{"id":182,"date":"2005-08-11T12:50:20","date_gmt":"2005-08-11T12:50:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=182"},"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=182","title":{"rendered":"No piece of cake for I.P. Native in New Jersey’s Cheese Icing"},"content":{"rendered":"

New Jersey<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>\u2019s summer season continues this weekend with the $65,000 Cheese Icing Memorial, a mile-and-three-sixteenths stakes race for three-year-olds and up.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It\u2019s a relatively wide-open affair, but the morning-line favorite is a lightly-raced horse whose five-race winning streak earlier this year looms large and intimidating over the assembled field of eight.<\/P>

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I.P. Native <\/B>is a late-starter in the Sim universe, making his debut early this year at the age of 4.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>But his trainer ruffian99 <\/I>caught lightning in a bottle almost immediately with this son of A.P. Indy out of an Our Native mare, winning his debut in the Kentucky<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> slop with a speed rating of 95 and impressing the railbirds with his speed and power.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After winning his New Year\u2019s debut, the colt peeled off six wins in his next seven races in front-running fashion, including stakes wins in South Dakota and Louisiana, with his speed figures topping off with a 110 at South Dakota in the Private Quill Stakes.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His ability to go to the front and outlast everyone is quite remarkable, considering I.P. Native\u2019s preference for classic distances.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Even a recent slump—where he was caught late in the Grade II Abraham Lincoln Handicap in Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and never got clear into his usual front-running position in Maine<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>\u2019s Exalted Commander Stakes—shouldn\u2019t deny this great-looking horse his role as the favorite.<\/P>

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He\u2019ll be ridden in the Cheese Icing by J. Benisz, New Jersey<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>\u2019s leading rider and one of the Sim\u2019s best young turks.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>While he was unavailable for comment on the race, the jockey room was abuzz with rumor and speculation about what Benisz would try to do on Saturday.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>There were some whispers that the jock would try to restrain the horse, rate him just enough to stop the favorite\u2019s recent slide and have enough left at the end.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Others thought he\u2019d force I.P. Native to go all-out from the break.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Benisz is on record, though, as stating I.P. Native is one of the \u201cbest horses you might not have heard of—yet\u201d in the handicap division this year.<\/P>

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Miswaki Minister<\/B> and Masterofyourdomain <\/B>are the primary challengers on the Jersey<\/st1:PlaceName> Shore<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> this weekend.\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P>

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Miswaki Minister<\/B> is that rare Sim horse, a graded-placed stakes winner who was dropped in for a $50K tag in May after a long-stretch of near-misses and disappointing outings in big races.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Picked up by the stalchico<\/I> stable, this four-year-old son of Miswaki has begun to show a spark for his new trainer, hitting the board in each of the four starts since the claim in allowance company, including an impressive allowance win three back.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He should figure into the pace of the race in his typical stalking position, yet the added distance shouldn\u2019t be too much of an issue.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s being tested once again for class versus stakes-level competition, but figure him in your exotics wagers.<\/P>

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Masterofyourdomain <\/B>is a five-year-old from the madesq<\/I> stables whose very best days may have passed.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This Grade I-winning son of Holy Bull has only hit the board twice in 2005, following a four-year-old campaign in which he impressively won the Maryland Special and the Topicount Special, both Grade I events.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is another starter who likes to be at or near the front from the start, but the amount of pace horses in this effort might impact his chances negatively.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Still, even off his form, he looms a major threat.<\/P>

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Happy In The Sun<\/B>, for the burn2shine<\/I> stables, is making his belated stakes debut, and this son of Millennium Wind won a North Florida<\/st1:place> allowance last out.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His speed figures fall a little shy of the favorites, but he too is expected to sit just off a strong pace.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Astronaught Jones(<\/B>IRE<\/B><\/st1:stockticker>)<\/B> is a reformed claimer whose trainer, cypress<\/I>, picked him up for $2500 last fall, and quickly turned this son of Astronef(IRE<\/st1:stockticker>) into a two-time allowance winner.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>On the surface, he appears somewhat overmatched, but his speed figures are on the rise.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Hollowfly\u2019s Hollow(GB)<\/B>, for the hollowfly<\/I> stable, is a three-year-old stakes-winning son of Beat Hollow(GB) who\u2019s opting out of the many three-year-old stakes in the East this weekend, choosing instead to take a shot at the handicap division in advance of the fall classics.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He was most impressive winning stakes races in Ireland and California earlier this year, and he\u2019s one of the few horses in the field who may work best closing ground late; a very live long shot.\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P>

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Last Dance Tonight<\/B> is a five-your-old daughter of Victory Gallop, and trainer djones4321<\/I> has seen fit to try her against the boys in Jersey<\/st1:place>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She\u2019s a capable mare who is stakes-placed, but hasn\u2019t hit the board this year, and her best days may have passed her by; up against it.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>And Mannart Megaspeed<\/B> is a three-year-old son of Aldebaran who was claimed by trainer court66<\/I> for $5K just last week.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The horse has never been over a mile, and his speed figures have just barely broken 80 this year; maybe his trainer knows something special here, and the horse could be a rabbit in the field; very ambitious.<\/P>

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My selections:<\/P>

  1. I.P. Native<\/o:p><\/B><\/LI>
  2. Miswaki Minister<\/o:p><\/B><\/LI>
  3. Hollowfly\u2019s Hollow(GB)<\/B><\/LI><\/OL>

    Happy wagering and good luck to all!<\/o:p><\/P>

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