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Yuletide Raceday
O Holy Night... Santa Sprint(gr.II)

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Are you ready for some speed? The sprints are coming out to play in this grade two Santa Sprint. A fine field of EF's top sprinters consists of the Breeder's Cup Sprint winner (ARS) Peintre Celan and top EAC nominated Go, Baby, Go!. As they are loading in, we go to the odds:

Silks Post Name Owner Odds
8 Afraid To Fly Serena 1-5
5 Go, Baby, Go!Deanna1-3
3 (ARS) Peintre Celan Sunni 2-5

No surprise: (ARS) Peintre Celan the heavy favorite at 2-5, with Go, Baby, Go! also liked. Afriad to Fly gaining some support as well. And the horses are finished loading...8 of the fastest Thoroughbreds in EF ready to fly...AND THEY'RE OFF!

No time for mistakes here...Little Bitta Luck dives to the front, unchallenged! SSF Glitterwoman sitting cool in second. (ARS) Forever Slew two back in third. (ARS) Peintre Celan in the four spot, Go, Baby, Go! in fifth, SSF Lucky Charms in sixth, with Afriad To Fly on the outside 5 lengths infront of Showboater. The first quarter in a blazing 22 seconds!

Down the stretch they come! The horses are flattening out... (ARS) Forever Slew is fading, allowing for (ARS) Peintre Celan to overtake his stable mate. As expected, here comes Go, Baby, Go! to rally! Afraid To Fly also moving up quickly as well! Here comes the wire...can the filly SSF Glitterwomen hold off (ARS)Peintre Celan? He proves to be too much! (ARS) Peintre Celan takes the win, SSF Glitterwoman the place. Go, Baby, Go! rallied to capture show with late running Afraid To Fly in forth!

1st_(ARS) Peintre Celan
2nd_SSF Glitterwoman
3rd_Go, Baby, Go!
4th_Afraid To Fly 5th_Little Bitta Luck
6th_SSF Lucky Charms
7th_(ARS) Forever Slew
8th_Showboater

Silks Place Name Earnings Points
Win (ARS) Peintre Celan $20,000 40
Place SSF Glitterwoman $10,000 24
Show Go, Baby, Go! $5,500 14
4th Afraid To Fly $2,5008

No upsets pulled in this one...champion sprinter (ARS) Peintre Celan shows us once again who is king sprinter. SSF Glitterwoman making a nice showing and Go, Baby, Go! in the money as usual. Our next race is the grade one Dancing Christmas Tree Stakes...or as trainers have nicknamed it in the past month, simply the Tree Stakes...

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