{"id":2967,"date":"2006-09-18T11:08:23","date_gmt":"2006-09-18T11:08:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=2967"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"oldbtb_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=2967","title":{"rendered":"THE LIFE OF THE PARTY IN NATIONWIDE"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0The Nationwide Stakes – GP1<\/U><\/SPAN> saw fourteen two-year-old line-up in the hope of claiming their first Group One victory. Leo’s Jewels<\/B> from the bicuspid<\/I><\/B> stable was the punters elect at $4.50 and many judges expected the talented youngster to keep his undefeated record in tact. Second elect was the tigertrack<\/B>‘<\/SPAN><\/I>s<\/SPAN><\/SPAN> trained Tiger’s Eye<\/B> at $7.10 followed closely by lenny3<\/I><\/B>‘s Lifeforce<\/B> at $7.50.


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With a firm track, the starter released the field with <\/SPAN>Lifeforce<\/B> jumping straight to the lead and by the third call had opened a 2\u00be length break. On entering the straight More Than My Share <\/B>started to charge down the outside taking ground off the leader. At the end the finish line came too soon and Lifeforce<\/B> was able to hold on by \u00be lengths from More Than My Share<\/B>. Racing handy throughout, Argent X <\/B>raced inside the winner and just held on for 3rd<\/SUP> ahead of the fast finishing Demon’s Direct<\/B>. All of the top four recorded a career best speed rating with the winner recording an impressive rating of 90.<\/P>


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Finishing back in 5th<\/SUP> was the previous undefeated Grand Kiss<\/B> who was running on late and was only one of a few to take ground off the winner. Back in 6th<\/SUP> and disappointing the punters was race favorite Leo’s Jewels<\/B>, while he did make up a little ground late he never looked a threat at any stage. Finishing 7th<\/SUP> was Sisson’s Niner <\/B>who<\/SPAN> <\/B>was<\/SPAN> <\/B>even throughout and struggled to say in touch as the pressure was applied. Running on the pace early was Tiger’s Eye<\/B> who <\/SPAN>challenged for the lead and the effort took it’s toll as he died to finish 8th<\/SUP>. Rainband<\/B> and Subside <\/B>both sat at the rear of the field and made ground late to finish 9th<\/SUP> and 10th<\/SUP> respectively. Really Inswain<\/B> was last throughout and was given an impossible mission by his jockey but did make-up some ground late to finish 11th<\/SUP>. Follow the Flag<\/B> raced mid-field and had no answer when called upon and finish down the track in 12th<\/SUP>. Idengood Time<\/B> and Padihershef<\/B> both made no impression on the race and as the two longest shots finished second last and last as expected.<\/P>


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Lifeforce<\/B> was very impressive and looks to have a very promising career in front of him, pending him being able to finely break the \u201cNationwide Curse<\/I>\u201d by adding another Group One to his resume. Looking at it from a Breeders Bowl Juvenile Turf -GP1<\/U> prospective it’s hard to go past More Than My Share<\/B>, he was powering home at the end and the extra distance looks right up his alley. Agent X<\/B> may have turned the corner and start living up to his impressive blood lines; while Demon’s Direct<\/B> has indicated that he could be a force in the future with a little more experience. The remainder of the field has raised more questions than they answered and it’s back to the drawing board for most of their connections. While both Grand Kiss<\/B> and Leo’s Jewels<\/B> were disappointing they did make ground late and should not be overlooked in future classic races.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Nationwide Curse now awaits Lifeforce<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2967","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2967","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\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2967"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2967\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2967"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2967"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2967"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}