{"id":2709,"date":"2006-07-13T02:54:15","date_gmt":"2006-07-13T02:54:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=2709"},"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=2709","title":{"rendered":"A Lot of Speed to Check"},"content":{"rendered":"

Racing fans will have to stay till the end this Saturday.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Tired of fans leaving after the feature, the inaugural running of the Grade I Check My Speed Stakes for three year old fillies has been carded as the last race of the day.\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P>

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The $250,000 purse has attracted three of the top ten sprinters.<\/P>

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It is no surprise that this six furlong dash has attracted a field full of early runners, but that comes at an interesting time in the Sim.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A recent article in The Black Type Bugler<\/I> has pointed out that Eastern Kentucky<\/st1:place> is one of the hardest tracks for early speed to prevail.\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P>

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

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  1. Incredible Peg<\/B> (Fusaichi Pegasus x Tabasco<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> Cat) has eight in-the-money finished in her nine dirt sprints.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The two stakes wins for the TG1<\/I><\/B> (18%) trainee both came in front running style.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The rail may help, but it looks like she is behind some others here early.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has shown some ability to rally from just off the pace in the past, but she has also shown she can get discouraged and fade.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>8-1.<\/LI><\/OL>

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    1. Trainer of the year Jockeymax enters Northern De Lago <\/B>(En Costa de Lago x Fusaichi Pegasus) from his JockeyMax5<\/I><\/B> (21%) stable.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The filly has four allowance wins in seven starts this year, and takes the step up in class. \u00a0<\/SPAN>Stalking style and, of course, stable connections are a plus, but she needs to run much faster than she has in the past to take this.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>10-1.<\/LI><\/OL>

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      1. Little Cat<\/B> (Redoute\u2019s Choice x Alannon) always guns for the early lead, and can even maintain her pace when facing some pressure.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The Nog1<\/I><\/B> (11%) had her best speed figure and her worst placing last time when pressured early.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The step up to graded company seems ambitious, but connections don\u2019t think so: She was the a Wednesday entrant, and Nog1 could see the rest of the field and chose to pay the $10,000 shipping charge from France<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>17-1.<\/LI><\/OL>

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        1. Benny Being Benny<\/B> (More Than Ready x Fusaichi Pegasus) has an awful lot going for her.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The EBryant<\/I><\/B> (13%) trainee is undefeated in her five sprints. She comes here off a G1 win in the Ode to Barbaro where she earned the highest speed figure of any in here.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She even has a win in the only race she didn\u2019t get the lead, and in her only loss, a two turn G2 stakes, she had a huge lead after three quarters of a mile.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>5-1.<\/LI><\/OL>

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          1. The stalker\/late runner Sweet Sister Mercy<\/B> (Kingmambo x Nijinsky II) will find plenty of speed to chase.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The Zwango1<\/I><\/B> (17%) trained filly has a win and two seconds in her three dirt sprints.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She\u2019s been showing steady improvement since moving to the dirt three races ago.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This is a very nice filly; ignore her at your peril.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>11-1.<\/LI><\/OL>

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            1. I feel a special connection with the top rated filly, Lucky\u2019s Brook Lynn<\/B> (Kingmambo x Danzig<\/st1:place>).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I wrote the preview for both of her graded stakes wins, and I picked her to win both of them.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>(Don\u2019t look that up.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>OK, here\u2019s the truth: I said nice thing about her and picked her in my top three.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>OK, she was my third choice both times.)\u00a0 <\/SPAN>What the MrLucky229<\/I><\/B> (20%) filly had going for in both of those races was a come from behind style in a race filled with early speed.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Hmm. Look at fillies 1, 2, 3, 4, 8, 10, 11.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It seems this is a race filled with early speed at a track recent BTB articles say favors late runners. \u00a0<\/SPAN>For the pickers of nits, she does very much prefer seven furlongs to six.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>When I pick her third and she wins, I expect MrLucky will contribute to my son\u2019s college fund.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>7-1.<\/LI><\/OL>

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              1. Storied Past <\/B>(Red Ransom x Storm Cat) rallied to finish within two lengths of Benny Being Benny last time, and the additional pressure on that one may help this Correction<\/I><\/B> (28%) trained filly here.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Finishing close, that last race was the only time this filly did not finish in the money.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is two for two in dirt six furlong races, including winning a graded stakes.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This race should be fun. 5-1.<\/LI><\/OL>

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                1. I have too many horses that have the breeding Seeking The Gold x A.P. Indy x Storm Cat to mention, so let\u2019s not talk about me \u2013 let\u2019s look at their sister Cheyenne Gold<\/B> (Seeking The Gold x A.P. Indy x Storm Cat).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After three graded wire to wire wins, the Ozioziozi<\/I><\/B> (13%) trainee got caught up in the speed duel in the Ode to Barbaro and was passed late by both Benny Being Benny and Storied Past.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>That was her only loss in seven sprints, so it\u2019s hard to hold it against this favorite.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>9-2.<\/LI><\/OL>

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                  1. Undefeated in her last three races, her only dirt sprints, KSparrow\u2019s<\/I><\/B> (17%) Bloodbones<\/B> (Woodman x Storm Cat) takes the step up to graded stakes from allowance company.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her stalking style and upper 90\u2019s speed figure make her a genuine threat for a piece of this.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>8-1.<\/LI><\/OL>

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                    1. After winning a graded stakes as a two year old, and two more six furlong stakes this year, Seeking the Hawk <\/B>(Foreign Wildcat x Seeking the Gold) steps up to graded company this for trainer Lotto<\/I><\/B> (9%).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In 15 dirt sprints, she has failed to cash a check only once.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Runs early and stays around.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>8-1.<\/LI><\/OL>

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                      1. Upsetter<\/B> (Golden Missile x Clever Trick) has finished first or second in eight of her 10 sprints, but has been unable to upset Cheyenne Gold in their last two meetings.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has been fading badly when facing challenges and this field is full of early challenges.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>8-1<\/LI><\/OL>

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                        Morning Line: 8-4-7-6<\/P>

                        Timmn\u2019s Picks: 6-4-7-5<\/P>

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