Rule of Law: Del Mar Winner Tops Five Fastest Maidens of the Week

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All 3-year-olds this week, topped by a near-triple-digit Beyer on Del Mar's opening weekend.5-BULLET JOURNAL, WO, 7/18-3rd, 6 1/2f VIDEOBeyer Speed Figure-84(f, 3 Cloud Computing–My Lil Shamrock, by City Zip)O-Chivalry Thoroughbred Racing and Sherri Greenberg. B-Ledgelands/Shelley and Andrew Ritter (Ky). T-Catherine Day-Phillips. J-Sahin Civaci.She had mostly weak Gulfstream and Churchill form, but her front-running 8 3/4-length victory came against an even weaker MSW field. Her two most recent Beyer Speed Figures of 57 and 55 were higher than the last-race Beyer of any of her five rivals. As is often the case in horse racing, though, the analysis could be more complex. This was also her first race for a new barn, her first on Tapeta, her first with blinkers, and came after a series of improved breezes.4- TUNING IN, SAR, 7/16-2nd, 1m VIDEOBeyer Speed Figure-85(g, 3, Upstart–Forever Smart, by Smart Strike)O/B-Joanne Nielsen (NY). T-Jimmy Bond. J-Edgard Zayas.In a stirring battle of 8-1 shots, the 007-trained first-timer shadowed Bubster then edged past him with the other New York-breds left 9 1/2 lengths in their wake. Eleven of his siblings have raced, the most successful being Still There (Union Rags), who recorded back-to-back 94 Beyers in 2018 winning the Twixt Stakes at Laurel and finishing second in Saratoga's GI Ballerina.3-ATI GIRL, SAR, 7/16-6th, 1 1/8m VIDEOBeyer Speed Figure-87(f, 3, Nyquist–Heavenly Scat, by Scat Daddy)O-Pantofel Stable, Wachtel Stable and Gary Barber. B-BlackRidge Stables LLC (Ky). T-Bill Mott J-Irad Ortiz Jr.Her nine-race career is marked by steady Beyer improvement, especially as the distances have gotten longer. In her ninth start, the half-sister to two-time GSW Nu What's New (who also has three triple-digit Beyers) readily pulled away in the last furlong of this nine-furlong test following an Irad vs. Jose stretch clash.2-THAT'S HOW WE LOVE, MTH, 7/17-6th, 1 1/16mT hereBeyer Speed Figure-88(f, 3, Justify–Ashlee's Lady, by Gilded Time)O-Lindy Farms. B-Jean White and Justify Syndicate (Fla). T-Philip Antonacci. J-Reylu Gutierrez.Like Tuning In (above), That's How We Love was overlooked at 8-1 while starting off at two turns in her career debut–yet she pulverized her competition by 8 1/4 lengths. She has one SW sibling, and that 14-year-older half-sister Yara (Put It Back) got her GII Davona Dale victory in 2012 at odds of 64-1.1-HOWIE'S LAW, DMR, 7/19-1st, 5 1/2f VIDEOBeyer Speed Figure-99(c, 3, Tiz the Law–Helensvale, by Elusive Quality)O-Superfecta King Stable and The Del Mar Group. B-Breed First (Ky). T-Doug O'Neill. J-Ernesto Jaramillo.His two siblings to race have made 16 starts with a collective top Beyer of 48, which may be one reason no one dropped a $50,000 claim slip for Howie's Law. Will that be an oversight people are talking about a year from now? Double that sibling Beyer and add two, and you get Howie's Law's fig for his 7 1/2-length tour de force on Del Mar's opening Sunday. The $65,000 yearling had made one previous start at two, but had a sizzling Santa Anita gate workout two weeks ago that now looks even better in hindsight.The post Rule of Law: Del Mar Winner Tops Five Fastest Maidens of the Week appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.