{"id":2069,"date":"2006-03-31T19:16:08","date_gmt":"2006-03-31T19:16:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=2069"},"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=2069","title":{"rendered":"Close Race in Wisconsin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Welcome to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>Wisconsin<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> on this windy Saturday afternoon, where we have for you a full day of racing.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Our feature race on the card, the Greek Goddess Special, a race of a mile and three sixteenths for Fillies and Mares, 4 years old and up, on a Firm Turf course.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>We have a field of nine going today, so let\u2019s see who has shown up\u2026<\/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\">First up, in PP1, we have #<B>33938 Leprechaun Hunt<\/B>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is a <I>grimreeser <\/I>owned 5 year old brown mare by Seeking The Gold out of a Green Desert bred mare and is 34\/12-7-2 lifetime.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She will be one of those to watch here today, as she has won a graded race and several other stakes races. She hasn\u2019t had very good luck in her last two races, but has the speed to be able to take it here today.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is off at odds of 5\/1 and has jock S. Pirtle in the saddle.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Next, in PP2, is <B>#35352 Angel Girl<\/B>, a 5 year old <I>mizuno<\/I> trained brown mare by Geri out of a mare by Mountain Cat and is 9\/4-1-2 lifetime.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This lightly raced 5 year old is a solid allowance competitor who finally ventured into stakes ranks last time out, finishing 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is going to have to improve on that performance and will have to go an extra sixteenth of a mile to take this one today.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is starting at odds of 6\/1 and is being ridden by S. Home.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Next up, in PP3, we have <B>#22459 Wishing Wells<\/B>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is a 6 year old <I>karie<\/I> trained brown mare by Rainbow Quest out of a Sadler\u2019s Wells mare and is 45\/17-9-2 lifetime.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This big mare is a talented stakes runner, having won several stakes races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has been a consistent runner, which will make her a tough competitor here today.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is at odds of 5\/1 and has jockey M. Carter in the saddle.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">In PP4, is <B>#91778 Stolen Thunder<\/B>, a <I>lenny5<\/I> trained 5 year old chestnut mare by Point Given out of a mare by Ajdal and is 26\/7-0-2 lifetime.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This mare has been in stakes races for a while, but she is not as consistent as some of the other girls in the race.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her speeds are not as great as some in this race, so she\u2019s going to have to kick it up a few notches to take his one.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is off at 9\/1 and has M. Kay taking up the reins.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Next, in PP5, is <B>#36715 Urko\u2019s Pirate (IRE)<\/B>, a 4 year old <I>stalpipo<\/I> trained brown filly by Sligo Bay(IRE) based on Merlot (Machiavellian x Northfields) and is 22\/5-6-3 lifetime.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Here is one whose form seems to have slacked off just a little bit.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is still a very effective allowance runner, but has not had much stakes success of late.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>To have a shot today, she is going to have to revert back to her form from last year.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is at odds of 9\/1 and has jockey C. Capper in the saddle.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Next up, in PP6, we have <B>#74852 Northern Affair II (IRE)<\/B>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is a <I>flowers<\/I> trained 6 year old brown mare by Northern Spur (IRE) out of a Black Tie Affair (IRE) bred mare and is 52\/10-13-6 lifetime.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Here is one whose age is not affecting her running and is still having stakes success, including a win two back.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She can definitely go the distance and with enough speed to get the job done.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is off at 5\/1 and is being ridden by B. Jones.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">In PP7, is <B>#42540 Tintoretta (IRE)<\/B>, a 4 year old brown <I>stormborn<\/I> trained filly by Galileo (IRE) out of a Green Desert mare and is 15\/5-4-3 lifetime.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is another who has been having recent stakes success, but some of her speeds are not as stellar as some of those she is going against here today.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has also shown that today\u2019s distance is not a problem for her, so with a little more effort, she should be able to hit the board today.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is off at odds of 8\/1 and has jock J. Hartel 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\">Next, in PP8, we have <B>#75967 Sadfly\u2019s <\/B><st1:City><st1:place><B>Dubai<\/B><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is a 5 year old <I>rose<\/I> trained mare by E Dubai out of a Sadler\u2019s Wells bred mare and is 39\/20-5-4 lifetime.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This mare has been nothing if not consistent, winning her last race despite a 6<SUP>th<\/SUP> place finish on an off track the race before.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her speeds have been very good and will be a very tough one to beat here today.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is the favorite today at 5\/2 and is being ridden by M. Snider.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">And, last but not least, in PP9, is <B>#25976 Can U Dig It<\/B>, a 5 year old chestnut <I>kick4home<\/I> trained mare by Chester House out of a mare by Deputy Commander and is 30\/7-0-4 lifetime.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This mare seems to have been struggling of late, having not won a race yet this year.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her speeds this year have not been as good as the other girls in this race, so she is going to have a pretty tough day.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is the longshot here at 14\/1 and is being ridden by C. Duell.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>We have a very close race here today, with several runners having the ability to win here today.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Personally I like the 3, the 6, and the 8 to round off my three favorite choices here today.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Good Luck and Good Racing!<o:p><\/o:p><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Can Sadfly&#8217;s Dubai hold off rivals?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":61,"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-2069","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069","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\/61"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2069"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2069\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2069"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2069"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2069"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}