One of the many graded races this week in Maryland will be the Grade I Mother Story Handicap. The Mother Story Handicap, which will go off as the twelfth race on Saturday, is open to two year old fillies. The race is run over a mile with a purse up for grabs of $500,000. The weather has been fair here in Maryland, with no rain expected in the forecast for Saturday racing. No doubt the race will attract some of racing’s top two year old fillies of the year. Lets take a brief look at the full field of fillies running this Saturday.
Drawing the rail is Metabolator (IRE)<\/b> (Ivan Denisovich (IRE) x Dixieland Band x Cryptoclearance), who is out of the dam Ipyana Hollandia, and is owned by seanbrow2<\/i>, owner of Seanbrow2 Stables. The bay filly has a total of four career starts. Of the fillies starts, she has won three of them and finished third in another, leaving her to finish in the top there of every race so far in her racing career. Her most recent start came in the eight furlong ungraded A.P. Prospector Bonanza where the filly broke out of the gate in fourth and right away went to taking down horses and had worked her way up into the lead just before the stretch. She went on to win the race by one and one-fourth lengths with a speed figure of eighty-eight. This Saturday will be the fillies first attempt at a graded stakes race.
In second slot is Joy Powerhouse<\/b> (Jade Hunter x Theatrical (IRE) x Mr. Prospector), who is out of the graded race winning dam Too Theatrical, is trained by younggroup<\/i>, owner of Tees Stables. The New York bred brown filly has had a total of five career starts, of which to her credit goes two wins. Her most recent start came in Puerto Rico during an eight furlong allowance caliber start on the dirt where the won the race going wire to wire with a speed figure of seventy-four. Her only stakes start came in her debut race on the turf during the ungraded Missed You KY Stakes where the filly finished off the board in fifth.
Next will be Romantic Rose<\/b> (Flower Alley x A.P. Indy x Deputy Minister), who is out of the race-winning dam Mini Me. The bay filly is owned by gallantman<\/i>, owner of Chief Stable Enterprises. She has had a total of five lifetime starts, of which three have resulted in wins along with one placed finish. Her most recent start came on an off track in an allowance caliber start in Pennsylvania where the filly broke out of the gate in third but by the early stretch had caught the rest of the field. The filly went on to win the eight furlong race by one and one-fourth lengths with a lifetime best speed figure of eighty-six. This Saturday will be the fillies first attempt at stakes competition, graded or otherwise.
Following will be Mean Girl<\/b> (Came Home x Machiavellian x Storm Bird), who is out of the race winning dam Regina George, and is trained by gg<\/i>. The bay filly is one of the more heavily raced fillies in the field with a total of seven career starts. Three of these starts resulted in wins for the Kentucky-bred filly, along with one finish in the show position. Her most recent start came in New Jersey during the eight and a half furlong Breeders Bowl Juvenile Filly (G1) where the filly broke out of the gate in seventh but faded back as the field progressed into the stretch, finishing tenth with a speed figure of eighty-four. Her most recent win was just the start before in the Walnut Tree Stakes (G2) over eight furlongs where the filly broke again in seventh but started picking off other horses immediately into the race to go on to win by three.
In the five slot is Nehi Orange<\/b> (Unbridled\u2019s Song x A.P. Indy x Alleged) and is owned and trained by hillhouse<\/i>, owner of Lilbitfarm Stables. The light gray filly has also made a number of starts this year with a total of eight career races. The filly has won a total of three of these races, but has only finished out of the top three once in her career. Her most recent start came in the ungraded eight furlong Granny Z. Stakes where the filly won the race going wire to wire with a speed figure of eighty-six. Her most recent graded start came in the Breeders Bowl Juvenile Filly (G1) where the filly finished three lengths back in fifth.
At 14\/1 is LPGA Spike<\/b> (Awesome Again x A.P. Indy x Carson City), who is out of the race-winning dam LPGA Indy Car, and is owned by 19thhole<\/i>. The brown mare has is one of the more heavily raced fillies in the race with a total of eight lifetime starts. Three of the fillies starts have resulted in wins. Her most recent start came in the eight and a half furlong Breeders Bowl Juvenile Filly (G1) where the filly broke out of the gate mid-pack in sixth but dropped back in the stretch to finish twelfth with a speed figure of eighty. Her most recent win came in the ungraded Huge Sparky Special where she broke in second and moved up into first in the last strides of the stretch to win by one and one-fourth lengths.
Next is Distorted Bid<\/b> (Distorted Humor x A.P. Indy x Spectacular Bid), who is trained by pointblank<\/i>, owner of Right At Home Stables. The bay filly has had a total of six lifetime starts. She has won half of her career starts in addition to two show finishes, leaving the filly with only one start in which she finished off the board. Her most recent start came in an eight furlong allowance caliber start in California. The bay filly took off out of the gate in sixth and began picking off horses early on and took the lead just before the start, eventually going on to win the start by two and a half lengths with a speed figure of ninety-two. Her most recent stakes start came in the eight and a half furlong NWRC 2007 Cavalcae Cup Juvenile Filly Restricted where she finished third. This Saturday will be the fillies first start with graded stakes competition.
Following will be Impressionnant (ENG)<\/b> (Green Desert x Peintre Celebre (IRE) x Awesome Again), is owned and trained by corza<\/i>, owner of Corza Stables. The bay filly has been very lightly raced with only a total of two career starts. These two starts resulted in a win and a show for the filly, giving her the claim to never finishing off the board. Her debut race came in a six furlong maiden special in Oregon where the filly broke out of the gate in seventh but quickly flew past horses to finish third. Her only other start came last month in a maiden special in North California over eight furlongs where the filly won the race with a speed figure of seventy-nine going wire to wire.
At odds of 6\/1 is Weekend Update<\/b> (Distorted Humor x Broad Brush x Secretariat), who is owned and trained by texasace06<\/i>. The Kentucky-bred filly has had a total of four career starts, of which half have resulted in wins, and only one race start not yielding a finish on the board. Her most recent start was in an eight furlong allowance caliber start in Florida where she came from off the pace in eleventh to bolt forward like a rocket in the stretch to win by two and three-fourth lengths with a speed figure of eighty-eight. Her only stakes start came in the DelPenn Breeders Cup Juvenile Fillies Restricted over eight and a half furlongs where the filly came in fourth in her only off the board finish.
Then following will be Equivocations<\/b> (Dynaformer x Seeking The Gold x Deputy Minister), who is owned by bunsay<\/i>, has a total of five career starts. Three of this fillies starts have resulted in wins, along with one finish in second. Her most recent start came on the off track of the eight and a half furlong Mistaken Soda Identity Stakes where the filly broke out of the gate and trailed the field in seventh, making her way up into fourth in the early stretch. They filly tried her heart out, finishing one and three-fourth lengths back in second with a lifetime best speed figure of ninety-three. Her most recent win was just the start before in the Camlaw Stakes, which was also being run in an off track over eight and a half furlongs. This time the filly went on to win by one and three-fourth lengths.
In the eleventh post is Appeal This<\/b> (Successful Appeal x Gone West x Roberto), who is out of the race-winning dam Western Girl, and is trained by lupperhand2<\/i>. The brown filly has had a total of six lifetime starts. Of her six starts, half of them have resulted in the filly taking home the win. Only one of her starts failed to produce a top three finish. Her most recent start was in New Jersey during the eight and a half furlong Breeders Bowl Juvenile Filly (G1) where the filly broke out of the gate a length behind in second. Just before the stretch she was leading the race by a head but when it came down to the wire she faded to fourth, two and three-fourths off the lead, while setting a speed figure of ninety-one. Her most recent win came in just the race before in the Getaway Stakes (G1) over seven furlongs, where the filly won the race going wire to wire.
Next is Another Shot<\/b> (Sky Mesa x Rahy x Private Account), and is trained and owned by amybab1<\/i>, owner of Dentition Stables. The chestnut filly has had a total of five lifetime starts, of which three of these starts have resulted in wins for the filly. Her other two starts resulted both in second places finishes, leaving Another Shot<\/b> to be one of the only filly in the race to never finish off the board in a single race. Her most recent start came in the ungraded Aggie Conquistador Stakes in Spain where the filly looked to be making a run going wire to wire, but she was caught at the end to finish second, two and one-fourth lengths back with a speed figure of ninety. Her most recent win came in September during the DelPenn Spinaway Restricted where she did win going wire to wire. This Saturdays start will be the fillies first attempt at graded stakes competition.
Following will be Irreleveant<\/b> (Cat Thief x Unbridled\u2019s Song x Deputy Minister), is trained by whipit<\/i>, owner of Corza Stables. The striking roan filly has been very lightly raced with a total of only two lifetime starts. Her debut race came in a five and a half furlong maiden special in Louisiana where the filly broke out of the gate in seventh and came under the wire in fourth with a speed of fifty-nine. Thinking the mare needed more distance, her next and only other start came in an eight furlong maiden special start in Georgia where the filly broke mid-pack and had moved up into second just before the stretch, and battled down the wire to win by one and three-fourth lengths with a much improved eighty-three speed figure.
Drawing the far outside post is Saracen<\/b> (Storm Cat x Mr. Prospector x Buckpasser), who is owned by dixietdotco<\/i>, has a total of five lifetime starts. Four of the fillies lifetime stats have been on the board with only one finish with the filly finishing out of the top three. The bay fillies most recent start came over good dirt in the eight and a half furlong Mistaken Soda Identity (G2) where the filly broke out of the gate to a half length lead and crossed the wire in front, taking the race going wire to wire by one and three-fourth lengths with a lifetime best speed figure of ninety-six.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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