Six Speedy Fillies For The Week Of June 8-14

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This week's rankings lean heavily toward Delaware, with Chasten claiming No. 1 on a tiebreaker (she carried 124 pounds to Gimme a Nother's 118).6. ALLURING ANGEL (GB), DEL, 6/13, GIII Robert Dick Memorial Stakes, 1 3/8 miles (turf) (VIDEO)Beyer Speed Figure- 89 (2nd)(m, 6, by Fastnet Rock (Aus)-All of Me (GB), by Teofilo (Ire))O-Larry Goichman. B-Michael Wates CBE (GB). T-Bill Mott. J-Junior Alvarado.After taking Aqueduct's GIII Long Island Stakes last November at this distance, Alluring Angel tailed off in two Gulfstream starts. But following a five-month break, she returned in good form last week at Delaware to be outkicked in the final sixteenth by Dona Clota (below). 5. DONA CLOTA (CHI), DEL, 6/13, GIII Robert Dick Memorial Stakes, 1 3/8 miles (turf) (VIDEO)Beyer Speed Figure- 89(m, 5, by Ivan Denisovich (IRE)-Delfa (Chi), by Total Impact (Chi))O-Resolute Racing. B-Haras Don Alberto (Chi). T-Saffie Joseph. J-Irad Ortiz Jr.A two-time Group 1 winner against males in Chile, Dona Clota had been disappointing since purchased last December by John Stewart, but got back into the win column at Delaware in her sixth U.S. start. Joseph wanted to see her more relaxed and Ortiz seemed to help in that regard, getting her to switch off early despite very slow fractions then finish in a respectable :23 3/5. 4. JUMPING THE GUN, DEL, 6/13, GIII Delaware Oaks, 1 1/16 miles (VIDEO)Beyer Speed Figure- 90 (2nd)(f, 3, by Gun Runner-Breaking Bread, by Quality Road)O/B-Imaginary Stables/John Guarnere (Ky). T-Andrew Simoff. J-Julio Hernandez.She parlayed a gorgeous trip into a third runner-up finish in graded company. She tracked and then went past frontrunning 3/2 favorite Dazzling Dame (Girvin) into the stretch, but wasn't quite as good as Luv Your Neighbor (below) in another solid outing. 3. LUV YOUR NEIGHBOR, DEL, 6/13, GIII Delaware Oaks, 1 1/16 miles (VIDEO)Beyer Speed Figure- 92(f, 3, by Constitution-Disobedient, by Into Mischief)O-Lael Stables. B-Anderson Farms Ont & 552727 Ontario (Ont-C). T-Mike Stidham. J-Luis Saez.Seemingly lacking a killer instinct in a series of frustrating near-misses, the well-bred Luv Your Neighbor finally got her elusive graded win despite losing ground on both turns. At Fair Grounds she recorded four consecutive seconds, losing each by a half-length or less, then tacked on a third in the GII Fair Grounds Oaks and another second in the GII Eight Belles Stakes. Gimme A Nother | Bill Denver/EQUI-PHOTO2. GIMME A NOTHER (SAf), MTH, 6/13, GIII Eatontown Stakes, 1 1/16 miles (turf) (VIDEO)Beyer Speed Figure- 95(m, 6, by Gimmethegreenlight (Aus)-Nother Russia (SAf), by Tiger Ridge)O-Newstead Stables. B-Wilgerbosdrift & Mauritzfontein (SAf). T-Graham Motion. J-Jorge Ruiz.The South African wing of the Motion stable continues to produce, as Gimme a Nother followed her GII John C. Mabee Stakes win last September at Del Mar with this even more emphatic triumph off the bench. One Stripe (SAf) (One World {SAf}) has proven himself one of the country's best middle-distance turf runners, and when she gets firm turf Gimme a Nother is also a tough out. 1. CHASTEN, DEL, 6/13, Obeah Stakes, 1 1/16 miles (VIDEO)Beyer Speed Figure- 95(f, 4, by Into Mischief-Lockdown, by First Defence)O/B-Juddmonte (Ky), T-Brad Cox. J-Irad Ortiz Jr.American racing has hugely benefited from the strategy of Juddmonte's late Khalid Abdullah and Godolphin's Sheikh Mohammed to divert more resources into breeding dirt runners, and their 1-2 finish here is the latest of many examples. Chasten became a graded winner with this decisive 6 1/4-length score, and she's a half-sister to Eclipse champion Idiomatic (Curlin) out of a stakes-winning full-sister to Eclipse champion Close Hatches (First Defence)–all of those accomplishments on dirt. Meanwhile, the dam of runner-up Amalfi Drive (Medaglia d'Oro) is out of Sara Louise (Malibu Moon), a three-time graded winner–again, all on dirt. The post Six Speedy Fillies For The Week Of June 8-14 appeared first on TDN | Thoroughbred Daily News | Horse Racing News, Results and Video | Thoroughbred Breeding and Auctions.