Each week in Equination.net, we take a look back at the previous week's top rated runners. Here are the top rated runners from January 29th to February 4th.
Earning the top spot on the rating chart for January 29th was Shadow Staar, who earned a 125.5 rating when he won an Allowance race. The three-year-old colt is a homebred from Four Winds Park that is by Shadow Proclamation out of Four Winds Star. The short-dirt runner has yet to finish worse than second with 7 wins in 10 starts and has banked over $440,000 in his career.
A three-year-old filly took the top rating spot on January 30th when Billande Gaelic LT earned an impressive career-best 128 rating when she captured an Allowance event. The MaVinny Farm homebred is a daughter of Royal Fate and Buddins Nox Zi To Aye. She has an impressive race record with 10 wins in 11 starts and she has yet to finish worse than second. The long-turf specialist has also earned over $700,000 in her career.
Slip Storming the CastleLT returns to the top rating spot for the second consecutive week after earning a stellar 130 rating when he won an Allowance race on January 31st. The three-year-old colt is owned by McDonald Racing and was bred by Sloppy Monkey. A son of Todos los Santos and Slip Gender Benter LT, this long-turf specialist now has 12 wins in 13 starts and has yet to finish worse than third. In his career, he has earned over $730,000.
Making a huge improvement to take the top rating spot on February 1st was CBS Thomas Hardy, who earned a career-best 129.4 rating when he won an Allowance race. The middle-dirt specialist is a three-year-old homebred colt from Cotebrooke Stud. A son of TrailOfTears and Speedy Champagn, Thomas Hardy has 8 wins in 9 starts and has yet to finish worse than second, earning $445,000 so far in his career.
February 2nd's top rated runner was Cerulean Twist RY, who earned a career-best 126 rating when winning an Allowance event. The four-year-old stallion is a homebred from ryonker that is by Twisted Wire LD out of Cerulean Arrival. The long-dirt specialist has won 12 of 18 starts and has yet to finish out of the top three, earning over $730,000 so far in his career.
Earning the top rating spot on February 3rd was RCS White N Tanned, who achieved an impressive career-best rating of 130.8 when he won a Listed Stake. The Rockin Cajun Stable II homebred is a three-year-old colt by White and Nerdy out of Gold N Tan. The two-time graded race appearing short-dirt colt has 7 wins in 9 starts and has banked over $620,000 in his career.
Readyformycloseup earned the top spot on the rating charts for February 4th when he earned a 129.75 rating in an Allowance race. The four-year-old stallion is a homebred from Nordica and is a son of Jen's Behind Closed Doors and Helpless. The middle-turf runner has won 14 of 18 starts and is nearing the $1 Million mark in career earnings.
Congratulations to all of these outstanding horses and their connections!
