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Hawthorne Race Course

Handicapping Analysis
Sat October 26th, 2024

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Stakes Spotlight

Keeneland Race 6

Post Time 2:40 PM CST
Analysis by Emily Gullikson

BOWMAN MILL STAKES:

#1 TOUGH CATCH showed ability training up to his debut and backed up those visually winning first out. The connections took an ambitious path running in the Hopeful (G1) for their second start and keep the confidence high showing up in stakes company here. TOUGH CATCH has continued to train forwardly out of the Hopeful (G1) at CD and strong visuals in those works to suggest they are race ready here and peaked for this event. 

Keeneland Race 9

Post Time 4:16 PM CST
Analysis by Emily Gullikson

BRYAN STATION G3:

#2 DEPICTION turned in a BTL effort despite the 7th place outcome in the Transylvania (G3) in the spring and validated those visuals picking up the allowance win in their next start. They have been looking for the right stakes spot since and return second of the cycle from a competitive B- TRAFFIC CLOSE in the Gun Runner stakes last month at KYD behind their stablemate and today's rival #6 BRILLIANT BERTI. 

#11 TRIKARI shares form with BRILLIANT BERTI going back to the Secretariat (G2) over the summer at CNL. TRIKARI returns to age-restricted 3yo company following a competitive B- effort in the City of Hope (G2) last month at SA racing as the lone sophomore in the field. He caught an established group of older rivals and finished in a blanket for the minors behind the first run winner, Johannes.