Sometimes, looking for a top-class 2yo among the thousands that are bred each year in this here Sim is like looking for a needle in a haystack. Then again… Sometimes if you carelessly slam your hand into a haystack your fingers will get stuck full o’ holes.<\/FONT> Well… If you want to jam your hand into the haystack known as this Saturday’s $500k Grade 1 End Of The Line Futurity, wearing a catcher’s mitt would NOT be a bad idea! Of the dozen 2yo’s entered, several are already established stars; the others all appear to have star potential.\u00a0 Any number of these could be seen again in a few weeks on the Breeders Bowl card\u00a0and\/or in the 2011\u00a03yo classics.\u00a0<\/FONT> A monkey wrench has been tossed into the deal in the form of some wet weather which has left the track in \u201cGood\u201d condidtion. Let’s have a look at this truly impressive field:<\/FONT> TIZ FORCE<\/B> was looking like a more typical \u201cspeed-and-fade\u201d type after his first couple starts, but a move from Indiana to Iowa and a stretchout to 2-turn racing has apparently transformed the son of Tiznow into a monster. The 92 speed rating he earned for his first attempt against winners last out could be plenty fast enough to score here, but there should be a lot more pace pressure to deal with in this field. Trained by <\/SPAN>lopic<\/SPAN><\/I>, he goes off at 9\/1. This guy, like many in here, makes his first try on off-going.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT> CITY STRUCTURE<\/B>, a <\/SPAN>foxon<\/SPAN><\/I> trainee, is a son of Birdstone out of a Sim winner of $768k by A. P. Indy. His late run wasn’t quite enough to find the winner’s circle in his 2-turn debut last time out, and the speed ratings he’s earned thus far point to another too-little-too-late run here. At 13\/1, this one also has never tried the off-going.<\/SPAN><\/FONT> READY TO COMMAND<\/B> chooses a tough spot for his 2-turn debut, but his Sim dam won $680k mostly in routes (mostly turf, but they were routes). His sire, More Than Ready, has a bit of a sprint reputation. The 7\/1 shot, trained by <\/SPAN>cougar<\/SPAN><\/I>, should at least be a factor in the early going, but it’s anyone’s guess what he’ll have for the stretch run. This is yet another who has only raced on fast tracks.<\/SPAN><\/FONT> ADJUST THE FUN<\/B> is just a nose short of a perfect record, and his 2-turn debut resulted in an impressive graded-stakes win last time out. By Distorted Humor out of a young Storm Cat mare, the <\/SPAN>topicount2<\/SPAN><\/I> trainee should be very dangerous here; watch out if he’s anywhere nearby at the top of the lane. This 7\/1 shot is also making his off-track debut.<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P> CRESTED BUTTE<\/B> is a scratch-bred son of Unbridled’s Song from the powerful <\/SPAN>texasace02<\/SPAN><\/I> barn. After being a frontrunning type in three sprint wins, he tried an off-the-pace style in the 8-furlong G3 Darling-Squash Futurity last time, just missing in a photo. Despite the loss, he earned a career-best speed fig in that race and all appears that he’ll enjoy the extra sixteenth (and the off-going) here. He is co-favored at 6\/1.<\/SPAN><\/FONT> DANGER CLOSE <\/B>ran a solid 2<\/SPAN>nd<\/SPAN><\/SUP> in his 2-turn debut on a \u201cgood\u201d track last time, but it was in a small-field minor stakes. The <\/SPAN>fairhaven4<\/SPAN><\/I> trainee is a son of Dansil out of a well-proven Sim mare (by Storm Cat) who has consistenly thrown good ones into the Sim world. Could pull a minor surprise at 8\/1.<\/SPAN><\/FONT> TADPOLES DOING IT <\/B>goes off at 11\/1 for <\/SPAN>add<\/SPAN><\/I> stable. The son of Arkansas sire Fan The Flame out of an A. P. Indy mare, he is 1-for-1 on \u201cgood\u201d tracks, but the speed was quite a bit slow to contend in this bunch. His 2-turn efforts have been solid, but improvement will have to be the order of the day in this group.<\/SPAN><\/FONT> SNOWY HAACK<\/B> is a son of Tapit out of a Storm Cat mare who makes his 2-turn debut here off a strong allowance 2<\/SPAN>nd<\/SPAN><\/SUP>. Trained by <\/SPAN>endira<\/SPAN><\/I>, this one is taking on a much stronger bunch today, but might have enough ability to deal with the class rise. At 11\/1, he might be a good chance play.<\/SPAN><\/FONT> MIDNIGHT PROSPECTS<\/B> is a speedy son of Midnight Lute out of a Mr. Prospector mare who makes his 2-turn debut here, going off at 7\/1. On the surface it looks like the <\/SPAN>brostimpy <\/SPAN><\/I>trainee might fade when the real running begins, but the one who caught him last time is undefeated and currently ranked #1 in the 2yo sprint game. May be much tougher to get past than it looks; also, he ran well on a \u201cgood\u201d track back in May.<\/SPAN><\/FONT> BRAGGING RIGHTS<\/B> comes in off a 2-race win streak including the G3 Pea Patch Juvenile at a flat mile, and the blue-blooded son of Pulpit should appreciate the extra sixteenth here. Trained by <\/SPAN>mtkdynasty<\/SPAN><\/I>, he’s been the model of consistency thus far, being 1<\/SPAN>st<\/SPAN><\/SUP> or a strongly-closing 2<\/SPAN>nd<\/SPAN><\/SUP> in all five of his races. His sim dam has produced one other runner, a 3yo winner of four races and $182k. Everything points to a powerful effort in today’s race if he deals well with the \u201cgood\u201d surface; he’s co-favored at 6\/1.<\/SPAN><\/FONT> SPANISH FIRE<\/B> goes off at 10\/1 for <\/SPAN>super5<\/SPAN><\/I>, and mixed signals abound. The son of Birdstone makes his 2-turn debut after showing a tendency to fade late in many of his sprints, but he ran pretty well in a pair off off-track efforts.<\/SPAN><\/FONT> TIZ LUCKY<\/B> is a <\/SPAN>super26<\/SPAN><\/I> trainee who goes off at 11\/1 following a well-beaten 4<\/SPAN>th<\/SPAN><\/SUP> in his first try against winners at Mexico. A son of Tiznow out of a Storm Cat mare, he’ll need to quicken his steps quite a bit to compete with these.<\/SPAN><\/FONT> With so many of these never having run on a wet surface, the ol’ crystal ball might run like it’s using Vista, but here goes…<\/SPAN><\/FONT> BRAGGING RIGHTS <\/B>has the strongest overall record and should be a tough beat if he deals with the wet track.<\/SPAN><\/FONT> CRESTED BUTTE <\/B>will also be flying in the lane if he likes the track.<\/SPAN><\/FONT> SNOWY HAACK <\/B>could pull a surprise at nice 11\/1 odds.<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" 12 in High-Quality Battle<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":247,"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-8494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8494","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\/247"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
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