{"id":1059,"date":"2005-11-02T20:20:36","date_gmt":"2005-11-02T20:20:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=1059"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"oldbtb_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=1059","title":{"rendered":"The Distaff Goes to The ‘Swift’!"},"content":{"rendered":"

On paper it looked challenging for the three-year-old fillies to hang with the older fillies and mares.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>But one filly gave some handicappers a swift kick in the\u2026head.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>And that kick came from Swift Kick, who rallied on the rail to blow by the leaders en route to a convincing victory in Saturday\u2019s $2,000,000 Breeders Bowl Distaff in <\/SPAN>New York<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:State>.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>

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To be sure, the race on paper set it up for a closer.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>And, as expected, Empire Reef<\/B> and Termantia<\/B> went out early, dueling over strong fractions for the opening half-mile, with Swift Kick<\/B>, Dubai Prospector<\/B>, Caddilac Moon<\/B> and Donner<\/B> all sitting in stalking mode within five lengths of the lead.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>If it appears that the three-year-olds were in control of this race from the break, that\u2019s because that is precisely what happened: Stormshaft<\/B> sat in seventh, behind the other sophomore leaders and stalkers, and of the three-year-olds, only Technically T(<\/B><\/SPAN>IRE<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:stockticker>)<\/SPAN><\/B>, who was always outrun, was not in the lead pack early on.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The older fillies and mares were left behind, sitting well off the sharp fractions set before them.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>As the field reached the halfway mark, Swift Kick<\/B>, who broke from the rail but was clearly unhurried by the challenge of the pace, began to move up the rail.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Having withstood the early charge while sticking close to the rail and getting clear of the other stalkers, she began to gobble up ground on leader Empire Reef<\/B>, who managed to shake off the game pressure of Termantia<\/B> after five furlongs.\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>

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Swift Kick<\/SPAN><\/B> closed staunchly on Empire Reef<\/B>\u2019s inside as they began their stretch runs, and finally drew clear with about an eighth left to go.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She looked much the best, even as the surprising late charge of Stormshaft<\/B> pulled her into second with about a sixteenth of a mile left.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>But Stormshaft<\/B>\u2019s closing kick while racing wide could only propel her to within a length of the winner as they crossed the wire.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Empire Reef<\/B> gave her best effort with the early fractions, but still managed to come home third, beaten four-and-a-half lengths.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Termantia<\/B> impressed many railbirds for her capacity to hang tough even after giving way on the turn, and she wound up fourth, nine-and-a-quarter lengths behind, and a half-length in front of the mild late effort of Caddilac Moon<\/B>, beaten almost ten lengths and finishing in fifth.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Donner<\/B> was a mild sixth, while Dubai Prospector<\/B>, a <\/B>filly continuing a comeback from an injury-riddled summer, showed a little residual rust in finishing .\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The first seven finishers under the wire were all three-year-old fillies, but Swift Kick<\/B> was a much-the-best winner, and has almost certainly established herself as a three-year-old filly champion.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>

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As for the older fillies, the thorough domination at the hands of the sophomore fillies was a disappointment, particularly for those who figured that a coronation of one of the older girls was in the offing in this field.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Squall Is A Storm<\/B> showed little early on, and her anticipated late charge never materialized to finish eighth, beaten fourteen lengths, while Dangerous Reward<\/B> made only a mild bid late for ninth.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Homecoming Dance<\/B>, who went off a 5-1 post-time favorite, started off stalking but wound up sinking, a no-factor tenth.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Glass Heart<\/B> broke awkwardly, and never got into a rhythm to be eleventh, and Galloping Ghost was only beginning to gain on the lead when she crossed the wire in twelfth, eighteen lengths behind the winner.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Technically T(<\/B><\/SPAN>IRE<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:stockticker>)<\/SPAN><\/B>, the lone sophomore who had a poor trip, was always outrun in thirteenth, and Cupid\u2019s Dead<\/B> broke poorly and was rank throughout, finishing fourteenth and beaten by about thirty-one lengths.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>

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Swift Kick <\/SPAN><\/B>is a three-year-old daughter of Summer Squall for the stables of sdmf2<\/I><\/B>, and was sent away at odds of 8-1, earning a mutuel payoff of $19.40.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The BB Distaff win netted her $1.2 million, while almost assuring her a divisional title.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Final time for the race, run over a very fast track was a sharp <\/SPAN>1:46<\/SPAN><\/st1:time> 2\/5, which is a new stakes record<\/I><\/B> in the seventh running of the Distaff.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The speed figure for the race was also a high-water mark for three-year-old fillies this year, with Swift Kick<\/B>\u2019s performance being rewarded with a 118 figure.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Immediate plans for the remainder of 2005 were unclear for the winning connections, as well as many of the three-year-olds in the field, though it appears unimaginable that retirement was imminent for any of the sophomores.<\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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