{"id":10076,"date":"2012-03-23T15:28:14","date_gmt":"2012-03-23T15:28:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=10076"},"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=10076","title":{"rendered":"Thumb Route"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>The Upper New York track hosts a duo of Grade One marathon races this week including the two mile Thumb Route for fillies and mares.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Fourteen females line up for the $500,000 purse and the field can be divided into those with experience at the distance and those without.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>We have three millionaires in the field and they are representative of the field.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Three Buck Doot is a two mile specialist, Run For Summer has done well at distances under two miles and Sadlers Ekati is an up and comer who is new to the marathon game but has taken to it with gusto.<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 Inhuman Rampage is a seven year old daughter of Bernardini out of the a-grade Thunder Gulch x Deputy Minister mare Donner.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Donner was a grade one winner as far as a mile and three eighths but fell flat in her only two mile try.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Inhuman Rampage has done her best running between a mile and one quarter and a mile and one half, but she hit the board in her two tries at two miles.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Both of those efforts came in graded competition.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She does her best running when she can go out to an uncontested lead and play catch me if you can.<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#2 Three Buck Doot is a six year old daughter of Silver Charm out of the f-grade Woodman x Private Account mare Count Pinkie.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Count Pinkie has produced one other graded winner and an additional stakes winner, both of whom excelled at much shorter distances.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Three Buck Doot\u2019s last six starts have all come at two miles and she has a 3-2-0 record.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her wins in that skein include the Grade One Scottsdale Stayer and the Grade Three All Nighter.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>But her experience at this distance goes well beyond her recent record \u2013 she won this race in 2010 and was fifth in 2011.<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#3 Free Spirits Joy is a six year old scratch-bred daughter of Awesome Again x A. P. Indy x Mill Reef.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Much like Three Buck Doot, Free Spirits Joy\u2019s last six starts have all come at the distance but her record is not quite as impressive with one win and three seconds during that time.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She was second behind that rival in the Grade One Scottsdale Stayer although she finished ahead of Three Buck Doot in last year\u2019s Thumb Route where she finished third.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#4 Kingmont Quality is a four year old daughter of Elusive Quality out of the d-grade Dynaformer x Rainbow Quest mare Kingmont Road.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This is Kingmont Road\u2019s only foal and she herself did her best running around a mile.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Kingmont Quality has only tried the two mile distance once.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She took the Grade Two Pittsburgh Stayer in her most recent race beating Free Spirits Joy, among others.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Kingmont Quality has early speed but doesn\u2019t need the lead to get the win.<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#5 Evil Light is a five year old daughter of Unbridled\u2019s Song out of the d-grade Rahy x Seattle Slew mare Primeval Light.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Primeval Light won as far as a mile and one quarter and her other two foals have mostly raced at shorter distances.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Evil Light has never tried the two mile distance and only recently started running longer distance races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has an allowance win at a mile and three quarters and a stakes placing at that distance.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Evil Light is another filly with early speed who will likely be contesting the pace.<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#6 Vegas Way is a five year old daughter of Giant\u2019s Causeway out of the b-grade More Than Ready x Believe It mare Vegas.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Vegas was a miler and her only other graded winning offspring Alpire Frost does her best running around a mile as well.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Vegas Way is another making her two mile debut but comes in on a three race win streak.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She\u2019s won at a mile and five sixteenths, a mile and one half and a mile and three quarters, each time trying the distance for the first time.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her latest victory came in the Grade Three Miss Bourbon Street.<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#7 Sing For My Oats is a five year old scratch-bred daughter of English Channel x Thunder Gulch x Singspiel.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her record at two miles is 3-1-1-1, all against allowance company.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She did finish second in the Grade One Empire State Stayer at a mile and three quarters and third in the Grade Two Old Lady at the same distance.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Sing For My Oats will benefit from what should be a solid pace.<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#8 West Kendall is a five year old daughter of Galileo out of the f-grade Deputy Minister x Seeking the Gold mare Deputy Flanders.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Deputy Flanders\u2019 first foal was the a-grade Creepshow who won grade one races as far as a mile and one half.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has also produced a stakes winning miler and two stakes placed runners from seven foals to race.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Much like her elder brother, West Kendall\u2019s farthest winning distance is a mile and one half.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has never tried the two mile distance before but in two starts at a mile and three quarters she is twice stakes placed, including a third place finish in the Grade One Empire State Stayer in 2010.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#9 Now Brown Cow is a five year old scratch-bred daughter of Big Brown x Gone West x Ela-Mana-Mou.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In her only run at two miles she finished third in the Grade Two Pittsburgh Stayer behind Kingmont Quality and Free Spirits Joy.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She does have a stakes victory going a mile and three eighths and is a grade three winner at a mile and one eighth.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#10 Alexandrova is a five year old daughter of Medaglia D\u2019oro out of the d-grade Danzig x Private Account mare Sacer.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Sacer was graded placed going a mile and one sixteenth and her other stakes winner, Sarmaticus, does his best running between seven and eight furlongs.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Ten of Alexandrova\u2019s last thirteen starts have come at two miles and she has won six of those, including two stakes races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has not faired well when tackling graded competition, finishing sixth in a grade two at two miles and fourth in a grade three at a mile and three quarters. <o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#11 Spuntastic is a five year old daughter of Hard Spun out of the f-grade Smart Strike x Summer Squall mare Close Cover Before.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Spuntastic is the only stakes runner from three foals to race for the mare.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has shown flashes of brilliance in her career which includes a win in the Grade Two Hunted By Lions at a mile and one eighth at age three.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has never run two miles before and her only try at a mile and three quarters was a very slow but very easy victory in an allowance.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Spuntastic is capable of jumping up and running a big race when she feels like it.<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#12 Run For Summer is a six year old scratch-bred daughter of Bluegrass Cat x Northern Dancer x Roberto.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has only one prior start at two miles, finishing fifth in the Grade Three Water Cube Stayer last April.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Since that start all but two of her ten starts have come at a mile and three quarters however she only saw the winner\u2019s circle in one of those starts.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Run For Summer is a grade one winner and millionaire but the form that got her there has been lacking in recent starts.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#13 Bigchalksmacktalk is a five year old scratch-bred daughter of Distorted Humor x More Than Ready x Stormy Atlantic.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She was fourth in her only two mile start, an allowance last September but since then she has been first or second in all but one of her seven starts.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>That includes two stakes wins including one at a mile and five eighths.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><FONT face=Calibri>#14 Sadlers Ekati is a four year old daughter of Tale of Ekati out of the g-grade Sadler\u2019s Wells x Woodman mare Hypnotized.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Hypnotized\u2019s two other foals are both stakes placed but neither has shown good form in long distance races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Sadlers Ekati only started running beyond a mile and one quarter four starts ago, but she has won three of those races and was second by \u00be lengths in the other.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her biggest victory came in the mile and three quarter Grade Three Ladies Stayer Classic.<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>Will Experience Make the Difference At Two 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