{"id":53454,"date":"2020-10-03T04:11:53","date_gmt":"2020-10-03T04:11:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=53454"},"modified":"2020-10-03T04:11:58","modified_gmt":"2020-10-03T04:11:58","slug":"fourteen-two-year-olds-take-on-six-furlong-middlepark-stakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=53454","title":{"rendered":"Fourteen Two-Year-Olds Take On Six Furlong Middlepark Stakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Grade 1 Middlepark Stakes will be run over 6 furlongs\nthis weekend in Surrey.&nbsp; 14 two-year-olds\nwill take to the grass in hopes of taking home the largest share of the $750,000\npurse.&nbsp; The field presents a wide variety\nof horses with one filly, five Graded winners (including two with the coveted\nG1 badge already), and a few 10\/1+ odds horses that you will want to keep an\neye on.&nbsp; As always, we have all of your\npre-race information below including information on each horse and their\ndams.&nbsp; Good luck to all trainers this\nweekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Name&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Owner&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Sire&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;Odds<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Get My Money Right&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; desertdog17&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; I Am Invincible&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9\/2<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dam Background: Scratchbred (I Am Invincible X Zabeel X\nKingmambo)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Racing Background:&nbsp;\nBroke his maiden in a $5,000 HOT race back in April, but ran an\nimpressive 72 speed figure first time out.&nbsp;\nDon\u2019t make anything of the race \u201conly\u201d being a HOT as it looks like it\nwas some SIM Chat challenge and the race has already produced a graded placed\nfilly in the given stables as well.&nbsp;\nWorking his way up the ladder, he ran in a NW2L allowance race in May\nand bested that field by just over a length and improved his speed figure to an\n84.&nbsp; He would take about two months off and\ncome back in July moving up in distance to 7 furlongs and \u201closing\u201d his first\nrace of his career coming in 3<sup>rd<\/sup>.&nbsp;\n&nbsp;He would take another couple of\nmonths off and come back strong last time out in just two weeks ago on\nSeptember 20<sup>th<\/sup>.&nbsp; He would win\nthat Grade 2 running a 90 speed figure at the 6F distance.&nbsp; It\u2019ll be a quick turnaround for a horse that\nis used to getting 1-2 months between races, but the distance looks to suit\nhim.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Race Predicted Position:&nbsp; He\u2019s sat just off the pace in all three of his wins, while he went to the lead in his only race outside of the winner circle.&nbsp; Look for him to sit just off the pace in the 3<sup>rd<\/sup>-5<sup>th<\/sup> positions before making a little move at about the 3 furlong mark of the race.&nbsp; He\u2019ll probably want to avoid the lead right off, and not get too far back in the field.&nbsp; Placement will be key for him Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">2.  Kivotal&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; lightng101&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Zelzal&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 13\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dam Background:&nbsp; Out\nof a Dam named Grauribot (Pivotal X Danzig).&nbsp;\nRacing career wasn\u2019t all that great going 1-1-4 in just 13 starts.&nbsp; Never won more than her maiden race, and most\nof her place and show races came early in her career.&nbsp; However, she has done really well in the shed\nincluding producing two Graded placed runners and a Stakes winner prior to\nKovotal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Racing Background:&nbsp;\nWon first time out in January at the 5 furlong distance.&nbsp; Would follow that up with a 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\nplace allowance finish in February and two second place stakes finishes in\nApril and May.&nbsp; He is pretty heavily\nraced so far running seven races as a two-year-old.&nbsp; He would take his first shot at Graded\ncompany in June and run 6<sup>th<\/sup> in the Norfellow Stakes.&nbsp; His last two races, both Grade 3, were\nstruggles as well finishing 5<sup>th<\/sup> and 9<sup>th<\/sup>\nrespectfully.&nbsp; You can probably throw the\n9<sup>th<\/sup> place finish out in August as he was attempting a route for the\nfirst time.&nbsp; His best races, finish wise,\nhave come at the 5-6 furlong distance.&nbsp;\nHowever, the step up in class in his last two sprint races hasn\u2019t been\nfriendly to him.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Race Predicted Position:&nbsp; In his only win, he set the pace and was able to hold off all other challengers first time out.&nbsp; Hasn\u2019t had a ton of success coming from off the pace, though one of his second place stakes finishes he came from mid-pack to take 2<sup>nd<\/sup>.&nbsp; It will be delicate in terms of positioning.&nbsp; His first race setting the pace was his only win, but I don\u2019t know that that would be the best strategy here today.&nbsp; His best spot will probably be sitting 3-4 horses off the pace and looking to make a run in the stretch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">3.  Twenty Jukes&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; bets&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Jukebox Jury&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; 83\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dam Background:&nbsp; Out\nof a dam names Silvano\u2019s Reward (Silvano X Good Reward).&nbsp; An ok racing career going 5-2-3 in 18 total\nraces.&nbsp; He also earned over $100,000 on\nthe track and won three allowance races at the conditional level.&nbsp; Has foaled six horses over her six year dam\nperiod including three allowance level winners.&nbsp;\nHer last two foals haven\u2019t produced like her first three foals, however.\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Racing Background:&nbsp;\nStarted his career in a $5,000 HOT maiden in February winning the race\nby 2 lengths.&nbsp; His second race in March,\nhe ran in a NW2L allowance race and, while improving his speed five points to a\n60, he ran just 11<sup>th<\/sup>.&nbsp; He was\nthen moved out of the justcards barn and into the bets barn where he ran just 9<sup>th<\/sup>\nin his first NW2L allowance start.&nbsp; He\nwould try the G2 Bobby Papin.&nbsp; That race,\ncoming off about a 3 month rest, resulted in just a 57 speed figure and 11<sup>th<\/sup>\nplace finish.&nbsp; He would then take another\n2 months off and come back trying his first dirt race in September.&nbsp; Unfortunately, he would finish 4<sup>th<\/sup>\nin a four horse field in that race last time out.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Race Predicted Position:&nbsp; Is probably going to want to sit closer to the pace in this one if he wants to finish ITM.&nbsp; In his first race, he managed to come back from the win, but was only 2 lengths off the pace.&nbsp; Since then, he hasn\u2019t been closer than over 5 lengths off the pace and hasn\u2019t been able to come back in any of those races.&nbsp; His best bet is probably going to be looking to sit no more than two lengths back if not setting the pace to put himself in the best position.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">4.  Rat Bones&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; whalebones&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Maximus Mischief&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;15\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dam Background: Out of a dam named Bonescatter (Connect X\nDanehill).&nbsp; Had a pretty decent racing\ncareer finishing 5-5-4 in 20 total races.&nbsp;\nWon multiple conditional allwaonce races and finished just one spot back\nfrom earning a stakes placed badge in his only start in a listed stakes\nrace.&nbsp; Best part of her career was on the\ngrass.&nbsp; Though she did finish 5\/6 ITM on\nthe dirt, she never was able to win a race on the dirt.&nbsp; Rat Bones is the first foal for Bonescatter.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Racing Background:&nbsp;\nHis first race was back in April and was a 5 furlong maiden on the\ngrass.&nbsp; He would falter to second after\nleading for most of the race.&nbsp; His next\ntwo starts, both at 5 furlongs and both in May would also result in leads that\nwould fade to a 2<sup>nd<\/sup> place finish.&nbsp;\nAfter three straight 2<sup>nd<\/sup> place finishes to start his career,\nhe would finally break his maiden running a career best speed figure of 72 in\nJuly.&nbsp; He would make it two in a row in\nAugust besting a NW1X allowance field and speeds remained consistent.&nbsp; His last time out, in September, he would run\nanother career best speed figure of 84 in the Grade 2 Flying Children\nStakes.&nbsp; He, like his first three career\nraces, just couldn\u2019t hold on and would falter to a second place finish after\ngoing right for the lead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Race Predicted Position:&nbsp; Look for him to jump right to the lead.&nbsp; There hasn\u2019t been a single career race where he hasn\u2019t jumped to the lead and he\u2019s 2\/4 in holding those leads.&nbsp; He\u2019s never failed to hit the board in all six races finishing 2<sup>nd<\/sup> in the four races he hasn\u2019t won.&nbsp; I don\u2019t anticipate he will want to come from behind any time soon, so it will be important to set the pace if he wants a chance at the win.&nbsp; Biggest question will be the increase in distance as he hasn\u2019t ran over the 5.5 furlong distance in his career.&nbsp; Will he be able to hold on to a lead with an added \u00bd furlong.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">5.  Tax A Cross&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; darkstars16&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Shooting To Win&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;9\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dam Background:&nbsp; Run A\nCross (Hurricane Run X Cape Cross) was a Grade 3 winner at two-years-old that\ndidn\u2019t do much after her two-year-old campaign.&nbsp;\nFinished her career 2-0-1 in 19 total starts.&nbsp; After winning a Grade 3 in July of her\ntwo-year-old campaign, she would fail to hit the board in all eight other\nattempts at the Graded level and wouldn\u2019t finish in the money in the rest of\nher career.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Racing Background:&nbsp;\nFollowing in his dam\u2019s footsteps, Tax A Cross became a Grade 3 winner at\ntwo-years-old last time out in the Grade 3 M.L. Trophy.&nbsp; He started his career in February breaking\nhis maiden.&nbsp; He would immediately jump\ninto the stakes ranks and best a list stakes field two months later.&nbsp; His first start in a Grade 3 in late May would\nprove a more difficult task and he would falter from 2<sup>nd<\/sup> to 4<sup>th<\/sup>\nin that race.&nbsp; He would attempt two dirt\nraces (both in July just two weeks apart) in which he would finish 3<sup>rd<\/sup>\nand 7<sup>th<\/sup> respectively.&nbsp; The\nfirst of the two dirt races would prove to provide his then-career best speed\nfigure of 84.&nbsp; After taking about\nsix-weeks off, he would make the move back to the grass and, as mentioned\nabove, best that Grade 3 field on the grass running his newest career best\nspeed figure of 88.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Race Predicted Position:&nbsp; He\u2019s won multiple ways including setting the pace (in his first race) and coming from just off the pace in both his stakes and Grade 3 win.&nbsp; It looks like his preferred method is to sit just off the pace, but he could run into a crowded field there as we have quite a few horses that like this position.&nbsp; His sweet spot looks to be in the 2-4 position and no more than 3-4 lengths off the pace by the mid-way point.&nbsp; If he can find himself here, he has just as good a shot as any in this field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">6.  My Thoughts&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; beng&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dark Angel&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dam Background: My Wild Mambo (Myboycharlie X Forest\nWildcat) was a Grade 2 winner on the grass at four-years-old and earning over 1\nmillion dollars on the track in her career.&nbsp;\nHer 31 race career wrapped up with a record of 13-7-2 with the majority\nof wins and races coming in grass sprints.&nbsp;\nShe didn\u2019t do much in her two-year-old career winning just two of her\nfive starts.&nbsp; She has produced three\nfoals including a stakes placed foal in 2019.&nbsp;\n<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Racing Background:&nbsp;\nRacing career started in February of this year and he would finish 4<sup>th<\/sup>\nin a maiden race.&nbsp; A month and a half\nlater he would come up just short in another maiden race at the same 5 furlong\ndistance.&nbsp; In May, he made the switch to\nthe poly track where he would break his maiden but more importantly run at a\nlittle longer distance than the 5 furlong mark.&nbsp;\nThis would be the beginning of a three race win streak which saw him\nbest a NW2L allowance field in June and a listed stakes field in May.&nbsp; Speeds have increased in each of the last\nfour races including last time out where he came up just \u00bd length short in the\nGrade 1 Nonethorpe.&nbsp; His career best\nspeed figure of 86 also came last time out on the grass.&nbsp; While he did finish 2<sup>nd<\/sup> last time\nout, his best races have come at 6 furlongs or more, so this distance should\nsuit her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Race Predicted Position: This is our first runner who likes to sit a little further off of the pace. Expect My Thoughts to sit mid-pack before making a push at the end.&nbsp; While he will want to sit mid-pack, expect him no more than five or so lengths off the pace like his race last time out.&nbsp; The added furlong in distance should help in not running out of ground this time around.&nbsp; Certainly one that should be in your exotics here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">7.  Moor Autumn&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; mano2&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; The Autumn Sun&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;7\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dam Background:&nbsp; Ready\nMoor (Giant\u2019s Causeway X More Than Ready) raced 39 times in her career\nfinishing 17-8-1 in those races.&nbsp; Her\nbest wins came in the open allowance ranks but she didn\u2019t do much in her two\nstakes attempts.&nbsp; She did eclipse the\n$500,000 mark in her career, and won multiple races, including multiple\nallowance races, as a two-year-old.&nbsp; At\none point in her career, she won 11 straight allowance races at the 6 furlong\nmark.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Racing Background:&nbsp;\nHis first career start was on the dirt where he actually broke his\nmaiden back in February.&nbsp; He then made\nthe switch to the grass and bested an open allowance field of 8 horses in\nApril.&nbsp; After taking about six weeks off,\nMoor Autumn returned in late May and ran in his first ever Grade 3 race and he\nagain bested the field with a career best 85 speed figure.&nbsp; He attempted a route Grade 3 in July, but was\nunable to do much finishing 4<sup>th<\/sup> in that race.&nbsp; His last time out, he ran another 85 speed\nfigure and finished 3<sup>rd<\/sup> at the six furlong distance in yet another\nGrade 3 on the grass.&nbsp; Speeds have increased\nsince making the switch to turf after the first race, and his best speeds have\ncome at the six furlong distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Race Predicted Position: Moor Autumn look comfortable setting the pace or running just off of the pace.&nbsp; In his only race not in the money, he tried to set the pace and couldn\u2019t hold on at eight furlongs.&nbsp; As previously mentioned, there will be a slew of horses looking to sit just off the pace and Moor Autumn will be one of those horses.&nbsp; If he falls behind too much early, he won\u2019t have a shot.&nbsp; Likewise, I think there is enough \u201cpace\u201d in this race that going for the lead might prove too tough to hold on as well.&nbsp; The six furlong distance has been kind to him, so he certainly has a shot Saturday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">8.  Brazen Nile&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; liam25&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Brazen Beau&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;12\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dam Background: Secret of the Nile (Pioneer of the Nile X\nGone West) had 15 career lifetime races and finished just 2-0-2 in those\nraces.&nbsp; Her wins and ITM\u2019s were split\nbetween the dirt and turf having two on each surface.&nbsp; Her best races and speeds came at over the\nmile distance, and the best speed that she ran under one mile has already been\nbested by Brazen Nile.&nbsp; She has been\ngreat in the shed though producing four offspring.&nbsp; All four offspring have eclipsed the 100K\nraised mark, and include a stakes winner and stakes placed horse.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Racing Background:&nbsp;\nOne of just two Grade 1 winners in this race, his four wins were split\nin half by a 3<sup>rd<\/sup> place finish in his 3<sup>rd<\/sup> start.&nbsp; Beginning his career in January, he would\nbest a $5,000 HOT maiden race and would follow that up with beating an open allowance\nfield of 12.&nbsp; The open allowance race was\na local bred race, however.&nbsp; After his\nfirst two starts in January and February, he would head to the fam and not race\nagain until a listed stakes attempt in May where he didn\u2019t have enough ground\nto come back and finished 3<sup>rd<\/sup> after sitting well off of the\npace.&nbsp; That wouldn\u2019t stop liam25 from\nheading to the Graded ranks though.&nbsp; His\nlast two races, a Grade 3 and Grade 1 in June and August were both first place\nfinishes and saw his two career best speed figures of 80 and 84 last time\nout.&nbsp; Both previous races have been at\nthe 6 furlong distance, and this is certainly one to watch at 12\/1.&nbsp; He\u2019s already nearing the $600K mark and is\nlooking to make it three in a row.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Race Predicted Position:&nbsp; Another horse that could really benefit from all of the horses that want to sit on or near the pace.&nbsp; Look for this colt to sit well off of the pace, maybe even as far as six lengths back.&nbsp; He has shown multiple times that he can come back at this distance even with sitting so far off of the pace.&nbsp; I\u2019d look for him to sit near the back of the pack as they get ready to head into the final turn before making a late push.&nbsp; There is a lot of speed in front of him, so it will be important not to get too far back at the beginning of the race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">9.  Zalyria&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; astapor&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Zoustar&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dam Background: Valyria (Sadler\u2019s Wells X Mr. Prospector)\nwas consistently in the top three of her 22 career races, but finished with\njust two wins.&nbsp; Her career numbers\nfinished 2-3-10 and she just struggled to find the winners circle.&nbsp; Most of her career was spent on the grass\nwith just 3 races (all of which she didn\u2019t finish in the money) on the\ndirt.&nbsp; Zalyria is the 12<sup>th<\/sup>\nfoal out of this mare who has produced one Graded winner, four Stakes winners,\nand six horses to have placed in a Stakes or Graded race.&nbsp; All but one foal has reached $100,000 career\ndollars earned.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Racing Background:&nbsp;\nStarted his career by breaking his maiden first time out in April.&nbsp; He then made the immediate jump into the\nstakes ranks where he ran 3<sup>rd<\/sup> but did improve his speed figure.&nbsp; He would take about 6 weeks off before coming\nback and besting a NW2L allowance field in mid-July at the 6 furlong mark.&nbsp; His next race, one month later, would prove\nthat he likes the six furlong distance as he took down a field of six in a\nlisted stakes.&nbsp; This will be his 1<sup>st<\/sup>\nrace since the latter part of August.&nbsp;\nHis 80 speed figure last time out is the best speed of his career and he\nis looking to make it three in a row as we head into this weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Race Predicted Position:&nbsp; One that likes to sit mid pack, look for his best position to be about 6-8 horses off the lead.&nbsp; He has come from behind in each of his wins so far, and the only race he didn\u2019t win, he ran out of ground charging hard at the wire.&nbsp; With most of the field looking to sit a little closer to the pace, he may find himself further back than mid-pack but the opportunity will be there to make a charge even if that\u2019s the case.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">10.  I Like Breakfast&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; jdawg&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Johannesburg&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;33\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dam Background: Scratchbred (Johannesburg X Campanologist X\nDaaher)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Racing Background:&nbsp;\nJust three races so far for this son of Johannesburg.&nbsp; His first two career races were on the dirt,\nboth at the maiden level.&nbsp; He ran a 60\nand 71 speed figure in those two races, but finished no better than 7<sup>th<\/sup>\nin each of the races.&nbsp; Those races occurred\nin April and July.&nbsp; After a 6 week break,\nhe made the switch to the grass in a maiden race in August and that proved to\nbe the difference.&nbsp; He improved his speed\nfigure from 71 to 80 and bested a 10 horse field for his first win.&nbsp; His win did come at the 7.5 furlong mark, so\nthe decrease in distance could play a factor here this weekend.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Race Predicted Position:&nbsp; While the switch to grass was a good start, the decrease in distance could play a factor here.&nbsp; This one looks like he likes to come from the back.&nbsp; While that could play a factor in this one with so much early speed, he will need a great trip as he will probably be near the back of the pack.&nbsp; He\u2019ll also need to be closer to the pace as he will lose 1.5 furlongs from his winning distance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">11.  Charibert Of Laon&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; latinlover&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Dark Angel&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;10\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dam Background:&nbsp;\nBertrada of Laon (Frankel X Sea The Stars) had a decent career going\n4-5-2 in 14 career starts.&nbsp; The majority\nof her career was spent on the dirt, though she did have some success (1-1-0 in\nfour starts) on the grass.&nbsp; Dark Angel is\na classic turf sprint sire and it\u2019s not surprising to see the foal take to the\ngrass.&nbsp; Charibert of Laon is the first\nfoal out of the mare and is a stakes winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Racing Background:&nbsp;\nStarted her career with three straight wins before coming up short in\nthe Equinics back in August.&nbsp; She broke her\nmaiden in February and bested a NW2L allowance field two months later.&nbsp; She would take another couple of months off\nand come back to best a listed stakes field in June.&nbsp; Her Equinics run was pretty good even though she\nwasn\u2019t able to finish in the money.&nbsp;\nSpeeds have been steadily increasing so far going from 68-70-75-82 in\nher four career races.&nbsp; An interesting\ntidbit in this one will be that this is her first time running against the\nboys.&nbsp; While she has ran well against the\ngirls, this will be a whole new class and a whole new ball game for her.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Race Predicted Position:&nbsp; Doesn\u2019t seem to mind sitting just off the pace or further back in the field and making a push at the end.&nbsp; Though she finished 4<sup>th<\/sup> in the Equinics race, she was only 3 \u00bd back at the halfway point in the race and finished just \u00bc length back from the winner.&nbsp; Look for her to sit mid-pack to the back and make a charge at the end.&nbsp; Going against the boys will be tough, but with a lot of early speed, she could be able to swoop in and catch a few of these boys by surprise at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">12.  Cape Freak&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; lostkey5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Tavistock&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;12\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dam Background:&nbsp; Lady\nCaleria (Cape Cross X Dubawi) had a long racing career running 39 times and\nfinishing 10-7-8 in those 39 starts.&nbsp; Her\ncareer was pretty much split running 23 races on the grass and 15 on the dirt.&nbsp; She had success on each surface winning six\nturf races and 4 dirt races.&nbsp; Likewise,\nshe split her time between sprints and routes finishing her career with 21\nroute races and 18 sprint races.&nbsp; Cape\nFreak is her 5<sup>th<\/sup> foal and looks to become the 2<sup>nd<\/sup> foal to\nwin a Graded race.&nbsp; He is also the third\nfoal to place in a Graded race.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Racing Background:&nbsp; A\npretty heavily raced two-year-old with seven races under his belt.&nbsp; After struggling first time out in a maiden on\nthe grass, he broke his maiden one month later on the grass at the six furlong\nmark.&nbsp; He would make the jump to the\nstakes ranks and finish 4<sup>th<\/sup> in a 14 horse field in April.&nbsp; One month later, he would come up just short\nagainst an open allowance field at the 6 furlong mark once again.&nbsp; He would take a six week break before making\nthe jump into the Graded ranks and once again come up just short finishing 2<sup>nd<\/sup>\nin a 12 horse field.&nbsp; His next race was a\nstruggle once again at the Grade 3 level but he did increase the distance to\nseven furlongs.&nbsp; After taking another six\nweek break, he came back at the end of August and tried his first dirt race but\nonly managing an 8<sup>th<\/sup> place finish.&nbsp;\nHis best distance looks to be the six furlong mark, so the distance shouldn\u2019t\nbe a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Race Predicted Position:&nbsp; Most likely to be near or at the back of the pack and make a late charge.&nbsp; In each in the money race so far, he was at least halfway back in the pack if not near the end of the pack.&nbsp; Knowing the field is pretty early speed heavy, it wouldn\u2019t surprise me to see him sitting 10<sup>th<\/sup> or higher as we are heading into the final turn.&nbsp; However, with a limited number of late runners, I don\u2019t think he\u2019ll have trouble making a late run.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">13.  Aladdins Bone Lamp&nbsp;&nbsp; whaleboned&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Satono Aladdin&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;18\/1<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dam Background:&nbsp;\nSeabone Bluff (Seabring X Pine Bluff) had a nice racing career finishing\n5-6-2 in 20 starts.&nbsp; The majority of her\ncareer was on the dirt as she only tried the grass once and finished last.&nbsp; Seabone Bluff never ran over six furlongs in\nher career and those two races were both in her first couple of starts.&nbsp; She has produced five foals with each one\nwinning an allowance race, two stakes winners, and one that placed at the\nGraded level.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Racing Background:&nbsp; Started\nher career by besting a $5,000 HOT field in January.&nbsp; He came back in April running 4<sup>th<\/sup>\nin an open allowance field before besting a NW1X field in May of the following\nmonth.&nbsp; His career best speed figure came\nin June where he beat 10 other horses in a listed stakes field.&nbsp; One month later in July, he would take on his\nfirst Graded competition but manage just a 4<sup>th<\/sup> place finish in the\nBobby Papin.&nbsp; He would take a couple of\nmonths off before coming back last month to take on a field of 10 in the Grade\n3 Aaron Burr.&nbsp; Once again, he struggled\nand finished just 6<sup>th<\/sup> in the field.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Race Predicted Position:&nbsp; Looks to be another that either sets the pace or will sit very close to the pace setter.&nbsp; He hasn\u2019t been able to hang on in each of his Graded attempts and this will be his first race since April at the six furlong mark.&nbsp; He ran 4<sup>th<\/sup> in that race as well.&nbsp; With a lot of early speed, it will be in his best interest to be as close to the pace setter as possible and hope that there isn\u2019t much coming up behind him in the stretch.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">14.  King Zous&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; summerset5&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; Zoustar&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;9\/2<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dam Background:&nbsp;\nProtection Plan (Giant\u2019s Causeway X A.P. Indy) was a Graded winner at\nthree years old finishing her 24 races at 7-4-3 and coming up just $85K shy of\nthe $500K mark.&nbsp; The best part of her\ncareer came on the grass where she won all seven of her races.&nbsp; She did have a few in the money races on the\ndirt.&nbsp; She has produced four foals\nincluding a few allowance winners.&nbsp;\nHowever, King Zous is her first Graded winner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Racing Background:&nbsp;\nFour races in his career has resulted in four wins for the colt.&nbsp; After breaking his maiden in February, he\nwould make the jump to the listed stakes ranks in April and best a 9 horse\nfield.&nbsp; He would take another couple of\nmonths off before taking on a full field of 14 in the Grade 3 Triple P.&nbsp; His last time out, he bested the entire field\nin the 2020 Equinics Eiffel Tower race at the six furlong distance.&nbsp; Speeds have been consistently increasing as\nwell going from 74 in his maiden win to 79-81-92 in the next three races.&nbsp; The most impressive race has to be the Equinics\nrace as those always draw a very strong field of 14 runners.&nbsp; He will be looking to make it five for five\nthis Saturday.&nbsp; <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Race Predicted Position:&nbsp;\nThis is an interesting one as it looks like he doesn\u2019t mind sitting near\nthe pace setter or off the pace quite a bit.&nbsp;\nWith some early speed in this one, you can expect him to be sitting\nmid-pack at the halfway point before making a strong push in the stretch.&nbsp; The six furlong distance shouldn\u2019t be a\nproblem to make the late run and he will certainly have enough ground to take\nthe race.&nbsp; There\u2019s a little bit of other\nlate speed that will be pushing him in the race, but I don\u2019t expect him to be\nclose to the pace setter as they break from the gates.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">My Top Four:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">14-1-5-8<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Grade 1 Middlepark Stakes will be run over 6 furlongs this weekend in Surrey.&nbsp; 14 two-year-olds will take to<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":156,"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-53454","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53454","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\/156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=53454"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53454\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":53456,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/53454\/revisions\/53456"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=53454"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=53454"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=53454"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}