In a race filled with turf royalty Creepshow <\/U><\/B>made a strong case about who was the reigning king in this division. Given a masterful ride by P. Munoz, Creepshow showed his impressive arsenal of skills making a long careful ascent to the leaders before finding another gear few sim horses possess\u00a0to leave the field in his wake. The two time winner and reigning king of the Windy City Turf Classic, Rapid Grey<\/U><\/B> had traffic concerns before making a late surge to finish fourth. You had to think he might do it again when he was picking off horses in the lane but Creepshow was too much today. Town Prince<\/U><\/B> doomed many in here who had hoped to make the lead. Town Prince set some quick fractions and carried the lead until he was tackled by Exclusive Habitat<\/U><\/B> and Shriver Mine<\/U><\/B> who had been sitting back\u00a0just off the rapid pace. Exclusive Habitat rallied to tthe lead for a bob or two before Shriver Mine made what he and his connections must have thought was the winning move, surging by the eartly pace setters. But a look at the wide camera angle shows that the instant Shriver Mine broke the spirits of the leaders, Creepshow flipped the switch on an after burner gear and said ta ta. Shriver Mine was a game second holding off the late closing Mia Then Back<\/U><\/B> and of course the great Rapid Grey who closed out our superfecta respectively. Mia Then Back may have got caught waiting a bit too long with her excellent late run but was able to still hold of the star crossed Rapid Grey who would not make history here today. \u00a0<\/SPAN>Pace setter Town Prince faded all the way back to 7th<\/SUP>. Lets see how the prediction fared against the actual race.<\/P> A Look Back PP 1<\/SPAN><\/U><\/B> The 4 year old chestnut daughter of Generous x Siren Song (Galileo x Warning) is a winner of 1.7 million in purses. And came in with lot of questions about his recent form. He answered none of them with a middle of the road performance finishing 6th<\/SUP> in an spf of 105. The filly ran big as the only gal but not enough to think about the boys again next time out.<\/P> \u00a0<\/SPAN>PP 2<\/B> OTTOMAN TURKS TR <\/I><\/B>stoners <\/SPAN><\/A><\/I>JKY S Bigger ML <\/A>15\/1<\/U> A five year old scratch breed, Empire Maker x\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Sadler\u2019s Wells x Buckpaaser who has 2.5 million in purse winnings. And we thought he might hit the board but not win. Ottoman fried under the heat of the steppy pace and was never a factor.<\/P> PP 3<\/B> TREVORDOSKY TR <\/I><\/B>derbybound <\/SPAN><\/A><\/I>JKY M Bowen <\/A>ML 13\/1 We thought that this 6 year \u00a0<\/SPAN>Kingmambo x AP Indy x Alydar was running his best right now, but he was another who was withered by the pace duel early and faded back to finish 10th<\/SUP> 96 spf. <\/P> PP 4<\/B> DRACO TR <\/I><\/B>spqr <\/SPAN><\/A><\/I>JKY A Ching <\/A>ML 8\/1 We thought you could find more value than he 5 year old son of Sadler\u2019s Wells x AP Indy x Unbridled who entered facing questions about the distance of the race. He never found his best run Saturday and finished evenly after a poor start. A disappointing Spf of 92.<\/P> PP 5<\/SPAN><\/U><\/B> RISEN SAVIOR(AUS) TR <\/I><\/B>drevil <\/SPAN><\/A><\/I>JKY K Ryn <\/A>ML 14\/1 We said this son of\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Flying Spur x Quiet American x Risen Star might lack the back class and the top level experience of some others in here, despite having a ton of talent. Perhaps it was too tall an order and Risen Savior was eased last in an spf of 86.<\/P> PP 6<\/B> CREEPSHOW(IRE) TR <\/I><\/B>lenny28 <\/SPAN><\/A><\/I>JKY P Munoz <\/A>ML<\/SPAN><\/U> 9\/1 The legendary 5 year son of Rock of Gibraltar x Deputy Minister x Seeking the Gold pushed his lifetime earning to nearly 8 million with his breath taking run. The Evil Empire certainly saddled the best horse and his. two move burst in closing went off like his jock had a detonator. Great win!<\/P> \u00a0<\/SPAN>PP 7<\/B>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>EIGHT STRAIGHT TR <\/I><\/B>catahoula <\/A><\/I>JKY W Cabaniss <\/A>ML 16\/1 The son of Smarty Jones x Pulpit x PP 8<\/B> EXCLUSIVE HABITAT(ENG)TR <\/I><\/B>iant8 <\/SPAN><\/A><\/I>JKY R Logan ML <\/A>7\/1 We said this Sakhee x Habitat x Exclusive Native is in top form, really impressive in his consistent display of talent. Exclusive Habitat ran a real big race despite never making the top. He pressed the whole way and was victimized by the early pace. In a race slightly less star studded today\u2019s effort (106) might have been good enough to win. \u00a0<\/SPAN>Keep an eye on this one in the future.<\/P> PP 9<\/B>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>STORM’S GONE AGAIN TR <\/I><\/B>tisgold\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/A><\/I>JKY B White <\/A>ML 12\/1 We thought the 5 year old son of Awesome Again x Storm Cat x Gone West seemed to have been having his confidence rebuilt lately. Well today\u2019s effort may send tisgold back to the drawing board as he never fired and only delivered a 99 spf \u00a0<\/SPAN>picking off tired ones late.<\/P> PP 10<\/B>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>SHRIVER MINE\u00a0 <\/SPAN>TR <\/I><\/B>shawke <\/SPAN><\/A><\/I>JKY T Smaron <\/A>ML 15\/1 The 6 year old son of Dynaformer x Irish River x Blushing Groom\u2019s style of sitting just off the lead pack is one that really looked good in a group of front runners and deep closers. I didn\u2019t think he would be be quick enough here but he ran a monster race to be second. He looked like he had made the winning move late but an horse running bigger nailed him. The 108 tied a career best.<\/P> PP 11<\/B> ROSENTHAL(IRE)
Grade I
A mile and one quarter
Firm Turf
$2,000,000
All horses, 3 years old and up