Hey all! This weekends races is actually going to be a 2 parter since it is Woodbine Mile weekend! Two year olds are the headliner on Saturday and then the Northern Dancer and Mile on Sunday. Today, I will be focusing on the two Sat. races, the Natalma and Summer Stakes. Both of them are Win and You're In Races for the Breeders' Cup.
6th Race - Woodbine - Saturday, September 17th, 2011 STAKES. 1 Mile Turf. Purse $200,000. Natalma S. (Grade 3). FOR TWO-YEAR-OLD FILLIES. (03:32 PM) (13)
PP Horse A/S M/E Wgt Jockey Trainer
1 Sky Dreamer 2 F L 119 Husbands Patrick Casse Mark E.
2 Ten K Cat 2 F L 119 Welch Quincy Lynch Brian A.
3 Welcome Dance 2 F L 119 Albarado Robby Matz Michael R.
4 Anna Sophia 2 F L 119 Valenzuela Patrick A. Mott William I.
5 Spirited Miss 2 F L 119 Leparoux Julien R. Casse Mark E.
6 Runfor Ro 2 F L 119 Campbell Jesse M. O'Callaghan Danny M.
7 Quality Lass 2 F L 119 Maragh Rajiv Casse Mark E.
8 Hard Not To Like 2 F L 119 Da Silva Eurico Rosa Cox Gail
9 Evil Kitten 2 F L 119 Wilson Emma-Jayne Gonzalez Nicholas
10 Northern Passion 2 F L 119 Contreras Luis Casse Mark E.
11 Stephanie's Kitten 2 F L 119 Pizarro Tyler Catalano Wayne M.
12 Dayatthespa 2 F L 119 Dominguez Ramon A. Brown Chad C.
13 St Pancras 2 F L 119 Velazquez John R. Pletcher Todd A
An interesting group of horses in fact that some are making there first starts, all but one of them has 1 win to their names and some of these horses already have stakes experience. There are three horses in here that I think have great chances to win. Anna Sophia has made both of her starts on dirt, but she has turf on both sides of her family. Stephanie's Kitten is the one who scares me the most for my pick. Her trainer sent out her sire's niece Dreaming of Anna to beat the boys in the Summer back in 2006. Of course she would win the BC Juvenile Fillies that year to lock up 2yo Filly honors. My pick for this race is Hard Not to Like. Now I am being a bit bias since she is by Hard Spun. However, she's already won at this distance and won the Allowance race which was the Summer prep (the Natalma allowance did not fill), so she's already beaten the boys. She's also the only one in the race who has 2 wins under her belt. I think that classyness will give the win. Anna Sophia for second and Stephanie's Kitten for third.
This is the defending final prep for the BC Juvy Fillies Turf (More Than Real was second in this race last year).
9th Race - Woodbine - Saturday, September 17th, 2011 STAKES. 1 Mile Turf. Purse $250,000. Summer S. (Grade 3). FOR TWO-YEAR-OLDS. (05:10 PM) (8)
PP Horse A/S M/E Wgt Jockey Trainer
1 Secret Consultant 2 G L b 122 Ramsammy Emile Doyle Michael J.
2 Daddy Nose Best 2 C L 122 Leparoux Julien R. Asmussen Steven M.
3 Excaper 2 C L 122 Wilson Emma-Jayne Black Ian
4 Jomelo 2 G L 122 Pizarro Tyler Attard Sid C.
5 Finale 2 C L 122 Velazquez John R. Pletcher Todd A.
6 Maritimer 2 C L 122 Contreras Luis Attard Sid C.
7 Burn The Mortgage 2 C L 122 Dominguez Ramon A. Catalano Wayne M.
8 Making Amends 2 C L 122 Husbands Patrick Casse Mark E.
Maritimer was a green, but closing second to Hard Not to Like in the Allowance race that was the Summer prep. Also coming out of that race is Making Amdends who was 4th. Finale has been awesome since being switched from dirt to turf. He won the Contential Mile at Monmouth last time out. He'll be extreamly hard to beat here, but I'm going to Excaper. He's only raced once, but his trainer and jockey are known for their turf horses (teaming up on the recently retired Rahy's Attorney to a runner up finish in the Sword Dancer). He is switching from poly to turf, but the change isn't as much as a shock as it is dirt to turf. Finale for second and Martitimer for third.
I should note this has been a hot prep lately 3 of the last 5 winners have gone on to either win a BC race or finish in the Top 3 (the previously mentioned Anna, Bridgetown and last year's BC Juvy Turf winner Pluck).
So that's it! I'll be back on Friday with the Northern Dancer and Mile previews until then!
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