{"id":2582,"date":"2006-05-31T21:55:56","date_gmt":"2006-05-31T21:55:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=2582"},"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=2582","title":{"rendered":"Patience is a Priority"},"content":{"rendered":"

The closest a favorite has come to winning Portugal\u2019s Grade III Priority Princess Stakes in the past five years was last year, when Slammin Storm, third choice in the betting, beat a strong field of ten.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She\u2019s gone one for fourteen since.<\/P>

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Today\u2019s field features a couple of top ten three year old filly sprinters: Peace Blossom, <\/B>who is coming off a frontrunning win at today\u2019s distance and Lucky\u2019s Brook Lynn<\/B>, who returns to the distance where she was a Grade I winner.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This is a very strong, if short, field with so many unfamiliar with finishing a race out of the money.<\/P>

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Here is a look at the field:<\/P>

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  1. Top jockey T Tate opts for Fu Fu Mascus <\/B>(Giant\u2019s Causeway<\/st1:place> x Fusaichi Pegasus) on the rail.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Fu Fu won a DelPenn stakes at seven furlongs and returns to that distance after a couple routes and a failed experiment on the lawn.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Expect better things today.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is five for eight in dirt sprints, including four stakes wins.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her speed figures need to take a step up, but that\u2019s entirely possible for the Freeky<\/I><\/B> (20%) trained filly.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>5-1.<\/LI><\/OL>

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    1. In the money in nine of ten dirt sprints, Silver Strav<\/B> (Stravinsky x Silver Hawk) has just missed in her last two tries, Grade II seven furlong sprints.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Stalking style and quick speed figures makes this Emb2<\/I><\/B> (18%) trainee look like a major player here. 9-2.<\/LI><\/OL>

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      1. Cat Judge T<\/B> (Judge T C x Mountain Cat) had been on the dirt only three times in her 16 race career, and those efforts look weak compared to the competition here. The TempStable<\/I><\/B> (8%) trained filly did beat older last time in a grassy allowance.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It\u2019s been a while since she\u2019s run on the dirt. \u00a0<\/SPAN>Maybe she\u2019s faster now.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>12-1.<\/LI><\/OL>

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        1. Exile on <\/B>Main Street<\/B><\/st1:address><\/st1:Street> <\/B>(Thunder Gulch x Danehill) shortens up a bit, as she tries one turn for the first time in eight races.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The game Super18<\/I><\/B> (20%) trained filly has been in the money in nine of her ten races; however she has only had her picture taken twice.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In sprints she has three seconds in three races.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She exits the Grade II Mellow Breeze where she finished a close third in an even effort.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Has early route speed and figures to sit just behind the early pace here.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>6-1.<\/LI><\/OL>

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          1. Cinematic <\/B>(Seeking The Gold x Sadler\u2019s Wells) finished ahead of Exile on Main Street<\/st1:address><\/st1:Street> in the Mellow Breeze and followed that up with a somewhat disappointing fifth in the Manhattan District.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Other than that last one, the Tropicountc <\/I><\/B>(12%) trained filly has two wins and two seconds in five sprints.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is in danger of getting caught in a speed duel here, but does not dare wait as she has never shown an ability to rate.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>5-1.<\/LI><\/OL>

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            1. In the last race of her two year old season, the pace scenario and form of Lucky\u2019s Brook Lynn<\/B> (Kingmambo x Danzig<\/st1:place>) came together at the right time as she won a Grade I DelPenn sprint for MrLucky229<\/I><\/B> (19%).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Today gives her the best chance to win since that day \u2013 she returns to her best distance and it looks likely that a speed duel will develop and fall apart, setting it up for a filly with a late charge.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The only question is form, as she was out-rallied last time and ran a less than thrilling speed figure.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Another high percentage filly: nine for ten in the money in sprints.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>5-1.<\/LI><\/OL>

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              1. When Peace Blossom<\/B> (Speightstown x Danzig<\/st1:place>) won the I Said Be Quiet Classic last time, she earned the only triple digit speed figure in the field.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>While many in the field have outstanding in-the-money percentages, Blossom has won most of her races, winning five of eight dirt sprints.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The blemish on the Darkfall<\/I><\/B> (27%) trainee\u2019s record is that her three losses came just prior to that last race and in those losses she faded badly after being pressured.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>If she leads by more than a length at the second call, she is nearly unbeatable; if she is challenged, she looks ordinary.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>If you think she can get that lead today, the price is square, even as the favorite.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>4-1.<\/LI><\/OL>

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                1. In her only finish out of the money, Medaglia Quest <\/B>(Medaglia D\u2019Oro x Coronado<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>\u2019s Quest), two back, got off to a slow start and never competed.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>That race also featured Peace Blossom, who got off to an even worse start and finished behind this one.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>All four of this Surfer <\/I><\/B>(22%) trainee\u2019s wins have come wire to wire.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The start of this race may look like quarter horses on the outside.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Yet another one with nine in-the-money finishes in ten starts.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>4-1.<\/LI><\/OL>

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                  Morning Line: 7-8-2-1<\/P>

                  Timmn\u2019s picks: 2-1-6-4<\/P>

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                  To comment, email timmn@hotmail.com<\/o:p><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

                  Likely Speed Duel in Portugal’s Priority Princess<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":432,"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-2582","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582","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\/432"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2582"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2582\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2582"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2582"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2582"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}