DEL Handicap Grade II (BC) Preview
July 16, 2011 18:25 DEL Race #1 1-1/4m Dirt Graded Stakes Race Purse: $750.000
For Fillies And Mares Three Years Old And Upward.
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HORSE NAME |
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OWNER NAME |
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JOCKEY NAME |
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WT |
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Poolside Ec |
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Yahudi Stables |
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Dominguez R A |
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118 |
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Mrs Bombastic |
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Barcelona Farms |
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Lanerie C J |
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121 |
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Tipsy |
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Meat |
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Gomez G K |
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(+1)115 |
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Reason To Earn |
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Dynark Stables |
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Castro Ed |
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115 |
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Fiore |
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88 Jayhawk |
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Bejarano R |
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125 |
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Weather: Mostly sunny skies with temperatures in the low eighties with a very slight chance of precipitation.
Stakes Record: 2010 Guided By Angels 2:00.80 Dynark Stables
Poolside Ec comes out of gate number one looking for her first graded stakes win following three consecutive second place finishes. Most recently the four-year-old came within a neck of winning the Grade I Phipps Handicap on June 18, 2011. The Yahudi Stable chestnut has finished on the board in thirteen of her seventeen career starts with earnings of $325.340. Poolside Ec is going a mile and a quarter for the first time in her career. In her last work, the four-year-old worked 1:11.34 over six furlongs on the dirt.
Mrs Bombastic comes out of post number two looking to make it two graded stakes wins in a row following her win in the Grade III CT Classic on April 16, 2011. Mrs Bombastic, who took the PRK a little over a year ago is entered in her first start for owner-trainer Barcelona Farms since being purchased via auction for $1,800.000 on June 23, 2011. The four-year-old is looking to win her ninth graded stakes. Mrs Bombastic has finished on the board in sixteen of her twenty career starts with earnings of $4,659.390 which puts her in the top twenty five in career earnings for a horse at HRP. In her last work the filly breezed 47.91 over four furlongs on the dirt.
Tipsy comes out of gate number three looking for her first graded stakes win in what will her ninth graded stakes start. The four-year-old comes in to the DEL Handicap finishing on the board in fourteen of her eighteen career starts with earnings of $481.520. In her last start, Tipsy won an allowance race at CD on May 29, 2011. The Meat home breds last work on July 4, 2011 was a bullet work, the filly worked 58.92 over five furlongs on the dirt.
Reason To Earn comes out of gate number four looking for her second graded stakes win in her ninth graded stakes start. The six-year-old won her first graded stakes on February 20, 2011 in the Grade III The Very One and on the sod. The mare most recently notched a second place finish in the Grade III AP Matron on May 28, 2011 where she lost the lead down the stretch. In her last work, Reason To Earn worked 58.49 over five furlongs on the dirt.
Fiore rounds out the field of five and comes in with three consecutive graded stakes wins. The four-year-old is looking for her ninth graded stakes win and fourth in a row. The filly has finished in the money in twelve of her fifteen career starts with earnings of $1,635.440. Fiore in her last start won the Grade II La Trolenne on May 6, 2011 by three quarters of a length, stealing the win with a phenomenal stretch drive. In her last work, Fiore breezed 36.39 over three furlongs on the turf.
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