Six competitive fillies will face a mile test on Utah’s firm turf course in\tSaturday’s Four Bee(NZ) Memorial. The purse is $40k, and the winner will\tearn 8 coveted stakes points in the turf route division.<\/p>\n
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Rainbow Finster G<\/strong>, trained out of the Buxpasser<\/em> stable\tand off at odds of 5\/1, will break from the rail post.\u00a0 The brown Mining\tfilly (out of the stakes-winning Pine Bluff mare Julie’s P Cat G) has seen\tthe most success on turf, but has yet to race over 7 furlongs.\u00a0 Rainbow’s\ttwo wins (one MSW and one allowance victory) have both come when she got\tloose on the lead.\u00a0 She\thas a lot of natural speed, but if she is overtaken in the stretch may not\thave enough left to mount a challenge.\u00a0 Jockey\tL Ross will likely send Rainbow to the lead if he can get a good start out\tof her, and hope to open up enough of a margin to hold off the closers. Rainbow\till probably need to imprive on the order of 5-10 points if she wishes to\twin. <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Fresh from her maiden win, Maeve’s Causeway(IRE)<\/strong> (3\/1) makes\ther second start in a stakes for the Galileo<\/em> stable.\u00a0 The brown\tGiant’s Causeway filly was impressive in a nearly four-length victory in\ta 7.5 furlong MSW at Delaware.\u00a0 Her dam, the stakes-winning Roan Color\t(Red Ransom x Hospitality) excelled around a mile and it looks like this\tfilly will as well.\u00a0 Maeve picked up her win in nice fashion, settling\tback no more than three lengths before a stylish and speedy stretch run.\u00a0 She\tlooks to have no problem with the extra half-furlong.\u00a0 She will need to\timprove on speed, though, as her debut saw her pick up a 74SP. Again, this\tdoes not look to be a problem.\u00a0 Jockey M Fletcher has reportedly been given\torders to relax Maeve in third position through the first three quarters\tor so, and to give her her head at the quarter-pole.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Sano’s<\/em> Nymphet<\/strong> is the field longshot at 6\/1.\u00a0 The\tRahy filly (out of the Mountain Cat mare Queen Trapper)\u00a0 is coming off\ta third-place effort in the Hollywood State Special at 6.5 furlongs.\u00a0 She\thas but one win to her credit on five starts (in a dirt 5.5 furlong maiden\tno less) but she’s shown she can handle grass easily and has a nice closing\tstyle that should see her do well as she gets more ground.\u00a0 Based on runniung\tstyle the mile distance will be no problem.\u00a0 Speed will be, however.\u00a0 Nymphet’s\ttop SP so far is 72 – that may not be quite enough to pick up the win.\u00a0 But,\tshe has a nice chance to at minimum pick up a third.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Breaking for post 4 will be Impossible Project(IRE)<\/strong>, who\tis 5\/1 on the morning line.\u00a0 Trained out of the Heythere<\/em> stable,\tthe filly is by Not Impossible out of Mr. Prospector mare Jove Project.\u00a0 Impossible\thas two victories in four starts; both wins have come in small-field turf\tstakes at 5.5 and 6 furlongs. She’s never been truly tested so it’s difficult\tto predict just how good this filly could be.\u00a0 In her wins she sat no worse\tthan third off the pace and grabbed the lead fairly early, oulling away through\tthe stretch.\u00a0 She\tdoes seem to have some natural speed, and can rate somewhat.\u00a0 Her jockey,\ttop track rider O Osbourne, apparently thinks the filly has a very good chance\tto notch win number three today.\u00a0 She does, if she can handle the extra\thalf-mile.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Irish Julie(IRE)<\/strong> is the favorite in this field at 9\/5.\u00a0 Irishsired’s<\/i>\tchestnut daughter of Fasliyev(IRE) out of the stakes-winning Sadler’s Wells\tmare Courageous Julie certainly has the pedigree of a filly who would enjoy\ta mile or more on grass.\u00a0 Irish has two wins in four turf starts.\u00a0 One\twin came in her second race in a 6 furlong maiden (she won by 1 1\/2 with\ta 72) after a debut place at 6 furlongs (she lost by a narrowing length with\ta 75).\u00a0 In her last start, Irish tried routing for the first time with\texcellent success.\u00a0 She picked up a quarter-length victory in an allowance\tat a mile to post a healthy 83 SP.\u00a0 Her status as field favorite is clearly\tearned.\u00a0 Both of Irish’s wins have come when she relaxes 3-5 back through\tthe first half of the race, and then quickly moves up and keeps going.\u00a0 if\tshe can duplicate that style, and hold off the speedier fillies in the race,\tshe is the probable winner. <\/p>\n \u00a0<\/p>\n Pretty Palace<\/strong> will break from the outside post.\u00a0 She\tis the third morning line choice at 7\/2.\u00a0 Ladypd’s<\/em> chestnut filly\tis making her first start on grass, but her second start at a mile.\u00a0 The\tAramus filly (out of the Rahy mare Cranky Palace) picked up a win in her\tdebut at 5 furlongs in Wisconsin with a 71SP.\u00a0 She followed that up with\tan 80 SP at 6.5 in a stake on fast dirt to finish a slightly faltering\tthird, and her last start saw her lose by six at a mile on a track rated\tgood. Her pedigree does suggest she should handle turf with ease, and she\thas shown when she likes a track she can run well.\u00a0 She’s been working\tout well over the Utah turf track the last few days.\u00a0 Rumor has it jockey\tM Dunn has been told to ride Palace close to the pace and hope she has enough\tin her to make a late run.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Six competitive fillies will face a mile test on Utah’s firm turf course in Saturday’s Four Bee(NZ) Memorial. 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