One would expect that the Six Saratoga Bonanza would see a field of six at the\tvenerable Upper New York racetrack, but alas that is not the case.\u00a0 Instead,\tthis Bonanza is 3000 miles away and two fillies short.\u00a0 Despite the misnomer,\tthe race promises to showcase some rising turf talent in the freshman filly\tdivision.\u00a0 The race is 5.5 furlongs in the Northern California turf course.\u00a0 The\tpurse is a healthy $80k.<\/p>\n
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Breaking from the inside post is my own filly, Sin Nomine<\/strong>,\twho is 3\/1 on the morning line .\u00a0 She\tis trained out of the bigmoose<\/em> stable, and has yet to pick up her second\tlifetime win.\u00a0 Her maiden win was in a high-purse MSW at 6f on dirt, so\tclearly the 5.5 furlongs she will face here will not be too short for her.\u00a0 She\tis stakes-placed on turf, but it was her debut race and she posted a measly\t57SPto lose by nearly 5 lengths.\u00a0 Sin’s latest turf effort two starts back\tat 6f in a stake saw her finish a game and closing fourth, but the 67SP earned\tthat day does not bode well for a stakes victory here.\u00a0 However, her breeding\t(Distant View x Unbridled) does suggest she ought to improve as she\tages.\u00a0 Sin\thas not-so-great jockey V Everett aboard. <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n The race favorite at 4\/5 is Nonstop Flight<\/strong>, who will be running\tfrom the second post.\u00a0 Vampire3’s<\/em> filly showed some success on\tdirt before being switched onto the grass two starts back.\u00a0 She really\tliked it, as evidenced by her prompt one-length win in a 5-furlong maiden at\tKentucky and her followup win in a 4.5-furlong allowance at Rhode Island.\u00a0 Nonstop\tcan run on the lead or right behind the pace, and she is the most likely\tcandidate to pick up the win.\u00a0 This Forty Niner x Seattle Slew filly has\tshown class and speed in her two turf tries, and there is every reason to\tbelieve she’ll love the extra half-furlong she’ll get here.\u00a0 her trainer\thas obtained the services of well-respected jockey B Dickerson.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Irishgal’s<\/em> Danzig Run<\/strong> is 2\/1 on the morning line.\u00a0 Her\tmama, by Danzig out of a Pentelicus mare, never had much success on the racetrack\tbut her daughter by Cherokee Run is doing mom proud.\u00a0 The striking roan\tfilly has a pair of wins, a place, and a show on grass.\u00a0 One of those\twins came in her last start, a 5.5f stakes in Nebraska that Danzig Run won\tby a half a length.\u00a0 This filly prefers to run a few lengths off the lead,\twhich should set her up nicely in the race.\u00a0 However, despite her successes,\tshe is vulnerable.\u00a0 The favorite has run 11 points faster than Danzig Run\thas to date, so she’s going to need to find another gear if she hopes to\track up win number 3 on Saturday. Jockey G Kernutt has a poor winning record\tbut gets one out of every three mounts a top-3 finish. <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n On the far outside will start the field longshot, Scotian Tessa (5\/1).\u00a0 Doguiec5’s\tlight gray filly is the most lightly raced in teh field with 4 races under\ther girth.\u00a0 She spent her first three on-track appearances on dirt, but\ther switch to turf in her last start saw her break her maiden going 5 furlongs.\u00a0 This\tis a big step up, but her trainer must feel that the small field will let\tScotian settle into higher-class company without all the pressure that might\tcome in a larger race.\u00a0 It’s also a nice place to start stretching the\tfilly out.\u00a0 Scotian is by Devil his Due out of the Cozzene mare Work T,\twho was retired after due to injury after just a few starts.\u00a0In her last\tstart Scotian was never more than 2 lengths behind the leader.\u00a0 If she\tduplicates that running style, and improves as she likely will, she could\tpick up a nice chunk of the $80k purse. P Graham, a fair jockey, has agreed\tto ride.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Watch for Danzig Run<\/strong> to go for the early lead, with Scotian\t\tTessa<\/strong> settling\tright behind her.\u00a0 Nonstop Flight<\/strong> should relax about a length behind Scotian,\twith Sin Nomine<\/strong> trailing by up to five lengths before making a late run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" One would expect that the Six Saratoga Bonanza would see a field of six at the venerable Upper New York<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"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-604","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604","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\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=604"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/604\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=604"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=604"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=604"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}