Y15 May Week 3

[creativecause]

Africa Stakes - G3 10F T
Win: Lookin' Back Lucky
Place: Refute

Lookin' Back Lucky finally put everything together today for this win, but it took quite a big effort. Refute nearly won this race from gate to wire, but Lucky dug in deep and found another gear just in time to get his nose down on the wire.

[*Ripley*]

Titanium Stakes - G3 10F D
Win. Coco Cabana
Place. Gallant Knight
Show. Rules Of Passion (isn't G3)

[*Ripley*]

Goodwill Sprint - G5 (1W) 7F D C
Win. Tell Me A Fable
Place. Incitatus (doesn't have a summer workout)

[*Ripley*]

Flower Cup - G4 8F T
Win. Devil's Blessing
Place. Spitterfly
Show. Silent Heart

[*Ripley*]

Comet Cup - G1 8F D
Win. Restricted Access
Place. Aquatic Addiction

The pace set up really assisted Restricted Access on her way to beating Aquatic Addiction today. I really like both of these hard trying horses.

[Cruisey]

Wannabeastar Turf Stakes
WIN Sweet Mimosa
PLACE Melodious
show Superb Curiosity

Sweet Mimosa has been very consistent this year, and she went very well into this race sitting on a win. Melodious is also a super filly, but couldn't manage a win against the hard-running Osa. Superb Curiosity should break her maiden before entering in open 2yo races.

[Cruisey]

Sunfrost Cup
WIN Majestic Hero
PLACE In Front
SHOW Samhain
fourth Desert Amber

[Cruisey]

Bow Tie Cup
WIN Handsome Tabby
PLACE Daddy's Overdraft 
show Tears No More

[*Ripley*]

Sammy - Will you be ready to go for the Mother Goose by tonight? We need to get these HOTY races judged so we can move on.

[Sammy]

Yes I am working on her workout as we speak.

[Kenren]

MOTHER GOOSE STAKES*
WIN Flaming Confidenza
PLACE Calypso's Fury
SHOW Nirvana
fourth Impressionable
fifth StarFire

Tough race by tough fillies, but you all know that. Flaming Confidenza absolutely ran the race of her life today, dueling with Calypso's Fury down the stretch, both horses showing an incredible amount of heart before the palomino took it with a head bob. I felt like, while the filly does not have the wins to her name that Calypso's Fury does, she's been incredibly close on her tail and peaked at the right time here. This wasn't a matter of Calypso's Fury doing badly - it was just that Flaming Confidenza pulled a miracle to take down the favorite.

I struggled between Nirvana and Impressionable. Both of them are classy horses, and they were competitive even if they didn't have the same draw for me as the first two did today. StarFire is a great filly, but she's still maturing and coming into herself, where the others I felt were closer to that peak maturity now. While she had some wins, I just couldn't place her over Impressionable, who's been hard-trying in the HOTYs this year.

That said, congratulations to all and good luck with the third leg!