Race Selections: Shawnee, Tepin, Blame, War Chant Stakes

By Ric Francis —-

Race 7) 1&1/16th Mile.Shawnee S. Purse $100,000 FILLIES AND MARES, FOUR YEARS OLD AND UPWARD.
Post Time: ( 4:08)/ 3:08/ 2:08/ 1:08

8) She’s a Julie (Asmussen/Santana); 5-year-old by Elusive Quality returns to her preferred track and distance, winner of the Grade 1 La Troienne a year ago, mare has been battling the best of her class for the better part of two years.

4) Dunbar Road (Brown/Ortiz, J.); winner of the Mother Goose and Grade 1 Alabama finished a distant fifth when last seen in the BC Distaff; she likes this route owning a pair of wins and a second and you know Chad Brown is tops in these spots.

6) Vault (Cox/Rosario); Jump Start filly steps up in class for this but is another that loves this route wining 5-of-6 along with a second; the blinkers come off, a whopping 39 percent training angle for Cox.

2) Chocolate Kisses (Casse/Carroll); Candy Ride filly bounce back and forth between turf and dirt; steady improvement.

Selections: 8, 4, 6, 2

Race 8) 1 Mile. (Turf) Tepin S. Purse $100,000 FOR FILLIES, THREE YEARS OLD

14) Arms (Stidham/Lopez); City Zip filly is a perfect 4-for-4 two against graded competition; has the talent to dethrone the champ.

9) Sharing (Motion/Franco); Speightstown filly the reigning BC Filly Turf champion has won three straight; should get the perfect stalking trip; turf conditions will factor.

13) Queen of God (Maker/Talamo); 3-of-5 at the mile route, two straight last over the Turfway synthetic; surface switch for Maker starters, 22 percent.

2) Abscond (Kenneally/Gaffalione); has missed by less than a length in each of her two 2020 starts, last a game stretch duel in the G3 Herecomesthebride; getting value with this Blame daughter.

Selections: 14, 9, 13, 2

Race 9) 1 Mile. Blame S. Purse $100,000 FOR FOUR YEAR OLDS AND UPWARD

7) Silver Dust (Calhoun/Beschizza); troubled start last out in G2 New Orleans Classic; 5-for-7 here.

8) Owendale Cox/Geroux); multiple Grade 3 winner rallied late last out to place in the Grade 1 Clark; working hot in prep for this.

13) Mr Money (Calhoun/Saez); tough go in each of last two finishing ten lengths back in both; blistering work here is one you can’t ignore.

3 (Global Campaign (Hough/Ortiz, J.); game in each of his six career starts; trainer with seconds off the break, 25 percent.

Selections: 7, 8, 13, 3

Race 11) 1 Mile. (Turf)War Chant S. Purse $100,000 FOR THREE YEARS OLDS

13) Billy Batts Asmussen/Santana); ships in from Saudi where he ran a distant seventh; never off the board st the distance.

6) Hieronymus ( Cox/Bridgmohan); winner of 4-of-5 career starts, gate-to-wire in each, lone out of the money and only defeat, here.

7) Bama Breeze (Arnold/Lanerie); only start was win here back in September; kind of race jock Corey Lanerie takes.

2) Bodecream ( Pish/Parker); four career starts have all been in the money efforts, adds to exotics.

Selections: 13, 6, 7, 2