{"id":1537,"date":"2006-01-23T19:42:08","date_gmt":"2006-01-23T19:42:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=1537"},"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=1537","title":{"rendered":"Preferred Power strolls through Marcos Footwear(G3)"},"content":{"rendered":"

Queensland<\/STRONG>–\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Good thing no one told Preferred Power<\/STRONG> to bring his running shoes.\u00a0 If the veteran 5YO son of Pulpit had *really* brought his Nikes\u2122,\u00a0things would’ve been a heckuva lot worse for the Grade 3 $225,000 Marcos Footwear Handicap<\/EM> field.\u00a0 <\/EM><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Count their lucky stars that Kingab’s Preferred Power only brought\u00a0his B-game.\u00a0 O<\/FONT>ne of the leading 10 furlong turf specialists last year, Preferred Power had most if not all the credentials on this short 5-horse field.\u00a0 The big boy won both the Judgemont International(G1)<\/EM> and Eclipse Stakes(G1)<\/EM> in 2005 and acquitted himself well against\u00a0the likes of Sunnybank Memorial.\u00a0 I<\/FONT>n his first start since a poor outing\u00a0on DelPenn Championship Day<\/EM>, ‘Power aimed to exact revenge on the wire\u00a0and the long-running Marcos(G1) <\/EM>seemed the perfect spot for his 5YO bow.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Only four other horses showed up for this\u00a0earlybird contest.\u00a0 As expected, notturna1’s Gingobell\u00a0<\/STRONG>jumped out to a\u00a0fair lead.\u00a0\u00a0 A graded-winning sophomore miler last season, Gingobell’s main challenge was to stay the 10-furlong course.\u00a0 Punterdoug’s gazillion-to-1 longshot Mamool(FR)<\/STRONG> kept the newly-minted 4YO honest, but\u00a0the pair proceeded to sleepwalk\u00a0through three-quarters.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Meanwhile, jockey C. ‘Cuthbert’ Wyatt had his hands full too, keeping Preferred Power from snoozing on the job.\u00a0 Lucky for Wyatt that ‘Power’s a pretty versatile rallier — Wyatt managed to keep\u00a0the blood bay with four white stockings\u00a0within striking distance,<\/FONT>\u00a0never falling\u00a0five or so lengths behind the frontrunners.\u00a0\u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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As the small group headed into the final turn, Wyatt shadowed eddieboo’s lightly raced Aslan’s Mane(IRE)<\/STRONG>.\u00a0\u00a0 ‘Power and the promising upstart moved in tandem by the top of the stretch.\u00a0 It looked like a sweet duel to the wire once Gingobell tired.\u00a0 The crowd picked up on the excitement, but,\u00a0u<\/FONT>nfortunately, Preferred Power had plenty in reserve, surprisingly\u00a0putting away Aslan’s Mane(IRE) without much of a fight.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Wyatt hand-rode\u00a0Preferred Power\u00a0to the wire.\u00a0\u00a0 The winning margin was\u00a03 1\/2 lengths, but it could’ve been a heckuva lot more — Wyatt had a snug hold on his charge in the final sixteenth.\u00a0\u00a0 The clock stopped at 2:02 4\/5 (97 SP#<\/STRONG>),\u00a0well off\u00a0the Marcos(G3)<\/EM> stakes record of 2:01 2\/5.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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The victory pushed Preferred Power’s bankroll up over the $2,000,000 mark.\u00a0 He’s now won 15 of 31 career calls to the post for trainer Kingab (dshock) and ranks 3rd in the Older Male Classic Turf Division.\u00a0 <\/FONT><\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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