{"id":53885,"date":"2020-11-19T16:25:04","date_gmt":"2020-11-19T16:25:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=53885"},"modified":"2020-11-19T20:31:10","modified_gmt":"2020-11-19T20:31:10","slug":"a-feld-of-eight-new-york-bred-two-year-old-colts-will-line-up-in-the-100000-esr-millionaires-row-stakes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=53885","title":{"rendered":"A Feld of Eight New York Bred Two-Year Old Colts will Line Up in the $100,000 ESR Millionaires Row Stakes"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Eight New York Bred Two-Year\nOld Colts will enter the Big Apple<\/em> starting gate in the $100,000 The ESR\nMillionaires Row Stakes<\/em>.  The race\nwill be run at One Mile over the Dirt Course.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DANCIN THE STRAND \u2013\n<\/strong>the casino<\/em> trained 2-Year Old Bay Colt\nby War Dancer<\/em> is entering this race off of a career best performance\nwhere he drew off to win by two lengths in a non-winners of two local encounter\u2026the\nNY Bred impressed favorably in the ESR Big Apple Challenge Stakes<\/em> to\nkick off his career, earning a ticket to the finals of that series, only 2 lengths\nback keeping him from coming away with top honors\u2026the Local prospect continues\nto progress\u2026dangerous<\/p>\n\n\n\n

CALLUM \u2013 <\/strong>exiting the G3 Charcoal Breeder’s Cup<\/em> is\nthe cadet<\/em> trained 2-Year Old Bay Gelding by Big Brown<\/em>, another\nthat showed promise in the  ESR Big\nApple Challenge Series<\/em> but closed from far back to finish behind DANCIN\nTHE STRAND <\/strong>in a tightly contested ESR Big Apple Challenge Stakes<\/em>\u2026despite\na disheartening loss, the NY Bred responded immediately when asked to race\naround two turns, so much so that it earned him an appearance in the G3 Charcoal\nBreeder’s Cup<\/em> where he edged out the Graded Stakes winning SONGS OF\nLIBERTY <\/strong>to earn a minor share\u2026looks like a walk in the park off that effort\nin this week\u2019s ESR<\/em> feature\u2026one to beat<\/p>\n\n\n\n

KNIGHT WAS A GIANT\n\u2013 <\/strong>the kingab<\/em> entry, a 2-Year Old Chestnut\nColt by Frost Giant<\/em>, may not boast the lofty credentials of DANCIN\nTHE STRAND <\/strong>and CALLUM<\/strong>, but back to back victories in an Open Company\nMSW and Allowance make him equally as dangerous\u2026undefeated traveling around two\nturns, the NY local product will have dead aim on the leaders entering the\nstretch as he looks to make it three in a row\u2026might be this good<\/p>\n\n\n\n

EXIT TIME \u2013 <\/strong>when it\u2019s mid-November and your scrambling for a\nrunner in an ESR<\/em> race and three of the top five trainers in ESR<\/em>\nall have strong contenders and the best you can come up with is a non-winner of\ntwo lifetime, well it\u2019s like having a snowballs chance in hell\u2026my entry, a 2-Year\nOld Brown Colt by Solomini <\/em>is my snowflake\u2026not with these<\/p>\n\n\n\n

AKR BHAERGARTEN \u2013 <\/strong>the ace<\/em> trained 2-Year Old Brown Colt\nby Dr Large<\/em> is another that was competitive in the ESR Big Apple Challenge\nSeries<\/em>, and although he didn\u2019t make it to the finals, his victory exiting\nthe Series, while going around two turns for the first time, does not go unnoticed\u2026while\nthis promising NY Bred appears a notch below the big three in here, he if eligible\nto improve and take it to the next level off his previous outing\u2026chance to\nupset<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DESTINATARIO \u2013 <\/strong>a mirror imageof AKR BHAERGARTEN<\/strong>, the\nsame comments apply\u2026however, the ivanyamil<\/em> trained 2-Year Old Bay Colt\nby Destin<\/em> exited the ESR Big Apple Challenge Series<\/em> with a\nvictory in an Open Company<\/em> two turn MSW giving him a slight advantage\nover his reflection\u2026might surprise<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MORE THAN ROCK \u2013 <\/strong>the nycowboy<\/em> trained 2-Year Old Roan Colt\nby Mission Impazible<\/em> made an early exit ESR Big Apple Challenge Series<\/em>,\nbut that certainly was no indication of this local bred\u2019s ability\u2026exiting the\nlocal scene completely, the NY Bred raced competitively at the Open Company level\n demonstrating his true ability when he\ndrew past an Open Company MSW field at the California oval while racing around\ntwo turns for the first time\u2026returning to New York to compete against Local\nrivals once again allows himto extract a measure of revenge for dipping out\nearly in the residency challenge contest\u2026don\u2019t ignore<\/p>\n\n\n\n

DESERT DONUTS \u2013 <\/strong>the lone Maiden in this field, the lbailey<\/em>\ntrained 2-Year Old Brown Colt by Desert Party<\/em> is another that\nexited the ESR Big Apple Challenge Series<\/em> before the main course,\nhowever, his second place finish in an Open Company MSW race in his last start\nis as good as, or if not better than a win in a Local Bred Maiden race\u2026two\nhorses have exited that race with victories making it a key race, and while he\nstill faces a tough task, he certainly can\u2019t be overlooked\u2026punchers chance<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Handicapping the\nField<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This week\u2019s ESR<\/em> feature\nis a competitive field of 2-Year Old New York Breds, all of whom appear to be\nimproving with every start.  Most of the\ntop contenders appeared in the ESR Big Apple Challenge Series<\/em>, but that\nseries was contested at a sprint, and all the participants of that series have\nexceeded their ability racing around two turns, in fact, if that series was run\nagain around two turns, the outcome might be quite different. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

With that said, this race does\nappear to be split in two levels.  DANCIN\nTHE STRAND<\/strong>, CALLUM<\/strong>, and KNIGHT WAS A GIANT, <\/strong>all have demonstrated\nthemselves to be a notch above the rest of this field, and while it is not\nimpossible for any of the other contenders to run a new top, the prospect of\nbeating all three to these to the wire looms a tough task.   Although\nfinishing behind DANCIN THE STRAND <\/strong>in the Challenge Series, CALLUM <\/strong>merits\ntop consideration off an impressive performance in the G3<\/em> Charcoal\nBreeder’s Cup<\/em>.  The latter has been\ngood from day one and has done nothing to disappoint in any of his starts, in\nfact is better now racing around two turns. \nKNIGHT WAS A GIANT <\/strong>has demonstrated an affinity racing around two\nturns, and while his victory in his first start against winners was impressive,\nit was a short field and leaves me hedging my opinion.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Except EXIT TIME<\/strong>, you\ncan make a case for any of the remaining runners to upset the top three runners\nin this field.  Gun to my head, DESTINATARIO\n<\/strong>may have the best chance.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Picks<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

CALLUM \u2013 too much\nfor these<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

DANCIN THE STRAND \u2013\nwhat\u2019s not to like<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

KNIGHT WAS A GIANT\n\u2013 best of the rest<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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