Swaps Stakes G2

Five G2 races to be covered this week with one of particular interest, that being the

G2 Swaps Stakes at Hollywood Park. This race won by the Candy Ride colt, Misremembered whose dam has a 31.4 racing index. The dam Beyond Perfection by Quack was the winner of the G2 Del Mar Debutante, Bay Meadows Oaks G3, and the Barretts Oaks and placed in the Oak Leaf Stakes. Her son Misremembered has a racing index of 15.85 about 50% of his dams index. One might speculate that this colt might go on and increase his index but I would say that is possible but unlikely. The field in the Swaps Stakes was a weak one, leading one to believe that this colt who earned $180,000 in the race is actually not as good as his 15.85 index would indicate. Go back to the Queen's Plate winner, Eye of the Leopard who has and index of 38.78 which was the result of his win in a $1,000,000 race restricted to Canadian Breds. He has earnings of $693,000 of which $528,600 came from the Queens Plate. In his next start the restricted Prince of Wales Stakes he was third to an Aptitude colt and a Milwaukee Brew filly. So although being by A P Indy out of a Smart Strike mare he would probably not measure up well against top flight American classic contenders. Keep in mind the index isn't everything; it's just a good guide line that over a period of time will show that the very high indexed runners come from mares in the .50 to 6.00 racing index, and that when mares have an index of 25 or higher they almost always breed down from their own indexex with a few exceptions. So let's watch Misremembered and see what happens to his index by the end of the year.



The following are this weeks major races: Featuring the winner with its index and the dam and her index



Virginia Derby
Battle of Hastings.............44.48 Subya............................3.20

Delaware Oaks
Careless Jewel..................17.93 Sweet and Careless.....Unr.

A Gleam Handicap
Evita Argentina................13.09 Jealous Wildcat............ .93

Swaps Stakes
Misremembered..............15.85 Beyond Perfection.......31.40

Delaware Handicap
Swift Temper...................16.06 Glascow's Gold...............1.56