{"id":8756,"date":"2010-12-22T22:45:02","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T22:45:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=8756"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"oldbtb_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=8756","title":{"rendered":"DPCD IX Mother Story"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>Race 14 on the rich DPCD IX card is the $1,000,000 G-2 Mother Story Stakes for two year old fillies at eight furlongs.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A standout field, including the Breeder\u2019s Bowl Juvenile Fillies second, fourth and fifth runners meet here for one last shot at 2010 glory.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This field has a lot of speed in it, which will certainly have an impact on the results today.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#1 \u2013 Lana Turner (9\/1) \u2013 is a speedy daughter of Street Cry.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is the first stakes winner out of her e-grade Giant\u2019s Causeway mare Giantiano from four foals.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Lana Turner has won three of her five starts, including her last two at today\u2019s distance of one mile.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her last race was certainly her best as she won the Stone Barking Challenge Stakes with a 90sp.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has lead at every call in each of her winning efforts with her two losing races coming after being outrun to first call. <\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#2 \u2013 Kid Krazy (7\/1) \u2013 is the first foal from g-grade mare Perasolipsis, by top sire Lemon Drop Kid.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She carries an interesting breeding pattern, being 3&#215;3 to Mr. Prospector and Seattle Slew, and 3&#215;4 to standout broodmare Lassie Dear.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Kid Krazy has already bettered her dam by winning three of her first five starts.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She broke her maiden first time out and has two allowance wins to her credit.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her last race was a solid fourth in the G-2<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Golden Red Stakes at 8.5 furlongs.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Kid Krazy has some early speed, she took her maiden wire to wire and has been within two lengths of the lead early in three of her other four races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Interestingly her best race saw her drop further back and make one big run to win a conditioned allowance two back.<\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#3 <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>\u2013 Heavenly Speight (6\/1) \u2013 exits a fourth place finish in the G-1 Breeder\u2019s Bowl Juvenile Fillies, where she ran a 92sp while only finishing 1 \u00be lengths away from the win.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Among her three victories this season is the G-1 Dell Computer Debutante at 7 furlongs.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This filly comes from well off the pace.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is the first foal out of the grade-G Victory Gallop mare Heaven Help Us.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Heavenly Speight is the third G-1 winner for her sire Speightstown in the last five years. <\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#4 \u2013 Fortunes of War (9\/2) \u2013 is the second G-1 winner in our field.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Fifth in the G-1 Breeder\u2019s Bowl Juvenile Fillies, Fortunes of War has already come back to take the G-2 The Sell The Queen Stakes at 9 furlongs.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Prior to the Breeder\u2019s Bowl she won the G-1 8.5 furlong Walnut Tree Stakes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This filly comes from mid pack and may find the turn back in distance to 8 furlongs difficult.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Fortunes of War is the first foal out of the e-grade mare Mt. Doom by Montjeu by Malibu Moon.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Malibu Moon is having a banner year in the sim (as in real life) siring three graded winners and three additional stakes winners.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Interestingly, of his top ten earners eight are female.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Also of his top ten earners eight have damsires by Northern Dancer-line stallions.<\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#5 \u2013 Empire of Fire (5\/1) \u2013 was bred to be a sim superstar.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She\u2019s out of the G-3 winning c-grade mare Rakharo who is A.P. Indy x Storm Cat and by leading sire Empire Maker.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Rakharo is one of six foals out of sim blue-hen mare Mother of Dragons, all of whom are stakes winners, one is graded placed and four are graded winners.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Rakharo has not produced as well as her dam, of her first two foals only one is stakes placed.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Empire of Fire may be the one to break that streak.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is undefeated in her first four starts, including two wins at today\u2019s distance in her last two starts.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last race she ran an eye-popping 97sp.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>With her pedigree suggesting that she will only get better with age, the sky is the limit on this filly\u2019s potential.<\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#6 \u2013 Lovewill Conquerall (8\/1) \u2013 is the first foal out of G-3 winning c-grade Tiznow mare Tiznow Slew.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Lovewill Conquerall is by young sire Birdstone, who only has one graded winner over the last five seasons.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This filly is one of the least accomplished horses in the field, with two wins from four starts \u2013 a maiden and an allowance score.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her last race was certainly her best, a third place finish in the Sell The Queen Stakes (G-2), behind Fortunes of War.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#7 \u2013 Rhiannon II (5\/1) \u2013 is the second Malibu Moon filly in the race, out of f-grade Forestry mare Loxley.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Owner samurai most certainly was heartbroken when this filly dropped the Breeder\u2019s Bowl Juvenile Fillies (G1) by the shortest of heads last out, earning a 94 sp.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>One race earlier she was again second in the G-1 Frickazee Stakes by only \u00be length.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This filly likes to run close to the pace, winning her first two starts on the lead, while the furthest she\u2019s been behind at any call was 2 \u00bc length.<\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#8 \u2013 Powerful Mover (9\/1) \u2013 another lightly raced starter in the field, this filly has only been to post three times with two wins and a fourth place finish.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her last two starts have been at today\u2019s distance of one mile, with her highest sp of 88 earned two back in a NW2L allowance.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She\u2019s been on the lead in all of her races, but she\u2019ll have company up front here.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Powerful Mover is a scratch bred by Eddington x Mr. Leader x Storm Cat.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She would be only the second graded winner in the past five years for her sire, should she win here today.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#9 \u2013 Sadlers Ekati (11\/1) \u2013 is a winner of three of five starts, including a restricted stakes race at seven furlongs and an allowance at one mile.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last out she was a solid fourth in the URC BB Juvy Dirt Fillies, another restricted stakes with an 87sp.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is the second foal and first stakes winner from g-grade Sadler\u2019s Wells mare Hypnotized and by Tale of Ekati.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Tale of Ekati\u2019s first sim crop hit the races this year and he has three stakes winners from 88 runners.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#10 \u2013 Riverside Drive (12\/1) \u2013 is already the winner of the Mother Story Stakes in her last start.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>That race, a non-graded stakes also run at 8 furlongs on the dirt saw Riverside Drive track the leaders into the stretch then go on to win by a measured \u00be length with an 87sp.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This filly has been very consistent, never failing to hit the board in five starts, with two wins to her credit.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Riverside Drive was started on the turf where she ran 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> and 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> in msw company, before switching to dirt and breaking her maiden in her first start.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This filly is by Dynaformer out of the d-grade stakes winning mare River Geri.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>River Geri is already a graded stakes producer in her first foal, Geri\u2019s Tornado by Storm Cat.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#11 \u2013 Hard Secret (16\/1) \u2013 is a \u2018feast or famine\u2019 scratch bred by Hard Spun x Secretariat x Ribot.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has three wins and three off the board finishes in six starts.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is on a winning streak, having taken the G-2 Motherly Love Stakes two back and the restricted Cavalcade Cup Stakes in her last start.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Hard Secret is yet another confirmed front runner in a field loaded with speed.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She\u2019ll have to improve on her high 87sp to win here.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>The play &#8211; it\u2019s hard to pick against Empire of Fire here.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She owns the highest sp in the field and quite probably the best pedigree. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>She\u2019s bred to get better with age and is relatively lightly raced, unlike some of these fillies who started in February and March.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This is a filly to keep an eye on for the Bluegrass Oaks next spring.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Heavenly Speight will be charging late into what should be a very solid pace.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Riverside Drive should continue her consistent streak, a modest improvement on her last run should get her a piece of the action here and her pedigree suggests that she is just getting started.<\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><FONT face=Calibri>\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>Good luck to all!<\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Will Graded Winners Add to 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