<\/A>3581.5315<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/A><\/SPAN> The After Shave Sprint is a grade 2 race for 3 year old colts covering 6 furlongs on turf. We have some boisterous colts here today looking ready to go. <\/FONT><\/P> 1. (11\/1) Cestrinus (Aus) \u2013 Chifley \u2013 (Helenus X Fappiano) With only 5 starts to his name this colt is looking fresh today. Never has been worse than second he has 3 wins and 2 seconds one of which was on dirt. His most impressive race came last time out in his first stakes attempt where he won by a head going wire to wire.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The shorter distance will be good as he posted a solid 98 speed in his last race but almost got caught. At the shorter distance he should be able to hold off the closers.<\/FONT><\/P> 2. (23\/1) Tuff Bailey \u2013 Mig- (Reset (aus) X Accordion (Ire) \u2013 Since going to auction this 3 year old colt has improved nicely hitting 8 for 8 on the board in turf sprint stakes. in his last start in the Clique Bug Handicap where he covered 6 furlongs with a 88 speed to finish second by only a length. \u00a0<\/SPAN>His best start to date was also over 6 furlongs in a stakes race where he finished 2nd<\/SUP> by a nose with a 92 speed. He has shows he likes this distance and should be happy here. <\/FONT><\/P> 3. (21\/1) Barb\u2019s Royale \u2013 Leo3 \u2013 (Royal Academy X General Meeting) A winner of half of his starts this colt\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Started his career off well breaking his maiden at first asking and then winning a stakes in his second start.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He will be happy with the distance here, he loves 5.5 and 6 furlong races 6.5 seems to be a bit too long for him. Though in his last race he posted a 90 to win covering 6.5 furlongs. But he has shown preference for shorter so if that\u2019s what he can do there he will be very happy with this race.<\/FONT><\/P> 4. (7\/1) Basestealer – Yunkai \u2013 (Distorted Humor x Giant\u2019s Causeway) This colt made his first run on dirt where he finished 3rd<\/SUP>. Next start he broke his maiden on the turf and has been there ever since. With impressive wins in allowances and stakes the 3 graded attempts have shown to be this colt\u2019s only weakness finishing at best 5th<\/SUP> by 4 lengths. Though that was at a mile in his last start he was shortened back up to sprints and posted a 100 to finish second at 7 furlongs. Proving he much preferred the shorter distance. Hopefully the shorter distance in combination with the graded race will prove a successful venture for this colt. <\/FONT><\/P> 5. (4\/1) Clarity Through Smoke \u2013 Lawdro \u2013 (Theatrical X Grand Slam) This speedy youngster has broken 100 twice and both times in March. A 102 and a 105 covering 6.5 and 7 furlongs in stakes races.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Those are brilliant speeds but unfortunately were not repeated last time out which is understandable as he won by a length and a half with a 97. This tough colt is fast and could post another big number if the competition proves tough enough. <\/FONT><\/P> 6. (12\/1) Royal Homecoming \u2013 Conman3 \u2013 (Royal Academy x Came Home) another solid colt who has been off the board once in 9 starts where he finished 4th<\/SUP>. He went on a 3 race winning streak only to be broken last out going 6 furlongs with his career best speed of 96. He looks good and continues to improve but even though his speed was better his 3 most recent wins were at 6.5 furlongs though at 6 he was third but only by \u00bd a length, which is nothing to sneeze at. Could prove very tough here.<\/FONT><\/P> 7. (12\/1) The Twister (Aus) \u2013 Wildwest \u2013 (Markane X Hamas (ire) \u2013 This colt has been in stakes races nearly all his life and with 12 races to his name he has hit the board in 9 winning 5. Impressive, with two of his off the board runs being 4th<\/SUP> by around 2 lengths. This colt looks tough consistent with a career best speed of 92 coming from a win over this distance, though he has only one graded start which was a disaster his only really bad run. But today\u2019s race looks more favorable. <\/FONT><\/P> 8. (9\/1) Mambo Mine \u2013 Jockeymax7 \u2013 (Mineshaft X Kingmambo) This well bred colt started his career on dirt with one trial turf run where though he won he ran slower so his trainer decided to stay on turf where he was successful in allowance races. Then after a disappointing allowance start they tried turf again. Like a rocket the colt has never placed a speed below a 90 and has a stakes win and a graded show. He will like the distance and will hopefully live up to his expectations. \u00a0<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> 9. (11\/1) Tiger Hill Colt \u2013reman12000- (Tiger Hill X Run Softly) After running well in his first race he was sold and bought by the R&R Stables. He then went on to win his next three starts making him an undefeated winner of 4 in the G3 Mohawk Juvenile mile. Then he had a string of ok runs until last time out where he showed his old winning form and was dropped back to sprints where he is at his best. He won his last start going 6.5 and looks like he has his game face on today.<\/FONT><\/P> 10. (12\/1) Ridin\u2019 High \u2013 Freeky \u2013 (Green Desert X Forestry) This colt has had quite the run of it with 5 wins in only 9 starts.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He broke his maiden first asking then threw in some ok races then got some experience under his belt and rolled off a 4 race winning streak. That streak ended last time out with an understandable off the board finish on an off track. But with a firm track here there looks to be no problems.<\/FONT><\/P> 11. (5\/1) Six Gun City Er \u2013 Erracing- (Forestry X Carson City) This colt has one run on dirt which didn\u2019t look too bad. But trainer Erracing had other ideas and switched him to turf where he won his maiden and then a stakes the next start.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Though he hasn\u2019t won since that race he has posted some BIG speeds since then making this little colt look like a beast. With a 100 and then a 105 in his last start this colt could easily prove too much for this field to handle. It depends on the distance his best speeds came at 7 furlongs or longer which could prove that 6 is just too short for him. But if not this colt is one to keep an eye on. <\/FONT><\/P> 12. (18\/1) Rash Paradox \u2013 Xallyx- (Time Paradox X Hawaii) This is a nice little colt with only 6 starts. His first race was on dirt then a 3rd<\/SUP> on turf before he finally broke his maiden on his 3rd<\/SUP> try.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s won only one race since and a mile stakes at that. His last two races have been at a mile and his trainer thinks he will like to take a step back and go back to sprints. I think he will enjoy it though his breeding suggests some distance. This will be a good way to tell if he will like the shorter distance or not.<\/FONT><\/P> 13. (7\/1) Mountsir (Ire) \u2013 Wolfi- (Choisir X Montjeu) This 3 year old brown colt has done very little wrong. After breaking his maiden in his first try he won two allowances then two stakes before showing some mortality and getting a third while still posting an improved speed. Then in his next start he wowed the crowds again by winning by a length and a half with a 102 speed in the Quick Seattle Stakes. With continuing to improve speeds off every start, if he does that again there will be no catching him. Only drawback is he has never run in a graded race before today.<\/FONT><\/P> I think I like the 5,4,1 with the 11 as a nice bet, he\u2019s fast and if he shows up he could be very dangerous.<\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Colts to Razor Burn the Turf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":409,"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-5931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5931","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\/409"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}