Y16 June Week Three

[Scotia]

Meteor Cup - G1 7F D
WIN Lilth Wind
PLACE Silent Snap

[Scotia]

Monkey Cup- G3 10F T
WIN Whispering Melody
PLACE Fire It Up
SHOW Melusine

[Cruisey]

GIRL'S PARTY*
WIN Swing Dancer [head]
PLACE Rough Diamond
SHOW Doubloon Moon
fourth Melodious

The pace was fast and was set by Melodious, who just lost a bit of gas at the end from a quick closing pack. Swing Dancer followed tactically behind the leader which set her up for a nice, but hard fought, win today. 

[S u N f r O s t ~]

Scotia, any feedback for Melusine? She's absolutely flatlining XD

Cruisey, any further feedback for Melodious? Should I just stay out of the Triple Sprinter Tiara with her or do you think she has even a chance of performing well? Advice much much appreciated lol.

[Cruisey]

S u N f r O s t ~ I think Melodious does have a chance really. I think she needs some more confidence boosting races (whether that be small HoTY or non-HoTY) between now and the other races to get her feeling more herself. These are a tight bunch of fillies and honestly with just a few more confidence boosters i think she has a chance, today was just an off day for her. I mean, I also find she's more dominant on turf especially after a great 2yo season on it I think switching her for the dirt tiara will be difficult since she hasn't raced on it as much as the others. 

[Cavallo]

Cruisey can i have some feedback with Doubloon. She hasn't won since March despite all her HOTY class. I'm getting frustrated. This is her third consecutive third place. Like Frosty said, should I be taking her out of the sprint tiara? IDk WHAT TO DO WITH HER lol

[creativecause]

BOY'S PARTY* - G5+ 6F D 3yo C
Win: Criosphinx (whisker)
Place: Coincidence
Show: Innerstellar
4th: Fusillade

[creativecause]

GIRL'S FESTIVAL* - G5+ 6F T 3yo F
Win: Artemis' Glory
Place: Sugar Demon
Show: Luminous Wave
4th: Sophie's Pride

[Cavallo]

um creativecause I really wasn't expecting that for either Blitz or Pride. Can I please have feedback? Like Pride has had 100% CONSISTENCY and now she's just fluking?!

[S u N f r O s t ~]

Cruisey I switched her off turf because she was flunking despite that great two year old season XD I've been running her in mainly undercards to increase her confidence, will keep trying. Thank you for the feedback! I'll just keep hoping with her.

[creativecause]

Jul 2, 2016 8:45:25 GMT -5 Cavallo said:

um creativecause I really wasn't expecting that for either Blitz or Pride. Can I please have feedback? Like Pride has had 100% CONSISTENCY and now she's just fluking?!

I liked Cirosphinx for an upset today and I didn't see Blitz getting past the other two. I know it's disheartening when stuff like this happens especially so close to the sprinter triple crowns but I really don't think a 4th place finish is going to hurt him. Someone had to be out of the money today and it was him. 

As for Sophie's Pride, the race in general was stacked with high class fillies and with a fast pace those who were on the front end of things tired out. She may have had more wins this season than everyone else but the other three had the back class as the majority of their wins this season were HOTY races and they'd been running against each other all season. I guess that was my line of thought there. Again, I don't think a 4th is going to hurt her chances in the sprinter crowns.

[Cruisey]

Cavallo Honestly I wouldn't take her out of the TST, she just got caught in a bad position today and I liked Swing Dancer for the win. I hate judging the crowns and tiaras because these fillies are all pretty much equally as classy and I really think next time out she will be a lot better for her especially now that she's even hungrier for that win. I don't think there's anything wrong with her at all, all I can say is just keep plugging along. 

[S u N f r O s t ~]

BOY'S FESTIVAL* - G5+ 6F T 3yo C
win Optical Illusion
place SmashDashing
show Flying Fashion
fourth Dancing On Nails
fifth Escape Artist

Escape Artist - I am so happy you entered him in this race Renniekins, so please don't be disheartened by this placing. You took a calculated risk. Escape Artist got his hooves wet in his first HoTY experience and he did very well, but faced competition with just as ridiculous a record as he has. He has so much talent...but somebody had to place last here today. I think you stand a good chance of coming in strong for the Turf Triple Sprinter Crown, but I would try to seek out small-field HoTYs to start. He faced the top of the colt class here today and did well, but the others had a hard edge that was difficult to overcome, though he's getting there!

Dancing On Nails - He's a lovely horse whose class only increases with every race. You've done a great job developing him Cruisey and he deserved to be here for this race. It just very tough here for him today, especially in such a determined field. He was just edged out of the top three spot...in all honesty, it was all very close.

Flying Fashion - He's come along so nicely, with this solid record. He is a classy and consistent colt and performed well to edge out an incredibly determined Dancing On Nails for the show.

SmashDashing - This horse had pace and back class working for him today. I feel as though he's become slightly underrated this season, especially compared to performance in the past. He was coming off a win that gave him back confidence, something that there was no lack of in this field, but he used it entirely to his advantage and flashed that class from last season once more. He ran a good race.

Optical Illusion - Optical Illusion is a tough horse to catch. He had many horses running to take him on and fought them off with an astonishing display of heart. Optical Illusion reminded the field just why he was the winner of so many races last season, and he did it with style. In a field like this, Opti was equipped well to handle facing tough, consistent winners and got the job done.

I am so impressed with this field and look forward to the TTSC! Such nice colts

[rendezvous]

Ouch, that really hurt,
Not doing that again xD

I thought it was a normal HOTY nope

[S u N f r O s t ~]

rendezvous I didn't didn't DIDN'T want to place him or anyone else lower than third...but when everybody in the field has the consistency, I can't solely judge off of it. Especially because we no longer have dead heats XD Any HoTY can turn into a regular HoTY depending on the caliber of the field. As I mentioned in my feedback, this field contained the top of the colt class. He did well and I think he is ready for HoTY, but it's just tough. Ridiculously tough. I'm really happy you entered him and he was ready, but it's tough and I didn't want to judge it. Lol.