The Sir Fake Challenge Stakes – All horses, 4 years old and up, Seven furlongs on the Firm Turf Course, Purse: $50,000 <\/SPAN><\/P> \u00a0 PP1 \u2013 Wonder Showzen \u2013 phonetrick \u2013 J Lucas \u2013 5\/2JF<\/STRONG><\/SPAN>\u00a0 Triple Stakes winning 6yo that lies 65th<\/SUP> in the older horses turf sprint division. He has been running really well in Stakes races this year, albeit without winning, hitting the board in his last 4 runs. The joint favourite is due a win and he is one for the shortlist.<\/SPAN><\/P> \u00a0 PP2 \u2013 Copy Phyl \u2013 racinpogs5 \u2013 S R Vaughan \u2013 7\/1<\/STRONG><\/SPAN>\u00a0 A mere $3.5k claim for his current owner and he has since shown he is more than capable of mixing it in Allowance company. He has his first try at Stakes level here and will need a lifetime best to figure.<\/SPAN><\/P> \u00a0 PP3 \u2013 Lahore \u2013 hoyos \u2013 B Carlson \u2013 10\/1<\/STRONG><\/SPAN>\u00a0 This 4yo colt has done most of his running over a mile\u00a0but he\u00a0<\/SPAN>has yet to finish in the first 3 over <\/SPAN>a s<\/SPAN>print trip. He is likely to struggle with the early pace of some of these rivals and it will be a huge surprise to see him get competitive in this field.<\/SPAN><\/P> \u00a0 PP4 \u2013 Two Storms \u2013 maryfran \u2013 C Shoemaker \u2013 5\/2<\/STRONG><\/SPAN>\u00a0 Grade 3 and eight time Stakes winner, finished a closing third in a Grade 1 at Japan last year. He looked as good as ever when coming back from a 4-month break to land a 6.5f Stakes race on his penultimate start and he clearly retains all of his ability. Surprisingly beaten LTO he has a bit to prove but, back over his favourite distance, he is the one they all have to beat.<\/SPAN><\/P> \u00a0 PP5 \u2013 Ermington Who.. \u2013 pornstar \u2013 K Little \u2013 19\/1<\/STRONG><\/SPAN>\u00a0 Outsider of the field has looked a different horse since switching to turf, winning his last two. He looked like a horse to follow when coming from well behind to comfortably win an nx2 Allowance LTO recording his first 100+SP. This represents a steep hike up in class but his trainer clearly feels he is ready. Interesting at long odds.<\/SPAN><\/P> \u00a0 PP6 \u2013 Empire Of Damascus \u2013 nyra \u2013 M Brown \u2013 7\/1<\/STRONG><\/SPAN>\u00a0 Cheaply bred horse that has ran well a few times in the Bargain Bred Racing series on dirt. This will be his first try on the green stuff but his sire and dam sire both predominantly produce dirt runners so it will be a surprise to see him perform as well on this surface.<\/SPAN><\/P> \u00a0 PP7 \u2013 Rocket Slew \u2013 totheright \u2013 J Chapman \u2013 9\/1<\/STRONG><\/SPAN>\u00a0 The most lightly raced of the line-up; this colt began to show some promise towards the end of last year prompting his owner to step him up in class. After finishing third in a Stakes race <\/SPAN>on his first run this year he has subsequently been a shade disappointing in his three runs since. On the plus side, he is the only confirmed frontrunner of the field and that should allow his jockey to be able to dictate the pace. Place prospects.<\/SPAN><\/P> \u00a0 PP 8 \u2013 River Lodge \u2013 pacer \u2013 J Webb \u2013 3\/1<\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/SPAN>\u00a0 Drawn out wide is the oldest horse of the race. This seven year old appears to be a late bloomer and it wasn\u2019t until late 2006\/2007 that he started to get into full stride, winning 4 Stakes races during that period. He was given a little rest at the beginning of this year and has came back in great heart, posting a lifetime best SP LTO. Back up in<\/SPAN>to Stakes class here, he comes into this<\/SPAN>\u00a0race in the form of his life and he is one to consider.<\/SPAN><\/P> \u00a0 Summary<\/U><\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/P> A few of these are in with a chance but it\u2019s hard to look beyond Two Storms<\/U><\/STRONG>. He loves going seven panels and it\u2019s hard to ignore his Graded form. He is chosen to overcome a surprising defeat LTO.<\/SPAN><\/P> \u00a0 There are a number of challengers to the selection, headed by the ultra consistent Wonder Shozen<\/EM>. He has a similar running style to the joint favourite and is pretty well matched with him on the clock but the feeling is he\u2019ll find one too good again.<\/SPAN><\/P> \u00a0 River Lodge<\/EM> is undoubtedly a talented individual and comes into this race in good form, <\/SPAN>however\u00a0his <\/SPAN>last run was eight weeks ago and there is a suspicion he may not be <\/SPAN>as fully wound up <\/SPAN>as the two joint favourites.<\/SPAN><\/P> \u00a0 Ermington Who..<\/EM> is the dark horse and least exposed of the field. He may still have more improvement in him on this surface and, at such long odds; he could be worth a small place bet.<\/SPAN><\/P> \u00a0 Rocket Slew<\/EM> is next best.<\/SPAN><\/P> \u00a0 1 \u2013 Two Storms<\/SPAN><\/P> 2 \u2013 Wonder Shozen<\/SPAN><\/P>3 \u2013 Ermington Who..<\/SPAN><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Two Storms at Texas<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":420,"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-6192","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6192","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\/420"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6192"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6192\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6192"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6192"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6192"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}