The highlight race this week in Alabama will be the final race on our card of sixteen races this Saturday. This would be the Barrasso Stakes (G3). This mile and one eighth run on the turf is open to four year old fillies only. There is little chance for foul weather this upcoming weekend, so look for the track to most likely be listed as firm at post time on Saturday. Eight fillies have entered into this years running of the Barrasso Stakes, lets have a look at our contenders.
Drawing the post on the rail will be Regatta (AUS)<\/b> (Elvstroem (AUS) x Darshaan (ENG) x Candy Stripes), who is owned by simon1966<\/i>, owner of Hornedfrog Stables. This Australian-bred bay filly has had a total of twenty-six lifetime starts in her racing career. Of these lifetime starts the filly has won a total of ten of her starts, earning a total of half a million in career earnings. Her most recent start came earlier this month in an allowance caliber race over eight and half furlongs in Arizona. The filly broke out of the gate and settled into the middle of the field and hung back in sixth. At the turn the filly began to make her move and shot up into second just a length behind the tiring leader. In the stretch she flew by the front runner to win by two and a half lengths with a speed figure of one hundred three. Her most recent graded stakes came last year in October during the nine furlong Panhandle Oaks (G3). Here the filly again broke out of the start gate and settled into the middle of the field. She didn\u2019t make her move until late in the stretch and crossed the wire in sixth.
In the number two slot is Sabre Fan (IRE)<\/b> (Refuse To Bend (IRE) x Kris (GB) x Our Emblem), who is owned by aframe27<\/i>, owner of The Evil Empire. This Irish-bred bay filly has been lightly raced in her career with a total of just nine lifetime starts. Of the four year old fillies nine starts, five have ended in wins for the filly, along with another two finishes in third. This leaves the filly only two starts in which she did not finish on the board. Her most recent start came last month in the listed Tolaregoia (IRE) Special here in Alabama over nine furlongs. The filly broke out of the gate and settled into the middle of the field for a few furlongs before making her move to take down other horses early on in the race. The filly sprinted away in the stretch to win the race by two and a half lengths with a speed figure of one hundred nine. Her most recent graded start came last December in the Penn Distaff\/Devil\u2019s Slide Handicap (G1) over ten furlongs where the filly finished just in the money in fifth.
Coming in with morning line odds of 7\/1 will be Queen Roid (IRE)<\/b> (Azamour (IRE) x King Of Kings (IRE) x Iron), who is trained and owned by dundey8<\/i>, owner of the Dundey8 Stables. This lovely Irish-bred bay filly has been lightly raced throughout her career with a total of just ten lifetime starts. Half of these starts have resulted in wins for the four year old filly, all of which have occurred over the turf track. The bay filly has also recorded four finishes in second, leaving only one race in which the filly did not finish on the board. Her most recent start came earlier this month overseas in Taiwan during an eight furlong allowance caliber start. The filly drew the number five slot and broke out of the gate and slipped into seventh where she stayed for a majority of the race. At the turn the filly made her move and found herself catapulting into third. The stretch loomed ahead and the bay filly have it her all, narrowly winning the race with a speed figure of one hundred six by a nose. This Saturday will be the fillies first shot at a stakes caliber race.
The early morning favorite is Lady\u2019s New Cause<\/b> (Giant\u2019s Causeway (IRE) x Kalanisi (IRE) x King Of Kings (IRE)), who is out of the Graded placed dam Lady Galadriel (IRE), and is trained by ladyssecre<\/i>, owner of Ldyssecret Stables. This bay filly has also been relatively lightly raced throughout her career with a lucky thirteen lifetime starts so far in her racing career. The filly has won five times out of these thirteen starts, all of them over the turf. Her most recent start came last December in the Penn Debutante (G1) over a mile in Pennsylvania. Here the filly broke out of the start gate one of the last in the field. She hung back in ninth until the turn where she started to make her move. It was just a little to late however, as the bay filly came up three and a half lengths short at the wire finishing fourth, though setting a speed figure of one hundred seven. Her most recent win came last September, this in an eight and half furlong allowance caliber start overseas in Ascot where the filly broke more towards the front of the pack and settled just off the pace in fourth. She made her move on the rest of the field in the tail end of the stretch, moving like a rocket and winning going away by three lengths.
Next is Command Respect<\/b> (Deputy Commander x Mr. Prospector x Tudor Minstrel), who is owned by ndrysdale<\/i>, owner of Ndrysdale Stables. The four year old chestnut mare has been fairly lightly raced throughout her career with a total of eleven lifetime starts to her title. Of these eleven starts, the spectacular filly has won a total of four times, along with one finish in the place position along with a show. Her most recent start came last month in the nine and a half furlong Beavis\u2019s River (FR) Stakes in Utah where the filly broke out of the gate and rushed up into third on the outside. She was shuffle back to third in the turn when she was caught wide and lost steam in the stretch to finish just three lengths back in sixth with a lifetime best speed figure of one hundred. Her most recent win came last year in November during an allowance caliber start over nine furlongs where the filly broke out of the gate on the rail and settled into second and chase the pace setter into the rest of the race. She began to make her move in the turn but still stayed just off the flank of the front runner until the stretch where she made her bid for the lead and went on to take the win by a narrow three-fourths of a length. This weekend will be the fillies first start in a graded stakes caliber start.
Following will be Theory Of Love<\/b> (Forestry x Capote x Affirmed), who is owned and trained by cub<\/i>, owner of CVBear Racing Empire. This gorgeous chestnut four year old has been sparingly raced throughout her racing career with a total of fifteen lifetime starts. Of these fifteen starts for the filly, six have ended in wins. Four of these wins came over a turf track with the filly also achieving two wins on the dirt. The young filly has also accomplished a second place finish on the turf and a third place spot on the dirt. Her most recent start came in Rhode Island last month during the mile long listed High Cozzene Special where the filly broke out of her middle starting gate and set off out of the gate angling towards mid-pack and settling into sixth. She began to pick off other horses immediately into the race and was up into second at the turn before the stretch. She stepped on the gas in the stretch, powering her way past the front runner and to the lead to win the race by half a length with a speed figure of one hundred eight. The fillies most recent graded stakes came last December in the Penn Debutante (G1) where the filly finished twelfth.
Next will be a late entry, Eterne (GB)<\/b> (Diesis (GB) x Lyphard x Noble), who is proudly owned and trained by paddy<\/i>, owner of the Twoofus Stables. The chestnut filly has had a total of twenty-one races throughout her career. Only five of these starts have ended in wins for the British-bred and based filly. All of these five wins, along with three places and three shows have occurred over the turf. The fillies most recent start came earlier this month in Norway during an eight and a half furlong allowance caliber start where the filly broke out of the gate and went nearly to the back of the field settling into twelfth. She began to make her move slightly in the turn and found herself up in ninth. She poured on the steam in the stretch but came up just short by two lengths finishing second while setting a speed figure of one hundred. The fillies most recent win came in early January, this time in an allowance caliber start over ten furlongs in Victoria. Here the filly broke much sharper out of the gate and slipped into third right behind the front-running pace. She began to pick off other horses early on in the race and was up into the lead by two and one-fourth lengths by the turn. She never looked back in the stretch and went on to win the race convincingly. This weekend will be the fillies first state of stakes company.
And last, drawing the far outside post will be Sisson\u2019s Puss E<\/b> (E Dubai x Storm Cat x Alydar), who is trained by taztiger<\/i>, owner of Binzaman Stables. This four year old bay filly has had a total of nineteen career starts throughout her lifetime. Seven of these starts ended in victory for the striking filly, with all of these wins coming over the turf for the filly. Her most recent start came last month in an allowance caliber start over a mile in Sweden. The filly shot out of the start gate and settled into mid-pack in sixth. She hung back in sixth until the turn where she started to make her move and progressed up to fourth in the turn. She kicked into another gear in the stretch, but only crossed the wire in third, six and three-fourth lengths back with a speed figure of one hundred one. Her most recent win also came in January, this in another allowance caliber race, this time over in Newmarket. She broke out to the gate and shot towards the lead but settled just of the pace of the two dueling speed horses. Again at the turn she made her move and picked off one of the tiring horses and moved into second. In the stretch she challenged the other speed horse, dueling with her down the stretch, coming off with the win by one-fourth of a length.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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