{"id":10610,"date":"2013-03-29T20:12:41","date_gmt":"2013-03-29T20:12:41","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=10610"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"oldbtb_99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=10610","title":{"rendered":"Easter Sunday Feature Wide Open"},"content":{"rendered":"

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I’m thrilled to have the Black Type Bugler back in business!\u00a0 Hip Hip Hoooooray!!!!!!!!!!<\/DIV>
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Full disclosure time.\u00a0 Before I realized how many old and new reporters would grab races this week, I called out The Hardcourt to cover because I have a starter.\u00a0 I prefer to read about my horses from sources other than myself.\u00a0 So I’d like to thank\u00a0fellow BTB scribes Itch and Roxyken for doing a great job on two of my horses racing this weekend.\u00a0 Thank you very much, men!<\/DIV>
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Ok, let’s get down to business.\u00a0 Featured on this Easter Sunday in\u00a0Paris is the Grade II Hardcourt Stake.\u00a0 A field of\u00a0nine older turf\u00a0routers will be greeted by starter Pierre Lepeu.\u00a0 Let’s meet the contestants in post position order.<\/DIV>
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Breaking from the hedge will be erstwhile claimer, Thrill Of Dylan<\/STRONG>.\u00a0 Trainer mtk has certainly gotten a lot of production from his former\u00a0plater.\u00a0 Since haltering him for $15,000 a year ago last month, the\u00a0son of Dylan Thomas has won four races including a listed stake three back.\u00a0 He arrives off a third place finish in a listed stake in Queensland.\u00a0 Likes to race on or near the pace.\u00a0 Needs to take a step forward in order to challenge this tough bunch.<\/DIV>
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The wise guy horse is Davarto’s precocious Joysis<\/STRONG>.\u00a0 The drop dead gorgeous daughter of Kitten’s Joy has improved her speed rating in each of six lifetime starts.\u00a0\u00a0Since\u00a0faltering in her debut,\u00a0the four year old\u00a0filly has\u00a0sliced through her conditions like a hot knife through butter.\u00a0 The Joysis express rolls into Gay Paree\u00a0riding a five race win\u00a0streak.\u00a0 She is\u00a0seeking graded glory following a dominant listed stake victory where she posted a dazzling 113 speed figure.\u00a0 Can she put the boys in their place?\u00a0 I wouldn’t bet against it.\u00a0<\/DIV>
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Padrebri sends out veteran router Mineozig<\/STRONG> for The Hardcourt.\u00a0 The six year old son of Mineshaft and Proven Success (Danzig) has been winless since annexing a listed event in Kentucky last May.\u00a0 He has been knocking at the door recently and last time out posted a 109 speed figure while finishing third in an open allowance behind the well intended Juggling Bombs.\u00a0 Closing in on half a million in career earnings and needs not improve a whole lot to factor close.\u00a0 Keep an eye on the Padrebri.<\/DIV>
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My own Question Of Time<\/STRONG> seeks his first graded win.\u00a0 I felt the Tapit five year old earned\u00a0another shot at a graded\u00a0badge by virtue of his\u00a0spectacular recent\u00a0form.\u00a0\u00a0I have been very\u00a0happy with the son of\u00a0my\u00a0Seeking The Gold x Nureyev broodmare, Puppy Ciao.\u00a0 The big guy prepped in a manner similar to many of his rivals with a\u00a0powerful victory\u00a0over open allowance company.\u00a0 Three back he stopped the timer in 2:00.02 (116 SP)\u00a0winning a listed stake.\u00a0 Admittedly his previous graded starts have been iffy at best.\u00a0 I’m frankly shocked he’s the post time favorite.\u00a0 No idea what to expect.<\/DIV>
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My old friend Randy Logan trains High N Ready<\/STRONG>.\u00a0 Randy and I go back a dozen years, to ASR, GSR and the original Minny residence.\u00a0 I even had the pleasure of his company in real life once on a dark and stormy night at Maywood Park racetrack.\u00a0 His five year old More Than Ready chestnut has tested grade waters three times previously without success.\u00a0 But he did manage to grab a check in two of those events and \u00a0finished ahead of four graded winners in last October’s G-1 Eclipse Stakes.\u00a0 Difficult assignment but not impossible.<\/DIV>
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And Now It Begins<\/STRONG> is a perfect\u00a0example of my theory that pedigree trumps racing performance when it comes to broodmares.\u00a0 His dam, L\u00a0Is For Linzi (Medaglia D’ Oro X Kingmambo), concluded her thirty race career by finishing way\u00a0up the track in a NW2L $2,000 claimer.\u00a0 But her first foal, by Dynaformer, is a Grade I winner and a multimillionaire.\u00a0\u00a0Veteran trainer Willyam gave his slumping star a break from November until February.\u00a0 Comeback start was unimpressive.\u00a0 Should go better with one under his belt.\u00a0 Has been training lights out.\u00a0 Drilled a half over the Paris turf\u00a0in :47.16\u00a0Wednesday and looked well within himself.\u00a0<\/DIV>
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Skunk will be represented by his impeccably bred four year old, Cryin Again<\/STRONG> (Street Cry x Giant’s Causeway x Kingmambo).\u00a0 The flashy chestnut is a dual graded winner and, unlike several rivals,\u00a0arrives in splendid form.\u00a0 Following a brief spell, Cryin Again shipped to\u00a0Texas\u00a0to prep for The Hardcourt.\u00a0 He crushed a very good open allowance field by three widening lengths.\u00a0 Among the vanquished were multiple\u00a0TOTY Wayne’s Grade I winning millionaire, Fairway To Heaven and Grade II winner Doctor Jones who won The Hardcourt last year.\u00a0 Appears to be sitting on a big one for top notch connections.<\/DIV><\/DIV>
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Turf master Balata sends out\u00a0his multiple graded winner Fakmi<\/STRONG> for this test.\u00a0 The big Makfi colt is best remembered as the hero of The Arlington Park (G-1) last summer.\u00a0 Fakmi will be coming off a two month spell which may be just what the doctor ordered.\u00a0 I asked his conditioner about the time off.\u00a0 “It was simply time for a break.\u00a0\u00a0He\u00a0acted as if\u00a0he had pretty much lost interest in racing those last two starts, so I turned him out for a month before training him up for the Hardcourt.\u00a0 He has been working well and acts like a fresh horse.\u00a0 I expect a big effort on Sunday.”\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/DIV>
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What would a graded stake be without a Lenny entrant?\u00a0 New Vegas<\/STRONG> is chump change\u00a0short of\u00a0a million in career earnings so any money\u00a0finish will push him over that mark.\u00a0\u00a0Showed no signs of rust\u00a0posting\u00a0an easy score in a conditioned allowance following a five month vacation.\u00a0 The sleek steel gray\u00a0son of Medaglia D’ Oro\u00a0has done most of his running in longer routes and marathons.\u00a0 But his win last time out at this distance was extremely impressive and came at the expense of graded winning millionaires Lambaste and Consumed By Chaos.\u00a0 Locked, cocked and ready to rock.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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