After the excitement of last weeks Breeders Bowl, its back to normal this week and im back to cover my Beat at Ascot. Im here to cover the premier race on Saturdays card, The HARDLY WITH MARC Special Stakes,<\/FONT> to be run over a mile on the firm turf for all 2 yo`s for a prize fund of $90000. A field of 8 are assembled and we should have an exciting race in what may be an unpredictable heat. Here are the runners and riders,<\/P> <\/P> \u00a0<\/P> 1) DANESCAY <\/FONT>dowelly3<\/B> <\/FONT><\/I>335131 J Dyson <\/FONT>5\/1<\/P> <\/P><\/B><\/FONT> 2 yo Colt<\/P> <\/P> Dane Shadow x Marscay x Sir Ivor<\/P> <\/P> 7 runs 3 wins 3 thirds $122100<\/P> <\/P> Broke his stakes duck lto after finishing 3rd 3 times in previous stakes efforts. He landed the odds in a weak looking stakes race over 7.5 furlongs in South Africa bu an easy 4 1\/2 lengths but his speed figure of 75 was a little off his best achieved when finishing runner up in a nw2l allowance in New South Wales over 7 furlongs in July. He needs a lot more than what he has shown so far to win this, and as he doesn`t look progressive it may be an uphill struggle for him here.<\/P> <\/P> \u00a0<\/P> 2) DRIFTERS GAZE <\/FONT>lenny18 <\/I><\/FONT>6121 R Williams <\/FONT>7\/1<\/P> <\/P><\/B><\/FONT> 2 yo Colt<\/P> <\/P> Mizzen Mast x Woodman x Raise a Native<\/P> <\/P> 4 runs 2 wins 1 second $44920<\/P> <\/P> Owned and trained by an astute horseman, anything running out of the Lenny stables must be respected. A poor debut run was put down to the horse being miserable with his box back home. His box was overlooked by a wall that cast a constant shadow. Now it seems that being bathed in darkness had driven Drifters into a depressed state, and despite showing up well on the gallops at home put in a miserable effort first time up. Whilst many of us mere mortals would have missed the signs of depression in the horse, master trainer Lenny spotted the signs and set about mending this, sending Drifters to another part of the yard and a lovely new box that caught the sun right throughout the afternoon. Now he has a happy horse that has won 2 and finished 2nd in his last 3 races. He has a bit to find on times, but he should improve. If happiness conquers all then this one should win.<\/P> <\/P> \u00a0<\/P> 3) KING OF INDY <\/FONT>roberto <\/I><\/FONT>315322 M Day <\/FONT>5\/2 jf<\/P> <\/P><\/B><\/FONT> 2 yo Colt<\/P> <\/P> King of Kings x A.P. Indy x Mill Reef<\/P> <\/P> 7 runs 2 wins 2 seconds 2 thirds $212010<\/P> <\/P> Stakes winner who come oh so close to being a grade 1 winner last time out when running in the Nationwide Stakes in Ireland over 7 furlongs. Settled in behind early, he stayed on all the way up the straight but just ran out of ground going down to a classy looking rival by 3\/4 of a length. He had some nice horses behind him that day and his speed figure of 86 was a repeat of his race prior to that in a stakes race in Ostend where over 7.5 furlongs he did almost the exact same, settling off the pace before staying on all the way to the line and once again just running out of ground. This trip should be ideal for him and its going to take one of his rivals to show improvement to stop him winning this.<\/P> <\/P> \u00a0<\/P> 4) CARDIGAN <\/FONT>scout3 <\/I><\/FONT>0221 W D Bubba <\/FONT>6\/1<\/P> <\/P><\/B><\/FONT> 2 yo colt<\/P> <\/P> Lonro x Affirmed x Easy Goer<\/P> <\/P> 4 runs 1 win 2 seconds $19635<\/P> <\/P> Takes a massive class hike after he looked to finally get his act together when trying a mile for the first time in a small MSW in North Dakota. He settled a long way down the field, out with the back markers before producing a storming run up the home straight to win by 1 1\/4 lengths and a lifetime best speed figure of 83. Thats was a decent performance, but he needs a little more here plus its never easy stepping out of maidens into stakes class right away. He will probably stay further in time.<\/P> <\/P> \u00a0<\/P> 5) PERSONAL FAVORITE <\/FONT>crowblack <\/I><\/FONT>221 D Rideout <\/FONT>10\/1<\/P> <\/P><\/B><\/FONT> 2 yo Colt<\/P> <\/P> Redoubtable x Tayasu Tsuyoshi x Random Chance<\/P> <\/P> 3 runs 1 win 2 seconds $21560<\/P> <\/P> Really difficult one to weigh up. Not bred with lines I am too familiar with (especially the Japanese DS) this one has been really progressive on the track, and after 2 efforts over 6 furlongs (runner up both times) his trainer tried him over 7.5 lto in a MSW in Hong Kong. He ran his best race to date and came away with the win and a speed figure of 80. Up another half furlong here, he needs to improve but he has managed that in his races so far so 10\/1 may represent some value.<\/P> <\/P> \u00a0<\/P> 6) NUNAVUT <\/FONT>canismajor <\/I><\/FONT>025313 B Webb <\/FONT>10\/1<\/P> <\/P><\/B><\/FONT> 2 yo Colt<\/P> <\/P> Orientate x Forest Wildcat x Sadler`s Wells <\/P> <\/P> 6 runs 1 win 1 second 2 thirds $31491<\/P> <\/P> Looks an uphill struggle for this one despite him putting up his best effort to date last time out, when he ran 3rd in a mile stakes in Jamaica, running on to go down by 2 3\/4 lengths. His speed of 77 was his best yet, but it leaves him a lot to find with the likes of King of Indy and against some that will have more scope than he. If he strikes lucky he may run on and sneak a third, but its a tough task,<\/P> <\/P> \u00a0<\/P> 7) PROCLAWINGS <\/FONT>yolandjohn <\/I><\/FONT>601311 P Burch <\/FONT>9\/1<\/P> <\/P><\/B><\/FONT> 2 yo Colt<\/P> <\/P> Proclamation x In the Wings x Polar Falcon<\/P> <\/P> 6 runs 3 wins 1 third $51340<\/P> <\/P> By an unfashionable sire, nevertheless this one has improved of late after a couple of poor runs to win 3 of his last 4 runs, including 2 allowance races, Last time out ran his best race to date when winning a nw3l allowance over a mile at Newmarket, staying on grimly to get up by a head. He recorded a speed of 79, which leaves him with it all to do here. He may continue on his path of improvement but I doubt if he will be taking home the winners cheque here today.<\/P> <\/P> \u00a0<\/P> 8) BOOM GATE <\/FONT>thegeneral <\/I><\/FONT>113012 P Harzhiem <\/FONT>5\/2 jf<\/P> <\/P><\/B><\/FONT> 2 yo Colt<\/P> <\/P> Rainbow Quest x Theatrical x Danehill<\/P> <\/P> Best horse in the race with the fastest speed figure, set last time out over 6 furlongs in the World Cup when eating up the ground close home to go under by 1\/2 a length with an 87, but he wont win this, Why? Its the trip. In that World Cup race he showed significant improvement because he stepped down from 7 furlongs. I just cant see him staying this trip as well as some of the others, so despite being the best horse in the race there is every chance he will fade into oblivion. <\/P> <\/P> \u00a0<\/P> POGO PREDICTS<\/P> <\/P><\/B><\/I><\/U><\/FONT> In what looks to be a trappy affair, im going to take King of Indy to improve for his first try at a mile. Cardigan may continue his improvement and can stay on from the back to grab second with Personal Favorite back in third.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" King to be crowned the best stayer!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"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-5045","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5045","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\/335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5045"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5045\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5045"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5045"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5045"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}