{"id":2621,"date":"2006-06-07T23:58:24","date_gmt":"2006-06-07T23:58:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=2621"},"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=2621","title":{"rendered":"Looking to Take the First Big Ben"},"content":{"rendered":"

The inaugural running of the Grade III Big Ben Special lost a few of the top fillies to the Chestnut Stakes in nearby New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>, but it did attract at least four who would have qualified for that more prestigious race.<\/P>

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Seven will vie for the $125,000 purse on a fast track going a mile and three sixteenths.<\/P>

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

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  1. Guesss<\/B> (Full Mandate x Prince Tenderfoot) has sufficiently modest breeding to qualify for and decisively win the Bargain Oaks last time.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Before that she split the field in the Grade III Go For Broke.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Also has two other stakes wins.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>On the downside, the Albarace1<\/I><\/B> (7%) trained filly beat only small fields in her two stakes wins, and in fact the Go For Broke field wasn\u2019t particularly strong.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In her only try beyond a mile and a sixteenth she never ran a step.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Main appeal is her underdog status.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>6-1.<\/LI><\/OL>

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    1. Theshellyshuffle<\/B> (Generous x Temperence Hill) got her first stakes win last time in a four horse field.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is third of four offspring of the Anthberg<\/I><\/B> (9%) barn\u2019s mare Sister\u2019s Achievement, and the first to win a stakes.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She also owns a second and a third in earlier stakes efforts.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She was more prominent early last time and that may be a good sign in this field that lacks much pace, but she has never topped an 86 speed figure and her three prior graded tries were not good.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>11-1.<\/LI><\/OL>

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      1. Hose Blower <\/B>(War Chant x A.P. Indy) has been showing big rallies as she has finished in the money in her last two races, both graded routes.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last time\u2019s finish behind Solutions was no disgrace, as\u00a0that one would likely have been among the favorites had she entered the Chestnut.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Horn Blower has been in the money in seven of her nine dirt races, and is she can get a pace to run at, this Hansg <\/I><\/B>(14%) trained filly should be in the money at least today.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>5-1.<\/LI><\/OL>

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        1. Suicidal Plane<\/B> (Meadowlake x Sadler\u2019s Wells) has been outstanding as a three year old.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Trainer SDMF7<\/I><\/B> (19%) patiently took her through her conditions until trying and winning the Grade III Go For Broke last time right here in Delaware.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She beat Guesss in that one as well as a couple Chestnut runners.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is four for five this year and on a three race win streak. She just keeps getting faster, too.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I am speculating here, but it appears SDMF found an unused October mare to get this special one.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>4-1.<\/LI><\/OL>

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          1. The fillies that finished one-two in the Black Middle Flower are the heavy favorites in the Chestnut today.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The filly that finished third, Dixieland Deputy<\/B> (Dixieland Band x Deputy Minister), is the favorite here.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The 99 speed figure she earned last time is the best here.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The Lurch<\/I><\/B> (11%) trained filly is a graded winner with nine in the money finishes in thirteen routes.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She likes to come from well off the pace and may need some help on the front end.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Picks up dominating jockey H Ross. 2-1.<\/LI><\/OL>

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            1. Capoeira<\/B> (Theatrical x Sadler\u2019s Wells) is out of the mare Denoira who already has two graded winning offspring \u2013 and this one will soon be her third.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has two straight seconds in stakes routes, including a very fast one last time in the Great Fiddle Sticks. Stalker has not won a route yet, so this fairly long one may tax her, but she comes from a top tier barn in Noia<\/I><\/B> (19%), so I wouldn\u2019t put it past her.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She may find herself alone on a lead for the first time in her life.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It will be interesting to see how she runs if that happens.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Noia sends out the entire stable this week in an effort to top 200 lifetime wins.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>9-2.<\/LI><\/OL>

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              1. Somekindawonderful<\/B> (Lemon Drop Kid x Nureyev) beat a fairly strong field in her stakes debut last time, and now has four wins in her eight routes and eight in the money finishes in nine dirt races.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Very sharp right now, the Stacylg<\/I><\/B> (19%) trained filly has looked better at nine furlongs than at eight, so this distance may well suit her.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is yet another that likes to come from off the pace.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I wonder where that pace will come from.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>5-1.<\/LI><\/OL>

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                Morning line: 5-4-6-3<\/P>

                Timmn\u2019s picks: 4-6-7-3<\/P>

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

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