{"id":184,"date":"2005-08-11T02:28:38","date_gmt":"2005-08-11T02:28:38","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=184"},"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=184","title":{"rendered":"2YO Champion Turf Filly Mumbai Heads The G2 Roberto Clemente Handicap In California"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><STRONG>2YO Champion Turf Filly Mumbai Heads The G2 Roberto Clemente Handicap In <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>California<\/st1:place><\/st1:State><\/STRONG><\/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><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">In a week were several of the world\u2019s top runners will make an appearance, some of the finest 3 year old turf fillies have descended upon Del Mar, California to run in the G2 Roberto Clemente Handicap at 8 furlongs. As usual in <st1:State><st1:place>California<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, the turf is firm and the weather looks to be outstanding for the feature event. A surprisingly deep field of nine fillies goes to the gate as 2 year old champion turf filly and 2005\u2019s 1000 <st1:country-region><st1:place>Guineas<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> winner, Mumbai, is listed as the morning line 4<SUP>th<\/SUP> choice at 6\/1. <\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Spinning West<\/B> breaks from the rail post for trainer <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">jace182<\/I>. Jockey R Simcox (13.1%) takes the mount and is currently sitting 4<SUP>th<\/SUP> in the jockey standings at <st1:State><st1:place>California<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> this year with 38 wins. It doesn\u2019t look like there\u2019s much speed signed up here and <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Spinning West<\/B> will most likely get pushed from the gate and find herself on the lead early. She\u2019ll have to getaway with slow fractions if she hopes to hold on as her route record of 6 (0-0-1) clearly shows she\u2019s better going less than a mile.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Sly Go Lightly(IRE)<\/B> is the 5\/2 favorite and will break from post 2 for trainer <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Oberon<\/I>. This immensely talented filly has already racked up 10 wins in her short 14 race career and is the 12<SUP>th<\/SUP> ranked filly in the 3 year old turf classic division. She likes to stalk the pace and pounce turning for home. Having run speed figures of 100 or more in 5 of her last 6 races, this gal will be tough to beat. Number 3 jockey, M Staples (16.3%) takes the mount.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Sotto Voce<\/B> will go from gate 3 for trainer <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">sgtbones<\/I> at odds of 3\/1. This filly has really turned it on lately, finishing in the exacta in 5 straight stakes races. Last time out she missed winning her second consecutive G2 by a nose. 7<SUP>th<\/SUP> ranked jock, O Brim will be in the irons. She\u2019s dangerous, but will have to get the jump on the filly to her inside.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Mumbai<\/B> will start in slot 4 for trainer <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">chilcoat<\/I>. After running a lifetime top of 101 in her sensational effort to take the 2005 1000 <st1:country-region><st1:place>Guineas<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Mumbai <\/B>was asked to do something she conceivably could\u2019ve loved doing, go real long on the turf. Being a daughter of the great Sadler\u2019s Wells out of a Kingmambo mare let many to believe she would excel in the G1 Oaks de English. The distance turned out to be too much for her though and she faded badly, finishing 9<SUP>th<\/SUP>, 31 \u00bc lengths behind the winner. In her last she moved back down to 9 furlongs and rallied just a tad late finishing 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> while earning a speed figure of 98. The drop back to an even mile should do wonders for this filly and I wouldn\u2019t be surprised to see this one getting her picture taken again. The number 1 ranked jockey, F Gossett (18.8%) gets the mount<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Buck Wild<\/B> from the barn of <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">lenny11<\/I> breaks from post 5 and veteran <st1:place>E Donahue<\/st1:place> (12.5%) will ride. This gal was really something in her last start where she won going a mile impressively with a speed figure of 103. She stopped the clock in an even <st1:time Minute=\"35\" Hour=\"13\">1:35<\/st1:time> which is faster than any other filly in this race has ever run. It was however just an allowance race and the quality of that field is suspect. Regardless, she should be a factor here as she will probably be forwardly placed and a serious part of the early pace of this race. The question here is not with talent, but with class, and that question won\u2019t be answered until this race is done.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">VTS WTA Turf Event<\/B> breaks from post 6 for trainer <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">david77777<\/I>. This grand daughter of Seattle Slew is going to have to step up her game a notch or two to compete with some of the other fillies here. You cannot dismiss her current form though, and while a win against this field seems unlikely, she has a good chance of collecting a nice check. C Mecklenberg (9.0%) is in the irons.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">All I Have(FR)<\/B> starts from the 7 post for trainer <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">hardhead2<\/I>. Short of a miracle, this filly had no shot in here. She has only raced over the lawn one time in her career and that was in her last outing where she beat just one horse while receiving a speed figure of 78. It is hard to envision any scenario with this gal finishing anywhere but near the back of the pack. F Ford (6.0%) takes the call.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Analyze This(IRE)<\/B> hails form the barn of <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">overbrooks<\/I> and will start from post 8. This Swain filly is a nice runner but probably isn\u2019t graded stakes caliber at this point in time. In her only other attempt at the graded level, she finished a well beaten 7<SUP>th<\/SUP>, 10 \u00be lengths from the winner. A similar finish has to be expected here considering the quality of the other fillies she\u2019s up against. K Evans (10.4%) will ride.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Button(AUS)<\/B> will break from the outside post for trainer <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">kaif012<\/I>. This gal had been running exclusively on the main track until her last race. In that race, an ungraded stakes going a mile and a sixteenth, she broke on top and never looked back romping to a 2 length win in her turf debut. She also earned a nice speed figure of 98 for that effort. This gal rates an upset chance here if she can step forward off her awesome turf debut. She has the back class to be right with these. H D Hicks (11.0%) will guide her around the mile oval. <\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Good Luck to everyone!<o:p><\/o:p><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mumbai Back To 8 Furlongs<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":326,"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-184","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184","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\/326"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=184"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/184\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=184"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=184"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=184"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}