{"id":10064,"date":"2012-03-16T20:28:50","date_gmt":"2012-03-16T20:28:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=10064"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"oldbtb_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=10064","title":{"rendered":"New Market Handicap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>An eclectic group of eight sprinters line up for the Grade One New Market Handicap this week in Victoria.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Run for an $800,000 purse at six furlongs on the firm turf, the race is in its fourth year on the sim calendar.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last year\u2019s winner Lattitude went on to be an Eclipse finalist in the division.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Half of the field are already grade one winners but only one, Cabsarehere, scored at this level recently.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Let\u2019s take a look at the field.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#1 Rozelle Lightning won the Grade Three Umbria at six furlongs on a good turf course last November.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It was the highest grade race he has won so far.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He earned a 111sp that day, also a career best.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In three subsequent starts he has failed to hit the board.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Rozelle Lightning is a five year old son of Dansili out of the f-grade Storm Cat x Mr. Prospector mare Lightning Ridge.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is the only stakes winner from seven foals to race.<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#2 Preposterageous enters this race on a two race win streak.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The earner of nearly $4,000,000 was a dual grade one winner as a two year old, including taking the Golden Shoe over this course and distance.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has not won a graded race since his freshman season but has run well in several starts including a second in the Grade Two Cheyenne and a third in the Grade Two Sydney Sprint last season.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His career best sp is a 111 and he has been running close to that number in recent starts.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Preposterageous is a five year old scratch-bred son of Medicean x Danehill Dancer x Roberto.<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#3<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Pioneer Park was also a grade one winner as a two year old and while he did not repeat that achievement as a three year old he does enter this race with two Grade Two victories in his last four starts.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He earned a career best sp of 110 in the first of those and came close to that, running a 109 last out.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His last seven starts have all come at six furlongs and his average sp is 107.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Pioneer Park is a four year old son of Street Cry out of the d-grade Danzig x Storm Cat mare Ash Highway.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The first four of Ash Highway\u2019s five foals are all graded winners with Pioneer Park being the highest earner among them.<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#4 Sadler\u2019s Approval is looking for only the second sprint victory of his career in this spot.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He does have a stakes placing at six and one half furlongs back in May of 2010, but he has not run shorter than one mile in over a year.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is in the best form of his career having earned a career best 112sp two starts back but this is a tough spot to earn your first stakes win.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Sadler\u2019s Approval is a six year old son of With Approval out of the f-grade Diesis x Sadler\u2019s Wells mare Sadler\u2019s Druj.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His four year old half-sister, Roman Druj (Holy Roman Emperor) is the only stakes winner from four foals for the mare. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#5 Cabsarehere is the hot horse in this field.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Two starts back he won his first grade one, taking the Teleprompter Cap with a career best 119sp.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He bounced after that big effort, returning to finish fifth in the Grade One Sabalou Special.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The Teleprompter Cap capped a five race win streak for Cabsarehere, all in stakes races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Cabsarehere is a four year old son of Pivotal out of the b-grade El Prado x Kingmambo mare Native Mambo.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This is her first foal.<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#6 Onward to Victory had a banner year in 2011, earning most of his million dollar bankroll in just two starts.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In September he took the Grade Three Hundred Tower Stakes at six furlongs and in November he took a rich owner restricted stakes at five.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He won his most recent start, the Deputy\u2019s Hippos Turf Sprint at five and one half furlongs with a 109sp, tying his career best.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Onward to Victory is a five year old scratch-bred son of Raven\u2019s Pass x Danehill x Lyphard.<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#7 Ooey Gooey Barb has had an interesting race history.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After winning two of three starts as a two year old he was given over two years off, returning to the races last February.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After three disappointing starts he was dropped into a claiming race and picked up by new owner psyduck131 for only $7,500.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The barn change was good for Ooey Gooey Barb who won a stakes three races later and he\u2019s added two more stakes tallies to his record since.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Ooey Gooey Barb is a scratch-bred son of Strategic Prince x Red Ransom x Seeking the Gold.<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#8 Beezal scored the biggest victory of his career over this course.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He won the 2009 Grade One Vicky Derby at a mile and five eighths back in 2009.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He run primarily at distances over one mile since, but has yet to tally another stakes win.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Three starts back he won an allowance at seven and one half furlongs with a 103sp.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Beezal is a six year old son of Zabeel out of the c-grade Sadler\u2019s Wells x Explosive Bid mare Club Wondering.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is one of three stakes winners from eight foals to race for the mare. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>Good luck to all! <o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cabsarehere Leads a Strong 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