{"id":2202,"date":"2006-04-20T07:24:00","date_gmt":"2006-04-20T07:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=2202"},"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=2202","title":{"rendered":"10 sophomore fillies set to battle in 6.5F sprint"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Welcome to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Sydney<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>\u00a0for our\u00a0coverage of the prestigious G3 &#8220;The Oh No! Somebody won the 3 Man Jackpot Stakes!&#8221;.\u00a0Allright, maybe\u00a0it&#8217;s not prestigious and the race didn&#8217;t even exist until I bought it Sunday morning.\u00a0<\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Yes it was me, not Given or Lenny that bought this race. They knew nothing about it until after the fact. Whatever &#8211; we have ourselves a nice field given the circumstances!<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">This fine race is the final race in Sydney this afternoon, following up 3 whoppers in the Sydney Mile, Sydney Sprint and the world famous Sydney Derby. The 3\u00a0aforementioned races have a combined purse of $3,500,000 and have brought a who&#8217;s who of sim horses to our track today! For those of you that are still awake and not quite broke yet, our race here should prove to be a fine finale for this wonderful day!<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Let&#8217;s take a look at our 10 starters:<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><STRONG>1)<\/STRONG> <A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/onehoss.asp?hossnum=106886\"><FONT color=blue>More Raspberry<\/FONT><\/A> <STRONG>(19-1) &#8211;<\/STRONG> <A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/whoiam.asp?name=wilko\"><FONT color=blue>Wilko<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><STRONG>Devil&#8217;s Bag x Gilded Time x <st1:place w:st=\"on\">Danzig<\/st1:place><\/STRONG><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">This Devil&#8217;s Bag filly is in way over her head. She finally wins a small 7 horse allowance race and her owner suddenly has delusions of grandeur and enters her against graded company. Nice going dummy &#8211; watch your horse finish last now.<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><STRONG>2)<\/STRONG> <A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/onehoss.asp?hossnum=103731\"><FONT color=blue>Crossland Drive<\/FONT><\/A> <STRONG>(9-2) &#8211;<\/STRONG> <A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/whoiam.asp?name=ssj4vegeta\"><FONT color=blue>ssj4vegeta<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><STRONG>Southern Halo x Gone West x So Blessed (ENG)<o:p><\/o:p><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">I think this is our filly to beat today. <st1:Street w:st=\"on\"><st1:address w:st=\"on\">Crossland Drive<\/st1:address><\/st1:Street> enters this race off a sizzling stakes win in <st1:State w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Illinois<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> 3 weeks ago, and 2 races prior to that she was a very close 4th place in the G1 Equinics turf\u00a0sprint. She owns the field&#8217;s high SF of 95 and is a multiple stakes winner. What&#8217;s not to like here. This filly always fires in sprints and today will be no exception.<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><STRONG>3)<\/STRONG> <A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/onehoss.asp?hossnum=96420\"><FONT color=blue>Torch Song<\/FONT><\/A> <STRONG>(8-1) &#8211;<\/STRONG> <A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/whoiam.asp?name=gradetwo\"><FONT color=blue>gradetwo<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><STRONG>Woodman x <st1:City w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Seattle<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Slew x Alydar<o:p><\/o:p><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Here is our token super stable entry! Torch Song is a stalemate of the famous Rhibus, who will be one of the horses to beat in the Bluegrass Derby 2 weeks from now. Strangely this filly seems to be bred to run really far, yet her owners have not allowed her to run her beyond 8.5F, and are now backing her up to sprints once again. Is this the ole blindfold and dartboard method to entering horses again? We&#8217;ve seen this before from these guys! I&#8217;m joking of course &#8211; lighten up people! Torch Song would look like a nice contender if it weren&#8217;t for her debacle in the last turf sprint she tried. That race looks so bad that it probably was a throwaway fluke. She is a nice filly and could surprise here.<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><STRONG>4)<\/STRONG> <A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/onehoss.asp?hossnum=98289\"><FONT color=blue>Blue Smoke<\/FONT><\/A> <STRONG>(5-1) &#8211;<\/STRONG> <A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/whoiam.asp?name=eomer\"><FONT color=blue>eomer<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><STRONG>Smoke Glacken x A.P. Indy x Caro(IRE)<o:p><\/o:p><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">This filly is mine and since I bought the race I get the top jockey! Ha! Well actually Blue Smoke was at the top of the stakes point list anyway. Blue Smoke had all the looks of being a 2YO summer star, but has been revitalized since she turned 3. In 3 starts as a sophomore she has 2 stakes wins and a 5th place finish in a G1 route. She is back to sprints where she belongs now. Contender.<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><STRONG>5)<\/STRONG> <A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/onehoss.asp?hossnum=42233\"><FONT color=blue>Go Now<\/FONT><\/A> <STRONG>(20-1) &#8211;<\/STRONG> <A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/whoiam.asp?name=bilmill\"><FONT color=blue>billmill<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><STRONG>Hennessy x <st1:place w:st=\"on\">Danzig<\/st1:place> x Mr. Prospector<o:p><\/o:p><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">A year ago this filly would of been a heavy contender. She started her career off by winning her first 3 turf races and 4 out of the first 5 turf starts, including a stakes win. But things have gone sour since then. Perhaps it&#8217;s the heavy schedule of races? I&#8217;m not sure, but she&#8217;s going to have to gear it up 4 or 5 levels to be competitive here.<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><STRONG>6)<\/STRONG> <A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/onehoss.asp?hossnum=102233\"><FONT color=blue>Fusaichi Inferno<\/FONT><\/A> <STRONG>(7-1) &#8211;<\/STRONG> <A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/whoiam.asp?name=correction\"><FONT color=blue>correction<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><STRONG>Fusaichi Pegasus x Nureyev x Green Desert<o:p><\/o:p><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Fusaichi Inferno comes in to our race following a nice allowance score at the <st1:place w:st=\"on\">Ascot<\/st1:place> racetrack 3 weeks ago. She is a stakes winner from 4 races ago as well. She is almost always competitive and she should be a player here. It will take a decent step up to win, but it&#8217;s not out of the question and she certainly should factor in our exotics.<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><STRONG>7)<\/STRONG> <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/onehoss.asp?hossnum=101141\"><FONT color=blue>Paradise<\/FONT><\/A><\/st1:place> <STRONG>(7-1) &#8211;<\/STRONG> <A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/whoiam.asp?name=correction\"><FONT color=blue>cooldude<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><STRONG>Gone West x Storm Cat x Pretense<o:p><\/o:p><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">This one owns the title for the best bred filly in our race today. It doesn&#8217;t get much better than Gone West x Storm Cat. Luckily <st1:place w:st=\"on\">Paradise<\/st1:place> has rewarded cooldude and all those bp&#8217;s he spent on her &#8211; because she is by far our biggest winner in the field with 7 career wins. 6 of those wins are turf sprint stakes races! Yikes, can she be beat? She ran poor in her last race, a long turf sprint stakes. Perhaps the cutback to 6.5 furlongs will do the trick. Or maybe she needs a few months off after a rough campaign of stakes the past year. Either way she&#8217;s deadly if she decides to fire. This could be stakes win #7 for her this week.<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><STRONG>8)<\/STRONG><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/onehoss.asp?hossnum=101659\"><FONT color=blue>La <st1:City w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Santa Cruz<\/st1:place><\/st1:City><\/FONT><\/A> <STRONG>(4-1) &#8211;<\/STRONG> <A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/whoiam.asp?name=santacruz3\"><FONT color=blue>santacruz3<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><STRONG>Aldebaran x Mr. Prospector x Danehill<o:p><\/o:p><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">La <st1:City w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Santa Cruz<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> may be the most talented filly in this field. Despite being heavily inbred to Mr. P (2X2), she shows no signs of wear from that. La <st1:City w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Santa Cruz<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> is a stakes winner and is even graded placed. 2 races back she barely lost to the great Malindi in the G3 Intercontinental Mile. She backs down to a sprint where she fired her career high SF, and has run in the 90&#8217;s twice already. Huge chance and huge contender.<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><STRONG>9)<\/STRONG> <A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/onehoss.asp?hossnum=97908\"><FONT color=blue>Soaring Hero(AUS)<\/FONT><\/A><STRONG> (5-1) &#8211;<\/STRONG> <A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/whoiam.asp?name=devil\"><FONT color=blue>devil<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><STRONG>Danzero(AUS) x Mr. Prospector x Northern Dancer<o:p><\/o:p><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Soaring Hero is a 5 time stakes winner and will be making her 14th career start this afternoon. This heavily raced filly has lost her form a bit in her last 2 races, which is magnified in her last race where for the first time ever on grass, she never saw the lead at all. She probably will find the lead today &#8211; but can she hold it? Perhaps. The ability is there is she can shake off her last 2 races.<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><STRONG>10)<\/STRONG> <A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/onehoss.asp?hossnum=102770\"><FONT color=blue>Spirit of <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">America<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region><\/FONT><\/A><STRONG> (8-1)\u00a0 &#8211;<\/STRONG> <A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/whoiam.asp?name=harvey\"><FONT color=blue>harvey<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/A><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><STRONG>A.P. Indy x Mr. Prospector x Koiro Trelay(NZ)<o:p><\/o:p><\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Spirit of America enters today&#8217;s race off a very nice stakes win in <st1:State w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Wisconsin<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> and has won 3 of her 4 career races on the lawn. She is our second (unless I missed another? lol) super stable entry in this race. You must respect her impressive record on grass and I think this filly has every capability of jumping up bigtime here. Her lone loss on grass was probably the stakes debut blues that most horses seem to encounter. She&#8217;s over that now. This would be a great filly to bet if you&#8217;re looking for a price. Good chance!<\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><EM>Picks:<\/EM><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><STRONG>1) Crossland Drive<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><STRONG>2) Spirit of America<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\"><STRONG>3) La Santa Cruz<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Where did Lenny&#8217;s filly go?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":166,"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-2202","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202","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\/166"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2202"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2202\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2202"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2202"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2202"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}