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I just want to say it’s nice to sit down and write another preview article after losing my shirt this past weekend at Saratoga.\u00a0 Up next on the California circuit is the mile and an eighth\u00a0The Flash Of Lighting Stakes<\/U>,\u00a0to be run on the firm turf course.\u00a0 A short field of six three year ols fillies and mares will be running for thier share of the $75,000 purse.<\/P>
NAME(ODDS)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 TRAINER\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 JOCKEY\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/U><\/STRONG><\/P> Kid Thunder(8\/1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0bountyhawk\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0F Griffen(9%)<\/P> This daughter of Thunder Gulch was purchased by thie stable earlier in the year for $13,500.\u00a0 She has posted a nice allowance win since, but in her two stakes tries she’s come up soft.\u00a0 I like the fact that she knows hoe to stalk, but she faces a tough field here. <\/P> Laphroaig(7\/1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0waremblem8\u00a0\u00a0R Simcox(15%)<\/P> A nice square price on the invader from Florida who found a home LTO on the California green, winning an allowance race and running away at the end.\u00a0 This horse out of Tapit started career on the dirt and since switching to turf has been running faster speed figs with each start.\u00a0 Waremblem8 puts her in here to see what she can do against stakes type horses.\u00a0 Nice to see Simcox take the mount.\u00a0 Watch out, looks like a live one.<\/P> Bad Scene(5\/2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0lenny6\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0F Gossett(23%)<\/P> Easily the class of the field,\u00a0 LTO \u00a0she only beat the number two rankes filly in this division (Sunshaft) and the number 4 (Jaca) in the Grade II Bluto.\u00a0 She also won the Grade III Filly Turf Bonanza beating Gone Wylde( who is entered here) and another stakes run between them.\u00a0 For the year she has won five of seven starts.There is not a reason in the world she can’t win this one today.\u00a0 Expect to see her on the lead and staying there.<\/P> Gone Wylde(4\/1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 sarava02\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0T Bates(9%)<\/P> Beautiful daughter of Gone West.\u00a0 She won a stakes race LTO on the norther Califonia circuit, looking pretty impressive in the win.\u00a0 The try before that was a disaster finishing seventh out of seven.\u00a0 Now she comes back from that win to take on her foe, Bad Scene.\u00a0 It will be interesting to see if she can turn the tables.<\/P> Medaglia D’jur(2\/1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 southside\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0C Meckenburg(9%)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/P> Southside enters this filly sired by Medaglia D’oro.\u00a0 D’jur has been burning up the turf her last four races with speed figs of 92,96,90,92.\u00a0 She’s now had two sprints to get her tightened up for the extra distance and the way she stalks the leader will have her in contention to win at the end.\u00a0 <\/P> Cat Town(3\/1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 jollymon\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 M Staples(20%)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/P> This daughter of A.P. Indy will be trying the sod for the first time.\u00a0 She is a SW on dirt but I think this is a tough spot to try the green. Staples taking the ride is interesting though.<\/P> \u00a0<\/P> Toss outs:<\/U><\/STRONG>\u00a0 Kid Thunder<\/STRONG> just not up to the competition.\u00a0 Cat Town<\/STRONG> I’ll wait and see after the first turf try<\/P> Should Be There:<\/U><\/STRONG>\u00a0 Gone Wylde<\/STRONG> has to get past Bad Scene and Medaglia D’jur,<\/STRONG> not gonna happend.\u00a0 <\/P> At The Wire:<\/U><\/STRONG>\u00a0 In a tough race to handicap because of the short field I came up with Laphroaig<\/STRONG>, Bad Scene<\/STRONG> and Medaglia D’jur<\/STRONG>.\u00a0 Medaglia D’jur<\/STRONG> on her speed figs alone and Bad Scene<\/STRONG> because of the quality horses she’s beaten in the past.\u00a0 Laphroaig<\/STRONG> is the most\u00a0value for your money and my top pick.\u00a0 In what may be a fast pace up front I think R Simcox<\/EM> will have her near the back of the pack. At the\u00a0top of the stretch he’ll let her lose and hopefully she’ll be able to catch them at the wire.\u00a0<\/STRONG><\/P> The Bet:<\/U><\/STRONG>\u00a0 $50 exacta \u00a02\/3,5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0$100 exacta 3,5\/2<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Only six horses set to run <\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":336,"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-2765","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2765","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\/336"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2765"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2765\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2765"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2765"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2765"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}