News Racing Dudes Divisional Rankings August 27, 2014 News Racing Dudes Divisional Rankings August 27, 2014 By: Aaron Halterman twitterfacebooklinkedinemail Share: share on facebook share on twitter share on linkedin email this article Older Males 1. Palace Malice – Skipping the Woodward…is something up? 2. Wise Dan – Set to return this weekend at Saratoga. Amazingly he’s still very much in the hunt for divisional honors. 3. Moonshine Mullin – Haven’t heard from him in awhile…another that I’m worried about. 4. Moreno – Could continue to move up the list with a win in the Woodward this weekend. 5. Will Take Charge – Just doesn’t look quite the same as when he was at his peak last year. Still running respectable. Sleeper: Lea – Getting set for a return to the races on September 6th. Could be a big time fall campaign. Older Females 1. Close Hatches – May have cemented herself as the champion of this division. 2. Beholder – Working toward the Zenyatta Stakes and the Breeders Cup Distaff. 3. Iotapa – Back to back Grade 1 victories for this improving mare. 4. Princess of Sylmar – Clearly didn’t come back as good as her three year old season. Career in jeopardy. 5. Midnight Lucky – Freakish type sprinter may not be able to go two turns, but has ability. Sleeper: On Fire Baby – Easy to forget about her, but she’s come as close as anyone to beating Close Hatches this year. 3 Year Old Males 1. California Chrome – Uh oh…things aren’t so clear in this division all the sudden. He leads on resume only now. 2. Shared Belief – Best horse in the country just needs a head to head victory over Chrome to pass him. 3. Wicked Strong – Blinkers have made him a very solid horse…should have won the Travers. 4. Tonalist – Two solid efforts at Saratoga, just couldn’t get into the winners circle. 5. V. E. Day – Travers victor just finds ways to win. Can he keep it up? Sleeper: Tapiture – He was 10 lengths the best in the West Virginia Derby. 3 Year Old Females 1. Untapable – Lost to the boys, but she’s still better than all of these. Perhaps she is starting to lose a bit of form though. 2. Stopchargingmaria – Won a terribly slow running of the Alabama, but everyone is pretty slow in this group. 3. Artemis Agrotera – Freakish performance in the Ballerina! 4. Sweet Reason – Two Grade 1’s give her the edge over the others. 5. My Miss Sophia – Haven’t heard much of her since her dull Acorn effort…in a wait and see stage. Sleeper: NOBODY – Slow bunch…time to move on. Sprinters 1. Goldencents – Absolute super star when he gets the lead. Track record at Del Mar last time out! 2. Clearly Now – No idea whether he can reproduce that Belmont Sprint Championship effort again, but if he can…. 3. Bayern – Keep him at one turn and he can run with anyone. 4. Fed Biz – Two great performances at Del Mar have me thinking he is improving greatly and middle distances will suit him well. 5. Secret Circle – Think he’s best of the bunch, but when will we ever see him again? Sleeper: The Big Beast – Horse with a big time future I believe…showing versatility as well.
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