{"id":2419,"date":"2006-05-11T15:38:51","date_gmt":"2006-05-11T15:38:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=2419"},"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=2419","title":{"rendered":"South Astralian Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\">Dangle G-1 glory in front of them and there will be no shortage of trainers and horses willing to take their shot, no matter how daunting the distance.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This week a full field lines up to navigate the two mile, G-1 South Astralian Cup.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Here\u2019s a look at the field from the rail out.\u00a0<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\">1 <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">When Do We Start (manni167)<\/B> <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0This one loves to win, gets the rail, should be on the lead, and is the sim&#8217;s top earning Beaudalaire offspring.\u00a0 Lone try at this distance resulted in a third against stakes opponents.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Should contend throughout.<\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\">2 <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Ringo&#8217;s Hope (tbassett)<\/B> <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0Lightly raced son of Tiznow has found his calling as a dirt marathoner.\u00a0 Unbeaten and untested at the distance, but\u00a0shallow waters get deep today as he takes the leap from allowance to G-1 company. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>Speed\u00a0figures are on the light side, would have liked to see this guy get some experience at the stakes level before taking on the big boys.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\">3 <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">King&#8217;s Gift (IRE) (tatty2)<\/B> <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0Suspect this one will stalk the pace coming in off six weeks rest, but he seems to settle for second more often than not.\u00a0 Nary a stakes win to be found and tries this distance for the first time.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Tough to endorse.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\">4 <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Jabbog (bleumoon)<\/B> <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0Consistent sort, but hasn&#8217;t fired a triple digit speed\u00a0figure in his career.\u00a0 Hard to imagine\u00a0the six-year old will\u00a0do so today as he goes to the post for the 43rd time. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>Stakes winner at this distance, but\u00a0needs a lifetime best to threaten this crew.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\">5 <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Kris Noia (noia)<\/B> <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0Stakes winner at this distance was trounced by Casual Connection in last. A close up third in the G-1 New Yorker last year, but his efforts in graded stakes races since then haven&#8217;t been pretty.\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\">6 <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:PlaceType w:st=\"on\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Castle<\/B><\/st1:PlaceType><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"> <st1:PlaceType w:st=\"on\">Bridge<\/st1:PlaceType><\/B><\/st1:place><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"> (IRE) (texashair)<\/B> <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0Four race win streak snapped when finishing a lackluster eighth trying stakes opponents for the first time. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>Former claimer can get the distance, but\u00a0tough to think he can get\u00a0throttled by stakes types and\u00a0then come back and turn the tables on these guys.\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\">7 <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Flygroom&#8217;s Goldie (kyrin)<\/B> <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0Nice foundation going into this race for this five-year old son of superstar sire Sadler&#8217;s\u00a0Wells.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last four have been at this grueling distance and he\u2019s gotten his picture taken in three of those. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>First try in graded stakes is long overdue &#8211; string of twenty straight stakes appearances gets snapped today.\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\">8 <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Time Bomb (AUS) (dixieracer)<\/B> <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0Only Aussie bred in the field will have the home crowd in his corner.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Got back on track in last after firing a couple of duds.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Son of Viscount bred to get the distance, but takes first shot at it today.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\">9 <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">K&#8217;s Unpredictable (supreme)<\/B> <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0Dominating last out against allowance foes and is G-1 placed, but the speed figure he earned that day won&#8217;t scare any of these.\u00a0 Immaculately bred horse seems to be another pace player.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\">10 <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Casual Connection (piracing)<\/B> <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0Imposing, well-bred six-year old has $2.3 million in the bank and counting. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>Both G-1 wins came at this distance and he&#8217;s going to be awfully tough to deny today as he sets out to make amends for a distant sixth place finish in this race last year.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Choice for the win.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\">11 <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">King Of The Wind (topicount4)<\/B> <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>&#8211;<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Veteran trainer sends out this speedy, graded stakes placed son of Deputy Minister, but he&#8217;s never\u00a0gone this far and was well behind Lemieux Again in G-2\u00a0company three starts back.\u00a0 Pace player at the very least.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\">12 <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Lemieux Again (mrfu)<\/B> <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>&#8211;\u00a0 From a breeding standpoint, it&#8217;s hard to imagine this six-year old son of Storm Cat savoring the prospect of tackling sixteen furlongs.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>On the other hand, he does sport a trio of triple digit speed\u00a0figures, and should get a nice stalking trip.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Think he gets leg weary in the final furlong.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\">13 <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Onemomentntime (IRE) (superman99)<\/B> <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>&#8211;\u00a0 Last two races show two sides of the coin, do we get the horse that fired a career best speed\u00a0figure last out or the horse that was a dismal eighth against allowance foes at 9-1\u00a0the race prior?\u00a0\u00a0Regardless of which way the coin flips today, former claimer has never gone this far and seems overmatched.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\">14<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Pharao&#8217;s Tornado (stars1)<\/B> <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0Love the\u00a0breeding on this one,\u00a0Doyoun x Darshaan,\u00a0and he comes in off a powerful win in stakes company.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Wide post won\u2019t hinder deep closer who is in the exacta more often than not.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Zero for four at the distance, but gets some pace to run at and think he\u2019ll contend this week.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 14.4pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt; COLOR: black; FONT-FAMILY: Verdana; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\">Selections<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>&#8211;<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>10 \u2013 14 \u2013 7 <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Seeking G-1 Glory Down Under<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":159,"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-2419","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419","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\/159"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2419"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2419\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2419"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2419"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2419"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}