Y13 September Week 3

[Snowflake]

Ganymede Cup
WIN Fiery Touch
PLACE Afterglow

[Kenren]

Doing G5+G4 Dirt Sprint and G5+G4 Turf right now :)

[Kenren]

Thanks for the results guys!

G5+G4 Dirt Sprint
1 - Attractive Flight
2 - Royal Assassin
3 - Speed Rush

Breaking from the gate, Royal Assassin and Speed Rush almost immediately entered a speed duel, both horses aggressively refusing to relinquish the lead. This painted a pretty clear picture for the closer Attractive Flight - the colt made his move, and the three of them, for a moment, were side-by-side. Then Attractive Flight tapped into the reserves left from not fighting for the lead, and took the race by a neck. Royal Assassin and Speed Rush were only separated by a nose for the finish.

G5+G4 Turf
1 - Naturally A Flyer
2 - Nature's Dream
3 - A Royal Legacy

The horses took likely positions as soon as they were out of the gate - Naturally A Flyer took the lead, Nature's Dream settled a length behind, and A Royal Legacy was about two back from that. Everything was smooth going for most of the race, without any shuffling going on - until the turn came. A Royal Legacy began to make his move, creeping up on the other horses. However, Naturally A Flyer and Nature's Dream were also kicking in, bringing on a fight. Nature's Dream began gaining, even getting a nose in front a few yards from the wire - however, Naturally A Flyer found a final push and turned Nature's Dream away, taking the race by a head. It just wasn't A Royal Legacy's day without the pace set by a true frontrunner, and he crossed two lengths behind.

[Cavallo]

Doing Juvenile Turf and Dirt

[Cavallo]

<sub>Juvenile Turf* - 10F 2yo
WIN King George (experience won)
PLACE Dare to Impress
SHOW Classy Girl

Quite honestly all of these horses need another work. With only one front runner, the two mid-packers were in heaven, but the pace wasn't that fast. I naturally gravitated to Dare to Impress for the win, but he just wasn't as in the swing of racing as the other two, but he's raced in higher ranked 2yo races, hence why he held onto second place - but please give him a workout.

Juvenile Dirt* - 10F 2yo
WIN Everyday Smile (nose)
PLACE Radiant Silver
SHOW Heart of Rio

Again, this was a slow race with no front runner, so Everyday Smile had to take the lead on this one with Heart of Rio stalking and Radiant Silver trailing in the back of the small field. In the end, Heart of Rio, after coming off a two month break, just wasn't able to hold off Radiant Silver in the closing and barely missed the win by a nose.</sub>

[S u N f r O s t ~]

G3+ Turf Sprint and G3+ Dirt left to go! I'm taking the G3+ Turf right now.

[S u N f r O s t ~]

G3+ TURF
win The Innocent Skier
place Wish Upon A Star
show Naturally Charismatic
fourth Passionate Flyer

[Deleted]

Can I get feedback on Blazing Kiss please Frosty?

Also, Kenren can I get feedback for A Royal Legacy please? Really trying to bring him up to scratch

[S u N f r O s t ~]

Blazing Kiss is doing very well with you! I felt strongly that Prideful Limits was the type of horse that would rebound off of losing to her in the Autumn Cup with a win here. They're both in good form and well rested, and in fact these two could have a rivalry if they keep shadowing each other. It just came down to vengeance for Perry today. I can offer no advice for improvement with her. She's becoming strong out on the track!

[Kenren]

Alexia - it really came down to experience on the track this year between the three of them. He's a magnificent horse, but the circumstances just didn't play out for him this time! I really don't think there's a whole lot else you can do with him, other than keeping him racing :)

[Snowflake]

Thanks for judging so far everyone! Just two races left!

[*Ripley*]

G3 Turf Sprint
Win. Axis Mundae [two and a half measured lengths]
Place. Loud and Clear

Loud and Clear really was out of her element against this mare. Axis Mundae is really a cut above the rest in most sprinter/miler divisions on the turf. Loud and Clear has the potential to be something great in the future, but Axis Mundae is on point right now.

[Cavallo]

<sub>G3+ Dirt* - 10F 3yo+
WIN Born to Impress
PLACE Midnight Thriller
SHOW Ventura

With no front runner the pace was slow. Any one of these could have taken the win. Born to Impress' versatility helped him secure the win in this race.</sub>

[Snowflake]

Thanks for judging guys Cav, I just want to point out that Dare To Impress has raced in three HOTY races (the one she won was a maiden race) compared with Classy Girl and King George both racing in six HOTY* races. So I don't really understand what you mean when you say Dare To Impress has raced in higher ranked 2yo races. lol

[Cavallo]

I liked her for second place because she had raced in those races, this wasn't to downplay Classy Girl, but seeing Dare to Impress run in those races convinced me that she def. had it in him to hold onto second. I saw her in second place regardless. Dare to Impress will most likely win in her next race. Leg type also played a roll here.

[Snowflake]

Okay, just wasn't sure what you meant

[Cavallo]

_{No problem, sorry I wasn't more clear on that.}