{"id":1559,"date":"2006-01-26T13:45:07","date_gmt":"2006-01-26T13:45:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=1559"},"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=1559","title":{"rendered":"Four in Search of First Stakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Four 3-year-old colts will take the track in search of their first stakes win in the $50,000 Cryptoant Stakes at 1 mile on firm turf at the lovely <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Maine<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> oval. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>When the \u201clongshot\u201d is at 7\/2, you know it will be competitive. <\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><OL style=\"MARGIN-TOP: 0in\" type=1><LI class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">On The Green II (IRE)<\/B>, (5) 2-2-0 $61,160, from the <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">smokeglack<\/I> stable, does not have the most original name, as his game dam was <U>On The Green<\/U>, who had, indeed, run only on the green.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The son of Mark of Esteem (IRE) x Langfuhr x Theatrical (IRE) broke his maiden in his debut on the turf, and seems well-placed here.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His best speed figure to date was a solid 84 while winning a N2L allowance at 1 1\/16 m on turf, and he comes in off a second-place finish in the Best Plus Flag Stakes (1 1\/8 m turf) in <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Jamaica<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s at <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">9\/5. <\/B><\/LI><\/OL><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.25in\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><OL style=\"MARGIN-TOP: 0in\" type=1 start=2><LI class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\">Representing <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">xtchamps<\/I>, out of two-time stakes winning game dam <U>Gray Lion<\/U>, is <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Able Ginzad Ted<\/B> (6) 2-0-2 $35,000, who has never been out of the money in a turf route.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>By Macabe (Gone West x Seattle Slew) x Danzig x Grundy (IRE), his best speed figure of 88 occurred in his last start, a 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> in an allowance race at this distance and surface.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">8\/5<\/B><\/LI><\/OL><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><OL style=\"MARGIN-TOP: 0in\" type=1 start=3><LI class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Book of Shadows<\/B> (8) 1-0-0 $14,090, was slotted in at the last minute by the enormous <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">*computer<\/I> organization.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This will be his first time on the lawn, with his best speed figure to date 76 (on dirt).<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>By Touch Gold x Easy Goer x Key To The Mint, this boy is bred for routes, and broke his maiden at a mile.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Perhaps not the best placement for him, but a well-bred colt.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">7\/2<\/B><\/LI><\/OL><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><OL style=\"MARGIN-TOP: 0in\" type=1 start=4><LI class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; mso-list: l0 level1 lfo1; tab-stops: list .5in\"><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">One of Us (IRE)<\/B>, (8) 1-0-3 $46,690, entered by <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">tatter<\/I>, was bred from the game dam Pam Log, a stakes winner in the slop in her career.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He was 5<SUP>th<\/SUP> of 5 in his most recent start, the Automobile Jerry Bonanza Stakes at 6 \u00bd f (T).<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has raced exclusively on turf, winning his debut, and running only in stakes races ever since, with a trio of third place finishes to his credit, all in sprints.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>By Daylami (IRE) x Green Desert x Theatrical (IRE), he\u2019s certainly bred for the turf, and may \u201cstretch\u201d here. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">2\/1<\/B><\/LI><\/OL><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Cryptoant Stakes Provides Opportunity<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":311,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1559","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559","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\/311"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=1559"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1559\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1559"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1559"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1559"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}