GRADE I WHISKEY CUP<\/FONT><\/STRONG> \u00a0<\/P> 1\u00a092070\u00a0XTREMELY GOLD \u00a0grracers \u00a0W McClendon \u00a09\/2 That leaves five horses who i think can feature- Overall i think TOUCH AND STOP can win this from the front with XTREMELY GOLD closing for second and CREDIT GIVEN rattling home very late to sneak third.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Tip Your Glass for Touch And Stop<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":81,"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-2402","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402","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\/81"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2402"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2402\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2402"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2402"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2402"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
Grade\u00a0 I
Two miles
Fast Dirt
$1,000,000
All horses, 4\u00a0 years old and up <\/P>
2\u00a059011\u00a0ESPECIALLY \u00a0illbred \u00a0F Gossett \u00a05\/1
3\u00a052397\u00a0TOUCH AND STOP \u00a0dlynche \u00a0D Fendlay Jr. \u00a05\/1
4\u00a090607\u00a0HYATT(IRE) \u00a0chevrolet \u00a0P McCarthy \u00a09\/1
5\u00a0105152\u00a0PIEFLY’S STORMER \u00a0piefly \u00a0N Jacoby \u00a013\/1
6\u00a053211\u00a0LOAD THE CANNONS \u00a0winnaquid \u00a0P Cadigan \u00a020\/1
7\u00a032524\u00a0GALLOPING GHOST \u00a0tejanorun \u00a0D Givins \u00a012\/1
8\u00a015559\u00a0SLITHER \u00a0peeps6 \u00a0A Rolling \u00a04\/1
9\u00a086673\u00a0CREDIT GIVEN(IRE) \u00a0brentuk \u00a0V Gardner \u00a037\/1
10\u00a028085\u00a0LEZCANO \u00a0sonsierra \u00a0B Sipe \u00a017\/1
11\u00a038043\u00a0OBISPO TOWN \u00a0socalman \u00a0D Hogin \u00a09\/2
12\u00a088226\u00a0HIGH FLYER \u00a02ofus \u00a0S Garber \u00a027\/1
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Welcome to the forst of the two marathons on todays card, sponsored by the Kentucky Horsemen. A good sized field considering the scarecity of good marathon horses and at least six of the filed have a chance to win. That said there are several outsiders who can’t win- LOAD THE CANNONS won a stakes at this trip latest but only with a 96sp, not enough for this, LEZCANO again a stakes winer latest over 14f but on sloppy (where he is 3 from 3) and previous best of 93 sp not good enough, HIGH FLYER has a very similar profile and the same comments apply. There are also several fancied runners who also can’t win- OBISPO TOWN is a real classy horse but by Kingmambo the 10f he’s been running at looks about his limit, can’t see him getting 2 miles, SLITHER ran some good races over 12f but stepped up to 14f\u00a0 ran no sort of race, surely the extra 2f will count against him, GALLOPING GHOST has not been the same horse this year and looks allowance class now, outclassed in Graded races mostly, he now looks to be past his best, HYATT(IRE) won a stakes over 12f but his sp’s at 2miles have been a lot less and not good enough for this.<\/P>
XTREMELY GOLD has won going away in two graded races over 14f latest and should handle the extra 2f. The sp’s were a little low but look for him to start his challenge from around 2 furlongs out. ESPECIALLY has won a Grade I and finished second in a Grade I over this trip so he merits upmost respect. Will get behind early and charge from the quarterpole. TOUCH AND STOP Very interesting, has only won up to 13f but is improving and won with miles in hand over 12f latest in a stakes. First try at this level but could be anything and the manner of his last win makes him look a lively threat. Also wil go from the front and may get first run on the others. PIEFLY’S STORMER a bit of an outsider, has only one stakes run,a win over 13f but again he won going away and with a decent 99sp. Promises more to come and may sneak a top three. CREDIT GIVEN(IRE) a massive outsider but worth a show bet here, again only one stakes run but that was a closing third over 13f and sonce he came from about a furlong behind the leader that day he might surprise here. Will get the trip and should be watched. <\/P>