{"id":147,"date":"2005-07-27T19:45:44","date_gmt":"2005-07-27T19:45:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=147"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"oldbtb_3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=147","title":{"rendered":"First State Filly Spectaculars"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG>Delaware<\/STRONG>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 Two <EM>*xtremely xciting*<\/EM> graded stakes took place this past weekend at Delaware.\u00a0 Both races boast Sim tradition and their 2005 renewals did not disappoint:\u00a0\u00a0 <\/FONT><\/DIV><UL><LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG>Xtremely Gold<\/STRONG> added to her Sim legend-in-the-making in the <EM>First State Distaff(G1) <\/EM>for older mares <\/FONT><\/LI><LI><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG>Beta Cat<\/STRONG> declared she&#8217;s ready for the big\u00a0time in the <EM>First State Oaks(G2)<\/EM> for sophomore fillies<\/FONT><\/LI><\/UL><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG>Breeders Bowl for Xtremely Gold?<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>After seeing her unbeaten record snapped last month at Sweden, trainer ejdstable probably decided they had nothing to lose:\u00a0 &#8220;Why not send the stayer Xtremely Gold to the\u00a0<EM>First State Distaff(G1)<\/EM> over 10 furlongs?\u00a0 Sure,\u00a0it was only <EM>a half-mile\u00a0shorter than she&#8217;s used to running<\/EM>.\u00a0\u00a0 So, so what?\u00a0 We got nothing to lose now that the unbeaten streak is history&#8230;&#8230;.&#8221;<\/FONT><\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>And so it probably went something like that, and, boy, did it sure pay off with <STRONG><A href=\"http:\/\/www.thoroughbredracing.net\/hr\/runtime\/onehoss.asp?hossnum=92070\">Xtremely Gold<\/A><\/STRONG> picking up her second career Grade 1 victory in the $600,000\u00a0<EM>Distaff(G1)<\/EM>.\u00a0 The 4YO brown daughter of Touch Gold stormed from far back to collar dawgpound&#8217;s Storm Cat filly <STRONG>Congressional<\/STRONG> in deep stretch.\u00a0 <\/FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=2>The race set up perfectly for &#8216;Gold &#8212; a shallow pace played right into her favor and she was clearly the class of\u00a0the group over this distance\u00a0to win going away by two lengths.\u00a0 <\/FONT><\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Final time was a rather pedestrian 2:02 1\/5, but that&#8217;s all the winner needed.\u00a0 Racetime favorite and last year&#8217;s champion turf mare <STRONG>Turning Japanese<\/STRONG> (dkyoung) didn&#8217;<\/FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=2>t make the most of her career dirt debut, finishing well up the track.\u00a0 Racing&#8217;s <STRONG>Forty Nine Tears(IRE)<\/STRONG> rallied decently for the show spot over har&#8217;s early frontrunner <STRONG>Puentelarra<\/STRONG>.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Slow time aside though, it was a magical victory for Xtremely Gold\u00a0and signaled great things to come.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0She&#8217;s now proven she can run over the classic &#8220;10&#8221;&#8230;.. could the Breeder&#8217;s Bowl Distaff distance of 9 furlongs be that far off?\u00a0 It is *certainly* possible and we hope ejdstable tries the distance soon.\u00a0 <\/FONT><\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Xtremely Gold now boasts a 10-for-11 lifetime record and chases $1-million in earnings.\u00a0\u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG>Spotlight At Long Last For Beta Cat<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Stable\u00a0wortud&#8217;s patience paid off at long last when their prized filly <STRONG><A href=\"http:\/\/www.thoroughbredracing.net\/hr\/runtime\/onehoss.asp?hossnum=94107\">Beta Cat<\/A><\/STRONG> captured her graded stakes debut in the <EM>First State Oaks(G2)<\/EM>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>The diminutive chestnut daughter of Miswaki was a late foal last year and required some good patience by her trainer in the ALW ranks this season.\u00a0 <\/FONT><FONT face=Verdana size=2>By May though, Beta Cat was firing on all four cylinders in black type company &#8212; she won 3-of-4 listed stakes\u00a0with steady pacesetting improvement in short routes.\u00a0\u00a0Saturday was her day then to finally step into the spotlight.\u00a0 <\/FONT><\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>In the <EM>Oaks(G2),<\/EM> Beta Cat&#8217;s jockey H. Ross let longshot <STRONG>PJ River Lass<\/STRONG> (pjbreeds)\u00a0take the early lead, settling &#8216;Cat\u00a0into second.\u00a0\u00a0 Ross wanted to reserve his filly&#8217;s power for the final turn.\u00a0\u00a0 When asked for run,\u00a0Beta Cat responded with a game rush\u00a0&#8212; she was never threatened down the lane enroute to a 1 1\/2 length\u00a0victory in 1:42 flat for the 1 1\/16 main track miles.\u00a0 <\/FONT><\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Jwolfe607&#8217;s Empire Maker filly <STRONG>Empire Gold<\/STRONG>\u00a0closed\u00a0mildly from stalker-style postion to snare second money, well clear of a valiant PJ River Lass.\u00a0\u00a0<\/FONT>\u00a0<FONT face=Verdana size=2>Racetime favorite <STRONG>Technically T(IRE)<\/STRONG> stopped badly down the stetch and was never a factor.<\/FONT><\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Beta Cat boasts a 7-for-11 lifetime record with over $340,000 in earnings.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Xtremely Gold, Beta Cat take Delaware&#8217;s First State Distaff &#038; Oaks<\/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":[2,3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-147","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews","category-reviews","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147","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=147"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/147\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=147"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=147"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=147"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}