The first race on the card this coming weekend in Vermont is the Vermont Is For Lovers (G3). This, the first of the Vermont Is For Lovers races to be run on Saturday, is run over six furlongs on the dirt and is open to fillies and mares of four years of age and older. A total purse of $125,000 is up for grabs in the race. There was a chance of rain this weekend but it looks like the threat of rain will probably pass over the track without incident leaving the track fast at post time on Saturday. A full field of fourteen fillies have drawn into this weekends race. Let\u2019s take a look at the fillies running this Saturday.
Drawing the rail in this years Vermont Is For Lovers is Ray\u2019s Causeway (IRE)<\/b> (Giant\u2019s Causeway (IRE) x Nureyev x Forty Niner), who is out of the Grade I winning champion dam Murf Ray, and is owned by browns2<\/i>, owner of Ace Stables – Ireland Divison. The bay royally bred mare has been lightly raced during her career with the five year old mare only having a total of thirty-two lifetime starts to date. The mare was emerged victorious nine times in her career. Eight of her wins have come over the dirt, though the mare has also won and placed over the turf. Her most recent start came earlier this month in Queensland, Australia during the six and a half furlong EAAA Division Inter-Residency Challenge Owner Restricted. The mare broke out of the starting gate and slipped just in behind the pacesetters in third. In the turn she made her move but couldn\u2019t run down the race leader, finishing just three-fourth lengths back in second with a speed figure of one hundred twelve. Her most recent win came in June during the Lil\u2019 Leprechaun Dash (G2) in Ireland where the mare broke out of the gate and went straight to the lead, winning the seven furlong sprint by three-fourths of a length after going wire to wire.
In at the second post is Read The Bugler<\/b> (Meadowlake x Smoke Glacken x Crimson Satan), and is trained by snowphantom<\/i>, owner of Chief Stable Enterprises. This spectacular five year old light gray mare has been lightly raced with a total of twenty-three lifetime starts. The mare has won a total of five times in her career. All of these wins have come over the dirt. Her most recent start came earlier this month in a six and half furlong allowance caliber start in Michigan where the mare broke out of the gate and angled toward the rail at the back of the field. She chased nearly the entire field into the turn where she started to make her move on the rest of the field. In the stretch she\u2019d moved up the the lead and plowed past the wire one and three-fourths in the lead with a speed figure of one hundred two. Her most recent stakes start came in December of last year during the listed six furlongs DPCD Filly\/Mare Sprint Restricted where the mare finished ninth.
Longshot Black Ty Tinsel<\/b> (Roman Ruler x Storm Cat x Marfa), who is out of the Grade I winning mare Beating On The Cat, and is owned and trained by wes32<\/i>, owner of Keely\u2019s Stables, is next in the field. This bay four year old filly has been very lightly raced throughout her career with only a lucky thirteen starts to date. The filly has won three times in her career, all of which have come over the dirt. Her most recent start came earlier this month in the six and a half furlong Dandelion Sprint (G2) in Arkansas where the filly settled into fourth behind the the speed horses. In the turn she made a big move on the outside and moved into the lead by a nose. But into the stretch the filly was overtaken by a late charger, ultimately finishing a half length back with a speed figure of one hundred ten. Her most recent win came in November during a five and a half furlong allowance caliber start in Missouri where the filly sat just off the pace in second. In the late stretch she finally made her move and pulled ahead of the tiring leader, winning the race by a length.
In the fourth post is Offlee High<\/b> (Offlee Wild x High Yield x Allen\u2019s Prospet), who is out of the Grade I winning dam I\u2019m High, and is owned and trained by inhalers<\/i>, owner of Fortune500. The Kentucky-bred filly has had a total of thirty-two career starts. Ten of these starts have resulted in victories for the brown four year old. All of the fillies on the board finishes have come over the dirt. Her most recent start came last month in the nine furlong listed Mode Appealing Handicap where the filly broke out of the gate in seventh but never fired throughout the race and finished seventh, a good eleven and half lengths back with a speed figure of ninety-six. Her most recent victory came in the six and a half furlong A.N. Silver Bonanza in South Korea last November. Here she broke out of the gate and settled into fifth. She started to pass other horses in the turn, ultimately winning the sprint by one and one-fourth lengths. The fillies last graded start came in July of last year during the Exam Stakes (G1), held on a sloppy dirt track, where the filly finished eighth.
Another longshot in the field will be Sansa<\/b> (Storm Cat x Gone West x Danzig), who is owned by reacher<\/i>, owner of Given Stables. The impressively bred bay mare has been lightly raced throughout her career with a total of twenty-six career starts. The five year old mare has won a total of nine starts. Five of the mares wins have come over the dirt with a total of four of her wins on the turf. Her most recent start came earlier this month in a six and half furlong allowance caliber start over the turf in Arkansas where the mare broke out of the gate and went straight to the lead by a nose. The mare led until the stretch where she was overtaken by closers and finished just on the board in third with a speed figure of ninety-eight. Her most recent win came in August on a sloppy dirt track during the seven furlong Whassona Lake Bonanza where the mare took the race after going wire to wire and winning with a speed figure of one hundred three. The mares most recent graded start came last year in Sweden during the Viking Memorial Sprint (G3) over six furlongs where the mare finished fourth.
In the race at odds of 6\/1 is English Garden (IRE)<\/b> (Rock Of Gibraltar (IRE) x A.P. Indy x Warning (GB)), who is out of the race-winning dam First Try, and is trained by blueriband<\/i>, owner of Blueriband Stables. The five year old chestnut mare has been lightly raced throughout her career with a total of thirty-one lifetime career starts. The mare has won a total of a thirteen lucky times. Ten of the chestnuts wins came over the dirt, though the mare has had eight starts over the turf and has won over the surface three times. Her most recent start came earlier this month in the six and a half furlong Gordie\u2019s Prints Memorial in New York where the mare broke out of the gate to a narrow lead of a nose over her nearest competitor. She pulled away from her competition and never looked back, winning the race by two lengths with an impressive speed figure of one hundred twelve.
Following in the field will be Mike The Animal<\/b> (Zavata x Efisio (GB) x Tunerup), who is owned and trained by aussie01<\/i>, owner of Crawford Incorporated. The chestnut Kentucky-bred mare has a total of twenty lifetime starts. The mare has won a total of five times, all of which have come over the dirt track. Her most recent start came last month in the seven and a half furlong Judge Flopping Challenge in Mississippi where the mare broke out of the gate and slipped behind into fourth. In the turn the mare moved up into the lead by the head but she was quickly overtaken in the stretch and finished second with a speed figure of one hundred nine. Her most recent win came in February of last year during the Backward Gal Stakes (G3) in New Mexico where the mare broke out of the gate and settled into seventh. In the turn she began to make her move and moved up into fifth. She kicked into another gear in the stretch and went on to win in a photo finish with a speed figure recorded of ninety-four.
Favorite in the race, Stirling Form<\/b> (A.P. Indy x Dynaformer x Storm Bird), who is trained by jrogue2<\/i>, owner of Jrogue Stables is next in the race in post number eight. This five year old brown mare has been very lightly raced with a total of only sixteen lifetime starts. The mare has won eight of these lifetime starts, all on the dirt. Her most recent stat came earlier this month in the six and a half furlong Dandelion Sprint (G2) where the mare broke out of the gate one of the last in the field and settled into the tenth slot on the far outside. She made her move on the turn and bounded up into fifth putting her in easy position to challenge in the stretch. The mare went on to win the Grade II race by half a length while recording a speed figure of one hundred twelve.
Next will be Seeking Power<\/b> (Seeking The Gold x A.P. Indy x Nijinsky II), who is trained and owned by elenalag<\/i>, owner of Elenalag Stables. The four year old chestnut mare has had been lightly raced and has had a total of a lucky thirteen career starts. The chestnut filly has won three times in her racing career. All three of these wins came over the dirt. Her most recent win came last month in a seven and a half furlong allowance caliber start in Eastern Kentucky where the filly broke out of the gate one of the last horses in the field and settled into the back of the field in twelfth. She started making a slight move in the turn and was up into tenth. She moved past horses in the stretch and ultimately finished fourth in the race with a speed figure of one hundred six. Her most recent win came in August during another allowance caliber start, this time in New York, where the filly again went to the back of the field but began picking off other horses early on in the race. Eventually going on to win the race by one and three-fourth lengths with a speed figure of one hundred three. Her most recent graded start came in December of last year during the That\u2019s My Baby Stakes (G3) where the filly finished eighth.
In the tenth post is Slewer<\/b> (Came Home x Seattle Slew x Forty Niner), who is owned by curlypuub<\/i>, owner of Strongone Stables. The five year old daughter of Came Home has been lightly raced with a total of twenty-six lifetime starts. The mare has won a total of five times throughout her career. All of her wins, along with all of her on the board finishes, have come over the dirt. Her most recent start came last month in the Gordie\u2019s Prints Memorial where the mare settled just off the pace in fifth. She began taking down other horses immediately in the race but didn\u2019t have enough left in the stretch and finished third with a speed figure of one hundred six. Her most recent win came in a five and half furlong allowance caliber start in Colorado in which the filly broke out of the gate in fourth, made her move in the turn and went on to win the race by a length.
Coming in at morning line betting odds of 7\/1 is Smokin Lois<\/b> (Smoke Glacken x Eastern Echo x Storm Cat), who is out of the Grade I winning dam Lois Without Echo, and is trained and owned by molwr<\/i>, owner of Molwr Stables. This striking roan five year old mare has had a total of twenty-eight career starts. The roan mare has won a total of seven times in her racing career, all of which were on the dirt, along with the mare finishing second five times and third three times, also all on the dirt. Her most recent start came in Delaware last month during the listed seven furlong Mother Buda Special where the mare came out of the gate a beat late and was shuffled towards the back of the field. She began to pick up the pace in the turn and started to move forward like a rocket in the stretch. However, the mare ran out of ground in the stretch and finished fourth with a speed figure of one hundred five. Her most recent win came in mid-November during the six and a half furlong My Love Buda Stakes where the mare settled into the middle of the field and started picking off other horses immediately in the race. In the end the roan mare won by one and a half lengths.
Next will be Fleetwood Mia (TUR)<\/b> (Strike The Gold x Seattle Slew x His Majesty), who is out of the stakes-placed dam Seattle Within Sea, and is owned by fleetwood<\/i>, owner of Brewer Racing Stable. This four year old Turkish-bred filly has been fairly lightly raced with a total of twenty-three career starts. The filly has won a total of eleven of her races, all of which have come over the dirt. Her most recent start came last month during the listed six furlong Hill Dandy Stakes where the filly broke out of the gate and settled into the middle of the pack in seventh. She made her move in the late stretch and crossed the wire in third with a speed figure of one hundred four. Her most recent win came in the listed West Body Challenge last September here in Vermont where the filly again settled into the middle of the field and made her move a little earlier in the stretch, winning the sprint by a nose. The fillies most recent graded start came in August during The Hammer Down Special (G1) where the filly finished second.
In the thirteenth post is Four Oh Nine GB (TUR)<\/b> (Mountain Cat x Secretariat x Mr. Prospector), who is trained and owned by bob123g<\/i>, owner of Bob123g Stables. This four year old bay Turkish filly has been lightly raced with a total of nineteen career starts. Of these nineteen lifetime starts the filly has won eight times. Her most recent start came last month in the six furlong listed Furiously Gamble Special where the filly broke sharply out of the gate and slid into second behind the pacesetter. She took control at the turn when the pace started to tire on the lead and went on to win narrowly by a head bob at the wire while setting a speed figure of one hundred seven. This Saturday will be the fillies first attempt at a graded stakes start in her racing career.
Drawing the far outside post position in gate number fourteen will be Elegy<\/b> (A.P. Indy x Forty Niner x Danzig), who is out of the stakes-placed dam Future Shock Too, and is owned by chevrolet<\/i>, owner of Chevrolet Stables. The four year old bay filly has a total of twenty-two lifetime starts throughout her racing career. Just eight of these starts have resulted in wins for the filly, along with three places and five show finishes. Her most recent start came last month in the District of Columbia during the six and a half furlong listed Every That Tempest Memorial where she broke out of the gate in sixth and started to sneak by on the outside into fifth. She made her move in the stretch but came up a little short finishing second with a speed figure of one hundred three. Her most recent victory came in November during a six and a half furlong allowance caliber race in Argentina where the filly won going away by two lengths after running mid-pack for the majority of the race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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