At 14 furlongs over firm turf, this Grade-2 marathon for 3-year olds and older promises to challenge the endurance of the field.<\/p>\n
1) Classic Twelve: 14-1<\/strong> This 4yo son of Dubawi has only been running in allowance company and has not even run a listed stakes at this distance. Not a contender.<\/p>\n 2) Cizin Canford: 7-1<\/strong> This 4yo colt ran a 110SP in his G2 win over 13F in The Cold Plate back in April. But, he backed off to a 99SP in the 16F G1 Gold Glass in June. Maybe he will do ok over 14F here, but I wouldn’t bet him any better than 3rd, and then only if I had an extra $2 in my pocket I didn’t mind losing.<\/p>\n 3) Johnny Cleveland: 11-1<\/strong> This 3yo son of Sea The Stars may have what it takes to make some noise in this race. He ran a 96SP at 10F in the G3 Jargon Stakes in April (finishing 6th), improved to 102SP over 12F GR Simsters English Derby (finishing 3rd), and then upped it to a 105SP in a 13.5F Allowance in early July (finishing 2nd). The extra half furlong may be what he needs to pull off the win, but I wouldn’t bet him better than 2nd.<\/p>\n 4) Founder: 4-1<\/strong> 2 wins and a place in the last 3 races, 105SP or better, all on the dirt. The last turf race for this 4yo colt was back in April and he ran a 92. I don’t think he will like the grass here and I don’t think he will hit the board.<\/p>\n 5) Dark Craftydancer: 28-1<\/strong> The 3yo’s best runs have come in turf sprints. I don’t think the change in distance helps him here. Not a contender.<\/p>\n 6) W as in Whiskey: 4-1<\/strong> I think the odds-makers were drinking some whiskey when the sent this 4yo off at 4-1. While he has solid performances on turf in graded company, his best success has been on the dirt. Put your $2 bet toward a shot of whiskey instead of here as I don’t think he hits the board.<\/p>\n 7) Tete Mattias: 8-5<\/strong> It looks like the odds-makers got this one right as Tete Mattias will probably take the win here. He won with a 112SP over 14F LTO in the G3 Irish Cup, following up a 104 and a 109 in his previous 2 listed stakes (a win and a place). I would bet the favorite to win here.<\/p>\n 8) Zabeel Appeal: 4-1 <\/strong> This 4yo son of Zabeel has shown a tendency to lead then fade in 2015. I think that holds true here with him setting the pace then fading at the end.<\/p>\n Win: Tete Mattias Giving some love: Cizin Cranford<\/p>\n Please! An appeal to the BTB Travel staff…get me out of this HOSTEL and into a HOTEL! I think there was typo when you were looking for my room on the internet!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" At 14 furlongs over firm turf, this Grade-2 marathon for 3-year olds and older promises to challenge the endurance of<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":55680,"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-31579","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31579","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\/55680"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=31579"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31579\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":31600,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/31579\/revisions\/31600"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=31579"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=31579"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=31579"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
\nPlace: Johnny Cleveland
\nShow: Zabeel Appeal<\/p>\n