC BERKELIUM (5-1)<\/strong><\/p>\n SQUIRTLE SQUIRT X MEDAGLIA D’ORO X A.P. INDY<\/span><\/p>\n Beautiful brown Filly that broke a 103 SP in her last outing, coming 2nd over 8F. This filly looks to stretch out to 10F here, and it wouldn’t surprise me 1 bit to see this filly steal the show from the boys here. Deeply bred to speed and route will make it tough for any young colt here.<\/p>\n 4. CALLIXTUS (5-1)\u00a0<\/strong><\/p>\n SUPER SAVER X UNBRIDLED X CARSON CITY\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n This colt came up just a bit short in his last race, while still gathering a 101 SP. The extra 2 F should definitely help this well bred colt to get there this time out. He will have to battle with the #3, and others though, as this field is looking fairly competitive amongst the top 5.\u00a0 Nice to see a Super Saver Colt! 5 in a row is cool, even though 4 were hot races.<\/p>\n 5. PIRATE MASTERS (5-1)<\/strong><\/p>\n MASTERY X A.P. INDY X SADLER’S WELLS<\/span><\/p>\n Nailing a 105 SP in her\u00a0 last allowance race makes me think this filly is going to be a very tough cookie to crumble. Her mare is a Graded stakes placer, and if she is sharp, will also be giving the boys a tough time here, just as she did in her last allowance race with the boys. Top prospect here.<\/p>\n 6. DECKON THAR (4-1)<\/strong><\/p>\n ARROGATE X MINESHAFT X STORM CAT<\/span><\/p>\n Winner of the URC Preakness this year, this colt could be the 1 that stops the filly invasion here. 107 SP in the URC Preakness, but didn’t do so well in his last outing in a G2. Easier competition here will be key to bounce this horse back to the graded races. Favorite.<\/p>\n 7. TO THE SHIRE WE GO (5-1)<\/strong><\/p>\n FLINTSHIRE X PEINTRE CELEBRE X A.P. INDY<\/span><\/p>\n This strangely bred gelding is having success on both Turf and Dirt, lately gathering a 103 in his last allowance race, and is another 1 that has everything looking forwardly coming in to this race. I am intrigued myself to see if the original switch to dirt was just a 1 off, or if he is a genuinely a double surface racer.<\/p>\n 8. GIANT KING (5-2)<\/strong><\/p>\n GIANT’S CAUSEWAY X KINGMAMBO X GONE WEST<\/span><\/p>\n With a 111 SP in his last outing, this horse is a complete bullet at 8.5F on Turf. Breaking it’s Maiden on Dirt assures this colt can handle the surface, but I don’t like his odds, seeings how this is 10F race. I think others will be chasing him down before 10F.<\/p>\n Overall, I think the 2 Fillies have a real shot here,<\/p>\n My Picks,\u00a0 5-6-3-4 $20 WPS #5<\/p>\n Good Luck to all the URC Members in the race here today, none of mine fit the class just yet, so you all get a reprieve from me here, but I’ll be watching closely…lol Enjoy the race!!<\/p>\n McAllister Out!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" I’ve been off for a while, and it’s good to get back on the old typewriter again to cover a<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":154685,"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-49904","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49904","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\/154685"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=49904"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49904\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49912,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49904\/revisions\/49912"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49904"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49904"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49904"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}