{"id":28586,"date":"2015-03-17T20:23:53","date_gmt":"2015-03-18T01:23:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=28586"},"modified":"2015-03-17T20:23:53","modified_gmt":"2015-03-18T01:23:53","slug":"spotlight-race-of-the-day-319-victoria-allowance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=28586","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight Race of the Day   3\/19  Victoria Allowance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>A field of 10 runners will compete in a non-winner of 4 races lifetime allowance race in Victoria, which is the featured Spotlight race. \u00a0The race is open to both sexes and one filly entered and happens to be the favorite in this 7f dirt race. \u00a0Only horses age 3 or 4 can compete.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><strong>1. \u00a0Promise Me Henry \u00a073\/1-<\/strong>cheap claim at end of February tried the turf a week back against allowance finishing O.K. second in small field. \u00a0Pops back to dirt and could improve speed numbers but still faces more formidable field with much better speeds.<\/p>\n<p><strong>2. \u00a0Just A Perfect Day \u00a09\/2-<\/strong>\u00a0hot and cold type of horse. \u00a0He&#8217;ll burn up the track and be competitive one start and be sluggish in the next. \u00a0Lately it&#8217;s been one good run with two not-so-great in between. \u00a0If trend holds, this will be a not-so-great run.<\/p>\n<p><strong>3. \u00a0Dokiedone \u00a038\/1-<\/strong>won in mid-January when dropped for tag in claimers and was claimed. \u00a0Ran NW3L in last at mile and failed to deliver results. \u00a0Looks best suited in claimers at this stage as has history of struggling in allowance class.<\/p>\n<p><strong>4. \u00a0Cymochles \u00a06\/1-<\/strong>consistently running speeds \u00a0in 90&#8217;s since October and has hit board several times. \u00a0Seems to be finding fields that suit ability and like the front end. \u00a0Could be the spoiler in this group.<\/p>\n<p><strong>5. \u00a0British L \u00a07\/1-<\/strong>nice win with 98 speed in early February which was enhanced to a 101 speed at month end but finished third and seven back at end of February running over this track. \u00a0Top three finishes in last five makes this one a factor in the race.<\/p>\n<p><strong>6. \u00a0Lord Warwick \u00a09\/2-<\/strong>in excellent form lately which started with a 2nd at end of December, losing out in photo with 100 speed at 7f. \u00a0Won early February at 7.5f with 101 speed and gained another victory beginning of March at 7.5f with 99 speed. \u00a0Late closer will be coming late and slices back to 7f, hoping he&#8217;ll have enough room to get to top.<\/p>\n<p><strong>7. \u00a0One Eyed Doll \u00a07\/2-<\/strong>only filly in race and gets the favor of the bettors. \u00a0Strong win in November with 106 speed at 7.5 against fillies. \u00a0Last two were with the boys, knocking off 102 speed finishing 4th at 7.5f and in January dropped to 98 running 7f and concluded fifth. \u00a0Has raced several times with boys but hasn&#8217;t beat them.<\/p>\n<p><strong>8. \u00a0Who&#8217;s Afraid \u00a042\/1-<\/strong>dropped into high-end claimers in last and picked up victory which was first try on turf. \u00a0Moves back to grass where top speed of 88 and doesn&#8217;t fare well with the competition in this race. \u00a0Turf win was fine and could be better suited on the grass.<\/p>\n<p><strong>9. \u00a0William&#8217;s Acclaimm 5\/1-<\/strong>late runner likes this track and picked up win with 102 speed in November, followed by pair of seconds 103 and 99 speeds. \u00a0Last race was test on poly and can throw this poor outing away. \u00a0Race sponsor seems to have made correct call in going back to dirt.<\/p>\n<p><strong>10. \u00a0Hendrick&#8217;s Gimlet \u00a09\/2-<\/strong>picked up win in last (100 sp) after a long one year drought of going winless. \u00a0 Scrappy front runner may have trouble holding on to lead but has finished in top three on dirt in 60% of races.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>Good runners in this race and I&#8217;m going with the value runners. William&#8217;s Acclaim comes back to the dirt and could take advantage of the change. \u00a0 Lord Warwick looks underrated based on recent performance and enhances the exacta. \u00a0 British L is showing good form and the price will pump up the trifecta.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A field of 10 runners will compete in a non-winner of 4 races lifetime allowance race in Victoria, which is<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":363,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","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-28586","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28586","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\/363"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=28586"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28586\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":28587,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/28586\/revisions\/28587"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=28586"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=28586"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=28586"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}