{"id":249,"date":"2005-08-14T00:18:46","date_gmt":"2005-08-14T00:18:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=249"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"oldbtb_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=249","title":{"rendered":"Lord of the Cats Serves Notice"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">After winning the Breeder\u2019s Bowl Sprint, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">King of the Cats<\/B> won five of six graded stakes efforts for the <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">aaafarms<\/I> barn, and by the end of April he needed a break.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After a third in the Grade III Cracked Peanut and an impressive win in Saturday\u2019s $150,000 Grade III Middle of Nowhere Sprint, the king has served notice he is well on his way to defending his crown.<\/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\">As many feared, the early fractions were suicidal for the early runners.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Fort Knox Too<\/B>, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Cash Machine<\/B>, and <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Flying Like a Jet<\/B> all went the first half in under 45 seconds and faded to sixth, seventh, and fifth respectively.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">King of the Cats and favored <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Atakachaw<\/B> sat just behind the three early leaders and passed them just coming out of the turn.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Atakachaw gamely fought <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Val\u2019deMor<\/B>, but the <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">bastet<\/I> trainee beat him out for second.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Jockey S Green, aboard Val\u2019deMor, claimed he could have caught the leader if he had another furlong.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Galileo\u2019s Gold<\/B> gave an impressive effort, perhaps running fastest at the end, only to lose the photo for third. <\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Ruthless Yard<\/B> and <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Arod and Nomar<\/B> were very close at eighth and ninth.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Ruthless Yard was closing hard, but passed only tired horses.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 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