{"id":2551,"date":"2006-05-26T13:35:16","date_gmt":"2006-05-26T13:35:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=2551"},"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=2551","title":{"rendered":"Swift Kick Needs A Win To Stay Number One"},"content":{"rendered":"

Swift\u00a0Kick Needs A Win To Stay Number One<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P>

\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

California<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> – After what seemed to be endless rains – they stopped.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The sun was shinning as I made my way to the track to cover the My Girl Handicap<\/I><\/B> a Grade I affair that only drew six horses.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Unlike all the other short fields that the graded races seem to be producing this year, this one is wrought with quality, albeit some are quite untested at this level.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The My Girl<\/I><\/B> is for three and up fillies and mares and will be run over the main track for a purse of $400,000 at a distance of a mile and a sixteenth.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

The inside draw went to Kobras3<\/I><\/B> and his lovely roan 4 YO filly, Quiet Glory<\/B> (3\/1).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Ranked # 17, this daughter of Buddah has made it to the winner’s circle eight times from 27 starts and is a real rags to riches story.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This former sprint claimer has moved right up the class ladder for her new connections when they saw something about her they liked and snatched her out of a claiming race.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She moved to allowance races and then was stretched out and now has a form to die for.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has never been worse than 3rd<\/SUP> in her last eight races.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She won the Grade III Sabian <\/I><\/B>by two lengths and closed well in the Elf Money<\/I> and again in the Grade I Orange Blossom<\/I><\/B>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She comes in to this race off a nice win in the Grade II Painful Thorn last time out.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

Chopping Hill<\/SPAN><\/B> (8\/1) is ranked # 33 and has won four of 21 starts.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The 4 YO bay filly by Woodman is trained by Meguire5th<\/I> and has not won a race since the Grade II, King Classic<\/I><\/B> last September.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has rebounded some and has been second or third in her last four but all those were small fields – yes, like this one.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is a closer and should be running hard at the end.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

Summer Squall will be represented by his 4 YO liver chestnut daughter Swift Kick<\/B> (2\/1) who is the top dog in the rankings.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Trained by one of the best, Sdmf2,<\/I><\/B> this filly didn’t get her number one ranking by ducking the competition and she always tries hard. \u00a0<\/SPAN>However, she may be resting on her laurels as she is another that has not won since last October in the Grade I Breeder’s Bowl Distaff<\/I><\/B>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/SPAN>She comes in to this race off a third place finish in the Grade III, Last Jump<\/I><\/B> where she earned a 107 speed figure.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>One can not ignore class, though, and this filly has it through and through and this could be the race that kick starts her back to her winning race.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

Northerly Nicole<\/SPAN><\/B> (3\/1) is by the red hot sire Dynaformer and is owned and trained by Skirom<\/I><\/B>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Ranked # 19 she has eight wins from 21 starts.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She came from far back in the Grade III Last Jump<\/I><\/B> to best top ranked Swift Kick<\/B> and then lost a heartbreaking photo finish by a nose last time out in the Mike’s Home Town Cap<\/I><\/B>, a Grade II.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is on the top of her game and should not be ignored.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

Post five will hold Pleistocene Epoch<\/B> (6\/1) a copper chestnut 4 YO filly by Capote.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has won six of 22 starts and that includes the Gold Hero<\/I> at nine furlongs.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/SPAN>She was a closing second last time out in the Grade II, Eviscerator<\/I><\/B> where she earned a nice speed figure of 106. \u00a0<\/SPAN>She is currently ranked # 35 and she has been well entered by her trainer Nextbonus<\/I><\/B> who found a short field for this dangerous filly.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

The main speed in the race drew the outside and is trained by Fabman<\/I><\/B>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Overstayed Welcome<\/B> (4\/1) likes things her own way and that means the lead.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her last stakes victory was five back in the Mother Niner<\/I> but the 5 YO dark bay mare comes in to this race off an allowance win last time out.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Both of those wins were under a mile and she went gate to wire, happy as a clam.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A top 100 ranked mare she is by Be My Guest but I think Fabman<\/I><\/B> might be pushing her in the lake to see if she sinks or swims, as this is a tough race even if there aren’t very many in it.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>But this mare does get a big heart on the lead and if no one goes with her to keep her honest\u2026\u2026\u2026she could get the job done.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

She went gate to wire happy as a clam<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":364,"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-2551","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2551","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\/364"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2551"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2551\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2551"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2551"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2551"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}