{"id":1998,"date":"2006-03-25T23:02:18","date_gmt":"2006-03-25T23:02:18","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=1998"},"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=1998","title":{"rendered":"Alastor Wakes Up a Sleepy Race"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">The field for Saturday\u2019s Grade II Sleepy Fan Stakes for three year olds looked unspectacular at first, with only one runner coming into the race with a top twenty five rating.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>By the end of the day, though, the race just might turn out to be a key one for the Bluegrass Derby.<\/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\">Picking up his fourth straight win and improving his record to five wins in eight tries, the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Marinia<\/I><\/B> trained <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Alastor <\/B>remains undefeated as a three year old.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The performance vaulted him to a 15<SUP>th<\/SUP> ranking among three year olds at a classic distance, up from 39<SUP>th<\/SUP>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It puts him in the running to make the Triple Jewel races which use the rankings to limit the fields to 20 runners.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Alastor fell back early, running twelfth for much of the race before making a charge that left no doubt about which horse was dominant today.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He was the only one who was able to mount a rally in what appeared to be a speed favoring surface.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Also making an impressive showing was the place horse, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Privileged<\/B>, out of the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Saver<\/I><\/B><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"> <\/I>barn.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Privileged had already established himself as a top sprinter, but his impressive run here shows he can get a distance and moved him to a number 19 ranking. <\/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\">Black Clown<\/B>, trained by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Semi3<\/I><\/B>, maintained his number eight ranking by finishing third.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Black Clown has continued to show improvement in his recent runs, and the second place horse in last year\u2019s Breeders Bowl Juvenile has a chance to have just as a good a three year old campaign as he had as a two year old.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Presumably, Black Clown has a place in the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place>Bluegrass<\/st1:place> waiting for him.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">The trainers of the top two colts have interesting decisions to make.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The Bluegrass Derby is six weeks from now.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Alastor has been running every four to five weeks.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>If he or Privileged don\u2019t run before that, they run the risk of others earning enough points to edge them out of the top twenty rankings.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>If they choose to run again, there is the Grade II Heat Less Stakes in <st1:State><st1:place>Kentucky<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and the Grade III Renewal Rates.Com Stakes in <st1:State><st1:place>Pennsylvania<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, both in three weeks.<o:p><\/o:p><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sleepy Fan May Send Three to Kentucky in 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