Y14 Cigar Red Mile

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TW Y14 CIGAR RED MILE* - 3yo - 8F - DIRT - G5+ - September Week One

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[u][i]Gate One:[/i][/u] [url=http://strideofperfection.weebly.com/battle-wings.html]Battle Wings[/url] jockeyed by Krystal Yhate

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[Ripley]

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[b]TW Y14 CIGAR RED MILE*[/b]

[u][i]Gate One:[/i][/u] [url=http://strideofperfection.weebly.com/battle-wings.html]Battle Wings[/url] jockeyed by Krystal Yhate
[u][i]Gate Two:[/i][/u] [a href="http://witchcreekstable.weebly.com/supernatural.html"]Supernatural[/a] jockeyed by Reese Balling Jones

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[Sammy]

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[b]TW Y14 CIGAR RED MILE*[/b]

[u][i]Gate One:[/i][/u] [url=http://strideofperfection.weebly.com/battle-wings.html]Battle Wings[/url] jockeyed by Krystal Yhate
[u][i]Gate Two:[/i][/u] [a href="http://witchcreekstable.weebly.com/supernatural.html"]Supernatural[/a] jockeyed by Reese Balling Jones
[u][i]Gate Three:[/u][/i] [url=http://natureblue.weebly.com/reflected-in-water.html]Reflected in Water[/url] Jockeyed by Meredith Hently
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[Cruisey]

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[b]TW Y14 CIGAR RED MILE*[/b]

[u][i]Gate One:[/i][/u] [url=http://strideofperfection.weebly.com/battle-wings.html]Battle Wings[/url] jockeyed by Krystal Yhate
[u][i]Gate Two:[/i][/u] [a href="http://witchcreekstable.weebly.com/supernatural.html"]Supernatural[/a] jockeyed by Reese Balling Jones
[u][i]Gate Three:[/u][/i] [url=http://natureblue.weebly.com/reflected-in-water.html]Reflected in Water[/url] Jockeyed by Meredith Hently
[u][i][a href="http://firestoneracing.weebly.com/lost-in-memories.html"]Lost In Memories[/a] jockeyed by Sammie Pickett
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[Cavallo]

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[b]TW Y14 CIGAR RED MILE*[/b]

[u][i]Gate One:[/i][/u] [url=http://strideofperfection.weebly.com/battle-wings.html]Battle Wings[/url] jockeyed by Krystal Yhate
[u][i]Gate Two:[/i][/u] [a href="http://witchcreekstable.weebly.com/supernatural.html"]Supernatural[/a] jockeyed by Reese Balling Jones
[u][i]Gate Three:[/i][/u] [url=http://natureblue.weebly.com/reflected-in-water.html]Reflected in Water[/url] Jockeyed by Meredith Hently
[u][i]Gate Four:[/i][/u][a href="http://firestoneracing.weebly.com/lost-in-memories.html"]Lost In Memories[/a] jockeyed by Sammie Pickett
[u][i]Gate Five:[/i][/u] [a href="http://intrepidracing.weebly.com/mourning-passion.html"]Mourning Passion[/a] jockeyed by Adele Rodgers

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[Ripley]

NEEDS TO RUN ASAP, NEED JUDGE!

TW Y14 CIGAR RED MILE*

Gate One: Battle Wings jockeyed by Krystal Yhate
Gate Two: Supernatural jockeyed by Reese Balling Jones
Gate Three: Reflected in Water Jockeyed by Meredith Hently
Gate Four:Lost In Memories jockeyed by Sammie Pickett
Gate Five: Mourning Passion jockeyed by Adele Rodgers

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TW Y14 CIGAR RED MILE*
1st - Battle Wings 
2nd - Supernatural
3rd - Mourning Passion
4th - Reflected in Water
5th - Lost In Memories

The air was heavy with anticipation for the running of the Y14 Cigar Red Mile today. Every single horse seemed to have their energy under wraps, and one could feel the stare downs going on as each horse tried to intimidate the other.  Supernatural looked fit to explode, and one could see her quivering with anticipation from fifty yards away. Mourning Passion did not seem at all concerned by the four fire breathing fillies around him, even as Battle Wings walked past in her seventeen hand glory. By far the most relaxed horse in the paddock was Lost In Memories*, and Reflected in Water certainly looked the part of a star. It was a no fuss gate entry, each horse so focused and still, a person could have heard a rain drop on the track - and mind you, it was a bit drizzly out there today, making the ground a little bit sticky but none of these horses seemed to have anything to say about it except Lost In Memories, who seemed a bit put off by the surface.

It was a heart stopping break - every horse broke explosively, but Battle Wings was so powerful she left her back feet behind and stumbled. For a moment, we all thought she was going down but she her front feet under her and pulled through in the end, leaving Mourning Passion to take an early lead and set the pace. Supernatural and Reflected in Water both settled a couple of lengths behind Mourning passion, and immediately the grey Supernatural was bathed in dirt - Reflected in Water's striking blaze did not survive either. In the first hundred meters, Lost In Memories settled just in front of Battle Wings, but the towering bay was in a fury and was determined to make up ground. Two furlongs in, Supernatural had found herself in a lead, as Mourning Passion settled back into a comfortable position on the rail a length behind, while Reflected in Water chose to hang out a little farther off the rail, being chased closely by Battle Wings. Lagging behind by a few lengths was the formerly cremello Lost In Memories, and it was evident that while she may have been a filly with a good drive, the surface was not to her taste at all.

As the pack moved onto the backstretch, Battle Wings had made up her ground and was pushing for the lead, increasing Mourning Passion's already breakneck race pace. It became evident that she wasn't about to give up the lead any time soon, because she kept pushing faster and faster on the backstretch, increasing her lead to a healthy six lengths. Mourning Passion and Supernatural seemed pretty comfortable to run behind, and as they came into the final turn it was impossible to tell which one was in second place. Around the final turn, Supernatural began to make her move, putting the pressure on Battle wings and as they moved into the homestretch and shrinking the lead to a more nail biting three lengths. Mourning Passion gave a good effort, but in the end settled two lengths behind Supernatural and stayed there. Reflected in Water made a late charge, but by the time they were under the wire, her nose was at Mourning Passion's shoulder, and it's hard to say if she would have beaten out the colt or not. Supernatural never closed the three length gap, because Battle Wings seemed more than a little determined to keep her lead after her disastrous start. Meanwhile, Lost In Memories lagged seven lengths behind the pack in a disappointing finish, though unfortunately not surprising as the filly has been known to do well on the turf track...not the dirt. Next time leave the mud to the mud lovers!

- Okay, here are my notes on this race. Battle Wings took it because of her extremely impressive record in which only one race has been finished out of the money, and most importantly that race wasn't even during her three year old season, and with her temperament and style, she was going to take it. Supernatural took second because she has been quite successful this season at the particular distance, although I noted most of her winds came from her two year old season, and she wasn't quite as consistent as Battle Wings. Mourning Passion finished third because I could not ignore his three year old season record, which was pretty astounding with seven out of ten races one, and only one third placing. It was an extremely difficult decision between him and Reflected in Water, who did have a higher grade status but a slightly less consistent three year old season, which in the end is what I was putting a higher value on in this race. As for Lost In Memories, her surface preference was turf, and I also did not see a workout - if there was going to be one later today I do apologize, I got to this race sooner than expected but sadly it would not have changed her placing due to the fact that she was running on a surface that she did not like.

*Lost In Memories' results have been scratched and this race will not go on her record.

[Cruisey]

SHOOT gah I didn't mean to race her in this one! Is there any way you can scratch her result? I'd rather take no result than accidentally putting her on a surface she didn't enjoy :(

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I would ask a person of authority about that. Personally I'd be happy to scratch it but idk what the rules are regarding that. Sorry!

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I would have no problems with this scratch because I have twice scratched a horse and not counted the result in the past and I think you should have that right too...as far as I know there are no concrete rules regarding this. Perhaps some should be made. I personally have no problems with this though.

Cavs, Ripley?

[Sammy]

Not that I am complaining but may I please have feedback on Reflected in Water, I am not upset just want to see what I can excel in the next few more races. Please?

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Hey Sammy, Reflected In Water has a great record, and I suppose a lot of where she will excel depends a little bit on each judge, because I'm assuming that we all look at different things. The big difference in this race (for me) was consistency I think, which was where Reflected In Water "lagged" (I put that in quotes because she actually has an impressive consistency). The other horses in the race were all in the 90% range or more, but other than that factor I think it is based on the judged and the circumstances of the race, who the competition is, etc. I hope that helped a little bit!

*And on a side note, I will go and scratch Lost In Memories results but for now I am not going to edit my commentary because I am lazy :p. So we can just say a phantom Lost In Memories ran in the race that day.

[Sammy]

Okay thank you!