Rare Blend Stakes

The next two weeks cant pass fast enough. I didn’t realize how much I rely on my laptop until I couldn’t use it! My brother has kindly allowed me to use his computer so I’m able to blog in between working and studying. I’m just itching to get to the track and play one of my favorite tracks, Aquduct. They will be racing the Rare Blend Stakes there on Wednesday. It is a minor stakes for three-year-old fillies and up, contested at 8.5 furlongs on the turf. It has drawn a contentious field of 12.

Namaste’s Wish will be racing for Bill Mott and she looks like the class of the field. Her best race this year was a second place finish in the Grade 3 Virginia Oaks. She will have John Velazquez in the irons. He is one of my favorite jockeys. The daughter of Pulpit should take up a stalking position a few lengths from the pacesetters.

Remarkable Remy has been racing well for John Kimmel in the second half of the year, but her post position of 12 is a concern. Her most recent performance was a win in the $100,000 Pebbles Stakes at Belmont Park. She closed from well back in that race. JJ Castellano will be piloting this one, and she looks competitive if she can overcome her post position.

Never Retreat will be making her turf debut. After being thrashed by Music Note not once, but twice she ran third in a minor stakes. She is from the sire Smart Strike. He sired the 2007 Breeders Cup Turf winner, English Channel. She has been working well, but will have to step her game up if she is going to win this event.

I’ll go with Namaste’s Wish to find the winners circle. Who do you like? Click here to take a look at the past performances!