4/21-22 (KEE): Appalachian S. (G3); Doubledogdare S. (G3)
 

THURSDAY 8th (4:52) Appalachian S. (G3)

1 Mile (Turf) | Fillies | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $100,000

1 1 My Redbyrd Gomez G K Terranova, II John P 117 LA 10-1
2 2 Dos Lunas Court J K Glenney John 117 Blk-Off L 30-1
3 3 Diva Ash Desormeaux K J Romans Dale 117 LA 12-1
4 4 Winter Memories Lezcano J Toner James J 123 LA 9-5
5 5 Artisanal Velazquez J R Pletcher Todd A 117 LA 10-1
6 6 New Normal Castellano J J Frostad Mark 123 LA 8-1
7 7 Harlan's Ruby Albarado R J McPeek Kenneth G 117 LA 12-1
8 8 Fast Tip Napravnik R Calhoun W. B 117 LA 20-1
9 9 My Phi Temper Lanerie C J Werner Ronny 117 LA 30-1
10 10 Smart Sting Bridgmohan S X Attfield Roger L 117 A 5-1
11 11 Parting Words Leparoux J R Tagg Barclay 117 LA 8-1
12 12 Ruthenia Garcia Alan Clement Christophe 121 L 6-1
13 AE Blushandbashful Maragh R Scott Joan 117 LA 30-1
14 AE Santina Dond Stephen A Dorochenko Gennadi 117 Blk-On L 30-1

Double-Exacta-Trifecta ($.50 min)-Superfecta ($.10 min)

FRIDAY 9th (5:23) Hillard Lyons Doubledogdare S. (G3)

1 1/16 Miles (All Weather Track) | Fillies and Mares | 4 Year Olds And Up Stakes | Purse: $125,000

1 Washington Bridge Gomez G K 117 L
2 Denomination Lenclud F 119 L
3 Blushing Dixie Bridgmohan S X 117 LA
4 It's Tea Time Castellano J J 117 LA
5 Riviera Chic Albarado R J 117 LA
6 Embur's Song Velazquez J R 117 LA
7 La Gran Bailadora Leparoux J R 117 LA
8 Acronym Desormeaux K J 117 LA
9 Much Rejoicing Garcia Alan 117 LA
10 Check the Label Dominguez R A 121 LA
11 Milwaukee Appeal Napravnik R 117 LA
12 Miss Luann Maragh R 117 LA
13 Satans Quick Chick Baze M C 119 LA

That's a nice group! I like Winter Memories, but there are a lot of betting opportunities in this race.

No kidding. I remember thinking that My Phi Temper's N1X victory at FG (also 8f-turf) was a pretty impressive performance....and she's 30-1 ML.
I'm not saying that I think she'll win this or anything, but I think that exemplifies what a nice/deep group this is...especially for a G3.

APPALACHIAN NEWS: Attfield likely SCR'ing Smart Sting; Romans likely SCR'ing Diva Ash..

That would obviously decrease the quality of the field a bit as Smart Sting in particular looks like a good filly.

I guess that would put the AE horses in, which is good for me because I excel at evaluating the merits of undefeated horses from Poland who are adding blinkers for the first time. :zz:

Still a very interesting race.

Of course, since I liked Diva Ash, she scratches. Winter Memories is a bet-against, it would appear. Interested to see how New Normal runs.

She certainly has to improve a bit but if Ruthenia is 8-1 or so she's an excellent bet. Her career started similarly to her full sister Rutherienne, who finished 4th in her 3YO debut in this same race. However, that was the only time Rutherienne missed the exacta off a 100-200 day layoff in her entire career.

Ruthenia has been working well at Payson all winter and could get forgotten a bit being on the outside with such a strong field assembled. Wouldn't surprise me if the winners of races like the Sands Point, Lake Placid, and Garden City are in this field.

I really like Winter Memories, but for the money, Parting Words looks to be sitting on a big race.

Sorry about your luck...my $$ is with you. That's a lot of baggage.

What a beast. Pumped to see what she can do the rest of the year. Big race out of Dos Lunas.

She ran real well, came home quite fast, and she absolutely wants more than a mile.

Very impressed with Winter Memories. She will be fun to watch this summer.

glenney has them ready to run at Kee