Post by Neco on Mar 29, 2020 18:23:35 GMT -5
+ Up to 3 entries per person, 14 horses total.
+ Please double-check your horse's distance and surface preferences to make sure you want to enter them. All British Classics and trials are run on turf tracks!
+ Horses of any grade level are welcome! Impost weight will increase the higher grade they are.
+ Horses competing in this race will be considered 3 years old in the year 2020 and will not be eligible to compete in any 3yo races in future years.
+ Competing in this race will enable your horse to enter into any upcoming 2020 British Classic races! A horse must compete in at least one trial this year before entering a Classic race.
The first Classics are the 2000 Guineas (8F) on May 2nd and the 1000 Guineas (8F, fillies only) on May 3rd.
This race is restricted to 3-year-old fillies only!
If your filly competed in any 3yo race (the Triple Crown/Tiara series, UAE Derby, British Classics) from 2011 - 2019, she is ineligible this year. You can check this post and this one to ensure your horse has not previously participated.
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Results:
1st - 5 points to add to one stat of your choice
2nd - 4 points to add to one stat of your choice
3rd - 3 points to add to one stat of your choice
4th - 2 points for add to one stat of your choice
5th - 1 point to add to one stat of your choice
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Race Replay
Two weeks ago, we started on our journey to the British Classics with a bang, as the blue-blooded Thistle stormed to an easy victory over friend and foe alike in the Fred Darling Stakes. Thistle is missing from today's lineup, but it's still a star-studded event as our seven fillies take to the turf for this year's Prix Finlande!
The ever-lovely Under The Mask leads the way today, after scoring two front-running triumphs on the Oaks trail in America and showing that same ability on the grass in other graded stakes. Dapper Doll isn't far behind and while the flashy daughter of turf superstar Bold Lady hasn't lived up to her mother's reputation, she's beginning to come into her own as we progress through the spring. Goldikova will be right up there with the top 2 and she has shown a tremendous turn of foot in her last few races that could be devestating in this pace-light route. Minx will also have to find a way thread through this salty field as this late-running filly will have only one chance to grind away at the competition. Firebrand is a newcomer today and while 9 furlongs is a bit short for her, the fiery red daughter of Dubai champion Dracarys has shown her sire's grit and determination to find the wire at the right time. Gracie is in double digits and while a second in allowance company is a positive sign, she has proceeded it with lackluster efforts that may come back to bite her today. Lucille rounds out our field as the longest shot of all, although with only horse pacesetter in the field, she has little hope for that pace meltdown every closer craves.
It's a bright and brassy day but storm clouds loom to the west, and it'll be a race against time itself before the skies open up and drench our turf to the root.
The Road to the Classics continues NOW on Seeing Stars!
