{"id":52831,"date":"2020-08-01T00:09:51","date_gmt":"2020-08-01T00:09:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=52831"},"modified":"2020-08-01T00:09:55","modified_gmt":"2020-08-01T00:09:55","slug":"equinics-2020-the-statue-of-liberty-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=52831","title":{"rendered":"Equinics 2020 &#8211; The Statue of Liberty"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>10 Furlongs \/ 2000 Metres<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>3YO Colts and Geldings<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Welcome to Vermont for the running of this much anticipated\nedition of the 2020 Equinics. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Everything that possibly could go wrong this year around the\nworld has gone wrong and now we just need you Americans to take away our fun\nand vote out Trump, our last bastion of relief from the oppression of Lockdown\n2.0 (Well in Victoria at least) to complete the annus hornbills. The daily\nhumour your man the Trumpster provides is keeping us sane&#8230;and believe me I\nknow sane people. I know more about sane people than anyone. No one knows more\nabout sane people than me&#8230;anyway, I digress.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Thirteen trainers from residencies around the Sim have sent\ntheir best 3yo Dirt Routers to contest the Statue of Liberty. Some fast facts\nabout the field are listed below:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul><li>There are 7 Graded Winners in the field, 2 G1, 4\nG2 and 1 G3.<\/li><li>5 of the other runners have won a Stakes Race<\/li><li>1 runner has won at Allowance Level<\/li><li>1 has run in a Claim race<\/li><li>Of the Graded winners, 1 has won an EOY Award <\/li><li>11 of the 13 Runners are Kentucky Bred and the\ntwo other runners are from Japan<\/li><li>There are 3 Geldings<\/li><li>The prize money won across the field ranges from\n$114,450 to a colossal $7,121,610<\/li><li>The only Sire represented more than once is\nTapit, with 2 runners<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>As you can see, there is quite a diverse range of horses\nready to contest for their chance to etch their names into Equinics history. In\nno particular order, let\u2019s take a closer look at each entrant.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GENERAL CROOK\n(carsoncity) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Wearing the No.1 Saddlecloth, and rightly so, is the\nmagnificent son of Union Rags out of the brilliant mare First Degree Bern, the\nstrapping &nbsp;colt General Crook. This\nbeast, (there is no other word to describe him) has, over a 10 race career,\namassed over $7 million in earnings and has a race record of 10:7:1:1. Four of\nthese wins have been G1s and have included the Breeders Bowl Juvenile as a 2yo\nand also the Bluegrass Derby. That\u2019s a pretty impressive resume!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The only time the General has missed the board was his last\nstart where he was extended out to 12 Furlongs and although he got back in the\nfield, as has been customary in all his runs to date, he didn\u2019t flash home,\nfinishing 5th over 11 lengths off the winner. Prior to this run, General Crook\ntook out the G1 Middle Jewel Stakes, and it would be a brave trainer who was to\nthink the General might be past his best. To be the best, you have to beat the\nbest and this guy is the best. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>GOTYOUONCAMERA\n(lenny2) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Next up we have a&nbsp;\ngelding who could be the best&#8230;well he did beat the best two starts\nback in the 12F New Yorker (even though he didn\u2019t win himself), but ran a close\n2nd. This son of Gun Runner had a modest start to his career before a visit to\nDoctor Snip saw his focus sharpen and he has won 4 from 5 in his 3yo season,\nculminating in a fantastic wire to wire win last start in the running a 114 SP\nand leaving the superstar General Crook in his dust. With earnings of almost\n$1.4 million this guy is the real deal and I believe it will take a real upset\nto see either him or General Crook not taking home the Equinics prize. This guy\nhas mixed his running styles from all the way leader to swooper and performed\nwell each time. However this goes down, we are in for a ding dong battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>It never ceases to amaze me how these rookie trainers like\nlenny2 seem to fluke these good horses, I mean it takes the rest of us a\nlifetime to get one good one. I wonder what his secret is&#8230;.?<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>DURAOIL (aussloth)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This 3YO Duramente Gelding snuck into the field on the quick\nback up from the G1 Eddie Haskell and almost completely stuffed up my article!\nThis good looking grey by Duramente has an unusual racing pattern&#8230;he likes to\nget to the back and run on&#8230;(are you kidding me???) His last start 7<sup>th<\/sup>\nin the Eddie Haskell wasn\u2019t a bad performance, however he looks to be crying\nout for the extra distance here and this is justified with his 5\/1 second\nfavourite quote with the bookmakers. &nbsp;Duraoil won 3 on the trot, graduating from Allowance,\nto Stakes to G2 before taking on back to back G1s. Like just about everyone\nelse \u2013 look for him late!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>RUNAWAY SONNY\n(jwsonnyc) <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Third up we find a stunning grey colt by Medaglia D\u2019oro.\nRunaway Sonny hasn\u2019t saluted the judge since the 8<sup>th<\/sup> of March, when\nhe won the G2 Felipe Alou over 8.5 Furlongs. Runaway Sonny is another horse in\nthis field who likes to get back and storm home and with the exception of his\nlast start; he has been doing just that. I have a feeling this guys could be\nlooking for further than the 10 Furlongs, but don\u2019t discount him running in the\ntop 3.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>OUTBACK DAPPER\n(outback4)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coming out of the 4 gate is a son of Uncle Mo. Outback\nDapper. He comes into this race off the back of a very good win over the 10\nFurlongs in the G2 Princess Cup in Ontario. Outback Dapper, like those above,\ngot back and hit the line hard, running a nice 110 SP. This guy just seems to\nget better with each start and I think he will relish the step up to G1\ncompany. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>SKID OFF THE ROAD\n(redhill3)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our second gelding, this son of Liam\u2019s Map never had the chance\nto be distracted by all those feisty young fillies parading around the\nracetracks of the world, with trainer redhill3 removing his prized assets\nbefore he ran his first race. Clearly this was the correct choice, as Skid Off\nThe Road did the opposite and stayed in his lane, winning his debut easily with\na nice 78 SP. He has gone on to record 4 wins from his 7 starts, including his\nlast two, the most impressive being his last start win in the G2 Swamps Stakes\nwith a 107 SP. He has improved with every start and my only concern with him,\nis the dip in SP figures in his only run above 9F, whole he still took the Stakes\nwin, it was only a field of 4 and although he ran away with it by 4 lengths,\nhis opponents weren\u2019t highly credentialed. If one thing is certain, I\u2019m not\nsure you are going to want to be a front runner in this race as there is going\nto be a tidal wave of horses coming over the top at the end.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BODES WELL B\n(muscles2)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Coming from the muscles2 yard is a young colt by\nBodemeister. He hasn\u2019t won since taking the G3 Giant Slayer Classic back on 25<sup>th<\/sup>\nof January and he also hasn\u2019t broken the 100 SP mark since then. It appears\nlike all of us, muscles2 was trying to get Bodes Well B into the Derby, but he\ndidn\u2019t run well in the Arkansas Derby Lock Prep and after two G1 runs, he has\nreturned to Stakes class and hasn\u2019t set the world on fire there either. He\nhasn\u2019t raced since late May and I\u2019m tipping muscles is hoping the freshen up\nwill do the trick. This is going to be a tough race to win with the quality of\nthe runners up near the top of the order, but as they say in the classic, you\nhave to be in it to win it!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>IMPERIAL&nbsp; ALCHEMY (mlafort2)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Our next runner is by Empire Maker, who we last saw running\n3<sup>rd<\/sup> behind Outback Dapper in the G2 Princess Cup. In most of his\nraces, Imperial Alchemy has gone to the front, an unusual phenomenon in this\nfield. He is proven over the 10F distance, winning the Lenos Chin Dirt Route\nback in April. I think mlafort2 will be setting his charge to lead the field\nout and will be hoping he can build a big enough lead before the wave of horses\ncomes crashing over.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>BUGLE BARBICAN\n(jandicaper)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>This guy is an interesting runner, while he hasn\u2019t tasted\nthe glory of some of his more fancied opponents; he has been steadily improving\nwith each run. After debuting with a come for m behind win (yes another one) at\nhis only 2yo start back in November 2019, he has steadily worked through the\ngrades and distances, which has culminated in a last start win over 10F in the.\nEuro Road to Glory III, running a solid 106 SP. Bugle Barbican has amassed the\nleast prize money of the field, however I f eel this guy has a lot of upside\nand if he can reel off a big speed in his first race since late May, it\nwouldn\u2019t surprise me to see him sneak a place. Interestingly, this guy is out\nof a mare named Outback Barbican, who could possibly be from the same yard as\nOutback Dapper. Now there would be a story for the ages<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>HAACK\u2019s WHITE BOY\n(stormhaack)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>A regally bred colt, this striking white Tapit colt is yet\nto win anything greater than an Allowance. He\u2019s had 7 Starts and hasn\u2019t missed\nthe board, racking up 4 wins, the most recent over 10F in Kentucky. He hasn\u2019t\nset the world on fire with his speeds, however in this game; you can never take\nanything for granted. I can\u2019t see him getting close to some of the others in this\nfield, but I wish I had one with his breeding!<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>WATERLAND (asrtapit2)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>&nbsp;Our second Tapit bred\nhorse in the race and guess what&#8230;he likes to get to the back and run on. I\u2019m\nstarting to think every horse in this race is trying to social distance! Waterland\nhas put together 2 from 2 on the dirt after trying his hand at the grass and\nseems to relish the step up in distance. His last start was over 11F in the\nEuro Road to Glory V and he handled it with ease running away with the win by\n2.5L and a 108 SP. The second most experienced horse in the race with 11\nstarts, Waterland might be worth a sneaky place bet<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>QUALIFIER\n(dontbetonme16)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Somewhat of a bargain bred, out the relatively cheap Giant\u2019s\nCauseway sire Protonico, this guy started his career in the claimers, before\nswitching trainers after his second race. Since then he has been steadily\nimproving his numbers and his three most recent starts have been in the ERC\nDerby series. He won the ERC Derby and ran 2<sup>nd<\/sup> in both the ERC\nPreakness and Belmont. While he won the 10F Derby, it was his run in the\nPreakness that has really grabbed my attention. In this race he ran an\nastonishing 110 SP. This is the second highest speed run by any of the other\nrunners in this field. I think he could be a smoky in this field if he can stay\nin front of the swoopers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>ALLEGORY OF SPRING (lindsypark)<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They say save the best for last, well he might not be the\nbest, but he\u2019s my best \u2013 yep, hailing from my own stables is this seasoned son\nof Cupid, Allegory of Spring. He took 8 races to break his maiden, but has\nsince then taken me on a wild rollercoaster ride of up and down SPs,\nculminating in a win in both the URC Derby and Belmont races. I don\u2019t know\nwhether to be upset or excited by the fact that my guy is one of the only ones\nwho is prepared to go out on a limb and face the breeze. His last start win\nover 12F in the Belmont, he went from wire to wire and gave no one else a\nchance. My only concern is that Allegory of Spring has had 14 starts \u2013 could he\nhave peaked? His lineage is regal through the mares Stormy Jane and back to the\nlegendary Amanda Jane who had 68 starts, many at Group level. I\u2019m hoping the\ngood Allegory turns up for this race, but it might be a bridge to far.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>In summary, i think this is going to be a cracking race. I\nthink we might see the King dethroned and replaced with a new monarch. My tip\nis the favourite,<strong> GOTYOUONCAMERA<\/strong> and\nin a boil over, I\u2019m going to tip that <strong>GENERAL\nCROOK <\/strong>just misses a place. I\u2019m going to take <strong>OUTBACK DAPPER<\/strong> for second and if he handles the quick back up, <strong>DURAOIL <\/strong>for third.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Good luck to all trainers and residencies<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Mat &#8211; Lindsypark<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>10 Furlongs \/ 2000 Metres 3YO Colts and Geldings Welcome to Vermont for the running of this much anticipated edition<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":273,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52831"}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/273"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=52831"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52831\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":52840,"href":"http:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/52831\/revisions\/52840"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=52831"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=52831"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=52831"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}