{"id":1822,"date":"2006-03-09T00:10:20","date_gmt":"2006-03-09T00:10:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=1822"},"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=1822","title":{"rendered":"Turf is firm in Massachusetts"},"content":{"rendered":"

It\u2019s all 4- and 5-year-olds in the Rapidash Stakes at Massachusetts<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> today.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The Rapidash was named for doctorhoof<\/I>\u2019s two-time turf stakes winner Rapidash<\/B> (Pine Bluff<\/st1:City> x Danzig<\/st1:place> x Theatrical (IRE)), who retired to become the \u201cdam\u201d of 4yo winner Rapidash Dancer<\/B>, by Tabasco Cat.<\/P>

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In post position order, the race will be contended by:<\/P>

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  1. Flyphard\u2019s Event<\/B>, the favorite at 2\/1<\/B>.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Lafly<\/I>\u2019s 5-year-old homebred by Event of the Year x Danzig<\/st1:place> x Lyphard has the heaviest credentials of the group.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He won this race last year as one of his 16 lifetime stakes wins, which include Grade III wins and a Grade I placing.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He won 2 of his last 5 starts, although he\u2019s been slightly off his brilliant form in his last two races.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>With a lifetime record of (40) 18-8-6 $1,091,670, he looks to be the class of the field.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Jockey I. Booty has been off to a slow start this year, and is hoping his talented mount will provide a needed boost to bring him back to winning form.\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/LI><\/OL>

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    1. Top jock S. Blade will pilot cjwalker<\/I>\u2019s chestnut 5-year-old Unbridled Horizons (FR)<\/B>, by Urban Ocean (FR) x My Christine, by Unbridled x Affirmed.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s coming in off a nice win in the Ralph Kingdom Stakes in New Jersey<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in his last start, his first stakes win after numerous stakes placings, including in a Grade I.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>With a record of (25) 7-4-5 $350,615, and his 109 speed rating in his last race, he deserves his short 3\/1<\/B> odds.<\/LI><\/OL>

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      1. Classicus<\/B> from the clmstable<\/I> is a 4-year-old son of Sky Classic x Pentelicus x Troy (GB).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A bit inconsistent (19) 5-2-3 $187,995, he picked up a win in the Ghost Shrimp (IRE) Special Stakes at this distance last out.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has 3 previous stakes wins, and may be rounding into form after several mediocre performances.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Rider K. Kardon is off to a slow start this year with a mere 3.6% winning percentage.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Morning line puts him at 7\/2<\/B>.<\/LI><\/OL>

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        1. Carl Hotty (IRE)<\/B> will be ridden by D. Ezelle, a solid 13-year veteran with consistently respectable win percentages.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The son of Theatrical (IRE) x Roo Art x Dynastic (IRE) is trained by vindy<\/I>, and has run all his races on turf.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His wins have all come at a mile or over, although he\u2019s been second in both attempts in sprints.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>With a record of (15) 4-5-0 $150,510, he has no stakes placings, and may be in over his head, as reflected by the longest odds on the board at 9\/1<\/B>.<\/LI><\/OL>

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          1. Second in the Slew Deposit Challenge Stakes in Maryland at this distance and surface in his last start, E Street Band<\/B>, a 5-year-old son of E Dubai x Beau Genius x Northern Dancer is out of a shemale dam with not much of a race record, but he is loaded with Native Dancer blood from sire, damsire, and dam\u2019s damsire.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Rider J. Vandell\u2019s win percentage is up this year, which can\u2019t hurt.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This young horse was heavily campaigned at 3, racking up 5 stakes wins and even a stakes placing on the dirt.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Owner\/trainer kyhomebred<\/I> seems to be giving him a little more rest between starts this year.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>At 7\/2, E Street Band<\/B> has a (36) 10-6-4 $465,938 record.<\/LI><\/OL>

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            1. Another 4-year-old, isittrue<\/I>\u2019s chestnut colt Mirror Image<\/B> (Mt.<\/st1:PlaceType> Livermore<\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place> x Nureyev x Graustark) will be ridden by G. Garbaccio, consistently a top rider, with an impressive 46% in-the-money percentage this year.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This 9\/2<\/B> shot hasn\u2019t won in his last 6 starts, but before that won 4 stakes as a 3-year-old.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>If he can come back to earlier form, he could fit this race.<\/LI><\/OL>

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              It looks like a competitive field, and we look forward to a good race, with everyone coming home safe.<\/P>

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              It’s all 4- and 5-year olds in the Rapidash<\/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-1822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1822","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=1822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=1822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=1822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=1822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}