The Raging River Special, a Grade I event, was run at a distance of a mile and a half. The 9-2 favorite, K’s Hasty ‘N Nasty, just held on by a head to reap the glory of victory.<\/p>\n
Dark Place and Frozen Four hooked up in an early battle for the lead. Just past the 1\/2 pole, Dark Place gave up the lead to Frozen Four and rapidly fell back. The Trident and K’s Hasty ‘N Nasty battled off of the leaders early on, but together made a surge to the front end, over taking Frozen Four as they reached the 3\/4 mark. <\/p>\n
K’s Hasty ‘N Nasty dug in deep as the two galloped hard together and was able to hang on winning the Grade I stakes by only a head. K’s Hasty ‘N Nasty was my second choice, beating my top selection The Trident. K’s Hasty ‘N Nasty now has a 3-win race steak going, winning 4 of her last 5. The Trident continues her streak of not finishing worse than second since March of 2007.<\/p>\n
War in Heaven took the third spot came on hard from the 7th spot, to finish third, beating the tiring Frozen Four (my third pick) by less than a length.<\/p>\n
Orowell closed from 8th, 14 lengths back at one point, to pick up the 5th place check, closing to within 7 lengths of the winner.<\/p>\n
Audacity ran 5th early and never made a serious effort settling in for a 6th place finish.<\/p>\n
Willpower lacked just that…willpower. She was 4 lengths back at the quarter pole and just faded back from there, ending up 7th.<\/p>\n
Kneel Before Zod once again showed her troubles at the starting gate, slowly leaving the gate, taking up the last spot, and spotting the field over a dozen lengths early on. She was over 17 back before closing back to 12 at the end, and finishing 8th.<\/p>\n
Dark Places, as mentioned earlier, was in a tough battle for the lead early on. Her race ended half way through the race and she decended to the rear after that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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