{"id":1414,"date":"2006-01-12T14:28:02","date_gmt":"2006-01-12T14:28:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=1414"},"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=1414","title":{"rendered":"Unbridled Spirit Gets Morning Line Nod"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; TEXT-ALIGN: center\" align=center><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 16pt\">Unbridled Spirit Gets Morning Line Nod<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\">Tasmania<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\"> &#8211; The $65,000 Nexis Virgin tops the card here in <\/SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\">Tasmania<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\"> this weekend and a field of six sophomore fillies will contest the six furlong main track feature.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Nexis Virgin is a stakes winning daughter of Mt Livermore and garnered three wins from 32 starts.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is the dam of two foals to race, one winner.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\">With the top speed figure of the group, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Unbridled&#8217;s Spirit<\/B> (9\/5) was given the slight nod by the odds maker.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A daughter of Unbridled Song,<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\">she is trained by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Burn1down<\/I><\/B> and has three wins from seven starts, earning more than $100,000 in her short career.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Ranked #75, she broke her maiden over a sloppy track in <\/SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\">Kentucky<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\"> and then was shipped to this very track to run in The Apple Laughing her next out.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She won that, again on a sloppy track and then showed she could handle a fast track when she won out in <\/SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\">Arizona<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\"> four starts back. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>This well traveled filly is back at the scene of her first stakes victory and looks to be well placed.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\">Breaking from the inside is <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Deadwood Returns<\/B> (5\/2) a lovely moving filly by <\/SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\">Johannesburg<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\">.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She only sports one win but has plenty of speed.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Looking at her form, the distance may be a question, but trainer <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Deadwood<\/I><\/B> insists she has plenty of air, claiming to have her on a regimen of long gallops for fitness.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\">Storm System<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\"> (3\/1) is by Housebuster and is another that may have a problem with the distance.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has a ton of gas but has been unable to carry it beyond 5 1\/2 furlongs.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has been in the money in four of her six starts and has won two of them for trainer <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Firewalker<\/I><\/B>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She followed her maiden win by an easy victory in an allowance race before earning a couple of 4ths, a third, and a second in stakes company. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\">Kirby55<\/SPAN><\/I><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\"> is the trainer of <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Kirby&#8217;s Quest,<\/B> a 3 YO daughter of <\/SPAN><st1:City><st1:place><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\">Coronado<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:City><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\">&#8216;s Quest.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has two wins from 12 starts although she has earned a check in seven of her races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She comes in to this race off a winning effort but has plenty of stakes experience, her best finish being a third in The Your Pots at 5 1\/2 furlongs.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has also run in a claiming race for $10,000 but she has proved to be better than that.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\">Trying dirt for the first time is <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Hawk4&#8217;s<\/I><\/B> <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Crimson Reality<\/B> (7\/1).<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The 3YO filly by Wolfhound has two wins from three starts.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She won easily at first asking and was immediately pointed toward the mammoth Jess where she grabbed a quarter in the opening furlong and beat only one horse.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Once she was healthy she was entered in an allowance race where she went wire to wire and was opening at the wire.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>If this race was on the grass she would have been the even money favorite, but as it is &#8211; it&#8217;s anyone&#8217;s guess.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\">Game Is On<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\"> (7\/1) belongs to local resident <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Tasman<\/I><\/B> and has two wins from nine starts.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>By Robellino, she two won both a MSW and then an allowance before she was asked for more.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Unfortunately she has not managed the class jump very well, only beating a total of six horses in her last five starts.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Maybe she will wakeup on Saturday and be a new horse &#8211; stranger things have happened!<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>One filly is trying dirt for the first time &#8211; can she do 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