Six handicap division males and one mare go the post in Sunday\u2019s Saint Cloud Grand Prix <\/I>(Grade I) at Deauville.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Par for this event is SP 111; the distance is one and one half miles on the grass. #1 Bogoesaway 5\/2<\/B> is a four year-old son of Encosta de Lago who lit up the toteboard in a win in the G2 Great Volt <\/I>last August at this distance.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>That was against three year-olds though, and this colt has never beaten older horses, which is a bit of a concern.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Still, you\u2019re looking at a colt who relishes the 12 furlong distance; in four starts at this trip, he\u2019s won a Grade II event and a listed stakes race, finished third in the G1 Japanese Derby <\/I>in May 2010, and finished an outstanding second in the G1 5-Series <\/I>in Australia.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His last outing, a runner-up finish in G2 company at 1 3\/8 miles, was impressive.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Up and coming colt is a contender. Five year-old #2 Signs of Change 5\/2 <\/B>is beginning a second career on the lawn.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This Dynaformer x Storm Cat x Alydar cross was very successful on dirt, racking up $1.1M in earnings from 22 starts (8 wins), including three graded stakes wins (two G1) at stayer distances of 1 \u00be miles and up.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Was bet down to 8-1 in last year\u2019s Breeders Bowl Dirt Marathon <\/I>(G1), but flopped there, and disappointed in two subsequent dirt starts, which led to the change to turf.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>So far, so good\u2026 after two allowance tries (a win and a place), he wowed the local Italian press with a five-length score in the 12f G2 Carlsbad Lessons<\/I>, with an SP of 111.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Versatile horse has every right to keep going forward off that one.\u00a0 <\/SPAN> #3 Left All Alone 6\/1<\/B>, a six year-old mare by Tiger Hill, has 10 career victories from 36 starts for just $216k in earnings.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>That doesn\u2019t seem robust enough to challenge here.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She\u2019s never even won an open allowance on turf, let alone a stakes race, and recent form indicates an SP top in the low 100s.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Pass. #4 Burnt Lawn 12\/1 <\/B>is interesting.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This is a big price on a colt who has won nearly $1.5M from just 20 career starts.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>At first glance you\u2019d probably dismiss this Montjeu colt based on slow speed figures.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>But note that those last three races resulted in easy wins, and two were at the two mile distance at which speed figures are much slower than those going shorter.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This one hasn\u2019t run in races for which he was well-suited to pop a big figure in a long time, going back to last spring.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In April 2010 he won the G1 Sydney Derby<\/I> at this distance and followed it up with a second place finish in a G2 at 1 1\/2m in June\u2026 he\u2019s yet to beat graded older horses, but you can\u2019t ignore this horse on his back class, and he\u2019s back to his best distance. #5 Fairway to Heaven 3\/1 <\/B>is on an impressive four-race win skein capped off by a victory in his graded stakes debut last time out.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He beat just three rivals that day, but popped an SP 115 at 11 panels.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His two tries at this distance have been easy wins (SPs: 108, 106).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>No surprise that this son of A.P. Indy has improved with age.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Will be forwardly placed early and could steal away here\u2026 a win in a G1 would be a next logical step for this improving colt. #6 Blanc de Noirs 7\/1 <\/B>(Rahy) tends to find his way far back in the pack early, even at these long distances, and will need some racing luck to pick \u2018em up in the lane.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A winner of $1.7M from 33 lifetime starts, this seven year-old has struggled of late but was a hot shooter last fall, when he hit the board in the G1 Coffeefields Cup <\/I>and G1 Coalminer Cup<\/I>, both at this distance.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His last four grass starts have been dull, and he does prefer minor awards. #7 Leo Emperor 7\/1 <\/B>is a horse with a consistent theme to his past performances \u2013 his last ten races have been a 1 1\/2m on the turf.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Four year-old Holy Roman Emperor colt hit his high last winter, when he won the G3 Waka Waka Cup <\/I>in New Zealand against sophomores (SP 102), and then ran an SP 108 in running second in listed company\u2026 this is another four year-old who hasn\u2019t yet beaten older though, and his last two stakes efforts were very dull.\u00a0 <\/SPAN> I\u2019ll tab Signs of Change <\/B>for the top spot.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Fairway to Heaven<\/B> fits here and has early speed that could be the deciding factor.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Burnt Lawn <\/B>is great value at this price; could turn in any kind of effort.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Bogoesaway <\/B>for fourth. \u00a0<\/FONT><\/SPAN> Intriguing Turf Race at Classic Distance<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":310,"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-9362","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9362","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\/310"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9362"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9362\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9362"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9362"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9362"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}