In addition to making my wallet lighter (see the 7/22 entries below), Beholder's victory at Del Mar this past Sunday made the last race at Hollywood on June 28 a key race.
The June 28 race was an MSW for two year old fillies, run at a distance of five and a half furlongs over the make believe dirt. Final time for the race was 1:04.71.
The winner of that June 28 contest, Executiveprivilege, trained by Bob Baffert, came back to win the Landaluce Stakes on July 14 by four and a half lengths. The Place horse on June 28, Renee's Queen, was fourth in the Landaluce, six and a quarter lengths behind Executiveprivilege. The last place finisher on June 28, Purple Prose, finished fourth her next time out in an MSW at BHP on July 8.
So far as I can tell, those are the only four to have raced since the June 28 affair. The remaining horses in the key race field, in their respective order of finish, are: Travesura; Irish Presence; Awesome Annie; It's Aine; and Branding.
Note that Awesome Annie (one of only two entrants in the key race field with racing experience prior to June 28) had finished second in each of her three races prior to the key race, including the Cinderella Stakes; one could take that as further testimony as to the quality of the key race. Also be advised that It's Aine, the other June 28 non-debuter, is entered in the 3rd Race at Del Mar on Thursday, July 26, where she'll be making the biggest class drop there is, going from Maiden Special Weight into the Maiden Claiming ranks for the first time.
Peace and Love,
Jimbo
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