Resolute Racing’s Pounce , a twin graded stakes winner at a mile on turf, pursues the richest stakes race of her profession when she cuts again to six 1/2 furlongs on grass to compete within the $2 million Music Metropolis Stakes (G2T) Sept. 7 at Kentucky Downs.
The 7-2 morning-line favourite after taking the July 20 Lake George Stakes (G3T) at Saratoga Race Course and the Herecomesthebride Stakes (G3T) in March at Gulfstream Park, Pounce’s process might be made simpler if the 4-1 second selection, Twirling Queen , stays caught on the also-eligible listing and doesn’t begin. Although the latter is a three-time ungraded stakes winner, desire within the race goes to horses with graded/group stakes wins and placings.
On account of huge purses bolstered by historic horse racing gaming, securing entry right into a race at Kentucky Downs will be difficult. Thirty-two 3-year-old fillies have been entered within the Music Metropolis, with 12 within the physique of the sector, 4 on the also-eligible listing, and the remaining excluded.
The $2 million purse for the Music Metropolis contains $1 million supplemented for Kentucky-breds, leaving these bred elsewhere to race for $1 million.
Although all 5 of Pounce’s turf begins for Corridor of Fame coach Mark Casse have been in two-turn races, she confirmed the power to dash in her unveiling final yr in successful a six-furlong maiden race on filth at Churchill Downs.
Dylan Davis, who tied for third within the standings on the just lately concluded Saratoga meet and was aboard for her victory within the Lake George, rides.
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Martin Schwartz and Michael O’Callaghan’s Kairyu , second to Twirling Queen within the Coronation Cup Stakes at Saratoga for coach Cherie DeVaux, is amongst her essential rivals within the physique of the sector, as is Tracy Farmer’s Time to Dazzle , who romped within the Ontario Colleen Stakes (G3T) at Woodbine in wire-to-wire style. Casse additionally trains Time to Dazzle
Reflecting the depth and high quality of the sector, some graded-placed entrants, akin to Pharoah’s Wine , are longshots. The latter, coming off a mile allowance win at Ellis Park and second within the Jessamine Stakes (G2T) at Keeneland final fall, is 20-1 on the morning line.
“She is a pleasant filly,” coach Dale Romans stated of the daughter of 2015 Triple Crown winner American Pharoah . “The fascinating half is that I practice her, I educated her mom, her grandmother, her (third) dam and (different household).”
Romans stated, “It could be particular to win this one,” pointing to the filly’s ties to the late Frank Jones, the previous vice chair of the Kentucky Horse Racing Fee and vp for the Kentucky Horsemen’s Benevolent and Protecting Affiliation, who died in August 2023. Romans educated for Jones for many years and the 2 have been shut associates.
Jones’ spouse, Nancy Delony, is an element proprietor of the horse together with William Pacella and Frank Shoop. They, together with Frank Jones, bred Pharoah’s Wine.
Romans is sprinting Pharoah’s Wine fairly than operating her 1 5/16 miles in one other Kentucky Downs race, the $1.6 million Dueling Floor Oaks Invitational Sept. 11. She broke her maiden over the Kentucky Downs course final fall.
“It will likely be fascinating backing her up; I believe there’s a likelihood she’ll prefer it,” Romans stated. “The quick route might be (her) greatest.”
Entries: AGS Music Metropolis S. (G2T)
Kentucky Downs, Saturday, September 07, 2024, Race 7
- Grade IIT
- 6 1/2f
- Turf
- $2,000,000
- 3 yo Fillies
- 3:04 PM (native)