The EWC has been running a residency competition for a few\nyears now which features 2 year olds. \nThe EWC supports a number of tracks and at the beginning of the year,\nresidents are challenged to find a sire from one of these tracks and breed it\nin any manner they desire (to a mare, he-mare or scratch-bred). They then make their debut against each other\nin February in the Sire Showcase Futurity with two races, one on the dirt and\none on the turf. In October, the horses are\ninvited to reunite in a stake race, the Sire Showcase Stakes. We can see how the horses have advanced since\nthe Futurity and the residents at the EWC have a chance in a friendly\ncompetition with the same horses going head-to-head. Out of the original 17 horses, 10 are\nreturning to battle in this turf race, which will be held in Californian at a\ndistance of a mile. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unlike the Dirt stakes race, this one has 6 females running as opposed to none in the dirt.\u00a0 Also, one horse has three wins (Financial Literacy) which is the most between the two races.\u00a0 Lets look at this field:<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1 SHOW PROMISE 9\/1 (Owned by Denovo) has raced five times\nwith the only grass run which came in the Showcase Futurity and was\ndisappointing as the 7\/1 second betting choice and finished 15th<\/sup> and\nran on the back end of the field the entire race. She moved to the dirt after this race, but\nhas not improved with a best finish of forth and career earnings of $500. Her last race, she marked a 65 speed, equaling\nher career best and was the first time she raced with girls only and finished\nin 6th<\/sup> at 7 furlongs. She\nflips back to the turf and was really bred for the grass and she may have some\nupset potential if her debut race was just a toss away.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2 CLASHING ACTS 4\/1 (Owned by Neonshadow) put in a fine effort\nin the Futurity race, finishing second at 12\/1. \nShe has raced three times since the debut appearance and collected a\npair of seconds and sits with the second highest earnings in the field with\n$61,000. She likes to be on the lead or\ndarn close to it. In the Futurity race,\nhe ran second behind the race winner, Showman Fury throughout the entire\nrace. Showman has bypassed this race and\nClashing has every opportunity to get to the front and try to run off and get\nthe win. Speeds have held in the 70 -75\nrange and the only concern is if she can handle the mile.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3 EXCEPTIONATELY 12\/1 (Owned by Smittie684) has the fewest\nstarts in the field with only three and she is currently penniless in the purse\ncategory. The Futurity race was not\ngentle on her as she took to a 12th<\/sup> position early on and just fell\nback from there to finish 16th<\/sup>. \nShe did not fare better in her May start, with a similar fading\nthroughout the race. She did race a mile\nin her last race but the results were consistent with her prior two\nstarts. Speeds have not hit the 60\nlevel and this lady has her work cut out for her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4 \nNINELIVESCATSEYES 8\/1 (Owned by\nCrawf68) has shown signs of improvement since appearing in the Futurity where\nhe ran a speed of 59 and an off the board 9th<\/sup> place finish. His start after that saw the speed boost to\n67 with a third. Speed in his last two\nhave been recorded at 72 with a win at 7-furlongs in the first, however, finished\n8th<\/sup> in his last start. He looks\nlike he enjoys stalking the leaders and has had some success with that as\nindicated by his $30,000 in earnings. It\njust has to work and twice it has getting on the board 2 of 4 races, meaning twice\nit has not worked.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5 EWC MILLER\nFOUR 8\/1 (Owned by Cuetec) had no luck\nin the Futurity finishing 11th<\/sup> and losing ground throughout the\nrace. She has found some recent promise\nin her last two starts finishing second in both and notching her career best\nspeed of 68 in the process. She has\nnearly $6,500 in lifetime earnings but my concern is on going the mile\ndistance. She has demonstrated tiring before\nthe wire going no more than 6 furlongs in the past and the longer distance\ncould be a challenge.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6 SKYLINE HF 17\/1 \n(Owned by Hemarfarms) has the most races in this field with seven but\nthe earnings have not piled up as she has only bankrolled $3,200 to date. In the Futurity, she was never a threat and\nran in the back quarter of the field the entire race, concluding in the 14th<\/sup>\nspot. She\u2019s raced a mile once back in\nAugust and finished in the basement. She\ndoes have a victory to her credit which came in early September where she was\ndropped into a bottom level maiden claimer and showed she can be a late runner\nin the proper race class. Her best\nspeed to date came in June at 7 furlongs with a 65 clocked. I liked the late close that she had in the\ncheap claimer and although it is unlikely, if she can replicate that going back\nto the mile, she could be pocketing some more cash. But this will be her third start in just over\na month and weather she\u2019ll be sharp enough needs to be factored into the\nequation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7 SEPOY TWENTYTHREE 12\/1 (Owned\nby Jm23stable) showed some promise with his 6th<\/sup> place (out of 17)\nfinish at steep 34\/1 odds. He has had a\ntop three finish once in four career races and has taken $4,400 in\nearnings. That one top three finish occurred\nin his last start at 4.5 furlongs where he rallied late from eighth and got to\nthe line to take second. That was a\nnice finish with a career best speed of 68 but at about half the distance of\nthis race and he has never gone more than 5.5 flanks. He could\nbenefit with the longer distance if he can replicate the late close he demonstrated\nin his recent start.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8 FINANCIAL\nLITERACY 6\/1 (Owned by Atthewire) has both the most individual\nwins in the field with three as well as being tops in earnings with just over\n$100,000. Unfortunately, none of the\nwins occurred in the Futurity where he finished in the second half of the field\nin the 12th<\/sup> spot. But after\nthe Futurity, he went to win his next two starts with a fifth after that. His last two races yielded a second place\nfinish (on a yielding surface too!) and most recently with a win and a 73 speed\nin his longest distance to date at 7 furlongs. \nHe\u2019ll be close to the front pace and I don\u2019t expect that he will have\nany issues going the mile distance. <\/p>\n\n\n\n 9 LIVE OFF THE\nLAND 7\/1 (Owned by Kashbarns) ran an 8th<\/sup> in\nthe Showcase Futurity and was never in contention. The two starts following this were on the\ngrass with a fourth place as his best finish. \nHe shuffled over to the dirt in August and earned a win going 5 furlongs\nand a career best speed of 70. His last\nrace was a let down on the dirt, finishing 7th <\/sup>and going 6.5 furlongs,\nhis longest distance. He returns to the\ngrass and will be asked to go a mile this time. \nSo far the grass has been a let down for the turf bred horse and it is\nquestionable that the distance will suit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10 ELI MANNING 5\/2 \n(Owned by Sjmeola) put in a fine effort in the Futurity as he trailed\nitn the 13th<\/sup> seat early on and closed nicely to finish fourth. He has picked up paychecks in all five of his\nstarts with fourth or better finishes which has netted a total of $47,000 in\nrevenue. He broke his maiden in July,\nwith a nice late run in a 7.5 furlong race. \n He enters this race coming off a\nthird place finish while competing in his first route at a mile where he\nblasted a career best speed of 84. He\nlooks like the one to fear but be aware that his recent race happened just two\nweeks ago and he may not be fully recovered from the wear of that effort.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SELECTTIONS<\/p>\n\n\n\n Of the top 5 finishers in the Showcase Futurity back in May,\nonly two have returned to compete in this stakes event. My top\npick is with Financial Literacy. He\u2019s\nhad adequate rest and the mile distance may be right in the cards for him. <\/p>\n\n\n\n Clashing Acts has performed well this year and I think she\nwill be able to handle the extra distance and has been well rested for this\nrace.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Eli Manning , if not for the short rest, would be my top\npick. As such, I\u2019m still picking him and\nhe may be just good enough to get the win here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Good luck to everyone!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" The EWC has been running a residency competition for a few years now which features 2 year olds. 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