Y14 May Week 4

[Cavallo]

<sub>GRADE FIVE DIRT - G5 10F D
WIN Radiant Silver
PLACE Maliah (nose)
SHOW GM Halloweentown
4TH Gallant Knight
5TH Heart of Rio
6TH Radiation Therapy
7TH Silent Heart

Good lord. This field was hard. The winner was easy to pick out. Radiant Silver has been running in high level races and so when the close of this race came he was quick to close and follow through. Maliah was able to nudge her nose out in front of Halloweentown.The bottom four were really hard to separate and so I went by experience and personalities and race preferences. Again don't be discouraged. This was a large field and like I said for the Turf G5, look for those smaller G5 races to build up your horses. This race being a HOTY* race will add a high caliber to their records and set them up for success in a lower field. Great horses guys.</sub>

[Cruisey]

Thanks Cav, I really wasn't expecting this big of a field when I first entered. I'm trying to find lower races for mine! 

[Snowflake]

Thanks everyone for judging so far!
Haha Cav this is the only race he can ever win xD (well, Autumn and Spring Cup G5 Dirt) Hopefully he'll step it now that he's finally reached G4.

[*Ripley*]

Grade Three Dirt Sprint
Win. Crowned Queen
Place. Tears No More
Show. Midnight Sun
Fourth. Attractive Flight

[*Ripley*]

Grade Two Dirt
Win. Bellefire
Place. GS Supercharged
Show. Lusitania's Solider
Fourth. Silver Secret

Extremely slow paced race that allowed Bellefire to walk on the front end. When everyone else got started running, Bellefire simply had too much in the tank and held them at bay. GS Supercharged put in a strong performance, but could get no closer than two lengths. Lusitania's Soldier and Silver Secret saw their kicks slightly diminished and put in rather low-key performances. They'd probably be ready to come back next week and race after this kind of race.

[*Ripley*]

Grade One Dirt Sprint
Win. Forbidden To Fly
Place. Tears of Blood
Show. Sweetness Unlimited
Fourth. Aquatic Addiction

[Cavallo]

<sub>GRADE ONE TURF SPRINT - G1 6F T
WIN Flying Solo (nose)
PLACE Loud and Clear

This was a two horse duel to the finish. Neither one of these horses was willing to let the other have the lead as both wanted to press their counterpart to go outside of their leg. So what we had today was a mad dash to the finish from the very start. What ended up happening though is Solo's stalker tendencies ended up in Loud and Clear taking the "lead", if you wanted to call a neck lead a lead. Flying Solo came into this race primed and ready and when the end came and both horses charged for the end Solo came out on top by a nose. Both horses are great and I think Snowy that this race will really help prep Loud and Clear for a win in his next race. Flying Solo just seemed more ready for this race today.</sub>

[Cavallo]

<sub>GRADE THREE TURF SPRINT - G3 6F T
WIN Manhattan Royalty
PLACE Mighty News
SHOW Speed Rush

Another front heavy sprint race! YAY! haha Okay, Speed Rush had two horses pressing him this race and in the end it allowed Manhattan Royalty to edge out a lead and begin to pull away to the finish. Mighty News and Speed Rush focused too much on one another and it left the door wide open for the grey colt to steal the show and win. All are great horses Snowy.</sub>

[creativecause]

Grade One Dirt*
Win: Eternal Phantom (nose)
Place: Born to Impress

This was an incredibly tough race to judge, both mares deserved the win and you guys should be very proud of both of them. I did want to place both of them first, but I can't do that and in the end someone has to win, and someone has to lose, in this case Born to Impress just fell short by a nose. 
Eternal Phantom broke sharply from the gate recognizing Born to Impress as a threat and set a fairly quick pace. Born to Impress pushed Eternal Phantom the whole ten furlongs around the track, coming into the home stretch Born to Impress really turned on the turbos and was in full flight down to the wire, but Eternal Phantom was too, they went through a grueling stretch run and battled all the way down to the wire and even a little further than that. It was a photo finish with Eternal Phantom just nosing Born to Impress out of the win.

[S u N f r O s t ~]

Grade Four Turf
Win Acantha
Place Fly By Darkness
Show Wishing For A Heroine
Fourth The Unicorn

Grade Four Dirt
Win Restricted Access
Place In Front
Show Dreaming of Glory
Fourth Everyday Smile

[*Ripley*]

Grade Two Turf
Win. Abastor
Place. Fleet Majesty
Show. Passionate Flyer

[*Ripley*]

Grade Three Turf
Win. Apollo Bear
Place. A Royal Legacy
Show. Majestic Hero
Fourth. Princetta
Fifth. Immortal Flight
Sixth. Nature's Dream

[Cavallo]

_{GRADE FOUR DIRT SPRINT - G4 6F D
WIN Alucard
PLACE Optimus Unstoppable}

[Cruisey]

GRADE THREE DIRT
WIN Dirty Diana
PLACE Predator
show Anodyne

DQ: Dysphoria - She is Grade 2.

[S u N f r O s t ~]

SUMMER CUP GRADE ONE TURF
win Bella Luna
place Infinite Warcry
show Blue Me Away

Tough race guys. I felt like Bella Luna deserved the win this time around. She was primed and ready for it, as was Infini for fighting with her for it. Blue Me Away has had a lot of time in the spotlight so far this season. He's sharp, but he just was not as sharp as the other two today. Bella took the win by a nose over the fast charging Infini, who just missed on the win (that's why Infini loves eleven and twelve furlongs haha). Great race by all. These are the best turf routers out there right now.