Each week in Equination we take a look at the top rated runners of the previous week. Here, we will take a look at the top rated runners from January 22nd to January 28th.
The top rated runner on January 22nd was Mighty Uncaged, who earned a career-best 128 rating when she captured an Allowance event. The five-year-old mare is owned by Speedy TB and was bred by Ocean Mist Farm. This middle-turf specialist is a daughter of Mighty Jaguar and Uncaged and has won 16 of 30 starts, earning over $1.2 Million in her career.
Taking the top spot on January 23rd was Island Bravura Games, who scored a career-best 128 rating when he won a Listed Stake. The ISLANDBURT homebred is a four-year-old middle-dirt stallion. The son of Bravura di Nuovo MD and Sinnful War Games has won 9 of 13 starts and has banked over $600,000 in his career.
Franco Courage MDc was the top rated runner on January 24th with a career-best 128 rating in an Allowance event. The Louisiana Cajun Racing homebred is a middle-dirt specializing five-year-old stallion. A Son of Franco Player MD and SC Bold Courage MD, Franco Courage has won 10 of 26 lifetime starts and has over $700,000 in earnings.
January 25th's top rated runner was Slip Storming the CastleLT, who earned a career-best 126.5 rating when he captured an Allowance race. Owned by McDonald Racing and bred by Sloppy Monkey, this three-year-old colt is a son of Todos los Santos and Slip Gender Bender LT. The long-turf specialist has won 11 of 12 starts, never finishing worse than third, and has earned over $650,000.
Earning the top spot on the rating chart for January 26th was Hammurabi Gerd ldfs, who earned a career-best 128.4 rating in an Allowance race. The Dacner Stable homebred is a five-year-old stallion by Black Panter LDm out of Stunnin Bossanova. The long-dirt specialist has made a few graded race appearances, finishing third in the Equination.net Classic (GI), second in the Cherry Blossom Stakes (GII) and third in the Jumpstart Juvenile Marathon (GIII). He has won 12 of 33 starts and has banked over $1.4 Million in his lifetime.
Free Skittles was the top rated runner on January 27th with an impressive 130.5 rating earned in a Listed Stake. This four-year-old stallion is a homebred from Rockin D Stables and is a son of Skittles Forever SD and Free Wishes. He has yet to finish worse than second with 11 wins in 16 starts and the short-turf specialist has earned over $650,000.
January 28th's top rated runner was Delmore LT, who earned a career-best 128.55 rating when he won an Allowance race. Owned by Eiffel and bred by Mystic Ridge Stables, Delmore is by True Centz LTM out of Steel Constellations. The long-turf runner has won 17 of 26 starts and has banked over $1.1 Million.
Congratulations to these stellar horses and their connections!