March 19, 2008
Tampa Bay Downs Race 7
Maiden Special Weight
1 1/16 miles
3-Year Old Fillies
Post Time: 3:12 PM; TVG
| PP |
Horse |
| 1. |
Game Show |
| 2. |
Forever Beauty |
| 3. |
Clever Thought |
| 4. |
Glimmering Hope |
| 5. |
Ugly But Cute |
| 6. |
Capture the Beauty |
| 7. |
Glotona |
| 8. |
Thedamewantstowin |
| 9. |
I'm Jealous |
Game Show (Deputy Minister – Vana Turns by Wavering Monarch) is the only first-timer. Game Show did not sell at auction, but she is out of a stakes winning mare, Vana Turns, who earned $154,734. Vana Turns has produced 4 winners including 1996 Kentucky Oaks (gr. I) winner Pike Place Dancer who earned $578,682 in her career. Other notable wins by Pike Place Dancer include the California Derby (gr. III), the San Jose Stakes, and the Opening Bid Stakes. Game Show is also a half-sister to Petionville who won the 1995 Louisiana (gr. III) and Ohio (gr. II) Derbies, as well as the La Jolla Handicap (gr. III).
Top-seller for this race is Glimmering Hope (Belong to Me – Wavering Girl by Wavering Monarch) who sold for $50,000 as a yearling. Glimmering Hope’s dam, Wavering Girl, was a stakes winner who earned $314,084. She has produced 4 winners, including Military who won the Oak Tree Turf Championship (gr. I) and $462,700.
Thedamewantstowin (Gulch – Damewood by Majesty’s Prince) is out of a mare who won $161,075 including a 2nd in the Silver Belles (gr. II) and thirds in both the El Encino (gr. II) and La Canada (gr. II). She has produced 5 winners including the stakes winner, Outrigger, who is a full-brother to Thedamewantstowin. Outrigger earned $164,446 in just 8 starts.
Clever Thought (Victory Gallop – Wittenberg by Relaunch) is out of a stakes-winning mare who earned $196,443. She has produced 1 winner (from 2 to race) who has earned $65,152 through 2008.
The dam of Ugly But Cute (More Than Ready – Moonchaser by Star de Naskra) earned $67,148 and has produced 4 winners from 5 to race including Hesachaser, who has earned $57,175 through 2008.