A quartet of Bulletproof Enterprises' top distaffers put in their first charted miles of the 2010 racing campaign this morning at Pocono Downs, as Showherthemoney, Not Enough, Shacked Up and Yellow Diamond each qualified
over the five-eighths mile oval for trainer Paul Reid.
The seven-race docket kicked off in Race 1 with multiple stakes winner Showherthemoney starting from Post 4 with driver Jim Morrill, Jr. The pair sat fourth through the opening half before going first over. Chasing the pacesetting Mi Amada (driven by Brandon Simpson), Showherthemoney, a four-year-old Cams Card Shark bay, would finish second to the front-stepper, who stopped the clock in 1:55.3. Showherthemoney covered her mile in 1:56 and was beaten by two lengths.
Showherthemoney dazzled in 2009, as she compiled a record of 12-2-2 from 21 starts, good for over $736,000 in purses. The lass recorded major stakes wins in the Miss New Jersey, Shady Daisy, Nadia Lobell, Jugette, Bluegrass, Garnsey and Matron.
Four-year-old Grinfromeartoear mare Not Enough was the next of Reid's Bulletproof distaffers to qualify. Leaving from Post 6 in Race 3 with Morrill, Jr. aboard, the career winner of over $1.1 million sat off the tempo through the opening splits and came first-over through the back half. After being third at both the three quarters and head of the stretch, the bay gobbled up lengths in the final frame and got up for a half-length victory in 1:56.1.
Having notched 10 wins and finishing on the board in each of her 14 starts last season, Not Enough was a giant in her division in 2009, as she recorded stakes wins in the Lismore, Fan Hanover, Canadian Breeders Championships, Mistletoe Shalee and the Simcoe.
Four-year-old Western Terror distaffer Shacked Up took to the track for Reid in Race 5. With Morrill, Jr. at the lines, the pair left from Post 4 and got away last into the first quarter. On the move in the second quarter, the duo was up to fourth at the half-mile pole. Second at the three quarters station, Shacked Up would finish second in the mile, beaten four and a half lengths, pacing her mile in 1:54.3.
In 18 starts last season as a three-year-old, Shacked Up compiled a record of 8-5-3 and recorded wins in the Ontario SBOA, the Simcoe and in OSS Gold finals and Super Finals, which pushed her career earnings over the $1 million mark.
The last of the Reid-trained mares to qualify was the Western Terror four-year-old Yellow Diamond, who took to the track for Race 7. Morrill and the bay got away fourth and positioned themselves second-over in the third quarter. The filly just fell short in the mile, as she finished second, beaten one and three-quarter lengths, and paced her mile in 1:55.4.
Yellow Diamond assembled a very solid three-year-old season in 2009, as she won 14 of her 22 starts, banked over $1.3 million in purses and finished off the board just once. The Breeders Crown winner also recorded stakes wins in the American National, Tarport Hap and in the OSS.