The 2 year old fillies division takes centre stage in Florida this weekend with the running of The Grade II Boca Stakes. A field of 11 fillies are entered and will run 8.5 furlongs on the dirt and chase the winners share of the $250,000 purse.<\/P>
Let’s take a look at today’s field:<\/P>
1)IT’S RATHER CLOUDY(ENG)—7\/2—<\/STRONG>borrow sends this filly out of PIVOTAL(GB) with a record of 3-3-0-0 and lifetime earnings of $99,960. This 58th divisional ranked filly races for the Deadintheland stables based over at the GR Simsters. This filly’s sire has a 53.3% winners rate with a 6% stakes winners rate and a 1.5% Graded stakes winners rate. This year 51.2% of his 2 year old starters have found the winners circle. This filly enters this race a perfect 3 for 3 lifetime with the excellent upward trend in speed rating with every start. She posted her lifetime best 93 speed rating last time out when stretching to a mile for the first time and easily crushed the field in The Vrad’s Storm Special Stakes in Georgia. She has displayed a huge closing move in all her starts and has yet to be really tested in the stretch drive. She makes her Graded stakes debut today. The rider for today’s race will be Maire (13.1%). PROJECTED SPEED RATING—88<\/STRONG>.<\/P> 2)BACK TO BEDLAM(KY)—10\/1—<\/STRONG>evenstar sends this filly out of AFLEET ALEX with a record of 5-2-1-2 and lifetime earnings of $57,794. She is out of the he-mare BLUNT who was 1\/26 at the track. This 178th divisional ranked filly races for the unafilliated Eurydice stables. This filly’s sire has a 59.2% winners rate with a 8% stakes winners rate and a 1.5% Graded stakes winners rate. This year 47.2% of his 2 year old starters have found the winners circle. This filly has won 2 allowance races in 5 starts so far this year. In her 2 stakes starts she has finished in the top 3 on both occasions. She stretched out to 8 furlongs for the first time last time out and posted her lifetime best 82 speed rating and it should be noted that she was still going strong in the stretch in the wire to wire win against her losing ground late in her most recent sprint races. She will probably be one of those cutting the early fractions of the race today. The rider for today’s race will be Torres (13.3%). PROJECTED SPEED RATING—80.<\/STRONG><\/P> 3)MISS HENNYPENNY(KY)—5\/1—<\/STRONG>simond2 sends this filly out of HENNESSY with a record of 8-3-3-0 and lifetime earnings of $220,070. She is out of the mare A.P. STRAWBERRY who was 13\/63 at the track and who has 5 foals on record, all winners including this filly who is a Graded winner and another stakes winner. This 95th divisional ranked filly races for the Hornedfrog stables based in Kentucky. This filly’s sire has a 72.7% winners rate with a 8.7% stakes winners rate and a 1.4% Graded stakes winners rate. This year 39.7% of his 2 year old starters have found the winners circle. This filly broke her maiden in her lifetime debut and then picked up a win in The Grade III Unusual Circumstances Juvenile in her 3rd start this year. After picking up minor cheques in a couple of other Graded starts she was switched to the turf for a pair of races and won an overnite stakes on the turf. She returned to the dirt last time out posting her lifetime best 89 speed rating in a 2nd place finish in The Rosey West Challenge Stakes in Iowa over 6 furlongs. She stretches out to a route for the first time today and her closing style suggests she should like the extra ground. The rider for today’s race will be White (8.1%). PROJECTED SPEED RATING—86.<\/STRONG><\/P> 4)BRIGHT HOME(KY)—19\/1—<\/STRONG>thesarge sends this filly out of CAME HOME with a record of 2-2-0-0 and lifetime earnings of $25,980. She is out of the he-mare THUNDER TRICK who was 11\/61 at the track. This divisional unranked filly races for the Windward Farms based at the NWRC. This filly’s sire has a 75.6% winners rate with a 9.6% stakes winners rate and a 2.2% Graded stakes winners rate. This year 31.6% of his 2 year old starters have found the winners circle. This filly has won both her starts so far this year and the 86 speed rating she posted last time out in an 8 furlong NW2L allowance race in N Florida has prompted her connections to enter her in this Graded stakes race today. She has so far used a closing style and sits midpack early in the races. The rider for today’s race will be Barnett (9.7%). PROJECTED SPEED RATING—84.<\/STRONG><\/P> 5)DERELECT NOONAN(KY)—9\/1—<\/STRONG>phartlap6 sends this filly out of JOHAR with a record of 6-4-1-0 and lifetime earnings of $103,590. She is out of the mare MINE DEELITES who was 2\/11 at the track and this is the only foal on record to date. This 123rd divisional ranked filly races for the unafilliated Huhtamaki Stables. This filly’s sire has a 65.9% winners rate with a 4.9% stakes winners rate. This year 33.3% of his 2 year old starters have found the winners circle. After making her debut race on the turf this filly has won 4 of 5 starts on the dirt track. She has won her last 3 starts including her latest in The Prospector Trick Stakes in Tazmania where she posted her lifetime best 86 speed rating in the 7.5 furlong sprint. She stretches out to a route for the first time today and will be making her Graded stakes debut. She has run mostly as a pace stalker or presser and should be right behind the pacesetters in this race today. The rider for today’s race will be Baumann (10.2%). PROJECTED SPEED RATING—85.<\/STRONG><\/P> 6)GRAUPOINT(KY)—9\/1—<\/STRONG>xanderman sends this filly out of POINT GIVEN with a record of 5-1-1-1 and lifetime earnings of $47,180. She is out of the mare GRAUSTURM who was 17\/48 at the track and who has 2 foals on record, both winners. This 188th divisional ranked filly races for the unafilliated Jrogue stables. This filly’s sire has a 75% winners rate with a 8.3% stakes winners rate and a 2% Graded stakes winners rate. This year 32.6% of his 2 year old starters have found the winners circle. This filly broker her maiden in the slop in her lifetime debut. She has also picked up a pair of top 3 finishes in overnite stakes races but did not run very well in her only other Graded stakes start to date. She posted her lifetime best 85 speed rating last time out while finishing 2nd in The Big M Challenge in Eastern Kentucky over 7.5 furlongs on the dirt. Except for her maiden victory she has struggled in larger field races so it is unclear how she will perform here today. The rider for today’s race will be Krumrie (11.5%). PROJECTED SPEED RATING—83.<\/STRONG><\/P> 7)DEEP DREAMS(JPN)—9\/1—<\/STRONG>oberon sends this filly out of DEEP IMPACT with a record of 4-2-2-0 and lifetime earnings of $333,410. She is out of the mare DREAM DANCER(IRE) who was 3\/36 at the track and this is the only foal on record to date. This 55th divisional ranked filly races for the unafilliated Tequila Mockingbird stables. This filly’s sire has a 44.4% winners rate with a 2.2% stakes winners rate and a 1.1% Graded stakes winners rate in this his first year standing at stud. This filly won her debut race and then after a pair of 2nd place finishes in overnite stakes races came on last time out to win The Grade I Graduation Stakes in Ireland over 8.5 furlongs on the turf posting a lifetime best 89 speed rating. The big factor with this filly is that she has started all 4 of her career starts to date on the turf and will be making her dirt debut today. If she can transfer her turf form to the dirt she will be a big factor here today but if she cannot then it may be tough outing for this girl. She usually shows a stalking pace pressing style of racing so far in her career. The rider for today’s race will be Buchta (14.9%). PROJECTED SPEED RATING—84?<\/STRONG><\/P> 8)NECRONOMICON(KY)—8\/1—<\/STRONG>buffy8 sends this filly out of LION HEART with a record of 6-4-0-1 and lifetime earnings of $266,500. She is out of the mare BROAD PROJECT who was 1\/10 at the track and who has 5 foals on record, all winners including 3 stakes winners. This 113th divisional ranked filly races for Winterfell Racing based over at the GR Simsters. This filly’s sire has a 66.8% winners rate with a 4.7% stakes winners rate. This year 46.5% of his 2 year old starters have found the winners circle. This filly broker her maiden in her 2nd lifetime start and enters this race on a 3 race winning streak including a pair of stake wins in her last 2 starts. She posted her lifetime best 89 speed rating last time out while winning The GR Simsters Juvy Filly Dirt race as part of the GR Simsters 2007 championships over 8.5 furlongs on a sloppy track. She is a speedy filly who will be challenging for the lead here today and should ensure a lively pace with a few of the other frontrunners today. The rider for today’s race will be Lincoln (12.2%). PROJECTED SPEED RATING—85.<\/STRONG><\/P> 9)BAHAMA BREEZE(KY)—4\/1—<\/STRONG>topicount4 sends this filly out of UNBRIDLED’S SONG with a record of 3-2-1-0 and lifetime earnings of $73,340. She is out of the mare FLY LIKE THE WIND who was 2\/29 at the track and who has 5 foals on record, all winners including 4 stakes winners. This 50th divisional ranked filly races for the GR Simsters division of the Topicount stables. This filly’s sire has a 84% winners rate with a 11.7% stakes winners rate and a 2.8% Graded stakes winners rate. This year 66.7% of his 2 year old starters have found the winners circle. This filly won her debut race and then after a 2nd place finish came on to win The Tiring The Affair(IRE) Challenge stakes in Ontario last time out when stretched out to 8 furlongs on the dirt and posting her lifetime best 87 speed rating. She showed front end speed in both her sprint starts but switched tactics to a stalking mode last time out which is probably the way she will run again today. The rider for today’s race will be Gardner (21.4%). PROJECTED SPEED RATING—85.<\/STRONG><\/P> 10)WONDERGIRL GITTE(TUR)—11\/1—<\/STRONG>karlch sends this filly out of MOUNTAIN CAT with a record of 6-4-0-1 and lifetime earnings of $81,210. She is out of the mare BUTTERY FISHERMAN who was 3\/29 at the track and who has 5 foals on record of which 4 are winners including 1 Graded stakes winner and another stakes winner. This 53rd divisional ranked filly races for the Zeco Stables based over at the Benelux residency. This filly’s sire has a 78.6% winners rate with a 8.6% stakes winners rate and a 0.4% Graded stakes winners rate. This year 47.8% of his 2 year old starters have found the winners circle. This filly broker her maiden against winners in her lifetime debut and enters this race on a 3 race winning streak. She stretched out to a mile for the first time last time out and won The East A La Slew Memorial stakes in BC posting a lifetime best 86 speed rating. It is really difficult to tell what type of running style she will use here today as her last 3 races, all wins, have come in minimum 4 horse fields but in her earlier races she used a closing style sitting midpack early on in the race. The rider for today’s race will be Darling (18.4%). PROJECTED SPEED RATING—83.<\/STRONG><\/P> 11)ARMY RANGER(KY)—14\/1—<\/STRONG>futurestar sends this filly out of WAR FRONT with a record of 7-2-2-0 and lifetime earnings of $87,150. She is out of the mare DANGEROUS REWARD who was 12\/38 at the track and who has 3 foals on record, all winners including this filly who is a stakes winner. This 63rd divisional ranked filly races for the Dixiedotco Racing Stables based in Vermont at The Pastures of Green. This filly’s sire has a 42.9% winners rate with a 4.8% stakes winners rate in this his first year standings at stud. This filly broker her maiden in her 3rd start this year and the was stretched out to 8 furlongs and won The Marky Shelmo’s Florida Flops stakes right here in Florida posting her lifetime best 80 speed rating. She then started in The GRade I World Cup where she has a poor outing which prompted a try on the turf last time out. As she did not show any liking to that surface she will return to the dirt for this Graded start today. She has shown speed in her most succesfull starts to date and with other frontrunners inside of her today she may find it difficult to clear the front here today. The rider for today’s race will be Case (11.3%). PROJECTED SPEED RATING—78.<\/STRONG><\/P> An interesting group of 2 year old fillies here today in Florida but while some may be eyeing how the turf Graded winner responds to the dirt I still believe it will be tough to beat #1 IT’S RATHER CLOUDY(ENG) who should make it 4 in a row here today.<\/P> GOOD LUCK AND GOOD RACING<\/P> THEO<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" IT’S RATHER CLOUDY LOOKS TO GO 4 FOR 4 AS THE MORNING LINE CHOICE HERE TODAY<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":419,"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-5179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5179","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\/419"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5179\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}