{"id":146,"date":"2005-07-27T18:22:27","date_gmt":"2005-07-27T18:22:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=146"},"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=146","title":{"rendered":"New Life For Sip Of Saki"},"content":{"rendered":"

Northern California<\/STRONG>–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Attn, bjbandit2!\u00a0 Enquiring minds want to know the secret recipe to whatever tonic you\u00a0slipped into Sip Of Saki’s<\/STRONG> feed.\u00a0 The little chestnut colt has quietly found new life on the grass this year and his convincing score in the Grade 2 $200,000 Upper California Derby<\/EM> has the believers lining up.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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This is a\u00a0tale of “three” horses:<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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1.\u00a0 Precocious Saki <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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As a dirt-running freshman, Sip Of Saki earned\u00a0a trip to the 2004 Breeders Bowl Juvenile<\/EM> on the strength of\u00a0two Grade 3<\/EM> scores.\u00a0\u00a0Fifth that day, the son of Sakhee\u00a0made up a good deal of ground over the main track — it was an honest performance\u00a0that placed him near the top of the\u00a02YO rankings.\u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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2.\u00a0\u00a0Bittersweet Sip<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Unfortunately afterwards, the colt kind of slid.\u00a0\u00a0Sip Of Saki didn’t handle the sloppy Movieland Futurity(G1)<\/EM> surface to close out his ’04 campaign.\u00a0 Additionally, he\u00a0ran pretty even-steven in\u00a0his 3YO bow, finishing with a steady 95 SP# in the Thousand Islands(G3)<\/EM>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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3.\u00a0 Saki Of The Secret Turfy Recipe<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Perhaps his trainer wanted to test the colt’s grassy pedigree (Sahkee x Forty Niner x Buckpasser) or maybe just plain turn Saki’s drastic decline around — regardless, Sip Of Saki\u00a0responded superbly with the switch of surface.\u00a0\u00a0 Following a listed stakes win and\u00a0heartbreaking photo loss in the Roys Rogers(G3)<\/EM> over a mile, the little chestnut continued to improve with more distance.\u00a0\u00a0He beat up on a short field in the 10-furlong Fernazzle Cup(G3)<\/EM>, and, last week, bravely romped as much the best in the Upper California Derby(G2)<\/EM> over 9.5.\u00a0\u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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The 102 SP#<\/STRONG> this past Saturday came\u00a0again over rival Saratoga Storm<\/STRONG> too\u00a0(seppy’s\u00a0highly regarded Storm Cat colt who knocked heads with Horseshoe Bay this past spring).\u00a0\u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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So, what’s not to like?\u00a0 Sure, he hasn’t tested the best of the best yet…. but, with a 7-from-11 hit rate, this guy’s on a mission for some respect.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Mark down Sip Of Saki<\/A><\/STRONG> as a possible challanger to Horseshoe Bay, Niner Connection, Manifest Destiny, Jupiter’s Moons and the rest of the 3YO stars in\u00a0the\u00a0Turf Classic & Long Divisions.\u00a0\u00a0 He’s a “recipe” to watch and the secret’s out.<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Upper California Derby(G2) winner emerges as a 3YO Turf contender<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-146","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=146"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/146\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=146"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=146"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=146"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}