{"id":2808,"date":"2006-08-25T14:06:23","date_gmt":"2006-08-25T14:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=2808"},"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=2808","title":{"rendered":"Shimco Classic Draws Nine Good Ones"},"content":{"rendered":"

Shimco Classic Draws Nine Good Ones<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P>

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Japan<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> – It’s a long way from <\/SPAN>New South Wales<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> to <\/SPAN>Japan<\/SPAN><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> but I made it in good time and arrived in plenty of time to get to the track and look over the horses running in the Grade II, Shimko Classic<\/I><\/B> for a purse of $300,000.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Nine horses will go to the post for the mile and 7\/16’s race over a turf course that will be officially classified as yielding.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Here’s a look at the field by post position.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

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Post one will hold Rafita’s,<\/I><\/B> 3 YO son of Storm Cat, Campillo<\/B> (11\/1).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u00a0\u00a0<\/SPAN>He will be stretching out and stepping up for the first time as well as taking on older, all warnings to pass on the bet, but this is a very astute trainer and if he believes in this colt, maybe I had better also.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has won four of 19 starts and finished second in his last two stakes attempts, The Well Doc<\/I> and The District<\/I>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/SPAN>Rafita<\/I><\/B> is also paying a lot of money to ship this colt in, so ignore him at your own risk.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

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Woette’s Delight<\/SPAN><\/B> (4\/1) is a 4 YO son of Falbrav and is owned and trained by Totje<\/I><\/B>. \u00a0\u00a0<\/SPAN>His last win was an allowance race six back but he comes running every time and the added distance could be just what the doctor ordered.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He earned a 101 speed figure last time out in the Grade I Turf Invaders<\/I><\/B> and has won over an off track.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

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A.P. Indy will be represented by two in Saturday’s race and the first is a sharp looking 3 YO colt, Barb’s Rosebud<\/B> (13\/1).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Owned and trained by Wolverine<\/I><\/B>, this colt is ranked # 99 in the long turf division and has won four of 11 races.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has also won two of his last four races including The Cory Forest<\/I> and The Colonel Ton<\/I>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He can handle the off track and while he is another that will be taking on older, he shows a lot of talent and should fare well. <\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

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Post four was assigned to Gerfly’s Deed<\/B> (3\/1), a 5 YO horse by Geri.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Ranked # 38, he is trained by Tomsfly<\/I><\/B> and is part of the Fly conglomerate.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has won 11 of 26 starts and although his last win was five races back, he has been competing in Grade I events and was a closing second in two of those.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The distance won’t be a problem for this guy and he can handle the off track.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The drop in grades and his top speed figures make this one, one to watch.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

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Artificial Crisis<\/SPAN><\/B> (7\/1) is a good looking 4 YO colt by Machiavellian.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is the least experienced in the field, with only seven races.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is trained by Nowitsdark<\/I><\/B> and is a winner over a yielding track.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His four wins and 6\/7 in the money make this colt very interesting.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is a stake winner (The Ready Whatson<\/I>) and I am not sure if it was the 12 furlongs or the class jump but he fade to 4th<\/SUP> last time out in the Grade II, Dawn<\/I><\/B> To Dusk<\/I><\/B>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Saturday might answer that question.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

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The second son of A.P. Indy is Papa’s Boogie<\/B> (16\/1) another 3 YO.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u00a0\u00a0<\/SPAN>Trained by Handyman1<\/I><\/B> he has three wins from 14 starts and is a winner on an off track.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has won an allowance race at 11 furlongs but faded to third last time out in The<\/I> Golden Sky<\/I> at 12.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He will need his best on Saturday but the only way to find out if he has the right stuff – is to enter him!<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

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Osstable<\/SPAN><\/I><\/B> will send out Total Quest<\/B> (6\/1) a 5 YO mare By Elnadim.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The only mare in the field, she is ranked # 23 and she has won nine of 37 starts. Maybe more important is that she has finished second or third in her last five including a second in the King’s Cats<\/I> at 12 furlongs.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has competed with the best in graded, can handle a yielding course, and her consistency makes her dangerous all the time.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

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Greeley<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:place><\/st1:City>‘s Turn<\/SPAN><\/B> (12\/1) will break from post eight and he is a 3 YO trained by Ufsldowns<\/I>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is another that is lightly raced with only 10 starts and he has won four of those.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>While his only wins have come at a mile or less, he was a closing 3rd<\/SUP> last time out in the Grade II Upper<\/I><\/B> California Derby<\/I><\/B> at 9 1\/2 furlongs. He has some obstacles to overcome in this, but the son of Mr. Greeley is already out running his breeding.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

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On the outside and certainly not at any disadvantage in a race this long, is a 4 YO son of High Chaparral, Confederacy<\/B> (5\/2).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Ranked # 13 this well proportioned colt is trained by Dawgpound<\/I><\/B> which is part of the Snowchief Group.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Confederacy<\/B> has not been worse than 4th<\/SUP> in his last eight races and own’s the top speed figure in the race at 107.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He can handle the distance, has never ducked top company\u00a0and he finished a good second in his only start on a yielding track.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Top jock, K. Ledwith, will need to keep this colt interested once he makes the lead. <\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

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That’s the field for the Shimko Classic<\/I><\/B>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Good Luck to all.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Top jock, K. Ledwith, will need to keep this colt interested<\/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-2808","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2808","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=2808"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2808\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2808"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2808"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2808"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}