A fabulous looking race with an evenly matched field has been assembled for the Breeders’ Bowl F and M Turf (G1) on Saturday in Kentucky.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
1–Magnifly, J. Ledwith, 8\/1<\/strong>: In real life horse racing I tend to look for well-backed older horses to take a stand against (see Cigar in 1996, or Skip Away in 1998 — not foolproof: Ouija Board, 2006). Grade one winning millionairess Magnifly fits the bill here, a 6-year-old daughter of Deep Impact who faded to fifth in this event last year. Since then Italst9’s mare has defeated Saturday’s morning-line favorite in the the Sheepherder Beach Handicap (G2) in a gutsy performance before narrowly missing against that same rival in the Landshark Oaks (G2). She prepped for this race using the soft allowance race tactic, where she finished 15 lengths back in third at even-money — presumably not all out. That tactic is certainly not foolproof and I’m going to lean against it working in this case. Her Hall of Fame dam Magniforma, by Galileo, finished 13th in the 2012 running of this race and Magnifly’s sister, Royal Blessing (by Giant’s Causeway), was 11th in the 2017 renewal.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 2–Phronbawi LV, D. Givins, 8\/1<\/strong>: Last year’s show horse in this event returns having just taken the British Champion Gals (G1) in grand style, a 2 3\/4-length victory in a race with some of these same fillies and mares. Now her speed figure was just a 111 and she’ll probably need a bigger effort here, perhaps like her hard-charging effort while second in the Corridor (G2) back in May. Bizalls15’s 5-year-old Dubawi mare is out of the Frankel he-mare Phrontisterion, who won two of 20 career races.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3–Hazy Dayz, F. Gossett, 9\/1<\/strong>: Undefeated in 11-furlong races, Teeso’s daughter of Deep Impact won the Kyoto Handicap (G2) in February against open company, earning a career-high 115 speed figure, and most recently (August) won the Dahliyev Turf Mare Stayer by 2 3\/4 lengths. The 5-year-old bay has yet to win in grade one company but did finish second in the 2020 Oaks de English. Hazy Dayz is out of a grade three winning Giant’s Causeway mare who has thrown one other grade two winner to date.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 4–Parrish Hill, D. Evans, 7\/1<\/strong>: Since ticking off a string of three straight grade one wins early in her 3-year-old campaign (including that 2020 Oaks de English), Winterset’s Parrish Hill has raced in open company as much as she has in races restricted to the distaff set. While she has yet to win against the boys, she hit the board in her first four races in that company before finishing ninth on an off track in the Ark De ComicDog (G1) last time out. That race was just her second of the year with Winterset choosing a light campaign for this 5-year-old daughter of Tapit. She closed last year with a career best performance in the Breeders’ Bowl F and M Turf, drawing off by 2 3\/4 lengths and earning a 118 speed figure. Could she be on the muscle following two straight races on off tracks and the cutback to 11 furlongs? It’s certainly possible, and if so this race could easily be hers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 5–Dream of Dubawi, A. Jolly, 9\/1<\/strong>: Ianwhipkey12’s Dream of Dubawi finished third in Phronbawi LV’s British Champion Gals, which followed a show showing in the Stockholm Distaff (G3) and a win the Pamona (G2) — her lone stakes victory. While she may not win all the time, she certainly gives her backers their money’s worth every race, with the 4-year-old daughter of Dubawi entering here having finished in the top three in 15 consecutive races. Impressive. Her Galileo he-mare Dream of Stars won three grade one races but didn’t seem to appreciate the off going in the 2018 Breeders’ Bowl Turf (G1), finishing ninth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 6–The Black Lotus, L. Radzinski, 8\/1<\/strong>: Simsters10’s Frankel filly was seventh to Phronbawi LV in the British Champion Gals, a popular final prep spot for this race, which marked her first sub-110 speed figure since a third-place finish in the Godlike Beauty (G1, 109 speed figure) in early April. In between she’s won a grade two race, a listed stakes, and finished second in The Friendly Wager (G1), earning her career high speed figure of 118 in the grade two win. While the British Gal’s 12 furlongs may have been a bit too far for The Black Lotus, she should be able to get the trip here with a return to form. The Black Lotus is from the same female family as 2019 Three Smokestacks (G1) winner Sashay Shantay. Solid.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 7–Reflect on Time, K. Ledwith, 14\/1<\/strong>: Reflect on Time’s name reminds me I’m up against a deadline here and must stick to the point with no pointless digressions like this one. Liambreeding2’s Golden Horn filly hasn’t finished worse than third since April of 2021, when still a maiden. She attempted her first stakes race in May of this year annexing a listed stakes and the Giving Thanks (G3) before missing by 1\/4 length in the Vermillion Stakes (G1) in September. She earned her maiden win at this distance but has been racing at longer distances since. Her Mastercraftsman dam seemed to like racing around 10 furlongs, so maybe it won’t be a problem.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 8–Herzweinen, Q. Cassell, 58\/1<\/strong>: No matter the result on Saturday, 58\/1 longshot Herzweinen at least will always have Paris, or Deauville rather, as the early peak of this 3-year-old’s career came back in May when she won the French Diana (G1, a race on my list of goals to accomplish). After earning a 99 speed figure in that 10 1\/2-furlong French classic, she raced poorly in the 12-furlong Irish Oaks before finishing in mid-pack in the nine-furlong Jersey City (G2), in which she earned her career high speed figure of 104. The 11 furlongs seems within the scope of Confessor2’s Heart’s Cry filly whose best day’s should still be in front of her.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 9–Tap Coder, B. Fairfield, 13\/1<\/strong>: British Champion Gal runner-up hasn’t won since a designed easy prep for the Equinics in a hot race on poly where she built a 39 1\/4-length lead at the third call before further distancing the field at a penny on the dollar odds. Tap Coder won her stakes race debut in the 2021 Minerve (G3) but has been shut out since in seven tries, all grade ones. Now the daughter of Tapit has hit the board in five of those heats which marks her as one to watch. However, her speed figures are close to what’s probably needed but a bit light and her 11-furlong stakes performance saw her finish fifth. Tap Coder is a scratchbred with Danzig and Alydar on the bottom of the pedigree.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 10–Omicron Mare, O. A. Haack, 7\/1<\/strong>: The name of this one reminds me of the foundation mares and sires you’ll see in pedigrees of Thoroughbreds if you go back a couple of centuries (Goodolphin Arabian, Gower Stallion, Royal Mare, Sedbury Royal Mare, etc.). I digress. Given’s 4-year-old Omicron Mare has already amassed a resume that would point to her becoming a foundation mare herself (and the scratchbred certainly has the pedigree — Dubawi x Sadler’s Wells x Kingmambo), with three grade one wins from 14 career races. While the sixth-place finish last out in the Prix Opera (G1) is less encouraging, her romp in the Friendly Wager (G1) before that shows she’s a top contender here. She failed to fire in her lone race at 12 furlongs (10th place in the Oaks de English) and closed well but only for fourth in the 10 1\/2 furlong Godlike Beauty (G1), though she did win a listed stakes at that distance. If the Sim coding for distance preference doesn’t slam the door on this one somewhere between 10 1\/2 and 11 furlongs she should be making her mark down the lane.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 11–Du Coeur, W. Cahill, 11\/1<\/strong>: The name of this one reminds me I really need to freshen up on my French lessons (“of the heart,” playing on sire Heart’s Cry. Hall of Fame Dam’s name Jeu de Mot means pun. (Playing with its own name???) Jeu de Mot has produced a Breeders’ Bowl Turf winner whose name means Sky Star, Digressing again? Yes and no.). So while Lasthope1’s Du Coeur has yet to win above the grade 3 level (the 11-furlong Stutenpreis), she’s from a classy family and can’t be dismissed on that account. Her five top speed figures (112, 111, 110, and a pair of 109s) have come at 11 furlongs, now she’ll just need a career effort to win the hearts of Saturday’s racegoers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n #12–Gravenobartonmycall, N. Lawton, 12\/1<\/strong>: This one’s name reminds me why I like the copy\/paste function so I don’t make a typo, which would be so easy withallthelettersrunningtogetherlikethat. Gravenobartonmycall is the lightest raced filly or mare entered here with just nine starts under her belt, but enters here on a four-race winning streak capped by a pair of impressive performances in the Dell Web Oaks (G1) and QE2 Challenge (G1, earning a 120 speed figure in the latter). Sremelaa’s 3-year-old daughter of Galileo has yet to race against older filly and mares or beyond 10 furlongs (a narrow win in the grade one United Oaks). While Gravenobartonmycall is clearly fast enough to win here, it remains to be seen if she has the stamina (though the pedigree of the scratchbred (with Deputy Minister and Caerleon on the bottom) suggests she does). She is currently favored in the early betting in the BTB contest on the main forum, but may be a bounce candidate following that big performance less than a month ago.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 13–Deadly Quiet, H. Harzheim, 6\/1<\/strong>: The morning-line favorite. Should she continue the on-off pattern she’s displayed in her races going back to last December, she’ll be all primed and ready to throw a big effort when it counts on Saturday. She gave a peak effort two races back, winning the Yolkshire Oaks (G1) by 2 1\/2 lengths and earning a career high 117 speed figure. Two starts before that she earned a 116 speed figure in missing by a neck in the 11-furlong Sheepherder Beach Handicap (earning a win on an “off” race in the Landshark Oaks in between those two races). Pick6king’s 5-year-old daughter of Galileo is out of the Gone West mare Ghost Whispers, who finished third in a 10-furlong edition of this race in 2009. Tactically adaptable, Deadly Quiet has a big shot here.<\/p>\n\n\n\n #14–Fighting the Rock, B. Peeples, 25\/1<\/strong>: A 3-year-old Fastnet Rock filly who had yet win a stakes race when 1strule entered her against the boys in the French Grand Prix (G1) in July, Fight the Rock rewarded her backers with a 3 1\/4 lengths victory that day. (And I should say against the boys and one other filly, who finished second.) Following that effort, she couldn’t quite close the gap in the 14 1\/2-furlong Saint Legend in September, but only regressed two speed figure points from the 112 she earned in the Grand Prix. The cutback in distance could propel her forward, which would give her a big shot here. She’s well backed in the early betting in the BTB, so maybe the whispers on the backside are in her favor. Another scratchbred, Fighting the Rock has a nice combination of Dynaformer and Monsun distaff side.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Good luck to all on Saturday!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" A fabulous looking race with an evenly matched field has been assembled for the Breeders’ Bowl F and M Turf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":85,"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-60178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60178","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\/85"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=60178"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60178\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":60181,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60178\/revisions\/60181"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=60178"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=60178"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=60178"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}