{"id":2161,"date":"2006-04-13T23:31:47","date_gmt":"2006-04-13T23:31:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=2161"},"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=2161","title":{"rendered":"The Grade I Dr. Reuben Garr Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"

The third running of the Grade I Dr. Reuben Garr Memorial<\/B> is for three year old and up turfers going a mile at the Big Apple, and the race drew a total of eighteen entries looking for a part of the hefty $500,000 purse. Let\u2019s take a look at the cast:<\/P>

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  1. Last Groom T. (23-6-4-2)<\/B> \u2013 He had been running nicely, but his last two efforts over a mile have been somewhat of a disappointment. If he returns back to the form shown at the end of last year, he can be a nice surprise here.<\/LI>
  2. Shimko\u2019s Saratoga<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> (43-10-3-4)<\/B> \u2013 He has been losing against much lesser company. Needs to improve a lot to win here.<\/LI>
  3. Giant\u2019s Banjo (16-5-2-1)<\/B> \u2013 He is not a winning machine by any means, but always puts up a nice effort and in this race there are a lot of horses who do not normally run in a Grade I. He will be stalking from the start and should be one of the favorites here.<\/LI>
  4. Dom Tendencies (30-11-5-2)<\/B> \u2013 Pretty dull showing in his last race, but that was his first in more than two months. Now he should be much fitter for this race and if he is sharp enough to repeat his race in the Laffit Handicap, he is one of the horses to beat. Ran in second last year in this same race.<\/LI>
  5. Jacky Hollandia (15-8-2-2)<\/B> \u2013 Graded winner who will come flying in the final stages of the race, his SFs are much better than the majority of the horses in here and must be considered one of the main threats.<\/LI>
  6. Dubeye (26-8-3-4)<\/B> \u2013 Every time he has stepped up to face graded company, he has been soundly defeated. Although this is not the strongest GI, he needs to improve to have a chance here.<\/LI>
  7. Rahy Breaks Away (JPN) (11-2-0-4)<\/B> \u2013 Talented horse who has been running in nothing else than graded stakes, and been defeated repeatedly in doing so. His SFs however are not that far away, so with some improvement can be a nice upset at 22-1.<\/LI>
  8. Manifest Destiny (23-11-3-1)<\/B> \u2013 Maybe the classiest horse in this field. He is running in this third race over the last five weeks, a factor against him. But his enormous talent and drive to win can be the difference here.<\/LI>
  9. Xtremely a Fan (24-8-6-5)<\/B> \u2013 This horse was running in claimers six months ago, a now he has a graded win in his resume and continues to improve with every race. He is one of the top horses in this event.<\/LI>
  10. Modern Physics (23-4-3-1)<\/B> \u2013 Horse that is losing constantly against Allowance Company, so you now have an idea on how much he has to improve to stand a chance here.<\/LI>
  11. Goodbye Deputy (17-4-4-2)<\/B> \u2013 Honest horse, but a repeat loser against graded horses. Will have to look elsewhere.<\/LI>
  12. Gallant Wings (IRE) (21-5-4-4) <\/B>\u2013 This horse can be the \u201cspeed of the speed\u201d for this event. He will have to overcome a very bad post and a step up in class in order to score in this race.<\/LI>
  13. Slew Can (35-14-5-5) <\/B>\u2013 Marked improvement on his last race, which was a Grade III event. He maybe the best pure miler in this group and will be my pick to win here.<\/LI>
  14. Hicky on my Booty (4-1-1-1) <\/B>\u2013 Horse who just broke his maiden, and now is facing graded stakes horses, you can see why he is 99-1 on the odds.<\/LI>
  15. Frankenstein Cow (54-3-1-8) <\/B>\u2013 Horse running pretty badly in Allowance Company, you can see now why he is at least 99-1.<\/LI>
  16. Kiki\u2019s Storm Opera (40-10-5-1)<\/B> \u2013 He has always done very nicely in minor stakes, and although this is a Grade I, as we have discussed before, this is not a very strong graded event, so we can not discard him. Nice play at 11-1.<\/LI>
  17. Bigtate Fort (11-1-3-1)<\/B> \u2013 Consistent loser in Stakes Company, and another horse whose 99-1 odds do not tell the real story.<\/LI>
  18. Victory Once Again (10-4-1-3)<\/B> \u2013 His last two races have been somewhat discreet. He has shown in occasions nice SFs, but the bad post will make me look elsewhere for now.<\/LI><\/OL>

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    The picks: Dom Tendencies, Jacky Hollandia, Kiki\u2019s Storm Opera<\/B>.<\/P>

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    Good Luck!!!!\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    Looking to separate pretenders from contenders<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":227,"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-2161","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2161","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\/227"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2161"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2161\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2161"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2161"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2161"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}