{"id":2366,"date":"2006-05-05T00:14:14","date_gmt":"2006-05-05T00:14:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=2366"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"oldbtb_4","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=2366","title":{"rendered":"Derby Post # 15:   Peacenik"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><IMG height=126 alt=\"Oaklawn66 Silks\" hspace=15 src=\"http:\/\/www.yoss.info\/fgsilks\/hornedfrog.gif\" width=71 align=right border=0>With odds only a hair longer than the two horses co-favored at 11-1, and as the number three ranked three year old colt, <STRONG>Peacenik<\/STRONG> qualifies as one of the obvious contenders<\/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\"><STRONG>The Stable:<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Oaklawn66<\/I><\/STRONG> is a 15% barn that has had a very nice year.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Already the stable has earned $1.4 million and over 500 breeding points.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The stable recently went over the 100 win mark, and currently has 103.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Besides Peacenik, they also train the stakes winning turfer <STRONG>El Nino Rapido<\/STRONG>, the 10-win claimer <STRONG>Antonio\u2019s Song<\/STRONG>, and high percentage fillies <STRONG>Elalysian<\/STRONG> and <STRONG>Di Prima<\/STRONG>.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><STRONG>The Breeding<\/STRONG>:<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Peacenik is from the first sim-crop of <STRONG>Peace Rules.<\/STRONG><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Peace Rules already has seven stakes winners, though Peacenik is the only one of them to have shown such success in dirt routes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Peacenik seems to thrive at longer distances, but that is not at all common for his half-siblings. In fact, Peacenik accounts for over 75% of the total routing earnings from Peace Rules sim-get. <\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">According to Trotter, Peacenik has a dosage index of 4.14, and only one <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place>Bluegrass<\/st1:place> winner has had a DI greater than 4.00.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">The dam is <STRONG>Big N Tall<\/STRONG>, winner of 11 races in 44 starts.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>All of those wins came in sprints.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">The breeding was done by Big N Tall\u2019s owner <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\"><STRONG>SimonD3<\/STRONG><\/I>, a 14% trainer I assume is affiliated with Oaklawn66.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><STRONG>Past Performances:<\/STRONG><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Peacenik has seven wins in 15 starts and five wins in his eight routes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He broke his maiden in his third start.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>All three tries had nice figures for a two year old, so he trailered to Oaklawn\u2019s home track to try a stakes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Two races later he tried his first route and took to it like a bubble takes to the surface, and he ended his two year old campaign winning three of the last four, including his first graded win, the Rumson Stakes, where he beat three other Derby horses.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">In his three year old season he has two wins, a second and a fourth, all in stakes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In his last five races, Peacenik has beaten <STRONG>Lovely Sheep, Ermington Pegasus<\/STRONG> (twice), <STRONG>Rhibus <\/STRONG>(avenging an earlier loss), <STRONG>San Pellegrino, Remember Tampero<\/STRONG>(twice), <STRONG><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>Half a World Away <\/STRONG>(twice), and <STRONG>K\u2019s Rumor Has It.<\/STRONG><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Other than his earlier loss to Rhibus, he has not been beaten by any other <st1:City><st1:place>Derby<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> horse.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><STRONG>Running Style<\/STRONG>: Peacenik likes to run from midpack and close late.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><STRONG>Recommendations:<\/STRONG> Very live contender.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Why this son of Peace Rules likes the distance is mystery, but it seems to have happened.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>You can\u2019t let your ticket not include this one.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt 0.5in\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Ten and one against the 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