Post by Neco on Aug 15, 2020 15:27:44 GMT -5
Welcome to the first of four Win and You're In! races for an automatic berth into the Breeder's Cup Filly & Mare Turf! The filly that wins this race gets an automatic berth into the Breeder's Cup Distaff on SS and waives any entry fee. The rest of the horses will accumulate entry points for that race or any other BC race of their choosing.
Rules
+ Any level of horse may enter! Weights will be applied to level the playing field for any graded horses.
+ Please post the entire form when entering
+ Up to three horses per person, will race AT A MAX OF 14 HORSES
PLEASE NOTE. When entering, COUNT THE HORSES IN FRONT OF YOU. Only 14 horses max are allowed per race - please make sure when you enter, you are not over the limit. I do not want to have DQ anyone for any reason.
ONLY FILLIES AND MARES MAY ENTER THIS RACE!
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Horses That Have Already Qualified and May Not Enter Again
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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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Breeder's Cup Points
1st – Automatic entry into BC Filly & Mare Turf + 5pts
2nd – 4 pts
3rd – 3 pts
4th – 14th – 2 pts
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Race Replay
It's a new week and a new round of Breeders' Cup preps! We start our series off this week with the ladies of the turf, as eight fillies and mares line up for a shot at the Filly & Mare Turf in this year's Ouija Board Stakes!
Hard Tack's Palenque leads the parade and the flashy palomino mare is on her toes after a months-long layoff, having last raced in Dubai and finishing off the board. She'll have to fight for that lead against her own daughter Under The Mask, this year's Acorn Oaks victress and a multiple graded stakes winner that has already proved her mettle against the best of this generation and beyond. 1000 Guineas winner Thistle will join the fray and figures to sit behind those two speed horses, with stablemate and Olympic medalist Vice Versa figuring to be right there with her as these two mares love to stalk a fast pace. Splashy Gracie will have work to do today to play catch up with this caliber of field, but she has been on the upswing lately after a disappointing first half of the year. Djinn is our third speed horse of the field and closest to the rail, which could work out well for her with her sharp gate speed and turn of foot that's seen her speed to the lead and leave the field stumbling in her wake. Minx does her best running late as seen in the British Trials across the pond, but as the only G3 horse in the field, she'll have to really step it up to prove she belongs with these types of mares. Chiricahua is the longest shot at double digits and despite a surprising second on dirt in the Distaff preps, she hasn't proved much this season yet and will need to be on her best behavior to make an impact against this field.
Thunderstorms are rolling in fast and it's a race against the weather and the clock as our eight sparkling fillies and mares are bundled onto the turf course. Rain has already soaked the course earlier in the day and with some give in the grass, that may just be enough to give some of our competitors an edge as we line them up for this year's Ouija Board Stakes!
