{"id":10628,"date":"2013-04-12T21:55:04","date_gmt":"2013-04-12T21:55:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=10628"},"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=10628","title":{"rendered":"Preview Grade One 5-Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

Preview Grade One 5-Series<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

Post Time 3:00:00 OGT Sunday April 14<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

Fourteen international runners converge on Victoria for thisweek\u2019s Grade One 5-Series Stakes at a mile and one half.\u00a0 <\/span>Run over a firm turf course for a $2,000,000purse, the 5-Series has attracted last season\u2019s Breeders\u2019 Bowl Turf and ThreeYear Old Turf Eclipse Champion Dynamic Force but the imposing son of Montjeu isnot the favorite.\u00a0 <\/span>That roll goes toCross Check who enters on a hot streak.\u00a0<\/span>Also in the field is last year\u2019s winner Scabby Crabby and twoaccomplished fillies taking on the boys.\u00a0<\/span>Let\u2019s take a closer look.<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

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#1 Cross Check is a five year old son of Cape Cross. \u00a0<\/span>The race favorite enters on a five race winstreak which include three listed races.\u00a0<\/span>He earned a career best 118 speed in his last start.\u00a0 <\/span>Cross Check has run in one graded race beforethis start, and that was as a three year old.\u00a0<\/span>He has a lot of speed and should be setting or prompting the pace.<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

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#2 Dynamic Force is a four year old son of Montjeu who setthe turf world on fire last November when he dominated older horses in the Breeders\u2019Bowl Turf winning by four lengths with an eye-popping 120 speed.\u00a0 <\/span>Given some time off after the Breeders\u2019 Bowl,Dynamic Force returned to the races in January with a facile allowancevictory.\u00a0 <\/span>The lightly-raced colt met hisfirst off track in his most recent start and did not care for the surface atall, running perhaps the worst race of his career when fourth.\u00a0 <\/span>That said he\u2019ll get a firm track in this spotand the only other time he finished off the board was the race immediatelypreceding his Breeders\u2019 Bowl win.<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

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#3 The Eliminator is a five year old son of Pivotal whofinished tenth in this race last year.\u00a0<\/span>The colt did score two graded wins, including a grade one following thatstart and had his best season so far.\u00a0<\/span>The Eliminator was given some time off at the end of the year andfreshened for a 2013 campaign.\u00a0 <\/span>Hestarted this year in a six furlong allowance where he ran a creditable sixthwith a 101 speed considering his preference is for double that distance.\u00a0 <\/span>He followed that with a two length loss in alisted stakes at a mile and five sixteenths.\u00a0<\/span><\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

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#4 K\u2019 Fiscal Cliff is a four year old son of Dynaformer andthe lightest raced horse in the field.\u00a0<\/span>From seven starts he has recorded five wins and two seconds but he\u2019snever tried stakes company \u2013 let alone graded \u2013 in that time.\u00a0 <\/span>His speeds are solid with a career best of106 but compared to the more experienced runners they are on the low side.\u00a0 <\/span>That said he has won his last two starts byopen lengths and there may be more in the tank.<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

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#5 Mylifedependsonit is a four year old daughter of Encostade Lago.\u00a0 <\/span>The winner of last season\u2019sJapanese Oaks has faced males on two recent occasions, finishing eighth in theJapanese Saint Legend and fourth in the King Kong Cup in December.\u00a0 <\/span>She had almost three months off after theKing Kong Cup and she returned to the races in March winning an allowance at amile and three sixteenths.\u00a0 <\/span>Her careerbest speed is a 117 which she earned winning a grade two at a mile and onequarter.\u00a0 <\/span><\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

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#6 He is Calling Us is the second Dynaformer in the field, afive year old.\u00a0 <\/span>He\u2019s never won a gradedstakes before but he hit the board in three last season, including a second in theGrade One Champion.\u00a0 <\/span>That day he finishedahead of Dynamic Force and 2012 Horse of the Year Cryin Out Loud.\u00a0 <\/span>He ran a career best 112 speed that day andseems to do his best running at a mile and one quarter or a mile and threeeighths. \u00a0<\/span>At a mile and one half his bestspeed is only a 104. <\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

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#7 Big Bad Simster is a four year old son of Big Brown.\u00a0 <\/span>He\u2019s only got three wins from thirteen startsbut he may be maturing at the right time.\u00a0<\/span>His speeds have increased steadily over his last three starts, goingfrom 105 to 108 to 112 in his most recent start.\u00a0 <\/span>Those races all came at distances shorterthan this spot with the 112 coming in a mile and three sixteenths race.\u00a0 <\/span>He is stakes-placed in his last two runs buthe\u2019s never tried a graded stakes before.<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

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#8 Stormhill Dancer is a five year old son of DanehillDancer who was once available for a claim tag of $150,000.\u00a0 <\/span>Luckily for trainer mrbigb the colt stayed inhis barn as Stormhill Dancer would go on to score a grade one victory in2012.\u00a0 <\/span>Stormhill Dancer\u2019s two 2013 startscame at distances longer than his best.\u00a0<\/span>He did win an allowance at a mile and three quarters but then ran poorlywhen stretching out to two miles in the Grade One Ackland Cup.\u00a0 <\/span>A return to his preferred distance puts himin a good position.<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

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#9 Fantastic Drift is a seven year old son of FantasticLight who only has twelve starts to his name.\u00a0<\/span>Over the last five months Fantastic Drift ran in four graded stakes atdistances from one mile to a mile and one half, without hitting the board inany of them.\u00a0 <\/span>In his last start hedropped back to an allowance at a mile and three eighths and won easily.<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

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#10 Rizla Green is a four year old son of Montjeu, and theonly horse in the field to win over five million dollars.\u00a0 <\/span>He looked unbeatable as an early three yearold, winning four graded stakes (three grade ones) from February throughJuly.\u00a0 <\/span>After his third consecutive gradeone he ran a dull race in which he was distanced and presumably injured. \u00a0<\/span>He returned in the fall to win another gradeone but has been off the board in two of his three starts since.\u00a0 <\/span>He did run a very solid race two starts backin the Grade Three Gary Trent in which he was second with a 112 speed.<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

#11 Scabby Crabby is a five year old son of High Chaparral and the winner ofthis race last year.\u00a0 <\/span>He entered lastyear\u2019s race with two wins and a third in his previous starts and then dominatedthe competition with a 118 speed.\u00a0 <\/span>Hewouldn\u2019t find the winner\u2019s circle again until December of last year when he wonan allowance at two miles.\u00a0 <\/span>This year hehas run three times and finished third twice.<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

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#12 Crackle is a six year old son of Curlin and the onlyhorse in today\u2019s field to have changed hands during his career.\u00a0 <\/span>Crackle won a grade three as a three year oldand had been a productive older runner for breeder slipaway, winning fourteenstarts and hitting the board in another ten.\u00a0<\/span>Last September he was sold at auction to new trainer pacer who has racedhim exclusively in stakes races since then with poor results.\u00a0 <\/span>He\u2019s run from six furlongs to a mile and onequarter in listeds, grade threes and a grade two without hitting the board inany of those races.\u00a0 <\/span>Perhaps a return tolonger distances will aid him but it\u2019s a stretch to foresee a victory in thisrace for Crackle.\u00a0 <\/span><\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

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#13 External Noise is a four year old daughter of Lemon DropKid who is lightly raced but coming into this race with a head of steam.\u00a0 <\/span>She has been first or second in thirteen ofsixteen starts and has won five listed stakes at distances from a mile and fivesixteenths to a mile and one half.\u00a0 <\/span>Shemade her first start in graded company and her first start against males in hermost recent race, the Grade Two Buck Dharma Handicap.\u00a0 <\/span>After breaking in mid pack and trailing earlyExternal Noise made a bold charge towards the front, falling just a neck shortto King to Groom, a colt who had already notched a grade three victory.\u00a0 <\/span>The filly ran a career best 113 speed thatday and she seems to be primed for a big race.\u00a0<\/span>Trainer joe999 is supremely confident in this horse and thinks she willbe a star of 2013.<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

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#14 Apex Fallacy is a five year old son of Montjeu.\u00a0 <\/span>Last season he won the Grade Two Dutchland ata mile and one half with a 110 speed.\u00a0 <\/span>Hewas off the board in two grade one starts before winning a very tough residencyrestricted stakes with a career best 114 speed in December.\u00a0 <\/span>This year he has a win and a second in twolisted appearances and he may be sitting on a big race.\u00a0 <\/span>Even though he is a five year old, ApexFallacy only has twelve starts to his credit and certainly has room forimprovement.\u00a0 <\/span><\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n

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Good luck to all!<\/o:p><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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