The 2yo Breeder Cup Long – 11th February 2017

2yo Breeder Cup Long

 

 

 

 

 

Should Be Running On

The 2yo Breeder Long Cup was first run on 27 August 2011 when it was won by Riddley Walker Racing with Verve. Very competitive race today – and most people will have different fancies; while every runner must have some sort of chance, my top 3 based on times in the heats are Furiosa (very good heat win) from Secret Emperor (I think that run behind Furiosa gives him a big chance here) and Skip Away (in good form),

We chatted to the stables about their charges. Here are some of the comments.

1. Witches Dawning

2yo colt from Seahorse Racing, Career earnings: $0
Overall rating: Adequate(38) – Needs space
Born:Fri 6th Jan 2017, bred by Seahorse Racing
Lineage:By Dancin out of Airy Flush
Recent form:7

Stable comments: – “Our young colt Witches Dawning should be fit for the race. That’s always a good start! Lacking both speed and any xp for the distance he’ll probably have to come from behind though, so that’s the approach we’ll be taking with him. Considering that he generally needs extra space around in order to perform to his potential we hope the race will be long and tough with a very spread out field to navigate through. On a good day and with some luck we’ll hopefully make the top-5, but let’s just take it one stride at a time! Speaking of strides, Secret Revolution’s Secret Emperor looks to be be one of those ahead of the rest of the pack. What a horse! But you never know. Karaka Breeders’ Furiosa looked really impressive in the qualifier as well.”

2. Secret Emperor

2yo colt from Secret Revolution, Career earnings: $38,000
Overall rating: Acceptable(41) – Competitive
Born:Fri 6th Jan 2017, bred by Secret Revolution
Lineage:By Secret Aurora out of Secret Union 
Recent form:2

Stable comments: – “Nice looking horse, hope for a repeat of the heat and he should be there or thereabouts. Many horses with a chance in a very open race, good luck to everyone!”

3. Skip Away

2yo filly from Troublemaker’s, Career earnings: $38,000
Overall rating: Adequate(37) – Natural champion
Born:Fri 6th Jan 2017, bred by Troublemaker’s
Recent form:3

Stable comments: – “Last run was very good, we had problems during the race but we still managed to get a good result, if we get a good jump out of the gate is possible for us to be in the fight. The race is open. Good luck to everyone.”

4. Porcelain Goddess

2yo filly from Team Monkfish, Career earnings: $0
Overall rating: Adequate(39) – Early sprinter
Born:Fri 6th Jan 2017, bred by Team Monkfish
Lineage:By I’ve Soiled Myself out of Athena
Recent form:6

Stable comments: – “

5. Seaside Scandal

2yo filly from Desert Wind Stables, Career earnings: $80,000
Overall rating: Adequate(39) – Natural champion
Born:Fri 6th Jan 2017, bred by Desert Wind Stables
Recent form:1

Stable comments: – “

6. Reds Goku

2yo colt from Reds Breeding Stud, Career earnings: $20,000
Overall rating: Adequate(35) – Competitive
 Born:Fri 6th Jan 2017, bred by Reds Breeding Stud

Lineage:By Blue Tyndareus out of Dont Champion
Recent form:4

Stable comments: – “He out ran his better rated stablemate in the heats to my surprise and in someways pleasure. He will have to surprise me yet again to place well on Saturday, there are some very good horses from some sensational stables in the race and it will be tough to keep up”

7. Armitage

2yo colt from Whispering Death, Career earnings: $0
Overall rating: Adequate(37) – Natural champion
 Born:Fri 6th Jan 2017, bred by Whispering Death

Lineage:By Lieutenant Dan out of Stammer Ztips
Recent form:9

Stable comments: – “

8. Soldier Of Fortune

2yo colt from Bristol Turks, Career earnings: $40,000
Overall rating: Adequate(38) – Natural champion
 Born:Fri 6th Jan 2017, bred by Bristol Turks

Lineage:By Smoke On The Water out of Starlett
Recent form:2

Stable comments: – “This is a difficult one to predict, 2yo Breeders are full of surprises and looking at the field there are many who could come home the winner. Soldier Of Fortune had a good heat, better than I expected actually. He’s an unbroken horse and I was concerned about his spirit before the race but seemed to have got on with the jockey just fine. Soldier will be fully fit come the final and with a bit of luck could be in the mix.”

9. Australia

2yo colt from Bones Graveyard Stud, Career earnings: $19,000
Overall rating: Adequate(37) – Natural champion
 Born:Fri 6th Jan 2017, bred by Bones Graveyard Stud

Recent form:4

Stable comments: – “I think my horse weight is going to kill me in final.”

10. Furiosa

2yo filly from Karaka Breeders, Career earnings: $76,000
Overall rating: Acceptable(40) – Needs space
 Born:Fri 6th Jan 2017, bred by Karaka Breeders

Lineage:By Not Too Soon out of Thunder Lady
Recent form:1

Stable comments: – “Nice to win the heat when things fell into place for my needs space filly. Will start from a wide gate and have under 400m to get to the rail before the first turn. Think there might be a fast pace early as horses jostle for a position. Hoping for a similar run as the heat but whether that’s enough to win, I don’t know? Think the ground will firm up and that is a slight disadvantage.”

11. Rebound Slave

2yo filly from Sardean Lodge, Career earnings: $0
Overall rating: Adequate(36) – Needs space
 Born:Fri 6th Jan 2017, bred by Sardean Lodge

Lineage:By Maximus Swick out of Face Sixty
Recent form:8

Stable comments: – “Not sure if I will start, might run for the experience of a 2yo long. good luck to the real chances.”

12. Performance

2yo filly from Lisco Stables, Career earnings: $0
Overall rating: Adequate(36) – Fast finisher
 Born:Fri 6th Jan 2017, bred by Lisco Stables

Lineage:By Lisco Kid out of Faraway
Recent form:7

Stable comments: – “

13. Ghoul Boldboy

2yo filly from Talisman’s Titans, Career earnings: $34,000
Overall rating: Adequate(36) – Natural champion
Born:Fri 13th Jan 2017, bred by Talisman’s Titans
Lineage:By Dancin out of Given Click
Recent form:2

Stable comments: – “

14. Arriba Dodi

2yo filly from Fourmyle Stables, Career earnings: $42,187
Overall rating: Adequate(38) – Fast finisher
Born:Fri 6th Jan 2017, bred by Fourmyle Stables
Lineage:By Wallflower out of Linen Pokey
Recent form:1,5

Stable comments: – “I don’t think I’ve got any hope on Saturday but I was pleased to qualify, and I’m just running Arriba Dodi for the experience really. I need to compete in more of these kinds of races to develop the stable.”

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