{"id":164,"date":"2005-07-30T20:12:42","date_gmt":"2005-07-30T20:12:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=164"},"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=164","title":{"rendered":"Chicago Derby winner Squal Me Halo upsets Macho Niner"},"content":{"rendered":"

Kentucky<\/STRONG>–\u00a0 Beware of\u00a0those johnny-come-latelys!\u00a0 Just when you think you got a great story:\u00a0 the classic winner aiming for his third victory in a row and the undisputed lead in the 3YO division…… POW!\u00a0 Along comes a squall to rain on your storyline parade and such did Squal Me Halo<\/STRONG> reign this Saturday in the Grade 1 $1,000,000 It’s My Birthday And I’ll Cry If I Want To Stakes<\/EM>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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But you can’t say all is pure doom, because binzaman’s son of Summer Squall\u00a0has been hovering near the top of the division for\u00a0quite some time now.\u00a0 An exciting individual,\u00a0Squal Me Halo won May’s Chicago Derby(G1)<\/EM> in a dominating wire to wire performance that turned a lot of heads.\u00a0 His 107 SP#<\/STRONG> at Illinois came on the heels of a spritely gorgeous finish to the eventual Middle Jewel champ Fly for Buda in the California Derby(G1)<\/EM>.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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The chocolate brown colt then was a contender (albeit a late-comer) on the Triple Crown trail.\u00a0 It was only a matter of time before he put all the pieces together, seizing his long-awaited\u00a0moment in the sun.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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And the It’s My Birthday(G1)<\/EM> proved the perfect party.\u00a0 Top Kentucky jockey D. ‘Denny’ Givins deserves a heckuva lot\u00a0of credit — he got the speedster Squal Me Halo to successfully rate\u00a0behind the pacesetters and that was the most definite key.\u00a0 Up front, stretch’s longshot Indispensable<\/STRONG> joined oldgraymar’s rocket Cader Ydris(IRE)<\/STRONG> in a thorough head-to-head battle.\u00a0 Additionally, New Yorker hero Macho Niner<\/STRONG> (louisville)\u00a0surprised\u00a0all in attendance by joining the frontrunner fray.\u00a0\u00a0 This speed duel played right into the hands of the master Givins — with a relaxed Squal Me Halo, he channeled his charge’s energy for the final turn for home in the nine furlong event.\u00a0 <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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In the perfect spot, Squal Me Halo had little ground to make up since he was only a couple lengths from the leaders.\u00a0 \u00a0Macho Niner put\u00a0up serious fight to take command by the top of\u00a0the stretch, but couldn’t dig in to hold off a fresh challenger.\u00a0\u00a0 Squal Me Halo put ‘Niner away, turning the tables on the champ after finishing fourth in his New Yorker<\/EM>.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Wonderfully, bliss’ Taking Risks<\/STRONG> (also a stalker)<\/FONT>\u00a0gave major chase, but ultimately ran out of real estate, falling short a half-length.\u00a0 It was the second time Taking Risks finished second to Squal Me Halo — the Forty Niner colt was bridesmaid to ‘Halo in the Chicago Derby(G1)<\/EM>.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Middle Jewel runner-up Cader Ydris(IRE) faded to ninth in his second race in two weeks.\u00a0 Dougiec5’s racetime favorite Scotian Kid<\/STRONG> plain didn’t fire and was never a factor.\u00a0 \u00a0 <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Final time for the distance was 1:47 3\/5, a sweet 110 SP#<\/STRONG> for Squal Me Halo over a main track surface rated as ‘good.’\u00a0\u00a0 He’s now won\u00a06-of-15 outings and boasts a whopping $1.17 million bankroll.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Wins $1,000,000 It’s My Birthday(G1) photo over Taking Risks<\/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-164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164","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=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}