{"id":2941,"date":"2006-09-15T10:31:31","date_gmt":"2006-09-15T10:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=2941"},"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=2941","title":{"rendered":"Stretching The Sophomores"},"content":{"rendered":"

Eight 3-year-olds will make the long trip around the fast dirt track in the 1 \u00be mile Every Monday Stakes (Grade III) in New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> this weekend.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In general, it\u2019s a well-bred for distance group.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In particular:<\/P>

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Release The Beast <\/B>(Alysheba x Swain [IRE] x Danzig<\/st1:place>), a homebred for owner\/trainer piglet<\/I>, will break from the 1 hole.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Piglett<\/I> has an interesting stable \u2013 it\u2019s full with 10 runners, including 6 2yos and 3 3yos.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s a very well traveled colt, making his 18th<\/SUP> start of the year.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This will be the longest distance he\u2019s attempted; the Beast managed two stakes placings early in the year, at a bit over a mile.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His best speed figure, 92, came in a second place finish in an allowance race at 1 \u00bc mile.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Rider W. Sherman<\/I><\/st1:place> has no<\/B> wins in 2006.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The odds at 11\/1 seem surprisingly short.\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P>

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From the 2 post position, airrav<\/I> is sending Sky Rahy<\/B> (Rahy x Nijinsky II x Kris S.), who has been off the board only once this year.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The compact bay colt has won half of his starts at a mile or over, and comes into today\u2019s contest off three straight wins, including a 4 length victory in Oregon\u2019s Mississippi Niner Stakes at this same distance in his last start.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is also coming in off 7 weeks\u2019 rest.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>R. Foster,<\/I> a 3 year journeyman, has a lifetime win percentage of 10.9%, although at 7.9% for the current year, he\u2019s running a bit behind schedule.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>At 8\/1, he\u2019s got a chance to hit the board.<\/P>

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B. Ryan<\/I>, a consistent 4 year journeyman rider, will break from the 3 hole atop ih8u<\/I>\u2019s grey colt Malachi Constant<\/B> (Cozzene x Storm Cat x Danehill).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This lightly raced colt has never finished off the board in his 7 starts.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He seems to like distance, although this race will be the furthest distance he\u2019s tried.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He shows no speed figures over 90, but never off the board is not to be sneezed at.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Ih8u<\/I> has quite a track record, with a 20% win percentage, and an impressive 52% in the money.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The morning line on the grey is 10\/1.<\/P>

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Chestnut Urko\u2019s Roots (IRE) <\/B>by Montjeu (IRE) x Doctor Crest (Peintre Celebre [IRE] x Second Bar) has tackled today\u2019s distance twice, with a pair of second place finishes to his credit.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His speed figures aren\u2019t impressive, but he certainly appears able to handle the distance.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Owner\/breeder\/trainer urko1<\/I> (somehow the name isn\u2019t a surprise) has engaged veteran G. Smith<\/I> to ride, despite his 4.5% win record this year.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>At 23\/1, he\u2019s the longest shot on the board.\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P>

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Battlers <\/I>offers up Urban Sakhee<\/B> (Sakhee x Fappiano x Buckpasser) who has run a 90 or greater speed figure in 3 of his 4 most recent starts.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This will be his second stakes attempt; in the first he finished 8th<\/SUP> in the Little Nijinsky Stakes at a mile on the turf, and the colt is definitely faster on dirt.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019ll carry 9\/2 odds and veteran rider N. Painter<\/I>, who is having another solid year in 2006.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>They\u2019ll break from post position 5.<\/P>

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Post position 6 will go to Bourbon St. Blues (IRE)<\/B> (Galileo [IRE] x Blushing Groom [FR] x Roberto), a two time stakes winner, second in this year\u2019s New Yorker S. (Grade I) at 1 \u00bd miles.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The bay colt is currently ranked #5 in the long distance category for 3yo colts on dirt.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Talented 10 year veteran B. Childs<\/I> will ride super10<\/I>\u2019s bred-to-go-long colt, who is co-second choice at 7\/2.\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P>

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Top money earner in the field is #7, Worst Day Ever<\/B>, a son of Kingmambo, based on Havre de Grace, by Sadler\u2019s Wells x Secretariat.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Owner\/trainer\/breeder lenny16<\/I> (20% wins, 43% in the money), whose name seems hauntingly familiar, sends his blueblood to the post today off a second place finish in the Grade I Brussels Sprout Stakes at 1 \u00bd miles with a 104 speed figure.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The colt\u2019s last two races have earned him 100+ speed figures, and he\u2019s rated #8 three year old on dirt at a distance. The handsome bay won at first asking as a 2yo, and took two restricted stakes this year.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019ll go off at 2\/1, and will have an advantage from the services of top rider N. Lawton<\/I>, a 16-year veteran with a 17% lifetime win percentage; this year, Lawton<\/I><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> has ridden 21.8% winners.<\/P>

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Hostility<\/B>, a chestnut filly (Toccet x Sally for Nijinsky, a daughter of Forty Niner x Nijinsky II) ranked #26 for 3yo fillies long on dirt, will take on the boys today.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She shipped in from the other hemisphere for today’s race.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Owner bigrama<\/I> clearly has a lot of confidence in his little girl.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>But then, she is a solid stakes performer, with 2 stakes wins earlier in the year against her own sex, including a strong second place finish in the Canadian Well Memorial Stakes in her last start.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Journeyman rider P. Davis<\/I> will steer her, and at 7\/2 she is co-second choice.\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P>

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It appears that the strongest part of the field will be in the outside posts, with Worst Day Ever<\/B> looking the clear favorite.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>For value at longer odds, however, Sky Rahy<\/B> is the only stakes winner at this distance.\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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