{"id":2931,"date":"2006-09-14T10:30:11","date_gmt":"2006-09-14T10:30:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=2931"},"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=2931","title":{"rendered":"Stellar Field for the Gr 1 Pensacola Oaks"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><H1 style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT size=3>North Florida <SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal\"><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>4 of the top 24 long turf rated sophomore fillies are among the 9 entrants in the half million dollar Pensacola Oaks to be contested at a mile-and-a-half on the North Florida turf course. With the other five really looking to make a name for themselves, and one really looking to surprise, and a variety of running styles it promises to be a very entertaining-and possibly profitable-affair.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/H1><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B>\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/B><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B>PP1<SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/B><B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt\">NERF HERDER<\/SPAN> <SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>6\/1<SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>R Brown 10.9%<o:p><\/o:p><\/B><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Scratch bred Macho Uno filly is bred using that noted sim distance influence Ela-mana-mou as a DS. That routing influence has really shown through in this one as her shortest winning distance has come at 9 furlongs. She comes in here after scoring her first stakes win last time out at 1-\u00be miles. She was ambitiously placed in a Grade 3 right after breaking her maiden and that was the only step backward she\u2019s taken in her steady progression through her conditions. Not really tested in winner her last 2 and could take a big step here.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B>PP2<SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/B><B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt\">PERFECTA<\/SPAN> <SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>7\/1<SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>N Woolford 13.5%<o:p><\/o:p><\/B><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Pleasantly Perfect filly has managed to earn more that a quarter-million dollars while winning just 3 of her 20 starts for breeder\/trainer <I>bellisimo<\/I>. She is out of a \u201cG-rated\u201d Danehill \u201che-mare\u201d who won just one of his 21 starts. Her 3 wins came in her first 6 starts on the turf. She hasn\u2019t been bad since then with 5 2nds and a 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> in the 11 starts since her last win. One of those runner-up finishes came in a Grade 2 at this distance against a pretty tough group. That was on soft footing where she seems to really flourish.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Decent jock gives her a better chance but don\u2019t see her getting the win here<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B>PP3<SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/B><B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt\">BUSKER(IRE)<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>7\/2<SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>O A Haack 16.0%<o:p><\/o:p><\/B><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">High Chaparral(IRE) filly makes her graded stakes debut after running in six straight listed stakes. She won 4 of those, beating a couple of her rivals-including the 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> choice- here in 2 of them. She\u2019s out of a well-bred Nureyev mare who managed to win only once in 34 trips to the post. Her grandmother also race, winning just once in 12 tries. Trainer <I>bigskyfarm<\/I> has found a diamond in the family tree (to mix metaphors) in this one. She has shown versatility in running styles, winning on the front end and stalking the lead. That versatility combined with pretty good jock give her a big time chance. Deserving favorite.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B>\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/B><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B>PP4<SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/B><B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt\">GYPSY ANGEL(IRE)<\/SPAN> <SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>10\/1<SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>P Jackson 7.4%<o:p><\/o:p><\/B><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">High Chapparal(IRE) filly is impeccably bred being from a Grade B Storm Cat x Mr. Prospector mare. The dam pulled the MSW-allowance-stakes triple in her first 3 races starting in week 599. She is the 4<SUP>th<\/SUP> of 5 offspring, all but the first being stakes winners. She is also the only one of the five to be Grade-placed, that being a 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> place in the Equinics this year. Like her mother, she has been exclusively trained by <I>holybull99. <\/I>Her stakes win came in her longest race to date, a 10 furlong affair of only 4 entries of which she was by far the strongest. Her top career SP is just 90 which doesn\u2019t quite fit with these, so doubt she will be the first of the babies to earn that \u201cGW\u201d, at least in this race.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B>PP5<SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/B><B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt\">NATIVE SWAN<\/SPAN> <SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\"><\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>9\/1<SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A Short 11.4%<o:p><\/o:p><\/B><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">This filly is one of only 2 stakes winners from the noted sire Crowd Pleaser who would fit nicely as a sire in the bargain bred series. Her game dam is anything but bargain bred, however, being by Nureyev and was pretty successful on the track in restricted allowances but was distanced in her only stakes try. Trainer <I>glemyrstab<\/I> has obviously been around the sim a while as he trained the dam her whole career beginning in week 767. Filly has already outdone her mom in stakes area running off a MSW-allowance-stakes triple earlier this year. She followed that up with a 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> then 2 seconds in her last 3 with a narrow miss last time out. Pretty big step up in competition doesn\u2019t bode well for the win but could easily get a piece.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B>PP6<SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/B><B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt\">GRASSY SMELTZER<\/SPAN> <SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>4\/1<SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A Westall 9.6%<o:p><\/o:p><\/B><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">This Dynaformer filly is looking to add a Grade 1 victory to her Gr 2 and Gr 3 victories earlier this year. She\u2019s out of a mare who had a very unremarkable career on the track and went through 7 different barns. Apparently, breeder\/trainer <I>godmama <\/I>saw something in her while training her for all of 3 races and snapped her up for breeding when she became available. Filly is in top form right now, posting a triple digit SP in finishing 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> last time out after those 2 graded wins. Would like to see a little better jock aboard, but with a halfway decent ride she should be right there at the wire.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/P><H1 style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT size=3>PP7<SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/FONT><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt\">RED HEAD<\/SPAN><FONT size=3><SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>9\/1<SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>P Volner 4.7%<\/FONT><\/H1><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Both of this well bred (Red Ransom x Nureyev) girl\u2019s wins have come on the turf\u2026at 6 and 6.5 furlongs. In fact, her longest race to date has been 7 furlongs. Trainer <I>zoomr3<\/I> must be working her out in the pre-dawn hours before the clockers arrive and really see something in her to place her here. Pedigree suggests that she should be able to get a piece of ground pretty well. She could throw a big surprise, but between low percentage jock, racing 5 furlongs farther than she\u2019s been before, and stepping up to graded company for the first time we\u2019ll watch her this time and place our money elsewhere.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B>PP8<SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/B><B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt\">RUDE STELLA(AUS)<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>9\/1<\/B> <SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B>K Braun 16.0%<\/B><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Danewin(AUS) filly is already a 6-time stakes winner in her 15-race career, having won stakes both sprinting and routing on both surfaces. She\u2019s also out of a mare who had an unremarkable 7 race career, though she does have the blue-blood breeding of Seattle Slew x Deputy Minister. This filly is bred and trained by <I>freeky. <\/I><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>She has tried graded company 3 times so far, with a fading 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> being her best finish. Interestingly, in her eight wins she has held the lead at every call. In her 7 other races, she has only been on the lead once\u2026in that graded race where she faded. Draws pretty good jock but she\u2019ll have to fight for the lead so look for her to fade again.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B>PP9<SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/B><B><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 14pt; mso-bidi-font-size: 12.0pt\">ICY SLUMBER<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\"> <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>5\/1 <SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 1\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>H McCoy 19.6%<o:p><\/o:p><\/B><\/P><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Times New Roman'; mso-fareast-font-family: 'Times New Roman'; mso-ansi-language: EN-US; mso-fareast-language: EN-US; mso-bidi-language: AR-SA\">Scratch bred filly with breeding of Elusive Quality x Montjeu(IRE). <I>Excmeeting<\/I> didn\u2019t send her to the track until she turned 3. She has not disappointed, lighting the board in all 7 of her turf starts, winning 3 of them including a 12f listed stakes 2 races back. That field was not near as tough as these, however. She loves the lead and had a very nice showing last time with a 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> place in a Grade 1 down under. Looks to have company up front and she\u2019s only won once when she didn\u2019t get an easy lead. Possible but look for her to be part of the trifecta.<\/SPAN><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hurricane Warnings for North Florida???<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":316,"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-2931","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931","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\/316"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2931"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2931\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2931"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2931"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2931"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}