Eastern Kentucky-<\/B>The Grade I, $500,000 PP1, Andycapper\u2019s <\/I>A.P. Andy<\/B>(10-1, Moffett).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u201cNow I don\u2019t know if I can live up to the hype of that intro.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>If my selections lose, blame him and not me.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This race has many interesting variables.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Take this first filly for instance.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A.P. Andy is a daughter of A.P. Indy and the farther she has raced the better she has raced.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She began her career on the dirt, switched to the turf and has never been out of the money in nine turf starts.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her last race was the longest distance she had run in her career and it saw her put up a lifetime best speed rating of 97 when racing in a nine furlong allowance.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This stalker closer has never gone ten furlongs but she won her last race, in hand, by over four lengths and her pedigree screams ten furlongs (if not even further).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A solid performer A.P. Andy has won three of her last four starts.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>As a negative this is her stake and graded debut so class could be an issue. \u00a0<\/SPAN>Over the years I have seen many horses that go from the allowance ranks to the black type races and fail, especially that first attempt.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I\u2019m going to bet that she can handle the class issue successfully so I\u2019m going to make her my Tsing Tao long shot selection.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Put her on top and underneath for the big return.\u201d<\/P> PP2, Foxybullet\u2019s <\/I>First Magnitude<\/B>(12-1, Hibby).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u201cHer last start came in the G1 Ayala Cup in which she was a well beaten fourth.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>That race was her stake and graded debut so I think that this daughter of Aldebaran will put forth a strong showing in this race.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>First Magnitude has raced ten furlongs before and won that ten panel race with a 93 speed rating.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Closer is a solid filly, but she must bump up her speed rating to have a legitimate shot at a win.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I think she has a legitimate shot at a minor share.\u201d<\/P> PP3, Goldsmith\u2019s <\/I>No More Options(Gb)<\/B>(12-1, PP4, Bulletday9\u2019s <\/I>Testing Fractions(Ire)<\/B>(6-1, Head).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u201cI covered this filly in the Freiermuth Stakes where she almost won the race and ended up finishing a surprising second (at least to me).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She ran much better over the good turf then I thought she was going to.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This daughter of Best of the Bests will be winging it from the start.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Has a ten furlong stake score in which she went gate to wire.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She can stalk a hot early pace if she needs to as she did in the ten furlong Freiermuth.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Has a fifth place finish in a Grade I.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Many times you will see a horse have big efforts when they hit a firm turf again.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I think she will do that so I\u2019m putting her in my exotic box.\u201d<\/P> PP5, Fab19\u2019s <\/I>Getaloadofthis<\/B>(12-1, Dorchak).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u201cCloser is a daughter of Distorted Humor out of an Ela-Mana-Mou mare.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Getaloadofthis is a two time stake winner and this race marks her graded debut.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In her last start she won a 10.5 furlong stake race with an 81 speed rating.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She will need to put up a much better speed figure to be competitive in this race.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She does have a 97 speed rating in week 2461 so the talent might be there to pull off a shocker.\u201d<\/P> PP6, Lodog20\u2019s <\/I>Star Indy<\/B>(14-1, Gomez).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u201cDaughter of Star Trace is an early speed type that is still 2x eligible.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Best speed rating in last eight races is a 92 that came in her last effort.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last win came in week 2468.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Has raced in three graded races prior to this race and has only been an early speed factor.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Look for more of the same today.\u201d<\/P> PP7, Usoz\u2019s <\/I>La Pata Daisy<\/B>(4-1, Joseph).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u201cThe number one ranked turf long filly decides to race the classic distance.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This filly has had a phenomenal year.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is a potential filly of the year.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Hit a slight speed bump in her last race.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She was second in the 14 furlong Ayla Cup, a race that saw her five race consecutive graded win streak snapped. La Pata Daisy is now seven of fourteen and has earned over $1.8 million dollars.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In her fourteen starts, she has never finished worse then third.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Generally La Pata Daisy races at 12 furlongs and beyond.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Here she shortens up and that may cause her problems as the race could be just too short for her.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She does have a nine furlong win with a 96 speed rating.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She was third in an 11 furlong race with a 101 speed rating.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I\u2019ll include her in my exotic boxes.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A Grade I win at this distance will look very nice on the resume when the voters go to work at the end of the year.\u201d<\/P> PP8, Grimreeser <\/I>Sharp Ivor(Gb)<\/B>(7-2, Desantis).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u201cDaughter of Mtoto is the slight favorite based on her impressive G3 score in week 2480.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In that race she closed to win\u00a0 <\/SPAN>with a 108 speed rating.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>That figure is, by far, the best in the field.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After that huge effort, her connections entered her two weeks later into the G1 Del Webb Oaks and she bounced to a 95 speed rating.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Well rested, this closer is going to be tough and is the probable smart play.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Include her in the exotic boxes.\u201d<\/P> PP9, Wistful3\u2019s <\/I>Scimitarra(Gb)<\/B>(8-1, Obwan).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u201cClosing Daughter of Diesis hasn\u2019t raced on the lawn in a very long time.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last time she did she was two and she had a win in four starts.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>One time Oaks hopeful was third in the G3 Louisiana Oaks way back in week 2426.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Has a couple of restricted Stake wins since that time, but has struggled a bit in open company.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Move to turf could spark a big revival since she is bred for it.\u201d<\/P> PP10,\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Rohan\u2019s <\/I>Tess Until next time, may the racing Gods favor you. Wide open affair may see emergence of a new star<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":415,"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-824","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824","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\/415"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=824"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/824\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=824"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=824"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=824"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}