{"id":49965,"date":"2019-08-30T20:00:06","date_gmt":"2019-08-31T00:00:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=49965"},"modified":"2019-08-30T20:00:06","modified_gmt":"2019-08-31T00:00:06","slug":"future-stars-series-8-colts-look-to-strut-their-stuff-in-an-8-5f-california-allowance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=49965","title":{"rendered":"Future Stars Series &#8211; 8 Colts Look To Strut Their Stuff in an 8.5f California Allowance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>First, a quick recap of last week\u2019s race.\u00a0 And if you were to ask me, that race saw the crowning of a legitimate future star.\u00a0 The race began with a solid, but not blistering, pace set by <b>Sholver Sky<\/b>, who was dueling with <b>Lever Capriati <\/b>and <b>Crimson Surprise <\/b>for that lead.\u00a0 The 3 of them lead the race for the first half, but soon they were joined by <b>Take An Axe<\/b>, who had been sitting 5<sup>th<\/sup> early before making her move.\u00a0 Take An Axe grabbed the lead at the top of the stretch, but a couple of closers were coming.\u00a0 And on Saturday, no one was going to be able to stop <b>My Mistress Chris<\/b> ($6.60).\u00a0 My Mistress Chris flew from last early and made it look like everyone else was running in place.\u00a0 She grabbed the lead and drew off to win by 1-1\/2 lengths, earning a 91 SP in the victory.\u00a0 <b>Take An Axe<\/b> put in a good effort and earned an 89 SP in her 2<sup>nd<\/sup> place finish, and <b>Kanchenjunga<\/b> made a move late to get up for 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, 2-1\/2 lengths behind the winner.\u00a0 Those 3 appear to have been the class of the field, as it was another 4 lengths back to 4<sup>th<\/sup>.<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>This week, the Future Stars Series is headed to California.\u00a0 There, 8 colts have been entered in an 8.5 furlong open allowance on the dirt.\u00a0 The field is:<\/p>\n<p><b>#1 \u2013 D. Wilson ABC<\/b> (Midnight Storm x Slew O\u2019 Gold x Grey Dawn 2<sup>nd<\/sup>) \u2013 Owned by <i>massatoga19<\/i> \u2013 6\/1<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Race Record<\/span>: 5:2-2-0; $66,015<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Capsule<\/span>: D. Wilson ABC comes into this race as the most experienced colt in the field, with 5 races under his belt.\u00a0 His debut came back on March 5 in a 6f MSW, where he went off at 13\/1 in a field of 13 but showed he deserved better, as he stalked the pace early and finished 2<sup>nd<\/sup> with a 71 SP.\u00a0 From there, he cut back to 5.5f to break his maiden, and then ran 2<sup>nd<\/sup> at the NW2L level at 6.5f in his 3<sup>rd<\/sup> race.\u00a0 His owner then said \u201cwhy not?\u00a0 I guess\u201d to a stakes race and entered D. Wilson ABC in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Why Not I Guess<\/span> stakes at 6.5f on the dirt, where he broke midpack and couldn\u2019t quite keep up with the leaders, finishing 6<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 But he made a huge rebound in his most recent race, at 7.5f at the NW2L level, where he dueled for the lead early, opened up a huge lead at the top of the stretch, and then dug in gamely to hold off a late charge and win by \u00bc length, earning a career-high 81 SP.\u00a0 He\u2019ll stretch things out a bit further today.\u00a0 D. Wilson ABC is a scratch-bred son of Midnight Storm, out of a Slew O\u2019 Gold mare.\u00a0 Midnight Storm ($10,000), a son of Pioneerof The Nile, was an excellent runner on the track with 7 graded stakes wins at 8-9f on the turf, before retiring and entering stud in 2018 (so no real foals have reached the track yet).\u00a0 His freshman sire crop in the sim currently ranks #112 overall, with 49 wins from 73 runners to date.\u00a0 4 of those runners are stakes winners, including <b>Credit Call<\/b>, a G3 winner at 8.5f on the dirt, and <b>Vadyrus<\/b>, a 5-time stakes winning dirt sprinter.\u00a0 Thus far, Midnight Storm\u2019s foals have favored the dirt, with 62% of earnings on dirt, and the numbers favor sprinting so far (sim AWD of 6.24), but with so few sim foals having tried routing, it\u2019s still too early to tell whether he does better with sprinters or routers.\u00a0 But the pedigree of D. Wilson ABC (DI: 3.00, CD: 0.86) suggests that he might be a sprinter, so he\u2019ll try to prove the bloodlines wrong and take another step forward today.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Watch Level<\/span>: Medium<\/p>\n<p><b>#2 \u2013 It\u2019s Been Nice<\/b> (Flower Alley x Baba Booie [Candy Ride x Danehill]) \u2013 Owned by <i>driver4000<\/i> \u2013 7\/2<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Race Record<\/span>: 4:3-0-0; $67,380<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Capsule<\/span>: It\u2019s Been Nice started his career like a horse on fire, winning his first 3 career starts.\u00a0 His debut came at 5.5f in a $100K maiden claimer, in which he cruised to win by 1-1\/4 lengths on March 9.\u00a0 Unclaimed, he then moved to the allowance level and ripped off back-to-back wins at 6.5f on dirt, the first by a neck in a field of 5, then a dominant win by 2-3\/4, where he earned a 78 SP after setting the pace the entire way.\u00a0 It\u2019s Been Nice cut back to 5f in his most recent race and tried stakes company for the first time, but found himself much further back early than he was used to, and although he closed late, he could only manage to get up for 4<sup>th<\/sup>.\u00a0 But he\u2019ll make a big leap in distance here, as he tries routing for the first time.\u00a0 It\u2019s Been Nice is by Flower Alley, and is the 9<sup>th<\/sup> foal out of 16yo mare Baba Booie.\u00a0 Baba Booie spent most of her career in the claiming ranks, but earned 12 wins in 35 career starts, all in the dirt 8-10f range.\u00a0 About half of her foals have been allowance-level wins, with almost all of those foals running best in routes (mostly on the turf, with a few turf runners sprinkled among them).\u00a0 Flower Alley ($80,000 SAF), the 2005 Travers winner, was the #113 ranked US sire in 2018 (he was transferred to South Africa in 2015).\u00a0 In the sim, his 2018 crop currently ranks #186 overall, with 37 winners from 53 runners.\u00a0 One of those, <b>Tightnit<\/b> is a multiple stakes winning turf sprinter.\u00a0 That\u2019s a bit of a surprise, as although Flower Alley\u2019s sim foals are mainly sprinters (60% of earnings in routes, sim AWD of 6.94), they largely prefer the dirt (66% of earnings on dirt).\u00a0 It\u2019s Been Nice (DI: 1.86, CD: 0.50) looks to buck that preference a little bit, and between the DI\/CD and his racing experience, he looks like a solid bet to succeed at today\u2019s distance.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Watch Level<\/span>: High<\/p>\n<p><b>#3 \u2013 Makayla Long<\/b> (Daddy Long Legs x Seeking A Battle [War Front x Seeking The Gold]) \u2013 Owned by <i>pigeon23<\/i> \u2013 6\/1<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Race Record<\/span>: 4:2-1-0; $61,370<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Capsule<\/span>: Makayla Long wasn\u2019t too highly touted in his debut, where he tried a Hot MSW at 5f on March 3.\u00a0 In the field of 5, he ran 2<sup>nd<\/sup> the entire way and finished \u00bc lengths back, earning a 58 SP.\u00a0 The bettors were hesitant because of that race, which led to him being dismissed in his 2<sup>nd<\/sup> race, a 6.5f MSW in April.\u00a0 But he pulled off the surprise, sitting just off the pace early and then getting up late to win by \u00bd length, with an SP jump up to a 72.\u00a0 Makayla Long cut back to 5.5f for his 3<sup>rd<\/sup> race, a NW2L allowance, and he again went on the victory, earning a 78 SP for the 1 length win.\u00a0 Based on that effort, he made the big leap up to the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Montana Futurity-G3<\/span> (5.5f) last time out, and although he finished 5<sup>th<\/sup>,\u00a0 he was only beaten 3-1\/4 lengths, and the top 3 finishers from that race came back to run 1<sup>st<\/sup>, 6<sup>th<\/sup>, and 2<sup>nd<\/sup> in a G2 next time out.\u00a0 Makayla Long will get a big class relief here today, but he also takes a big jump in distance.\u00a0 Makayla Long is the 1<sup>st<\/sup> foal from 7yo mare Seeking A Battle, and is by Daddy Long Legs.\u00a0 Daddy Long Legs ($10,000), winner of the 2012 UAE Derby, spent several seasons standing in Chile, where he was a leading sire, before moving to Kentucky in 2019.\u00a0 In the sim, his 2018 crop is currently ranked #569 overall, with 11 winners from 19 runners to date.\u00a0 None of those have achieved anything higher than an allowance win, and in fact, Daddy Long Legs has only sired 2 stakes winners thus far in the sim, both from his 2016 class (one of whom was a multiple G1-winning dirt router).\u00a0 Outside of that 1 G1 winner, which skews the numbers, Daddy Long Legs\u2019 sim foals heavily favor sprinting (66% of wins come in sprints, and he has a sim AWD of 6.75), but the foals are pretty evenly split between turf and dirt preferences.\u00a0 Makayla Long\u2019s dam, Seeking A Battle, won 3 of her 15 career races, all on dirt and all at the maiden or claiming levels.\u00a0 Her best speed figure, by far, came in a $75K NW3L claimer at 6.5f on the dirt.\u00a0 Makayla Long (DI: 3.80, CD: 1.00) therefore has a pedigree that suggests that he is a sprinter through-and-through, but in this game, you never know what will happen at different distances and surfaces until you try them.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Watch Level<\/span>: High<\/p>\n<p><b>#4 \u2013 Curls For A Reason<\/b> (Curlin x Bulbwithoutacause [Giant\u2019s Causeway x Seattle Slew]) \u2013 Owned by <i>aawirekiller<\/i> \u2013 9\/1<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Race Record<\/span>: 3:1-0-1; $5,920<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Capsule<\/span>: What do you do with a horse like Curls For A Reason?\u00a0 Somewhat surprisingly, given his high-end bloodlines, he made his debut on May 19 in a hot MSW against 3 CPU horses, so it shouldn\u2019t come as a shock that he won by 2 lengths at 1\/9 odds.\u00a0 But he came back 1 month later again at 6.5f, this time in a NW2L in a field of 6, and laid an absolute egg.\u00a0 He broke towards the back early and stayed there, losing ground and finishing last at 7\/2, with a 65 SP.\u00a0 To fix the situation, Curls For A Reason was then sent to the turf, where he faced a field of 4 in a 5f-T NW1x.\u00a0 But after setting the pace early, he tired and finished 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, beaten 3 lengths with a 59 SP.\u00a0 He\u2019ll stretch out today and head back to the dirt for this race.\u00a0 Curls For A Reason is by Curlin out of the 6yo he-mare Bulbwithoutacause.\u00a0 Bulbwithoutacause was a solid, but unspectacular, race horse.\u00a0 He won just 3 of his 23 career races, with the allowance wins coming in 9f dirt races (his maiden win was in a turf sprint), but he broke the 100 SP barrier in 12 of his 25 career starts, flashing some potential that he could never quite capitalize on.\u00a0 Curlin ($175,000), the 2-time US Horse of the Year, was the #6 ranked US sire of 2018.\u00a0 In the sim, his 3yos currently rank #29 overall, with 114 winners from 164 runners.\u00a0 That crop includes 9 stakes winners, one of whom, <b>Curlin&#8217;s Storm Cat<\/b>, took home the 7f <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Dell Computer Futurity-G1<\/span>\u00a0back in September 2018.\u00a0 The stakes numbers improve as more horses reach routing distances, which is in line with Curlin more generally in the sim. Curlin tends to throw dirt routers (68% earnings on dirt, 67% in routes), which tracks with his real world 7.56f AWD (sim AWD of 8.15).\u00a0 The Curlin x Giant\u2019s Causeway cross is popular and has been used 52 times in the sim in the past 5 years.\u00a0 Of those, 42 are winners, and a remarkably high 10 are stakes winners (with 3 graded stakes winners among them).\u00a0 The bulk of those high-level wins come in dirt routes (though there are a couple of successful turf runners in the bunch).\u00a0 Curls For A Reason (DI: 1.95, CD: 0.54) is hoping for a turf-to-dirt boost today, but he\u2019ll need a massive one if he expects to compete against this field.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Watch Level<\/span>: Low<\/p>\n<p><b>#5 \u2013 Bej<\/b> (Uncle Mo x Danzig x Halo) \u2013 Owned by <i>ric804<\/i> \u2013 3\/1 (<i>f-t<\/i>)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Race Record<\/span>: 2:1-0-1; $28,450<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Capsule<\/span>: Bej made his highly anticipated debut on April 27 in a field of 8 taking on a 5.5f MSW.\u00a0 In that race, he went off as the 9\/5 favorite and proved why, as he broke last but came flying late, winning by 1 length and earning a 72 SP.\u00a0 He made a big stretch out in his most recent race, jumping to 7.5f in a NW2L allowance.\u00a0 This time the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> choice at 5\/2, Bej again broke last and looked way out of it early, falling as far as 10 lengths back.\u00a0 He made another move late and got up for 3<sup>rd<\/sup>, earning a career high 77 SP, but he was no match for the unbearably slow pace and he finished 5 lengths behind the pacesetter.\u00a0 He\u2019ll hope for a quicker pace today, but it\u2019s not guaranteed that he\u2019ll get it.\u00a0 Bej is a scratch-bred son of Uncle Mo, out of a Danzig mare. Uncle Mo ($125,000), the #13 ranked US sire in 2018, was a multiple G1 winner at 8-8.5f and has been a top real world sire for years.\u00a0 In the sim, his 2018 crop currently ranks #10 overall, with 138 winners from 185 runners to date.\u00a0 8 of those have won stakes races, but only 1 thus far has earned a graded stakes victory.\u00a0 His sim foals strongly prefer the dirt (75% of earnings on dirt), though there is a pretty even split between sprints and routes (52% of earnings in routes). His sim AWD of 7.4 almost exactly matches his real world AWD of 7.37, though that actually suggests that his sim horses prefer sprinting slightly more than the real foals do, as US AWDs tend to be biased towards sprinting.\u00a0 The Uncle Mo x Danzig cross has been used 6 times in the sim in the past 5 years, producing 5 winners, but only 1 of those is an allowance winner (and stakes placed), and that horse has done so in dirt sprints.\u00a0 Bej\u2019s pedigree (DI: 2.60, CD: 0.67) suggests that he might be able to get this distance, and his last 2 races give a good indication for today; the only question is whether he can get the right pace.\u00a0 If he can, watch out.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Watch Level<\/span>: High<\/p>\n<p><b>#6 \u2013 Imbil Meerup <\/b>(Pioneerof The Nile x Outback Meetup [War Front x Carson City]) \u2013 Owned by <i>cuprunners<\/i> \u2013 3\/1 (<i>f-t<\/i>)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Race Record<\/span>: 2:1-1-0; $47,770<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Capsule<\/span>: Imbil Meerup, the sponsor of this race, has been a solid runner on the track thus far in his career.\u00a0 In his debut on April 12, at 6f in a dirt MSW in California, he broke towards the back in the field of 11 and came on late, but fell just short and finished 2<sup>nd<\/sup>, 1-1\/4 lengths back with a 75 SP.\u00a0 The winner of that race came back to run 2<sup>nd<\/sup> in an ESR residency-restricted stakes race next time out.\u00a0 Imbil Meerup got a bit of a breather after that race, and came back on July 5 at 7.5f, where he sat much closer to the pace in the field of 8, assumed the lead in the far turn, and then held off a late charge to win by \u00bc length, earning a career-high 77 SP.\u00a0 Imbil Meerup is by Pioneerof the Nile, and is the 4<sup>th<\/sup> foal from 7yo dam Outback Meerup.\u00a0 Outback Meerup spent very little time on the track, racing only 4 times and having a single 3<sup>rd<\/sup> place finish to show for it.\u00a0 But what she lacked on the track, she made up for in the breeding shed.\u00a0 Her first foal, <b>Bugle Meetup<\/b> (<i>Flower Alley<\/i>), has won half of her 22 career starts to date, and among those 11 wins are 4 stakes victories.\u00a0 Her biggest of those was in <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">The Quote The Raven-G2<\/span> (7f), but even more impressive is that she was 3<sup>rd<\/sup> (by 2 lengths) in the 2017 <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Breeders\u2019 Bowl F and M Sprint-G1<\/span> (7f), and then improved to 2<sup>nd<\/sup> (by a head) in that race in 2018.\u00a0 The other foals have not been <i>as <\/i>successful, but both are allowance winners in dirt routes.\u00a0 Pioneerof The Nile, the #36 ranked US sire in 2018 and sire of 2015 Triple Crown Winner American Pharoah, sadly passed away in March 2019 from a heart attack, so this will be his final 2yo sim crop. His 2018 sim crop is currently the #25 ranked crop in the sim thus far.\u00a0 That crop includes 137 runners, of which 110 have earned a victory.\u00a0 Of those winners, 7 are stakes winners and 2 have found graded stakes success, the leader of which is <b>Voyage of Charon<\/b>, who took home the <span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Clerk of Scales Stakes-G1<\/span> (9.5f) two races back.\u00a0 Also of note, Pioneerof the Nile\u2019s 2019 crop already has 1 stakes winner among the 25 winners (and 95 runners) thus far.\u00a0 Pioneerof The Nile\u2019s sim foals are largely dirt routers, with 75% of earnings on dirt and 61% in routes, though his foals can be successful in sprints as well (56% of his winners have won in sprints), and that aligns with his real world AWD of 7.49 and sim AWD of 7.94.\u00a0 The Pioneerof The Nile x War Front cross has been used 6 times in the last 5 years, producing 5 winners thus far (but only 2 allowance winners), mostly on the dirt.\u00a0 Imbil Meerup (DI: 5.67, CD: 1.00) will look to become allowance winner #3 from the group, and while his racing history suggests a promising result, there\u2019s a little concern that he might be a better one turn runner.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Watch Level<\/span>: High<\/p>\n<p><b>#7 \u2013 Flowery Flattery <\/b>(Flower Alley x Evergreen Forest [Flatter x War Chant]) \u2013 Owned by <i>didilaika <\/i>\u2013 12\/1<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Race Record<\/span>: 3:1-0-0; $20,220<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Capsule<\/span>: Flowery Flattery began his career at 6f on the dirt on February 27, but struggled with his stamina and faded to 7<sup>th<\/sup> after stalking the pace early.\u00a0 His second race didn\u2019t go much better, as he raced evenly but again finished 7<sup>th<\/sup>, this time at 5f.\u00a0 He was given a couple of months off after that, however, and came back looking like a new horse.\u00a0 Trying a 7f MSW in a field of 7, Flowery Flattery sat 2<sup>nd<\/sup> early and then assumed the lead in the far turn, keeping his opposition at bay and earning 73 SP in a 1-1\/4 length victory.\u00a0 His owner will try to duplicate that strategy again today, by entering the horse off of another 2 month layoff and stretching him out again.\u00a0 Flowery Flattery is the only foal from he-mare Evergreen Forest, and is by Flower Alley.\u00a0 Evergreen Forest was the winner of 9 of his 44 career races, all coming while routing.\u00a0 Most of those wins came on the dirt, and his crowning achievement came when he earned a stakes victory at 8.5f on the dirt back in 2015.\u00a0 For information on Flower Alley, see <b><i>It\u2019s Been Nice<\/i><\/b> above.\u00a0 Flowery Flattery will try to duplicate his he-mare\u2019s racing career, but his pedigree (DI: 2.33; CD: 0.60), Flower Alley\u2019s sprinting tendency, and his stamina issues early on make me a little more skeptical about his chances today.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Watch Level<\/span>: Low<\/p>\n<p><b>#8 \u2013 Rowdy Pal Helene<\/b> (My Pal Charlie x Helene [Hard Spun x Fappiano]) \u2013 Owned by <i>simhorse58<\/i> \u2013 8\/1<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Race Record<\/span>: 2:1-1-0; $10,920<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Capsule<\/span>: Rowdy Pal Helene may not have been that highly thought of as a newbie, as he debuted on June 6 in a $16,800 MSW at 4.5f on the dirt.\u00a0 That race saw him go off as the 4<sup>th<\/sup> choice in the field of 10, but after sitting midpack early, he moved with the eventual winner and came up just \u00bd length short.\u00a0 He stretched out to 5.5f for his second start, and that time there was no tandem move \u2013 he sat 2 lengths back early but pounced in the far turn and was widening the lead to \u00bd length when the finish line was reached, where he earned a career-high 77 SP (the 3<sup>rd<\/sup> place horse came back to break his maiden next time out with a 74 SP).\u00a0 But this will be a big distance jump for Rowdy Pal Helene from what he\u2019s used to.\u00a0 Rowdy Pal Helene is the 6<sup>th<\/sup> foal from Helene, and is by My Pal Charlie.\u00a0 My Pal Charlie ($2,500), the #14 ranked Louisiana sire in 2018, was a dirt router on the track and won the G2 Super Derby in 2008.\u00a0 In the sim, his 2018 crop currently ranks #1,579 overall.\u00a0 The crop includes 16 runners, 12 of which have won thus far \u2013 though only 1 has won at the allowance level.\u00a0 He has sired 5 stakes winners in the sim, 3 of which were local stakes winners.\u00a0 Overall, his foals are mostly dirt runners (63% on dirt), and tend to prefer sprinting (57% of earnings in sprints, sim AWD of 7.35), though the stakes winners have done so while routing.\u00a0 Rowdy Pal Helene\u2019s dam, Helene, won 4 of her 18 career races, but most were at the claiming level.\u00a0 She was a dirt router in her racing career, and she has likewise tended to sire dirt routers; however, none of her previous 5 foals have won an open-class (non-local, non-hot) allowance.\u00a0 Rowdy Pal Helene (DI: 2.60, CD: 0.67) will look to buck that trend today, and it\u2019s not a stretch to think that he\u2019s got a shot in here today.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Watch Level<\/span>: High<\/p>\n<p>&#8212;<\/p>\n<p>That\u2019s the field for this 8.5f allowance race.\u00a0 The race sets up interestingly; most of the field typically likes to sit just off the pace, or stalk the leader, but few if any have shown real interest in trying to wire the field.\u00a0 But as some of these horses stretch out from short sprints to today\u2019s 8.5f distance, such as <b>It\u2019s Been Nice<\/b>, <b>D. Wilson ABC<\/b>, and <b>Makayla Long<\/b>, they might be more apt to go for the lead.\u00a0 If that happens, then this race sets up beautifully for deep closer <b>Bej<\/b>. I\u2019m usually wrong about these things, but I see it happening today.\u00a0 So, my picks are: (1) <b>Bej<\/b>, (2) <b>Makayla Long<\/b>, (3) <b>D. Wilson ABC<\/b>.\u00a0 Good luck to everyone!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Other Races to Watch This Weekend:<\/p>\n<p>1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 New York \u2013 Alw NW2L @ 8f-T (<a href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/oneentry_inline.asp?raceid=2292078\">Division 1<\/a>) (<a href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/oneentry_inline.asp?raceid=2311496\">Division 2<\/a>)<\/p>\n<p>2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/oneentry_inline.asp?raceid=2298587\">Louisiana \u2013 Alw NW2L @ 8f-T (Will Be 2 Divisions)<\/a><\/p>\n<p>3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/oneentry_inline.asp?raceid=2297661\">California \u2013 Alw NW2L @ 6f-T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/oneentry_inline.asp?raceid=2297839\">Ireland \u2013 Alw NW2L @ 6f-T<\/a><\/p>\n<p>5)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <a href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/oneentry_inline.asp?raceid=2295492\">Kentucky \u2013 Alw NW2L @ 8f (Fillies)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>First, a quick recap of last week\u2019s race.\u00a0 And if you were to ask me, that race saw the crowning<\/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":[201,195,229],"class_list":["post-49965","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews","tag-2yo","tag-california","tag-future-stars-series"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49965","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=49965"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49965\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":49972,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/49965\/revisions\/49972"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=49965"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=49965"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=49965"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}