The EWC has been running a residency competition for a few years now which features 2 year olds.\u00a0 The EWC supports a number of tracks and at the beginning of the year, residents are challenged to find a sire from one of these tracks and breed it in any manner they desire (to a mare, he-mare or scratch-bred).\u00a0 They then make their debut against each other in February in the Sire Showcase Futurity with two races, one on the dirt and one on the turf.\u00a0 In October, the horses reunite in a stake race, the Sire Showcase Stakes.\u00a0 It\u2019s a chance to see how the horses have fared during the year, which, unfortunately, has not been too well as only 10 of the original 17 have entered this race and only four have broken their maidens.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This article is focused on the dirt runners which will be\ncompeting in California at a distance of one mile. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
9 SHOWFLAKE 8\/5\n(owned by Denovo) was the winner of the Futurity debut race, which is only\ncareer win, however, he does lead the field in earnins with over $58,000 taken\nto the bank. He has raced four times\nthis year and has hit the board in each race. \nHe has loads of early speed and comes off a second-place finish in his\nonly mile jaunt with a nice 81 speed. \nHe\u2019ll be looking to retain his crown in the EWC Showcase series and\ncertainly could do so.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
7 PUTYOURMONEYTOWORK 17\/1(owned by Atthewire) was a big\ndisappointment in the Futurity finisihing 13th<\/sup> out of the 17 that\nraced. He followed that up with a fifth running again\non the dirt in April. From here,\nAtthewire moved this colt to the grass and quickly collected three straight\nseconds. His last race was one that\nbroke his maiden, winning at 5.5 furlongs with a 60 speed. While\nhe has earned over $46,000, he will be facing some significant challenges\ncoming back to this reunion. First,\nwhile the grass races yielded results, they were against small 4-horse\nfields. Next is that he has never run\nmore than 5.5 furlongs and the mile distance has not been tested yet. Speed is another concern, with 62 being the\nbest thus far. Finally, he is returning\nto the dirt and he did not look comfortable on the surface earlier in the year.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6 I JUST FLY 5\/2 (owned by Kashbarn) was the 7\/2 co-favorite\nin the Futurity but could not pull things together. While he started the race at the rear of the\nfield, he was able to move up a number of positions and finished 8th<\/sup>. Following the Futurity, he made some\nimprovement and finished 2nd<\/sup> in his next start. However, misery followed with another 8th<\/sup>\nplace finish in July. He went 8.5f in\nhis last start and the longer distance paid off with his first career win and\nan 80 speed and enters with a bankroll of $47,000. This late closer looks like a factor here,\nhowever he has a pattern of bad race-good race-bad race-good race. Should this pattern persist, it looks like a\nbad race may be ahead of him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4 CHARMING TOWNCAT 12\/1\n(owned by Smittie684) was a 39\/1 longshot in the Futurity and did have\ntroubles, finishing 11th<\/sup>. \nSince his debut, he has hit the board three times in the four races that\nfollowed, netting a bit over $10,000. \nThese have been all in claiming level races where he has finished 2nd<\/sup>\ntwice with a maiden breaking victory in the mix. He comes in with a second in his last race\nwhere he ran his best speed of 70. He\nwill be asked to go a mile for the first time, which is further than his\nlongest distance of 5.5 furlongs and the challenge awaits him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3 EWC LITE FOUR 14\/1 (owned\nby Cuetec) was a longshot at 42\/1 in the Futurity but made a decent showing for\nhimself with a fifth place finish and picking up some purse money and BP\u2019s in\nthe process. He\u2019s raced a total of five\ntimes this year and has not yet had a top-3 finish. He\u2019s earned a hair under $3,000 with that\ncoming from a pair of 5th<\/sup> place finishes (including the Futurity)\nand one fourth place. He generally will\nrace near the front but hasn\u2019t shown the stamina to last until the end. His longest distance has been 6 furlongs, run\nback in March, where he charted his fastest speed of 68. Could the speed move higher as he advances\nto a mile? Possibly, but the bigger\nquestion is will he be able to stay up at the front of the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8 MR. ESKENDEREYA 5\/1 (owned by Sjmeola) is one of the lightest\nraced horses in this field, hitting the track only three times with earnings of\njust under $1,700. He was liked by the\nbetters in the Futurity where he was sent off at 9\/2 odds but all those wagers\nended up on the floor as he could not finish better than 12th<\/sup>. He reeled in his purse money in his next\nstart going 4.5 furlongs finishing 3rd<\/sup>. His last start was back in June where he took\non the 7 furlong distance where he ran 4th<\/sup> early on but finished 7th<\/sup>\n(and best speed of 69). It should be\nnoticed that despite falling back in positions, he did sustain a distance of\nabout 3 strides behind the leader throughout the race. Moves up another furlong in this race and I\nhave an inkling he may find some more purse money here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10 KOBE\u2019S FADE AWAY 18\/1 (owned by Jm23stable) didn\u2019t offer much in\nthe Futurity and finished near the middle of the field (10th<\/sup>). He\u2019s raced a total of 6 times this season\nwith a best finish of 3rd<\/sup> \nwhich came two races back in a 4.5 furlong race. In this event, he went straight to the lead\nand was run down in the stretch and notched his best speed of 67. He has won over $3,100 and his longest race\nwas back in May where he finished 7th<\/sup> out of nine going 6.5 furlongs. \nWill be a tough task in this race as he seeks to break his maiden.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5 NILE RAIDER HF 20\/1 (owned by Hemafarms) ran at steep odds\nof 62\/1 in the Futurity and the results pretty much simulated the odds as he\nfinished 16th<\/sup> out of 17. \nSince the debut race, he has raced five more times and earned over\n$1,600, however, has not had a top-three finish. His\nbest effort was a fourth place finish in his start that followed the Futurity\nand that is where he earned all of his purse money. His speeds have been stuck in the 60-range\nover his last four starts and hit a career best of 66 in his last start. He has heart and will try to roll the dice\nand hope for some big outcome as he goes the mile for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 PILS 14\/1 (owned by Neonshadow) had a rough time\nin the Futurity running in the back end of the field and finishing 15th<\/sup>. He has four career races and earnings of\n$1,100 with all of that earned in a June race where he managed to capture a\ncareer best finish of fifth. Since the\nFuturity race, he has been racing in the front half of the field, however, has\nestablished a trend of trailing off in the stretch runs. His 65 career best speed will need a big\nboost to take this race and he\u2019s another one of many that will be going the\nmile for the first time.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 1 ROMAN DOWNPOUR 11\/1\n(owned by Crawf) is one of the more lightly raced horses in the field with only\nthree start to date and on the low-end of the field with $500 in winnings. In the Futurity, he ran rather flat, holding\nthe 6th<\/sup> spot for most of the race and finished in the 7th<\/sup>\nspot. His second career start was in an allowance\nrace with a low purse and was able to snag some dough by finishing fourth. He last ran in July, going 6.5 furlongs and\nrecorded his career best speed of 68, \nhowever, was not a threat in the race. \nHe advances up to a mile distance with hopes that the longer distance\nwill bring in a big win.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Selections:<\/p>\n\n\n\n On paper, it looks like a two horse race between Showflake\nand I Just Fly. Both have the best\nspeeds in the field hitting the 80\u2019s and both have wins going a mile or\nmore. Showflake has beat the runners in\nthis field before and gets the edge over I Just Fly.<\/p>\n\n\n\n For third, I\u2019m going with Mr. Eskendereya who, as I\nmentioned, have an inkling thought that he could improve going the mile this\ntime.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Best of luck to all our showcase runners!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The EWC has been running a residency competition for a few years now which features 2 year olds.\u00a0 The EWC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":363,"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":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-53440","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53440","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\/363"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53440"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53440\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53442,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53440\/revisions\/53442"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53440"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53440"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53440"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}