{"id":1543,"date":"2006-01-25T22:40:13","date_gmt":"2006-01-25T22:40:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=1543"},"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=1543","title":{"rendered":"Euro Runner Narrow Choice Over Seven Rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>The CRYSTAL KITTY Stakes<BR>Six and one half furlongs <BR>Fast Dirt <BR>$50,000 <BR>Fillies and mares, 4 years old and up <BR>\u00a0<BR>PP\u00a0 Horse ID\u00a0 Horse\u00a0 Owner\u00a0 Jockey\u00a0 Odds\u00a0 <BR>1 496 <STRONG>TUBULAR<\/STRONG>(BRZ)\u00a0 buzzbarn\u00a0 D Burton\u00a0\u00a0 7\/2\u00a0 <BR>2 22062 <STRONG>LONG LAUNCH<\/STRONG>\u00a0 mig\u00a0 G Schultz\u00a0\u00a0 6\/1\u00a0 <BR>3 19131 <STRONG>EURO RUNNER<\/STRONG>\u00a0 joe333\u00a0 D Rusch\u00a0\u00a0 3\/1\u00a0 <BR>4 44113 <STRONG>CANTANKEROUS T<\/STRONG>(IRE)\u00a0 tempstable\u00a0 R Rash\u00a0\u00a0 7\/2\u00a0 <BR>5 89383 <STRONG>ICED TEA<\/STRONG>\u00a0 nickryan\u00a0 T Waddle\u00a0 12\/1\u00a0 <BR>6 87075 <STRONG>K&#8217;S KIANA<\/STRONG>\u00a0 kuovadis\u00a0 R Dunaway\u00a0\u00a0 5\/1\u00a0 <BR>7 36284 <STRONG>EARLY SNOW<\/STRONG>\u00a0 marsattack\u00a0 B Tate\u00a0\u00a0 9\/1\u00a0 <BR>8 53092 <STRONG>DEPUTY SWEVING<\/STRONG>\u00a0 fredje\u00a0 R Fitzgerald\u00a0\u00a0 9\/1 <\/P><P>Hippodrome Lisboa features older fillies and mares this week.\u00a0 The six and one half furlong dirt sprint lured a field of eight.\u00a0 Here&#8217;s a closer look at the ladies from the rail outward.<\/P><P>Stall one will house <STRONG>Tubular(brz).<\/STRONG>\u00a0 The four year old Siphon(brz) filly has improved beyond recognition since being haltered by trainer Buzzbarn for $50,000 last summer.\u00a0 I asked Buzzbarn how he spotted the filly.\u00a0 &#8220;I was on vacation in Jamaica.\u00a0 Laying by the pool sipping rum and Coke.\u00a0 I heard two guys talking about\u00a0dropping some filly named Tubular in for a tag to pick up a purse and cash a bet.\u00a0 Tubular,\u00a0bodacious, gnarly, and\u00a0awesome were key words in the Rad 80&#8217;s.\u00a0 And a filly named Tubular in my barn sounded really radical!\u00a0 I got dressed, picked up a form, headed for the track, took a peek at her in her stall, had my assistant trainer wire transfer the money, and the rest is history.\u00a0 This filly is fast!&#8221;\u00a0 Indeed.\u00a0 She&#8217;s already\u00a0taken\u00a0one stake for Buzzbarn and finished second in\u00a0another last time out.\u00a0 Big threat in here.<\/P><P><STRONG>Long Launch<\/STRONG> was recently purchased for $480,000 by trainer Mig.\u00a0 The six year old chestnut by little known Totem and Taboo returned immediate dividends by winning a South Carolina allowance sprint.\u00a0 But she was found wanting in two subsequent allowance races so her chances of winning this stake are somewhere between slim and none.\u00a0 <\/P><DIV><DIV><STRONG>Euro Runner<\/STRONG> looks to snap a four race losing streak on Saturday.\u00a0 The lanky six year old chestnut is approaching $700,000 in career earnings and has won at least one stake each year since 2002.\u00a0 Trainer Joe333 is confidant that his Cape Canaveral sired charge can get back on track against this softer group.\u00a0 But 3-1 is a bit short for me to accept off that last clunker.\u00a0 Your call.<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV>Tempstable&#8217;s<STRONG> Cantankerous T(ire)<\/STRONG> is a late running daughter of Canyon Creek(ire).\u00a0 Last time out she dropped from the clouds to garner the place in an Irish 4X test.\u00a0 She shows a win coming from thirteenth a few starts back.\u00a0 But she has managed\u00a0just one second in seven added money attempts.\u00a0 Not much of a threat on paper in here.<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV><STRONG>Iced Tea<\/STRONG> is the fastest of three foals from the Storm Cat mare Miss Brooke.\u00a0 Unfortunately, that designation merely makes her a decent allowance sort.\u00a0 Like Cantankerous T, she&#8217;s only hit the board once in stakes company for trainer Nickryan.\u00a0 That\u00a0may not\u00a0change this week.\u00a0 Tab with easier.<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV>That invisible barrier between being a stakes\u00a0contender and an allowance pretender has rarely been more evident than in this race.\u00a0 <STRONG>K&#8217;s Kiana<\/STRONG> is a gorgeous, well bred (Point Given x Storm Bird x Bold Ruler), talented mare who, so far, is just a tad short of\u00a0being a stakes contender.\u00a0\u00a0As with several of her opponents, she&#8217;s had\u00a0little luck when going for added money.\u00a0 But unlike some them, she showed enough in her stakes debut, an even fifth, to give her another chance here.\u00a0 Might surprise for sharp conditioner Kuovadis.<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV><DIV><STRONG>Early Snow\u00a0<\/STRONG>brought five million dollars at auction from trainer Marsattack.\u00a0 I asked why he paid so much for the scraggly looking, modestly performed filly.\u00a0 &#8220;Pedigree, my friend.\u00a0 Pedigree.&#8221;\u00a0 OK, I suppose Deputy Minister x Unbridled is worth a few bucks.\u00a0 But five million?\u00a0 First foray into added money territory was uneventful.\u00a0 Pass.<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV>Just a few bucks short of a half million in career earnings is Fredje&#8217;s eight-year old <STRONG>Deputy Sweving<\/STRONG>.\u00a0 The veteran Polish Navy mare\u00a0barely lasted versus conditioned allowance foes LTO in her fifty-fifth lifetime start.\u00a0\u00a0But you know that the multiple stakes winner has a ton of back class and if she wakes up feeling like her old self, watch out!<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV>Who&#8217;s gonna win?\u00a0 Far out, man!\u00a0 I&#8217;ll take Tubular.<\/DIV><\/DIV><\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Gnarly Claim Tubular Primed for Mondo 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