Picturesque Puerto Rico plays host to the running of the 2010 South Bronx Stakes Grade III<\/STRONG> this Saturday. The race is open to all horses 3yo and the dirt course looks as though it will come up fast this week for the seven furlong battle. A quality field of nine runners have made the trip to the South American venue so lets see how they shape up.<\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/P> 1 – AUCTION THIS DAY(KY) \u2013 escena <\/EM>\u2013 6\/1 \u2013<\/STRONG> This up and comer has a formline that resembles a picket fence with four wins on the trot. He has the imposing career record of 5 wins from 8 starts including a stakes win last start at this distance where he produced a SP# of 99. The cleverly named son of Action This Day<\/EM> is in this with a great show. 2 – SLY BAILEY(TUR) \u2013 cricketer <\/EM>\u2013 7\/1 \u2013<\/STRONG> Won his second stakes race in succession last time out when absolutely blowing them away over 6 furlongs to produce a speed figure of 102. The front running son of Mujtahid<\/EM> has won 4 of his last 5 starts looks all quality with the only question mark here being the step up to 7 furlongs and whether he will run it out. That is the main point for investors to speculate and will be a point of interest come race day. 3 – ANY GIVEN CAT(KY) \u2013 invasorstc <\/EM>\u2013 4\/1<\/STRONG> \u2013 Introducing the #9 ranked horse in dirt sprinting for 3yo\u2019s who is a very experienced campaigner at the top level. Finished\u00a0sixth over 6 furlongs last start but was only beaten two and a half lengths at Grade I level. Prior to that he was placed at Grade III level and won a stakes race, both also over 6 furlongs. He has won at the distance and could produce enough here to be right up there again. 4 – DANTESCAN(KY) \u2013 martialis <\/EM>\u2013 5\/1 \u2013<\/STRONG> A winner of only 2 races to date but also already a stakes winner over 6.5 furlongs. He broke his maiden over this trip and has also ran a nice second at stakes level over it as well. A son of Empire<\/EM> Maker<\/EM> who likes to sit near the tail and fly home. He meets plenty of good ones here but definitely has an element of class about him and cannot be discounted. 5 – DICKINSON(KY) \u2013 caveat <\/EM>\u2013 6\/1<\/STRONG> \u2013 Has won two of his last three races, both at stakes level over 6 furlongs. He also managed a stakes placing at this distance in between those two runs. Another who likes to get back in the running and finish with a withering burst. This son of Eddington<\/EM> does have good form over 6 furlongs but needs to translate that to 7 furlongs to win here. 6 – DEPUTY BIRD(KY) \u2013 varsity2 <\/EM>\u2013 6\/1 \u2013<\/STRONG> Makes his 7 furlong debut today after running over a mile or more in recent times. A winner of 2 races who is yet to salute at stakes level. His best result has been a\u00a0third over 8.5 furlongs in a Grade III race. Looks to have his work cut out for him here on paper but trainer varsity2<\/EM><\/STRONG> is an astute judge and would not run the horse if he didn\u2019t have an inkling that it could do something special. 7 – EMERALD PRO(KY) \u2013 zwylde <\/EM>\u2013 7\/2 \u2013<\/STRONG> Had won 3 races on end including his first run as a 3yo before 2 disappointing results in his last two outings which resulted in a ninth and an eleventh. A son of Cherokee Run<\/EM>, he has won 6 from 12 and earned over half a million dollars in prizemoney. His 2yo form was nothing short of stellar and trainer zwylde<\/EM><\/STRONG> is hoping that we see a return to that form this week. 8 – HOWLING JUPITER(KY) \u2013 rycamkel <\/EM>\u2013 10\/1 \u2013<\/STRONG> A son of Roman Ruler<\/EM> who was saluted in two of his four starts as a 2yo but is yet to win this year. He has been beaten soundly at his two starts over six furlongs and a mile. This race looks very tough for him and he may appreciate something a little easier. 9 – ANGRY YOUNG MAN(KY) \u2013 sdmf1<\/EM> \u2013 19\/1 \u2013<\/STRONG> A last start winner over a mile in allowance grade in his second run as a 3yo. He likes to race just off the pace and put pressure on the leaders as they swing for home. This son of Point Given<\/EM> is probably in a race that is a little harder than he would like here today but he does show glimpses of brilliance at times and for followers of him the 19\/1 on offer is juicy. The roughie of the field, he could jag a placing if things go his way. Many horses in this one could produce what is required to take out the $100,000 purse and an upset would not surprise. One thing is for sure, it is worth keeping an eye on the top 3 or 4 finishers here at their next start as this race could provide a good formline with it being so competitive. I\u2019ve selected 1-3-2-7<\/EM><\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/P> Good Luck and Good Punting BUTCHA Even Field Makes For An Exciting Sprint<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":96,"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-7926","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7926","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\/96"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7926"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7926\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7926"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7926"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7926"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}