Spanish Showboat has won seven from fifteen all in high Graded races and should have the class to win The Elkhorn – Grade II with the dangers looking to be Chateau Angel and Mean Street.
Elkhorn – Grade II
| 4/23/2016 | 18:05 | 4/19/2016 3:00 | KEE | Race #1 | 1 1/2m | Turf | Graded Stake |
| Purse $250.000 For Four Year Olds And Upward. |
Cat O Nine
Oval Express Farms
Won three from fourteen winning his maiden at the eighth attempt at LAD since that won an allowance at RET and The Millions Classic Preview taking it by two lengths last ran in The Max Gold Cup beaten by a length.
Gullis Grenade
Stald Gullis
Won seven from twenty starts a maiden, five allowances and last years The Quick Call by a quarter of a length and since his last win one of the allowances ran second in another allowance at the same track FG and last of eight in The Shakertown – Grade II beaten by three lengths.
Mean Street
Nakamura Stables
Won eight from twenty nine starts a maiden four allowances and three Stakes The Black Tie Affair Handicap, The Henry Championship – Grade II and his last race The Diarmida – Grade II taking it by a neck.
Hootie
D J C Racing Stables
Won three from eighteen starts won a maiden at BEL at the third attempt then had to wait to win an allowance in his ninth race after being gelded at the same track with his third win in his last outing another allowance at TAM by a length.
Sri Lanka
Heavens Own
Won thirteen from forty one starts been sold four times his career first time for $35.020 then claimed for $8.000 after winning a claimer at TAM and ran then just in allowances and claimers for that owner winning four from fifteen and claimed for $35.000 by his previous owner after finishing second in a claimer at SAR then won six from eleven four of those being Stakes The Bradley Handicap – Grade III, The GP Turf Handicap – Grade I, The Nijinsky Stakes – Grade II and The AP St Leger Stakes – Grade III then finished fifth in The Kentucky Cup Turf – Grade III and purchased by his present owner after that for $450.000 running three times since finishing tenth in The BC Turf – Grade I, won The Ft. Lauderdale Stakes – Grade II by a neck and fifth in his last race The Kilroe Mile – Grade I beaten by a length.
Chateau Angel
Invicta Group Llc
Won fourteen from forty six starts sold five times in his career being purchased by his present owner for a bargain $10.000 running twenty one times since winning nine times four of those in his last four starts The Sycamore – Grade III by a length and three allowances.
Finding Faith
Emerald Racing Inc
Won six from nineteen starts claimed by his present owner for $20.000 after winning at MTH since then won four from seven an allowance and three Stakes The California Dreamin Handicap, The DMR Mile – Grade II and The HOL Turf Cup – Grade II by three lengths and since that win ran third in both The CA Cup Turf Classic and his last race The San Luis Rey Stakes – Grade II.
Spanish Showboat
Mb Stables
Won ten from thirty one starts purchased by his present owner for $200.000 and since won seven from fifteen all in Stakes Company The Pan American – Grade II, The Man o War – Grade I, The AP Million – Grade I, The Hirsch Turf Classic – Grade I, The San Marcos Stakes – Grade II, The Woodford Turf Classic – Grade I and his last race The San Marcos Stakes – Grade II taking it by three quarters of a length.
Royal Integrity
Aer Stables
Won ten from forty three starts claimed by his present owner after winning a claimer at the free track MNR for $15.000 since then ran four winning his first two starts an allowance at BEL and The Smith Handicap – Grade III by a length then ran second an another allowance and ninth in The Diarmida – Grade II beaten by two lengths.
Good luck to all.
The Englishman.
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