Kat Kubik
and Bob Hill
Staff writers

Kat and Bob take a look at the best 2-year-old fillies in their premiere race, the Spinaway,  at Saratoga.

Sunday, Race 10 – The Spinaway Grade 1, 7 furlongs for 2-year old fillies

There are some interesting handicapping challenges in the Grade I Spinaway.  The Grade III Schuylerville was run in the slop on July 23, so how much can any of us rely on the results of that race – be they good or bad – in grading the performances of Girlfriendontheside (1), Jardin (4) or Collegiate (6).  Mine All Mine (5) competed against the boys in two races at Churchill Downs last spring, so what do we do with those results.  She did not break her maiden until facing other fillies at Saratoga in late July, also on a sloppy track.  August Rush (7) owns a maiden win in her only race – sprinting on the turf.  Casanova Move (3) owns a maiden win sprinting at the Spa early in the month, but her pedigree says turf to me.  That leaves Winning Brew (2), that appears to be badly outclassed here, and Mani Bhavan (8), the runaway winner of a maiden race in July and the Grade II Adirondack just more than two weeks ago at Saratoga.  It will be much harder for Mani Bhavan to make the lead this time because she is drawn outside of Casanova Move, Mine All Mine, and August Rush, all of which have shown interest in the front end in their previous races.  Jardin and Collegiate also have been right with the pace in their earlier races, so there would appear to be a great likelihood of a large group of horses near the front of the Spinaway.  Girlfriendontheside likely will be behind at least five or six of these through the one turn of the seven furlong race, and she has not yet shown the inclination to pass horses in the stretch.  Given all that, I’m going to take Collegiate on top, forgiving her performance on the wet track during the Schuylerville.  I like Jardin second and Casanova Move third.  I’ll round out the superfecta with Mani Bhavan.  Bob’s Picks:  6-4-3-8.
 
There are two fillies in the Spinaway who jump out at me. They are Casanova Move (3) and Mine All Mine (5). Both of these fillies broke their maiden by nine lengths in their last start. Casanova Move was making her second start for trainer James Jerkens, and Mine All Mine was making her fourth start. I always like to see them improving with each race.

Mani Bhaven (8) will have more speed to contest with than in either of her previous races, but she has done nothing wrong. Jardin’s (4) numbers are lower than some of the fillies’, but so far she has done everything that has been asked of her. She is a full brother to the late Beacon Shine. Kat’s picks: 3-5-8-4.