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10-13-2010, 03:46 PM
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10/16 (KEE): Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S. (G1)
9th (5:23) Queen Elizabeth II Challenge Cup S. (G1)
1 1/8 Miles (Turf) | Fillies | 3 Year Olds Stakes | Purse: $400,000 1 Zagora (FR) Leparoux J R 121 2 Snow Top Mountain Albarado R J 121 LA 3 Evening Jewel Espinoza V 121 L 4 Check the Label Dominguez R A 121 LA 5 Dade Babe Geroux F 121 L 6 Harmonious Rosario J 121 LA 7 Perfect Shirl Velazquez J R 121 LA 8 La Cloche Alvarado J 121 LA
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10-15-2010, 06:25 PM
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How is Evening Jewel favored against Check the Label?
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10-15-2010, 06:54 PM
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This is a nice race that seems to be escaping a great deal of attention.
In it you have a super consistent filly like Evening Jewel, who has done absolutely nothing wrong this year but has been the beneficiary of very favorable trips/circumstances in most of her turf starts. She walked on the lead in the Honeymoon, had nary a straw in her path in the San Clemente then got a dream run through in the DM Oaks after chasing an overmatched pacesetter. Check the Label beat up on lesser in the Sands Point with a perfect trip of her own then somehow rallied in the VA Oaks (against a poor field) despite the pace being glacial. Her Garden City was probably better than it looked as Dominguez seemed to be concerned about not getting a substantial jump on Snow Top Mountain and she wound up having to make a prolonged bid. There's going to be pace with Dade Babe in the field and there's really no telling how fast that one will go given her propensity for running off a bit. I've been a Check the Label fan since April and think she'll be tough to beat but this is a tough group and a fun race. Looks like many of the horses who will factor in races like the Jenny Wiley, Just a Game, Gamely, Mabee, and Diana next year are in this field.
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10-15-2010, 06:56 PM
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10-15-2010, 06:57 PM
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10-15-2010, 06:58 PM
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Toner's horse shouldn't be 30-1 on the ML either, IMO.
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10-15-2010, 07:00 PM
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I'm not a Check the Label fan, though I agree with Nick that she moved too soon last time, but to be fair I haven't spent a lot of time looking at the race. I could be being too hasty.
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10-16-2010, 06:23 PM
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10-16-2010, 06:29 PM
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I have been very unimpressed with her ( despite my obvious East Coast bias ). I did nothing smart. I was alive in the 8-9 double with the second place finisher. She was never close.
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