Philly Race Analysis: She Feels Pretty Faces Tough Rivals

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00:00And we will see a very, very talented filly in here named She Feels Pretty.

00:04So they'll all have to be on their A game to beat her.

00:08Let's see if any of them are up to task.

00:10Forever After All, Alexa is the first one in here.

00:13She comes off of a really impressive win.

00:15I wonder, though, if it was because of the turf course and the way that turf course was playing.

00:20It was a yielding turf course.

00:22That means it was raining and it was wet.

00:23So I think a lot of the horses behind Forever After All might not have liked the turf course.

00:29And she might have just really liked it.

00:31And that's why we see that impressive margin.

00:34So I don't want to knock her for it.

00:35But I'm a little trepidatious coming out of that race moving forward.

00:39I agree with you.

00:41But, you know, have you looked at the forecast today?

00:42Because I know yesterday it was predicting there might be some rain.

00:45So we could have another soft course.

00:49Yeah, I don't think it's going to be pouring.

00:50Like it hasn't been raining very much leading into it.

00:53So hopefully the turf course won't be as heavy and kind of soggy as it was there with the rain like leading into it for a few days.

01:01Yeah.

01:01Although so this race has eight horses in it and six of them are foreign horses.

01:08And a lot of them did start their careers in other places.

01:10And they're used to having softer turf in a lot of other areas of the world.

01:14So a lot of times foreign horses do prefer a little bit of a softer turf.

01:18Number two is Immensitude.

01:19She's multiple graded stakes place, but she was behind Forever After All when they faced last time out.

01:25She's also been behind Beach Bomb, who's a rival of hers.

01:28Can you make a case for this gal?

01:30You know, she seems to do a lot better actually on the firm turf.

01:33Her early and late figures are a little slow to compare to some of the others.

01:37And she's been great at hitting the board in grade three races.

01:40But this grade one is a big jump up.

01:42So I'm going to pass on her.

01:44I feel like if I'm going to try to beat, she feels pretty in this race.

01:47There are only a couple of horses who I could even give a chance to.

01:50They're the horses who I don't know enough about.

01:52Because it's like the horses I know about, and I've seen them run five or six times.

01:56I know she feels pretty is better than them.

01:58But a horse like Gimme Another, I still could maybe give her one more chance.

02:03Because she's only been in the U.S. twice.

02:05She finished second behind She Feels Pretty.

02:08She just goes behind her that day.

02:10But she'll make her third start of the U.S.

02:12She was from South Africa, where she was like a monster in South Africa.

02:17So I really respect her.

02:19And I might give her one more shot if the race sets up.

02:22Yeah, she was in South Africa two years undefeated.

02:24So they were like, all right, let's go to the U.S. for our big purse money, right?

02:28And now she's with Graham Motion, who's a great trainer.

02:30He's won this race twice.

02:32She's a deep closer.

02:33I do think she makes sense in here.

02:35Miwa is going to make her second start in the U.S.

02:38She's going to have to improve a lot off of that effort, though.

02:41Do you think she can do that?

02:43You know, another one who just got to the States after being in France for a couple years.

02:48And I don't know.

02:50I would expect improvement because her one out here was after a five-month layoff.

02:53But, I mean, she needs a lot of improvement.

02:55So probably not.

02:57Edict is a multiple group one winner in Argentina.

03:00She's been grade three placed in the U.S.

03:03So she's probably going to have to improve because this is like a little bit tougher level.

03:08Here's a good look at her finishing second.

03:09This was at Belmont at Aqueduct on May the 4th in the Bogey.

03:13So I think she's on the improve, but she's going to be facing a couple of really, really tough ones in here.

03:18Yeah.

03:19Kind of a question I have is, so they put blinkers on her that day and she performed really well.

03:25So I find it interesting that they've decided to take them off and not use them.

03:29I could see using as a long shot who's now kind of comfortable with her surroundings being in the U.S. for a bit.

03:35But I think She Feels Pretty is a much better horse.

03:39To me, if you're trying to bet this race, this next horse is the one that I think you want to bet against She Feels Pretty.

03:45And that's Beleza.

03:46She's only raced one time in the U.S.

03:48And it was very, very good.

03:50And she's the type of filly who might be able to get in front of She Feels Pretty and maybe move ahead of her.

03:57This, I thought, was an excellent effort, Alexa, where she was down on the inside.

04:01She was waiting to go.

04:02She was sort of looking for room behind horses.

04:04She was full of run.

04:06And as soon as she got a seam, she really exploded down on the inside.

04:10So I like her in this spot.

04:11Yeah, I do, too.

04:12It's my top pick as well.

04:14And, you know, she's one of the horses who's moved to Miguel Clement's barn after his father passed away.

04:22She's a closer but doesn't sit too far off the pace.

04:24So I think that can really be a pace advantage in here, help her, because so many are deep closers and might find trouble.

04:30She is used to running a bit longer of races, but I think could deal with it.

04:35And if it does rain, she's also used to running in, you know, softer turf races in Ireland.

04:40So I think Beleza is a really strong pick in here at long odds.

04:44Beach Bomb feels like she's going to be one of the main speeds in here, right, Alexa?

04:48Yeah, I have her underneath.

04:49She's got a shot to be up, but I think she'll get caught.

04:52And then we round things out with She Feels Pretty.

04:55She is so awesome.

04:56She's a multiple grade one winner.

04:58She's won six of her nine starts for the fantastic trainer, Cherie DeVoe, who you know pretty well and you have some horses with.

05:05And she's just going to be so tough to beat.

05:07But you and I both feel like she may be a little vulnerable in here.

05:11We're going to put her in the second spot, right, as we finish up our show.

05:14Go through the selections here.

05:16Yeah, we both got Beleza on top of She Feels Pretty.

05:19And then I have Forever After All and Beach Bomb.

05:22So we're going to try to take a shot and get a little bit of value.

05:24So we're going to try to take a shot and put ourselves in here.

05:24So we're going to try to take a shot and get a shot and get a shot.

05:25So we're going to try to take a shot and get a shot.

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