{"id":10084,"date":"2012-03-28T02:11:27","date_gmt":"2012-03-28T02:11:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=10084"},"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=10084","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight Grudge Race Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

On Saturday, the Spotlight race drew a focus on a race that was a grudge match between co-BTB writer Emmyrhys and myself.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Back in February, Emmy\u2019s horse Actually hit a speed over 100 and was the first horse that she owned to hit a speed in those upper limits and finished third in the race.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Ironically, I also had a horse in the race that won and scored it\u2019s first speed over 100.<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

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So, after much discussion, we agreed to have these two fight it out once again, in Michigan, the fifteenth race on the card, an allowance race at distance of 9 furlongs.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Both of us had high expectations of our horses and is turned out, one would be rewarded, the other sent back to the drawing board.<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

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The horses bolted out of the gate and it quickly became clear that Emmy was out for blood as Actually was sent to the front.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Firebombed took up the second position with Vaguely Irish running alongside betting favorite Star Ogler.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I Don\u2019t Sahkee was next in line with Red Lemon Cat, Soviet Ballet and my own horse Midnight Giallo taking the rear position.<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

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The gang of horses held their positions as the reached the halfway marker and it became apparent that my horse Midnight Giallo was in trouble as he was a good dozen strides behind Emmy\u2019s Actually who looked awfully good to wire the field.<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

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Coming to the head of the stretch, Actually was still on top with a narrowing lead as Firebombed had his eyes set on the leader.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Star Ogler was still mixing things up with Vaguely Irish with the rest of the field a bit further back.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Midnight Giallo had a lock on last place as he was half a football field behind, so it would feel.<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

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Actually dug in deep but lost the lead as Firebombed rallied down the stretch and took the win by 2 \u00bd lengths and a speed of 98.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Actually held on to finish second beating out Star Ogler by a neck and a nice 95 speed.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

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Vaguely Irish was a half stride back, taking the fourth position.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I Don\u2019t Sahkee ran flat, finishing fifth, just ahead of Soviet Ballet.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Steep longshot Red Lemon Cat came in seventh\u00a0 <\/SPAN>and finishing 38 lengths behind and walking through the finish line with a speed of 54 was Midnight Giallo.<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

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Midnight Giallo was immediately hauled to the veterinarian immediately after the race.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The vet has diagnosed the problem as \u201cextreme failure to follow your own horoscope syndrome\u201d.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Looking back at this Aquarius horse, I should have sent him to track #1, California.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Anyways, he came out of the race in \u201cLayoff\u201d status.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Such a harsh penalty to incur.<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

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Congrats to Emmyrhys who had the better horse by far in this race.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Perhaps when my horse feels better we can duel it out again.<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

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To wrap things up, in my preview of the race, I went with Firebombed to win this race and he paid $12.60 for the win.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Actually got the second spot, connecting for a $47.50 exacta.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>My third pick, Star Ogler got third and signed off on a trifecta that paid $121.90.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>My second pick was Vaguely Irish and he just missed the top three spots.<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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