Y14 SEPTEMBER WEEK ONE

[S u N f r O s T ~]

Tawee Handicap
win Fly By Darkness (half-length)
place White Rose

Very hard fought. I like both of these fillies and I think they'll surprise everyone by season's end.

[Ripley]

Copacetic Stakes
12F/T
Win. Top Admiral
Place. Call Of The Wild

Call Of The Wild has had some close calls at twelve furlongs, but he doesn't strike me as the marathoner. He strikes as a really game horse who can manage to be competitive at the marathon distance. Top Admiral's been sitting on a win the entire season and he's had a lot of time to develop this season. I liked him better over the distance and saw him being just slightly tougher to beat.

Delaware Handicap
11F/Dirt/Fillies&Mares
Win. Italian Ice (length)
Place. Nightshade
Show. Maliah
Fourth. Wish Upon A Star

Italian Ice has always been a superstar over The Wire's dirt course and it definitely gave her an advantage over Nightshade. The track was playing more to speed than closers today, so it was to Nightshade's credit that she was able to close as brilliantly as she did. Maliah screwed up a lot of people's tickets today by slipping in for third, but the bay filly has been running quite beautifully. She finished two lengths behind Nightshade and a length ahead of Wish Upon A Star. After Wish's tremendous run in the Pegasus Stakes, she definitely came across as a turf horse in this one. I just didn't see her beating out the best the dirt had to offer, especially when she appeared much more confident over the grass last time out.

[creativecause]

Lure Stakes G5+
Win: Spotlight Pride
Place: Proteus Prince (neck)
Show: Indian Night

The pace in this race was incredibly fast with two frount runners. Spotlight Pride just got the best of everyone today at this distance, he seemed to fancy a mile a lot more then the others did. Proteus Prince roared down the stretch to take second by a neck of Indian Night. These are all a great group of 2 year olds guys! I can't wait to see them all next season as 3 year olds!

[Isabelle]

Yay Maliah! I thought for sure she'd be in last in that one, such hard competition for her! She's got some grit, that girl.