{"id":2428,"date":"2006-05-11T23:17:26","date_gmt":"2006-05-11T23:17:26","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=2428"},"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=2428","title":{"rendered":"Two Year Olds Try to Stay Undefeated."},"content":{"rendered":"<p><Font color=#006400><strong>The WOODCUTTER Cap Stakes<\/strong><br \/>Five and one half furlongs on Good Dirt<br \/> $90,000 <br \/>All horses, 2 years old<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>We are in California to take a look at this year\u2019s crop of youngsters.  They all have dreams of being in Kentucky the first of next May. Amazingly, five of the eight are first time starters.  It won\u2019t take long to week some of them out.  Let\u2019s take a look:<Font color=#006400><\/p>\n<p><strong>#1 RICH KID trainer \u2013 ToTheTop, ( 9\/1),  Jockey \u2013 J Pimental (9%),  Avg Sp # (63.5) <\/strong><\/font><br \/>(MR. GREELEY x GENERAL MEETING x SEEKING THE GOLD)   In his only race he won with a 63 SPF in a wire to wire win. As they tend to improve at this age, that bodes well for this Mr. Greeley colt.  Having the inside post will help out as well.  <Font color=#006400><\/p>\n<p><strong>#2 BLU SKY&#8217;S N&#8217;SONNY trainer \u2013 Easterly3, ( 27\/1),  Jockey \u2013 M. Staples (14%),  Avg Sp # (N\/A) <\/strong><\/font><br \/>(SONNY HINES x SKYWALKER x RUBIANO)   Our Morning Line long shot has a freshman sire with only 6 runners to date but the Unbridled son already has a dirt winner in that small bunch.  Staples is in the irons and knows how to handle young horses. Could surprise here in his first outing.<Font color=#006400><\/p>\n<p><strong>#3 CAT ON THE BENCH trainer \u2013 StormChase, ( 11\/1),  Jockey \u2013 K. Evans (4%),  Avg Sp # (N\/A) <\/strong><\/font><br \/>(BENCHMARK x CAT THIEF x MARIA&#8217;S MON)   First time starter is sired by Benchmark who has an undistinguished sire career.  With a couple of frontrunners in this race, may be best served to sit just off the pace and see what happens in the stretch.<Font color=#006400><\/p>\n<p><strong>#4 LONGASICANCDALIGHT(IRE) trainer \u2013 WhoAmI2, ( 4\/1),  Jockey \u2013 S. Webb (4%),  Avg Sp # (N\/A) <\/strong><\/font><br \/>(EL PRADO(IRE) x TOUCH GOLD x QUIET AMERICAN)   If it takes as long for this filly to race as it does to say her name she is in trouble. She is a first time runner with a nice pedigree and the young ladies usually mature a bit quicker than the boys at this age.  Could be trouble.<Font color=#006400><\/p>\n<p><strong>#5 THANKSFORASKING  trainer \u2013 MattsBest, ( 5\/1),  Jockey \u2013 C. Mecklenburg (9%),  Avg Sp # (73.4) <\/strong><\/font><br \/>(E DUBAI x STORM CAT x ATTICUS)   Won his first race by a whisker with a nice 73 SPF.  With a little improvement he could be the class of this field.  Trainer MattsBest sure hopes that is the case and will have jockey Mecklenburg come from behind and pick off tired runners.<Font color=#006400><\/p>\n<p><strong>#6 C.V. CAT   trainer \u2013 Reclaimed, ( 9\/5),  Jockey \u2013 R. Simcox (13%),  Avg Sp # (77.9) <\/strong><\/font><br \/>(STORM CAT x SEATTLE SLEW x NIJINSKY II)   Another winner in his only race, and with the best speed figure in the race.  He ran a 77 SPF last time out and with his impeccable breeding and one of the tracks best jockeys up in Simcox, he has to be the horse to beat here.<Font color=#006400><\/p>\n<p><strong>#7 CENTURY OF EVENTS(IRE) trainer \u2013 IM3xWiser ( 19\/1),  Jockey \u2013 B Jungnitsch (10%),  Avg Sp # (N\/A) <\/strong><\/font><br \/>(CENTURY CITY (IRE) x EVENT OF THE YEAR x RARE PERFORMER)   This Irish bred is running his first race and may try the turf after this one as his Daddy and Grandpa are both partial to the green.  He has a capable jockey up and a nice post, so who knows what could happen here.<Font color=#006400><\/p>\n<p><strong>#8 BLUISH GROOM TED trainer \u2013PuddinPuss, ( 5\/2),  Jockey \u2013 K Keyser (16%),  Avg Sp # (N\/A) <\/strong><\/font><br \/>(GONE WEST x BLUSHING GROOM(FR) x CREME DELA CREME)   First time runner but one of the favorites in the Morning Line with the Gone West blood.  He also has one of the tracks best jockeys holding the reins and that sure can\u2019t be overlooked with these juveniles.   PuddinPuss hopes that the ML got it just right.<Font color=#006400><\/p>\n<p><strong> Morning Line = 6-8-4-5-1<\/strong><br \/><strong>Yoss Tipsheet = 6-5-1-2<\/strong><br \/><strong> Paz Picks = 6-5-8-4<\/strong><br \/>Who really knows with these juveniles but I like <b> LONGASICANCDALIGHT <\/b> to finish fourth as long as I don\u2019t have to say her name.  I\u2019ll take first time runner <b> BLUISH GROOM TED <\/b> for third.  I am taking two who have already won for my top two spots, with But <b> THANKSFORASKING <\/b> just missing out to <b> C.V. CAT   <\/b> who will end up in the winners circle.<\/p>\n<p><b>Good luck to all runners!<\/p>\n<p>PazJazz<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five First Time Starters in Race.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":321,"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-2428","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428","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\/321"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2428"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2428\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2428"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2428"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2428"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}