Welcome to Victoria for the running of the CEO Classic <\/B>Grade II A mile and one half Firm Turf $250,000 All horses, 3 years old and up. A surprisingly small field is engaged here for this race . Lets take a look at the field.<\/P>
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1 <\/B>106372<\/B><\/U><\/A> DARKDOUN(IRE) <\/B>peepsclaim <\/B><\/U><\/A><\/B>J Kohlmorgen <\/B><\/U><\/A>5\/2 <\/P> GALILEO (IRE) x PEINTRE CELEBRE (IRE) x CAERLEON <\/P> Cobra Kai Racing Stables <\/B><\/I>trains this 5yrold who has had 30 starts for 7 wins and 13 placings. Winning nearly $800,000 in stakes he has mixed form at this distance at this grade . He was a great 2nd<\/SUP> in the World Cup Turf Marathon — Restricted-G1 <\/B>with a 110sp. Normally a leader he some times gets caught late in the race . Lead to the last furlong last time out in the Sand Castle Golden Turf Classic-G1 <\/B>if his jockey can secure him an economical trip in front he may hold them all at bay. <\/P> 2 <\/B>92453<\/B><\/U><\/A> RISSOTTO <\/B>hwhisper <\/B><\/U><\/A><\/B>M R Magoo <\/B><\/U><\/A>10\/1 <\/P> PALACE MUSIC x WARNING(GB) x HABITAT <\/P> Whisper Stables <\/B><\/I>trains this 5yrold the winner of 6 from 18 he has been patiently handle by his previous trainer through the allowance grade with great success. He then surprisingly entered in a claimer where the astute olwhisper<\/B> claimed him and entered him into stakes company in his last 2 starts for a 2nd<\/SUP> and a 3rd<\/SUP> over 14f he has won over 12f and this race may well be his best chance to pick up graded honours.<\/P> 3 <\/B>133496<\/B><\/U><\/A> KIRBY’S BEST YET(KY) <\/B>kingkirby <\/B><\/U><\/A><\/B>R Bailey <\/B><\/U><\/A>5\/2 <\/P> DYNAFORMER x FORTY NINER x KINGMAMBO<\/P> OJAI VALLEY STABLES <\/B><\/I>train this blueblood 4yrold the winner of $2,737,190 in stakes and the winner of 11 from 17 a truly brilliant performance by team Kirby . Won the Sand Castle Golden Turf Classic-G1 <\/B>last time out and a repeat of that performance will see him distance this field he recorded a 113sp in that race and beat some of the sims best 12f horses including LEX LUTHOR<\/B><\/U><\/A> & <\/B>RAPID GREY<\/B><\/U><\/A> <\/B>so aptly named he could be Kirby\u2019s best yet and maybe the sims best who knows only time will tell but at 4 he is well on his way.<\/P> 4 <\/B>27386<\/B><\/U><\/A> TRYING(KY) <\/B>375stud <\/B><\/U><\/A><\/B>Z Skunk <\/B><\/U><\/A>13\/1<\/P> COZZENE x THEATRICAL(IRE) x MANILA <\/P> 375stud Stables <\/B><\/I>this 4yrold from the graded placed mare SWEET SUNSHYNE(IRE) <\/B>he has only raced 7 times so far for 3 wins and 3 placings he has come a long way in a short time but may find this a little tough at this early stage of his career. Will race handy and may fill a place here.<\/P> 5 <\/B>120643<\/B><\/U><\/A> DIRECTOR <\/B>snappa4 <\/B><\/U><\/A><\/B>B Ridgle <\/B><\/U><\/A>3\/1 <\/P> <\/B>EMPIRE MAKER<\/B><\/U><\/A> <\/B>THEATRICAL(IRE)<\/B><\/U><\/A> <\/B>NIJINSKY II<\/B><\/U><\/A><\/P> Another well bred runner trained by Australian trainer Snappa Racing Syndicate<\/I> <\/B>he is a 12f specialist with 15 starts at the distance for 5 wins and 4 seconds including wins in The Master<\/B><\/U><\/A>-G1 <\/B>and this race the CEO Classic-G2 <\/B>12 months ago not many horses win the same race twice so it will be a great feat if he can pull this one off. No stranger to graded racing measuring up to the greatest horses in the sim and makes this a great contest even with a small field. His lead up racing has been perfect and he looks trained to the minute.<\/P> 6 <\/B>121862<\/B><\/U><\/A> NATTOWNSFINEST(LA) <\/B>buff620 <\/B><\/U><\/A><\/B>A Snappa <\/B><\/U><\/A>96\/1 <\/P> <\/B>ANNOUNCE<\/B><\/U><\/A> <\/B>CRUSADER SWORD<\/B><\/U><\/A> <\/B>BOLD REASONING<\/B><\/U><\/A><\/P> A very interesting career of 4 starts to date a 4th<\/SUP> as a 2yrold 2 years ago in a 5.5f stakes race then an 8th<\/SUP> earlier this year in a 8.5f dirt msw race then a win in a maiden claimer over 13f and a hugh jump to win an allowance race over 12 f last time out wow this would be the greatest boilover of all time if he wins god luck to his trainer River Ridge Farms <\/B><\/I>every underdog in the sim is cheering for you.<\/P> 7 <\/B>127000<\/B><\/U><\/A> ANOTHER TENPIN TAP <\/B>tenpin6 <\/B><\/U><\/A><\/B>D Evans <\/B><\/U><\/A>5\/2<\/P> <\/B>SEEKING THE GOLD<\/B><\/U><\/A> <\/B>NIJINSKY II<\/B><\/U><\/A> <\/B>BLUSHING GROOM(FR)<\/B><\/U><\/A><\/P> The 3rd<\/SUP> equal favourite for this all at 5\/2 he is all a top bred horse and has the race record to match. He has won 8 from 24 and $1,938,564 in stakes he is a G1 winner winning the Classic Turf Stakes-G1 <\/B>and has been a great performer at graded company adds to puzzle when trying to select winner. Trained by the astute Rockriver Stables <\/B><\/I>he will be right in this .<\/P> 1ST<\/SUP> KIRBY’S BEST YET(KY) <\/P> 2ND<\/SUP> DIRECTOR<\/P> 3RD<\/SUP> ANOTHER TENPIN TAP <\/P><\/B> \u00a0<\/P> \u00a0<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Maybe Even The SIMS<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":203,"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":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5801","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5801","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\/203"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5801"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5801\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5801"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5801"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5801"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}