Upstate NY will hold it\u2019s third running of the Hopeless Stakes.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This is a Grade 1 event for 2 year olds and generally attracts those that are hopeful of taking the triple crown as a 3-year old.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last year, the winner Eric\u2019s Fast ran in the Bluegrass and finished second.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He skipped over the Middle Jewel and walked away with a win in the New Yorker.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He also holds the track record for the fastest SP of 93. The race continues to carry a luke warm purse of $300,000 and will be run on the dirt track at a distance of 7 furlongs. The race includes two undefeated horses.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Stevieboy, who has a graded win in his last in the Faber College Juvy and Letter Bomb who has his sight set on getting a graded win in this race.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Will either prevail????\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>We\u2019ll find out this weekend, but here\u2019s some insight into who they will need to outrun: 1.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Stevieboy\u00a0 <\/SPAN>7-1<\/SPAN> Picked up his first graded win, making him the first offspring out of game-dam Robe Bell to do so.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He won the G3 Faber College Juvenile going 6 furlongs with his best speed to date of 85.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This guy has won all three of his starts and has bragging rights to being unbeaten.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He should be somewhere in the middle of the field and has a solid shot of extending his streak and maintaining a perfect record. 2.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Lookin Again\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>7-1<\/SPAN> Lookin Again is the first bred horse out of game-dam Dual Threat.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His only win thus far was in his first start breaking his maiden and making it look easy back in April.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He also has a pair of seconds, the first coming in June with a speed of 81 in an allowance race.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He then made the long journey from Texas to Spain to compete in the Midsoil Stakes (G2, 6f), holding off K\u2019s Minimum Salary for second and a career best of 84.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Looks to be improving with the speeds and should be near the lead.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Will have to make a timely move to best out the late closers. 3. \u00a0<\/SPAN>Too Many Questions\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>8-1<\/SPAN> He generally settles in towards the back of the field and this son of Discretely Mine, has become the first grade winner for his sire.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>That came about a month ago over this track in the G2 The Stanford, upsetting the field at 11-1 and crossing the line first with a career speed of 82, coming at 6 furlongs.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He adds a pole going a little extra distance, but his late run certainly shows it won\u2019t be a deterrent for him. 4.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>K\u2019s Minimum Salary\u00a0 <\/SPAN>5-1<\/SPAN> The first offspring out of game-dam K\u2019s Minimum Wage, this guy has picked up a pair of wins and a third.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His first career start was a walk-in-the-park type win, easily breaking his maiden as the 1-9 favorite with a 61 SP.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This number would be greatly enhanced to 81 where he picked up his second win in an allowance NW2 affair.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In mid-July, K\u2019s finished third going 6f in the G2 Midsoil stakes where he made up some ground late in the race with a charted speed of 83.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019ll go an extra furlong and the added distance may give him enough room to get the job done. 5.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Clinton\u2019s Ditch\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>5-1<\/SPAN> Ran second behind Too Many Questions over this track in last start in the G2 The Sanford, rallying from six back at the half to miss by a stride.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Clinton is the seventh horse out of game-dam Danzig Daze and has the chance to be the first grade winner of all her siblings.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Hit her best speed of 80 in that race and has win in non-grade Talkin Issac Dirt Juvenile where she beat the guys.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Can\u2019t rule her out of doing it again. \u00a0<\/SPAN> 6.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Resonates\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>8-1<\/SPAN> Sired by Roses in May, this colt made his debut race in the non-graded Almost Whirl Dirt Juvenile (non-graded).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In this 6.5 furlong race, hi finished third with a very nice speed of 79.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>While he ran 7th<\/SUP> in the 12 horse field early on, he wasn\u2019t able to make up any ground as he ran roughly 3 strides off the lead most of the race, basically outlasting tiring horses.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I think we need to see a few more races out of him to see what he\u2019s made of. 7.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Any Given Birdie\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>9-1<\/SPAN> Ash Point, the game-dam for this 2-year old, has one of seven offspring that has placed in a graded race.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Any Given Birdie aims to be the first to be a grade winner.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>But he may have a tough time accomplishing this as his speeds are just a bit lower than the competition.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He does have two wins and a place, coming in maiden and allowance races with speeds in the low to mid 70\u2019s.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He appeared in the 6f, G2 The Stanford last month, but finished seventh and was never a serious challenger and scored his best speed of 77.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Looks to be a long race for him. 8.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Coco Flow\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>19-1<\/SPAN> Sired by Cool Coal Man, Coco Flow shocked betters with a huge upset win in his maiden race in North Florida, rallying from ninth to win by over a stride in May at 41-1.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He ran in the G3 The Manor of Bashford and finished well off the board.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In mid-August he tried his luck in an allowance conditional, finishing fifth with a speed of 74.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Coco is a longshot in this race and his challenge will be to boost his speed quite a bit as I believe the winning speed will be in the upper 80\u2019s, quite possibly even in the low 90\u2019s. 9.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Phot Bostord\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>8-1<\/SPAN> Phot Bostord is the sole horse bred out of game-dam One Man Gang.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s been on the board in each of his 5 career starts with a record of 2-1-2.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His speed numbers have been bouncing upwards, which were running in the mid to upper 60\u2019s through his first three starts.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The number sprouted to 75 in the non-grade Talking Isaac Dirt Juvenile (5.5 f).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>From there, in the 6.5f Almost Whirl Dirt Juvenile, he upset the field (which included Resonates) at 10-1 and leaped to a speed of 86.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Cannot discount this one. 10.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Letter Bomb\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>10-1<\/SPAN> Game Sire Johnny\u2019s Storm has five children, one of which has become a grade winner.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Letter Bomb may be on the course of becoming one himself.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His first career start was a win, but with an uninspiring speed of 57 back in April.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>As the 2-5 fave in the short field, he really didn\u2019t need to show off and that speed number probably did not reflect his true ability.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His next start in June was an allowance conditional win at 5.5f where his talent started to show with a SP of 80.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last month, he was in the Comedy Central sponsored Relay event, stalked the leaders and won the 7 furlong event with a SP of 84.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has a perfect record going and has the ability to extend that.