ELP Juvenile
7 Furlongs Dirt Stake Purse $250.00 Two-Year-Olds. At ELP

ELP Juvenile   Here’s the field:

Horse                                  Owner                               Odds  SRF

Cheveley Fog                     Barcelona Farms               *4-1        94

Boutte                                Royalty Stables                  4-1        95

Atomic Moon                     TwinTowersRacing              5-1        87

Dragon Slayer                    Winning Link Stables          4-1        88

Umoja                                  London Racing                    5-1        91

aeUpend My Assets           Caseys Llc                         (6-1)       

Vinny Rocks                       The Sidley Stud                  8-1        93

Knight State                       Our Athletes                      10-1        89

Blood Moon Rising            Nakamura Stables            12-1        93        

Silver Freeze                      Rock Creek                        20-1        87

Von Richthofen                  Mb Stables                        20-1        96

Zibanejad                           Royalty Stables                 30 1        90

Waypoint                            Nakamura Stables              30 1        90

1  Zibanejad                Royalty Stables                     90

Zibanejad is undefeated by way of his one victory, an easy two-length romp in a LAD maiden.

2  Atomic Moon                   TwinTowersRacing                 87

Atomic Moon has been in big bucks since the day he first stepped hoof on track. His debut was a close third in a high-value maiden at AQU. Then he won a rich maiden at KEE by a clear length. Still chasing the money, he entered the $225.00 Bashford Manor at CD as the lukewarm favourite and jumped into the lead and began to show weakness after a quarter. He stayed involved until the stretch and caved to finish tenth. I doubt the extra furlong today is going to help, but they have a savvy trainer over at TwinTowersRacing that has a way of training tired out of a horse.

3   Silver Freeze                   Rock Creek                87

Silver Freeze won at first asking in a TUP maiden but failed in a CD allowance race.

4   Dragon Slayer                     Winning Link Stables               88

Dragon Slayer made his debut second in a rich KEE maiden and then came right to win an even richer maiden at CD by a good length. He then went to the $225.00 Bashford Manor at CD where he was installed as the second favourite, but he didn’t seem to take the race seriously and goofed around at the back of the field as two-year-olds are want to do. If he takes this one seriously, his racing style will make him dangerous indeed.

5   Umoja                  London Racing              91

Undefeated Umoja won his debut at CT by a handy three-quarter-lengths, then went to MTH and waltzed by two lengths in an allowance race. So, all we have are those two races and decent works and the results of this race to determine his ability, but that’s a little too late for the betting window today.

6   Boutte              Royalty Stables               95

Boutte won at second asking in a high-priced SAR maiden after running third in a two-furlong maiden at TAM. He followed that with a third-place finish in the $125.00 Victoria Stakes at WO where he was involved in a blistering battle to the wire. This could well be where the pace comes from today and if they’re not careful the winner comes from.

7   Knight State                        Our Athletes                   89

Knight State won easily by three lengths as the favourite in a LS maiden. He followed that with a dead heat for third in a high-priced CD allowance race. Sharp works.

8   Von Richthofen                    Mb Stables               91

Von Richthofen won a whopper in his debut st TUP… wire-to-wire, four-length cruise. Impressive enough to attract the top stable in the game which resulted in the sale of the horse by Barcelona Farms for $150.00. Now, here he is to test the wisdom if that sale.

9   Cheveley Fog                        Barcelona Farms              94

Cheveley Fog was purchased from Mo Mentum Farm for $27.50 as a yearling and conditioned until April when two-year-old racing started when he was sent to a TAM two-furlong maiden in which he finished second beaten only a neck. Impressed, his connections sent him to WO where he broke his maiden in high-priced maiden. Two months later he arrived at SAR where he scored a quarter-length deep close victory in The Grade III Sanford. That was a top-level stakes win and the extra furlong here should only help.

10   Blood Moon Rising                 Nakamura Stables              90

Blood Moon Rising won a rich WO maiden by an easy two lengths at second asking. He then went to SAR for The Grade III Sanford where forced the pace into the stretch until the race passed him. He was gelded for this race. Nak thinks it will help; it will be interesting to see.

11   Vinny Rocks                        The Sidley Stud             93

Vinny Rocks won at second asking at CT. Then he tried the $125.00 Royal Palm Juvenile on the turf at GP, but that didn’t go well, although he did show an interest in the grass as he stayed with the leaders around the far turn before giving up. He then returned to the dirt in the $125.00 Victoria Stakes, but that only muddied the water as he went to the back and only passed a few horses in the stretch.

12   Waypoint                      Nakamura Stables              89

Waypoint is undefeated by way of a romping three-length win in a TUP maiden.

13   Upend My Assets                    Caseys Llc                

Upend My Assets raced his first two starts under the colours of Spinetingling where he was undefeated with a first start win in a FP maiden. He then went to MNR where he breezed to a two-length victory in an Allowance race. He was then sold to his current new owner for $295.00. Would be really interesting if he drew in.

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