Y14 Twilight Stakes

[S u N f r O s T ~]

Y14 Twilight Stakes

Hello and Welcome to the third running of The Twilight Stakes, here on The Wire! The track is beautifully manicured today; it looks picture perfect out there. We might be down for the fastest running of the Twilight Stakes yet! The world's best senior turfers will be duking it out today. It will be a close, death-defying finish and time if this track is any indication! Best of luck to all competitors

The Twilight Stakes - G5+ + 4Y0+ - 11F - T

Need Judge - Ripley will do write up if you all want it.

Gate One:


Prizes:
Winner - One 2 Furlong Distance Extension, Reserve to Any Horse on Hard List at GHF.
Place - One 1 Furlong Distance Extension, Reserve to Any Horse on Medium List at GHF
Show - Reserve to Any Horse on Easy List at GHF

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Hello and Welcome to the third running of The Twilight Stakes, here on The Wire! The track is beautifully manicured today; it looks picture perfect out there. We might be down for the fastest running of the Twilight Stakes yet! The world's best senior turfers will be duking it out today. It will be a close, death-defying finish and time if this track is any indication! Best of luck to all competitors
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[Cruisey]

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Hello and Welcome to the third running of The Twilight Stakes, here on The Wire! The track is beautifully manicured today; it looks picture perfect out there. We might be down for the fastest running of the Twilight Stakes yet! The world's best senior turfers will be duking it out today. It will be a close, death-defying finish and time if this track is any indication! Best of luck to all competitors
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[u]The Twilight Stakes - G5+ + 4Y0+ - 11F - T[/b][/u]
[b][u]Gate One:[/u][/b] [a href="http://firestoneracing.weebly.com/princetta.html"]Princetta[/a] jockeyed by Sammie Pickett
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[S u N f r O s T ~]

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Hello and Welcome to the third running of The Twilight Stakes, here on The Wire! The track is beautifully manicured today; it looks picture perfect out there. We might be down for the fastest running of the Twilight Stakes yet! The world's best senior turfers will be duking it out today. It will be a close, death-defying finish and time if this track is any indication! Best of luck to all competitors
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[u]The Twilight Stakes - G5+ + 4Y0+ - 11F - T[/b][/u]
[b][u]Gate One:[/u][/b] [a href="http://firestoneracing.weebly.com/princetta.html"]Princetta[/a] jockeyed by Sammie Pickett
[b][u]Gate Two:[/u][/b] [url=strideofperfection.weebly.com/ode-to-glory.html]Ode To Glory[/url] jockeyed by Krystal Yhate
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[Ripley]

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Hello and Welcome to the third running of The Twilight Stakes, here on The Wire! The track is beautifully manicured today; it looks picture perfect out there. We might be down for the fastest running of the Twilight Stakes yet! The world's best senior turfers will be duking it out today. It will be a close, death-defying finish and time if this track is any indication! Best of luck to all competitors
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[u]The Twilight Stakes - G5+ + 4Y0+ - 11F - T[/b][/u]
[b][u]Gate One:[/u][/b] [a href="http://firestoneracing.weebly.com/princetta.html"]Princetta[/a] jockeyed by Sammie Pickett
[b][u]Gate Two:[/u][/b] [url=strideofperfection.weebly.com/ode-to-glory.html]Ode To Glory[/url] jockeyed by Krystal Yhate
[b][u]Gate Three:[/u][/b] [a href="http://witchcreekstable.weebly.com/bella-luna.html"]Bella Luna[/a] jockeyed by Reese Balling Jones
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[Cavallo]


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Hello and Welcome to the third running of The Twilight Stakes, here on The Wire! The track is beautifully manicured today; it looks picture perfect out there. We might be down for the fastest running of the Twilight Stakes yet! The world's best senior turfers will be duking it out today. It will be a close, death-defying finish and time if this track is any indication! Best of luck to all competitors
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[u]The Twilight Stakes - G5+ + 4Y0+ - 11F - T[/b][/u]
[b][u]Gate One:[/u][/b] [a href="http://firestoneracing.weebly.com/princetta.html"]Princetta[/a] jockeyed by Sammie Pickett
[b][u]Gate Two:[/u][/b] [url=strideofperfection.weebly.com/ode-to-glory.html]Ode To Glory[/url] jockeyed by Krystal Yhate
[b][u]Gate Three:[/u][/b] [a href="http://witchcreekstable.weebly.com/bella-luna.html"]Bella Luna[/a] jockeyed by Reese Balling Jones
[b][u]Gate Four:[/u][/b] [a href="http://intrepidracing.weebly.com/infinite-warcry.html"]Infinite Warcry[/a] jockeyed by Estella Marino
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Hello and Welcome to the third running of The Twilight Stakes, here on The Wire! The track is beautifully manicured today; it looks picture perfect out there. We might be down for the fastest running of the Twilight Stakes yet! The world's best senior turfers will be duking it out today. It will be a close, death-defying finish and time if this track is any indication! Best of luck to all competitors.
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[u]The Twilight Stakes - G5+ + 4Y0+ - 11F - T[/b][/u]
[b][u]Gate One:[/u][/b] [a href="http://firestoneracing.weebly.com/princetta.html"]Princetta[/a] jockeyed by Sammie Pickett
[b][u]Gate Two:[/u][/b] [url=strideofperfection.weebly.com/ode-to-glory.html]Ode To Glory[/url] jockeyed by Krystal Yhate
[b][u]Gate Three:[/u][/b] [a href="http://witchcreekstable.weebly.com/bella-luna.html"]Bella Luna[/a] jockeyed by Reese Balling Jones
[b][u]Gate Four:[/u][/b] [a href="http://intrepidracing.weebly.com/infinite-warcry.html"]Infinite Warcry[/a] jockeyed by Estella Marino
[b][u]Gate Five:[/u][/b] [a href="http://bluecrossestates.weebly.com/paraidse-island.html"]Paradise Isand[/a] jockeyed by Jaimie Sandler
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[Cruisey]

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Hello and Welcome to the third running of The Twilight Stakes, here on The Wire! The track is beautifully manicured today; it looks picture perfect out there. We might be down for the fastest running of the Twilight Stakes yet! The world's best senior turfers will be duking it out today. It will be a close, death-defying finish and time if this track is any indication! Best of luck to all competitors.
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[u]The Twilight Stakes - G5+ + 4Y0+ - 11F - T[/b][/u]
[b][u]Gate One:[/u][/b] Scratched
[b][u]Gate Two:[/u][/b] [url=strideofperfection.weebly.com/ode-to-glory.html]Ode To Glory[/url] jockeyed by Krystal Yhate
[b][u]Gate Three:[/u][/b] [a href="http://witchcreekstable.weebly.com/bella-luna.html"]Bella Luna[/a] jockeyed by Reese Balling Jones
[b][u]Gate Four:[/u][/b] [a href="http://intrepidracing.weebly.com/infinite-warcry.html"]Infinite Warcry[/a] jockeyed by Estella Marino
[b][u]Gate Five:[/u][/b] [a href="http://bluecrossestates.weebly.com/paraidse-island.html"]Paradise Isand[/a] jockeyed by Jaimie Sandler
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[Sammy]


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Hello and Welcome to the third running of The Twilight Stakes, here on The Wire! The track is beautifully manicured today; it looks picture perfect out there. We might be down for the fastest running of the Twilight Stakes yet! The world's best senior turfers will be duking it out today. It will be a close, death-defying finish and time if this track is any indication! Best of luck to all competitors.
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[u]The Twilight Stakes - G5+ + 4Y0+ - 11F - T[/b][/u]
[b][u]Gate One:[/u][/b] Scratched
[b][u]Gate Two:[/u][/b] [url=strideofperfection.weebly.com/ode-to-glory.html]Ode To Glory[/url] jockeyed by Krystal Yhate
[b][u]Gate Three:[/u][/b] [a href="http://witchcreekstable.weebly.com/bella-luna.html"]Bella Luna[/a] jockeyed by Reese Balling Jones
[b][u]Gate Four:[/u][/b] [a href="http://intrepidracing.weebly.com/infinite-warcry.html"]Infinite Warcry[/a] jockeyed by Estella Marino
[b][u]Gate Five:[/u][/b] [a href="http://bluecrossestates.weebly.com/paraidse-island.html"]Paradise Isand[/a] jockeyed by Jaimie Sandler
[B][u]Gate Six:[/u][/b] [url=http://natureblue.weebly.com/livin-the-jazz.html]Livin' The Jazz[/url] Jockeyed by David Monroe
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[Ripley]

Can run in 24 hours! We need a judge please!! I will do the writeup, but someone has to PM me the results first.

Twilight Stakes

Hello and Welcome to the third running of The Twilight Stakes, here on The Wire! The track is beautifully manicured today; it looks picture perfect out there. We might be down for the fastest running of the Twilight Stakes yet! The world's best senior turfers will be duking it out today. It will be a close, death-defying finish and time if this track is any indication! Best of luck to all competitors.

The Twilight Stakes - G5+ + 4Y0+ - 11F - T
Gate One: Scratched
Gate Two: Ode To Glory jockeyed by Krystal Yhate
Gate Three: Bella Luna jockeyed by Reese Balling Jones
Gate Four: Infinite Warcry jockeyed by Estella Marino
Gate Five: Paradise Isand jockeyed by Jaimie Sandler
Gate Six: Livin' The Jazz Jockeyed by David Monroe

[Snowflake]

I will judge

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Please wait on my Paradise Island work.

[Sammy]

And please wait for Jazz's workout I'm gonna work on his when I get of work today

[S u N f r O s T ~]

I'll have some free time tomorrow which I can use for writing workouts. Please do wait, it will get done!

[Snowflake]

If everyone could please like my post when their workout is done, that would be great

[Ripley]

"All of the races have been run and it is time for the moment everyone has been waiting for. Today marks the third official running of the Twilight Stakes and the crowd is absolutely buzzing in anticipation. It is quite possible that we have the best field assembled yet. Not only do we have the only Turf Triple Crown winner, but we also have the second ever Triple Tiara winner, a Preakness Champion Stakes winner, and the Sheema Classic and Joe Hirsch Turf Classic winner in this spectacular lineup of five horses. I have to be honest, I am rooting for Infinite Warcry. He is a big brawny son of a gun and gives me chills every time I watch him run. The longshot players have their sets sight on Ode To Glory and Livin' The Jazz. However, all of these colts have to tango with the female titans in Bella Luna and Paradise Island. Few can touch them and each seems to carry a spotlight of her own no matter which race she finds herself in."

The crowd roars as the horses step from the tunnel onto the expansive turf track. The light settles on the horses, picking up the sheen in their coats and highlighting the difference between the heavyweights and everyone else they've seen on today's card. "In post one will be Ode To Glory. The gray son of All For Glory is experiencing a revival of sorts with five wins on the season, two in Horse Of The Year Races. His biggest claim to fame before this year was a dead-heat victory in the Breeders' Cup Juvenile Turf. He looks wound up and giving Krystal Yhate a bit of a hard time." The outrider pats the stallion's head, turning him away from the energetic crowd.

"In post two is the glistening and gleaming Bella Luna. The sleek mare has gone whiter and whiter with age, but she looks just as beautiful, if not more so as the first time she set hoof on a track. How long ago that was and how fast time has flown. She is the sole winner of the Turf Triple Crown and was brilliance personified all of Year Thirteen. She has been steadily gaining steam and looks to show the world once again why she was Filly of The Year last year."

"Post four will hold the incomparable Paradise Island. The bay mare looks absolutely resplendent and very much in good health. It looks as though Blue Cross Estates is returning the mare to the fame and level she once held as a three year old. She's won two major stakes races in the Diana and the Arlington Million. Will today be her day to show she can be as dominating as she was at a younger age."

"Post three holds Infinite Warcry, barely... Ha. He's a slayer in looks and ferocity and he is prancing like a king among peasants. The horse has been as tough as can be to beat, proving on several occasions that he is not to be underestimated. In the colors of Intrepid Racing, the black son of Jessie James looks to make a statement once again. His rider, Marino, looks very confident."

"In post five we have the longest shot on the board in Livin The Jazz. The neat black son of Jazzman would shock the world with a victory today, but Nature Blue Stables had to have some reason to put this horse in the race. He'll have to run the race of his life to capture a victory today, but stranger things have happened."

The horses are being loaded into the gate. Only Livin The Jazz gives the starters any hassle. He goes in with a push and the crowd goes still.

"AND THEY'RE OFF! Paradise Island bounces out of there and finds herself with the lead. She is taken on by Bella Luna and Ode To Glory, but draws off with an assertive move to lead by a length and a half. Bella Luna settles in second with Ode To Glory chasing from third three lengths back. Livin' The Jazz is three lengths behind him and Infinite Warcry takes up his customary position in last. Ten lengths separates the field from first to last as Paradise Island rolls through a first half in :50 2/5 seconds. She has an uncontested lead with eight furlongs to go, but her rider appears happy with the situation. Paradise Island will have to go all the way and her rider wants to hold in as much energy as possible.

Bella Luna lingers in second, looking quite content beneath Reese Balling Jones. The South American rider keeps a light hold on the reins as they go into the first turn for their second lap. Ode To Glory has moved closer to Bella Luna now, drafting in behind her for cover. It is quite obvious that Stride of Perfection Stable's horse is keeping the enemy within striking distance. Livin The Jazz has moved up, leaving Infinite Warcry still behind him.

The horses move through the backstretch in the same order. Paradise Island is still moving sweetly at this point, but Bella Luna is not far behind. Jones has not moved a muscle on the mare despite the inside company of Ode To Glory. Paradise Island is picking it up though and she is sprinting now for the turn. Her rider says 'Go Now' and the bay mare is listening. She is surging away in an attempt to catch her foes unaware. Seeing this, Jones urges Bella Luna forward with distinct urging and the gray leaves Ode To Glory in her wake. His rider moves now as the chain reaction continues, but Bella Luna is at Paradise Island's throat latch now, making up four lengths in the blink of an eye.

And heerreee comes Infinite Warcry. He's been under urging for quite sometime and now he is starting to roll. He has picked off Livin' The Jazz and has set his sights on Ode To Glory. The black behemoth rolls up and passes him, but he has work to do still.

And it is the mares showing the way down the stretch. Paradise Island and Bella Luna are battling head to head down the lane! Reese goes to a cross and now BELLA LUNA IS PULLING AWAY FROM PARADISE ISLAND POWERFULLY AS INFINITE WARCRY BORES DOWN ON THEM NOT FAR BEHIND. BELLA LUNA WILL NOT BE CAUGHT AS SHE PULLS TO A THREE LENGTH LEAD, BUT INFINITE WARCRY IS NOT DONE. HE IS CHUGGING, BUT FINDS HIMSELF IN DEEP. Paradise Island IS AS GAME AS THEY COME. She will not let Infinite Warcry pass as Bella Luna skips to a stunning victory all alone under the line!

AND BELLA LUNA HAS WON THE TWILIGHT STAKES FOR WITCH CREEK STABLES! ANOTHER NOTCH IN HER BELT AS she takes down two of the titans of the turf!

Congratulations Witch Creek Stable on a stirring victory with a fascinating mare. Congratulations to all of the connections who raced in the legendary Year Fourteen Twilight Stakes.




Below are Snowflake's official results and judging comments.

"TWILIGHT STAKES*

WIN Bella Luna (two lengths)
Place Paradise Island (nose)
Show Infinite Warcry (length)
4th Ode To Glory (three lengths)
5th Livin The Jazz

I instantly saw Bella Luna as the winner. As for Paradise Island, it's a shame she went unraced for so long. She has raced well since coming back from her layoff and fought hard to hold onto second. I swapped Infinite Warcry and Paradise Island around a few times, and eventually placed Infini in third because he seems to lose-win-lose-win. I'm sure he'll win his next race. Ode To Glory unfortunately didn't stand out in this field. Most of his big races have resulted in fourth (I'm sorry to add to this, lol) and I didn't see him being able to beat any of the top three. Livin The Jazz was outclassed here - this is a huge race and he hasn't run in anything like it in a while. I suggest keeping him in undercard races for a while to build up his record."