The highlight race and the fifteenth race on Saturday\u2019s card is the Laffit Handicap. The Grade III race is run over a mile on the turf and is open to all horses, four years old and up. The race offers a purse of $125,000. The weather has been cold and cloudy in the region, but no rain is expected for the weekend. There will be a total of eleven horses in this Saturay\u2019s Laffit Handicap. Lets take a look at the contenders running in this years Laffit.
Drawing the rail is Biter<\/b> (Kingmambo x Sadler\u2019s Wells x Buckpasser), who is trained by upperhand2<\/i>, owner of Given Stables. The six year old bay mare, who will be the only mare in Saturday\u2019s race, has a total of twenty-three career starts, of which eight were wins. Seven of her wins have come over the turf. Her most recent start was last year in Mexico during the Trash Can Mile (G2) where the mare broke out of the starting gate in second and stalked the front runner, then took control of the pace just before the stretch to go on to win the race by a narrow three-fourths of a length with a speed figure of one hundred eleven.
In the second post is Wars Of Empire<\/b> (Empire Maker x Dixieland Band x Miswaki), who is owned and trained by waremblem1<\/i>, owner of Winterfell Racing. The five year old bay horse has a total of twenty-four lifetime starts, of which he has five wins, six places and five shows. All of the horses wins have come over the turf. The impeccably bred horse has career earnings of just over the half a million dollar mark. His most recent start came last month in the NC Mile (G2) where the colt broke out of the starting gate in ninth and started to make a move before the stretch but came up short and finished fourth with a speed figure of one hundred ten. His most recent win came on a yielding turf track in October during the GR Simsters Mile Restricted where the horse won by one and three-fourth lengths.
At 6.1 is Bannaby<\/b> (Unbridled\u2019s Song x Hennessy x Darshaan (ENG), who is owned by zalduendo<\/i>, owner of Rafa Stables. The nicely bred light gray colt has been lightly raced with a total of fifteen career starts. Five of the colts starts have resulted in wins, with three coming over the turf and two over the dirt. His most recent start came last month in the NC Mile (G2) where the colt stalked the front runners in fifth and gradually picked off the front-runners of the field, finishing two lengths back in second with a speed figure of one hundred eleven. His most recent win came in a seven and a half furlong allowance caliber start in Kansas where the colt won by one and three-fourth lengths.
Next is Doodlebug<\/b> (Cryptoclearance x Caerleon x Stage Door Johnny), who is trained by ajm<\/i>, owner of Ajm Racing. The seven year old brown son of Cryptoclearance has a total of twenty-eight lifetime starts. The horse has a total of seven wins, all of which have come over the turf. His most recent start came in November overseas in Newmarket during the ten furlong Eclipse Stakes (G1) where the horse broke out of the gate trailing in fourth but was shuffled back and lost ground just before the stretch to finish eleventh with a speed figure of ninety-seven. The horses most recent win came in Victoria last June where the horse broke out of the gate stalking in second but quickly took control of the pace and won the race by two and one-fourth lengths.
Favorite Awesome Song<\/b> (Unbridled\u2019s Song x Awesome Again x Storm Cat), who is owned by goldcity<\/i>, owner of Stevemunoz Stables, is next. The four year old dark gray colt has been lightly raced with a total of seventeen lifetime starts. The colt has won seven races, six of which have come over the turf. His most recent start came last month in the NC Mile (G2) where the colt broke out of the gate in second but overtook the leader for control just before the stretch and going on to win the race by two lengths with a speed figure of one hundred fourteen. If the dark gray colt should win on Saturday, it will be his third straight stakes win and his second straight graded stakes win.
Following will be Victory Buda<\/b> (Victory Gallop x Unbridled x Mr. Prospector), who is out of the race-winning dam Freedom\u2019s Sal, who is owned and trained by lacostra<\/i>, owner of Topicount Stables. The four year old bay colt has been very lightly raced with a total of fifteen career starts. The colt has four career wins, three of which came on the turf. His most recent start came overseas in Ireland last month during the Green Beer Stakes where the colt broke out of the gate in fourth and had moved up into second just before the stretch, with the colt eventually crossing the wire two lengths in the lead with a speed figure of one hundred eighth. His most recent graded start came in mid-November during The French Fried Special Stakes (G3) where he finished just three-fourth lengths off the pace in second.
In the seventh post will be Flushing Waters (IRE)<\/b> (High Chaparral (IRE) x Monashee Mountain (IRE) x Shahrastani), who is out of the graded starter Violet Sanford (IRE), and is trained by pm<\/i>, owner of PM Racing. The five year old brown horse has a total of twenty-two career starts, including six wins, three places and four shows. All of the horses on the board finishes have come over the turf. His most recent start came late last month in the Penn Dash (G1) where the horse, after breaking from the gate in fifth, finished just one and one-fourth length back in third with a speed figure of one hundred eleven. His most recent start came in the ungraded Lil Bass Challenge in October where the horse won by a length and a half.
Next is Elufly\u2019s Goldie<\/b> (Elusive Quality x Seeking The Gold x Danzig), who is owned by shazfly<\/i>, owner of Brundlefly Stables. The five year old chestnut horse has had twenty-nine lifetime starts, of which seven have resulted in wins for the horse. All of these wins, along with eight places and four shows have come on the turf, though the horse has also placed and shown on the dirt. His most recent start was last month in the Dynasoup Form Challenge over the turf where the horse broke out of the gate in ninth and started to challenge other horses just before the stretch, with the colt eventually winning the race by two and one-fourth lengths and a speed figure of one hundred eight.
At morning line odds of 8\/1 is Champ\u2019s Bro (IRE)<\/b> (El Prado (IRE) x Affirmed x Storm Bird), who is trained and owned by hoshaba<\/i>, owner of Dentition Stables. The seven year old light gray horse has been lightly raced with a total of thirty-five lifetime starts. An impressive total of sixteen of these starts have resulted in wins, of which all but one of them came on the turf. His most recent start came in November during the ungraded mile long Major Actor Stakes where the horse broke out of the gate in third and managed to move up to lead by a nose just before the stretch. But at the stretch the horse was shuffled back, finishing in fifth with a speed figure of one hundred. His most recent win came overseas in Ascot during the listed Bright Greenhaw Memorial where he broke closer to the pace in second, took the lead before the stretch and hung on for the win by three-fourths of a length. His most recent graded start came in France in September during the Violin Mile (G3) where the horse finished third.
36\/1 longshot Cozy King<\/b> (Cozzene x King Of Kings (IRE) x Thunder Gulch), who is owned and trained by crazykid<\/i>, owner of Crazykid Stables, is next. The four year old dark gray colt has a total of fifteen lifetime starts, of which there are two wins, two places and four shows. The colt has one win on the turf and one on the dirt. His most recent start came last month during the eleven furlong Rapid Water Memorial where the colt broke trailing in fifth, but crossed the wire in seventh after dropping back before the stretch. He finished with a speed figure of eighty-eight. His most recent win came in a nine furlong allowance caliber start in Oklahoma last July where he won by two and one-fourth lengths. This Saturday will be the colts first attempt at graded stakes competition.
Drawing the far outside is Gomagoi<\/b> (Proud Citizen x A.P. Indy x Dancing Champ) who is trained and owned by joe999<\/i>, owner of Joe and his Horse Garden. The six year old brown horse has been lightly raced with a total of twenty-one lifetime starts. The horse has had four career wins, all coming on the turf. His most recent start was last month during an allowance caliber start in North Korea where the horse broke out of the gate in third and challenged in the final furlongs to finish second, back by two and one-fourth lengths with a recorded speed figure of one hundred one. His most recent win came just the month before, this time in an allowance caliber start in Hong Kong where the colt won by one and three fourth lengths. This Saturday will be the horses first start in stakes competition, graded or otherwise.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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