Rally Cat figures to be tough in allowance sprint

Rally Cat figures to be a short price to win a second-level allowance race with a $40,000 claiming option at Emerald Downs on Saturday. The six-furlong dash for 3-year-olds drew six horses and goes as race 7 on a nine-race card that begins at 5 p.m. Pacific.

Trained by Blaine Wright, Rally Cat is perfect in non-stakes races at the meet. After finishing fourth in the $50,000 Auburn on May 19, he won a first-level allowance race with a $30,000 claiming option on June 9.

He came within a neck of beating Perfect Dude going a middle distance for the first time in the $50,000 Seattle Slew on July 14 before finishing fourth as the favorite in the $50,000 Muckleshoot Derby on Aug. 11.

Cutting back to a sprint and dropping in class, he won a second-level allowance race with a $40,000 claiming option in his latest start on Sept. 1.

With the win, he is not eligible for the allowance conditions of the race and is in for a price for the first time in his eight-race career.

The Kentucky-bred son of Take Charge Indy is versatile and should get a nice trip stalking what should be an honest and contested pace. He will break from post 3 with Javier Matias retaining the mount.

Unleash the Tiger is coming off a third-place finish in the $50,000 Washington Cup in just his second start this year and third overall.

The Jeff Metz trainee showed a lot of potential in his debut when he won going six furlongs in a $50,000 maiden claimer for California-breds at Santa Anita on Dec. 31. However, he didn’t race again until Aug. 17 when he ran seventh in a one-mile first-level allowance race for 3-year-olds and up at Emerald.

He took a huge step forward in the Washington Cup Sophomore, finishing a head behind My Grandpa for the runner-up spot. My Grandpa was coming off a win in the $50,000 Muckleshoot Derby.

Unleash the Tiger won’t mind the move back to a sprint and could be dangerous if Kevin Krigger can get him into the mix early.

Also on the final Saturday card of the meet are the last legs of the Endurance Series. The 1 1/2-mile races drew six fillies and mares in race 6, and 10 older horses in race 8.

Tomorrow’s Mine looks like the one to beat in the fillies and mares division.

Trained by Joe Toye, the 4-year-old daughter of Harbor the Gold stalked the pace before drawing away to win the 1 1/4-mile second leg of the series.

Toye has an excellent shot of winning the open division with Party for One, who won the second leg of the series for trainer Candi Cryderman. Toye claimed the Washington-bred son of Desert Party out of the $8,000 claimer on behalf of Greg and Chuck Conley and Terra Firma Farm.