MICHIGAN<\/STRONG> – A fine group of six Freshman colts make up this weeks Michigan Feature in The THEIR FORM Challenge<\/STRONG> on Saturday. All are capable of getting the lions share of this week’s $65,000 purse over Michigan’s turf course. Contested at a distance of 3\/4 of a mile, the early favorites on the board are Ian Thomas’<\/STRONG><\/EM> GIANT’S GOLD(IRE)<\/STRONG> at 8\/5, and the beloved Super Stables<\/STRONG><\/EM> BADDER THAN BAD(IRE),<\/STRONG> a close 2nd choice at 2\/1.<\/P> Good Luck to all this week!<\/STRONG><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Freshman Colt’s to put on a Great Show<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":172,"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":[2,3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-388","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews","category-reviews","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388","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\/172"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=388"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/388\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=388"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=388"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=388"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}
PP1\u00a0\u00a0 TOMFLY’S CHAPPIE(IRE)\u00a0 (trained by tomsfly) – 5\/1
(HIGH CHAPARRAL (IRE) x A.P. INDY x UNBRIDLED)<\/FONT><\/STRONG>
-Owner brundlefly<\/STRONG><\/EM> has high hopes for his youngster trained by his son tomsfly<\/STRONG><\/EM>. After a less than sparkling first start on the main track, TOMFLY’S CHAPPIE(IRE)<\/STRONG> was switched post haste to the turf and looked a different animal. This week makes his 3rd lifetime start and will need a big effort. He is sure to be bet on heavily by cousin Marty McFly.
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PP2\u00a0\u00a0 JAPANS LAST HOPE(JPN)\u00a0 (trained by lodog20) – 6\/1
(EISHIN MASAMUNE (JPN) x SEATTLE SLEET x DEWAN)<\/FONT><\/STRONG>
-What pressure has been heaped on this young colt to be named JAPANS LAST HOPE(JPN)<\/STRONG>. Actually, there may be hope. Graded placed LTO when the betting public totally overlooked him and he nearly lit up the board at 27\/1. A cleaner trip and a repeat of his last race puts him right in the thick of it at the end.
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PP3\u00a0\u00a0 GIANT’S GOLD(IRE)\u00a0 (trained by iant4) – 8\/5\u00a0
(GIANT’S CAUSEWAY (IRE) x MR. PROSPECTOR x NUREYEV)
<\/FONT><\/STRONG>-One start does not a career make but nonetheless, this is your race favorite. Great genes, a hot jockey, and a nice first time effort coast to coast against 11 other rivals makes him the trackman’s choice to repeat here this week.
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PP4\u00a0\u00a0 SALTO WEISSBACH\u00a0 (trained by warchyld) – 5\/1\u00a0
(NOT FOR LOVE x SILVER HAWK x SIR GAYLORD)<\/FONT><\/STRONG>
-The Rodney Dangerfield of this crew. Most money made. Fastest winning speed rating (78). Yet is a bit of an overlay at 5\/1. Seems interesting the way trainer warchyld<\/STRONG><\/EM> has handled his young prized possesion. When switched to the turf for the first time, it was in The FAST CAT Memorial -Stk. Maybe an odd move after 3 career beginning dirt races. Maybe a surface switch was in order and an allowance wasn’t available to him that week. Then he nearly won. Next time, he did win in The LARRY MAPLE Challenge -Stk. No respect! No respect!
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PP5\u00a0\u00a0 BADDER THAN BAD(IRE)\u00a0 (trained by super18) – 2\/1
(EL PRADO(IRE) x NIJINSKY II x RAISE A NATIVE)
<\/FONT><\/STRONG>-If it seems like the super stables<\/STRONG><\/EM> are everywhere, I think that is because they are. Talent here, talent there. Must be boring. Not being ones to rest on their laurels, BADDER THAN BAD(IRE)<\/STRONG> makes his first trip on the green this week. Has raced admirably too but after his dismal showing in his last start at Smackdown, time for a change. If BADDER THAN BAD’S preferred surface turns out to be the green, this field will be in a world of hurt.
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PP6\u00a0\u00a0 ROYAL MILLENNIUM\u00a0 (trained by ozzy) – 13\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0
(MILLENNIUM WIND x ROYAL ABJAR x STUTZ BLACKHAWK)
<\/FONT><\/STRONG>-B.F. Abman rode this horse in his first lifetime start and was impressed with this youngster. So when Bokie’s Spartan Stables<\/STRONG><\/EM> brought him back to the home base this week, Michigan’s leading jockey was all too happy to take the mount. “I think the owner is a loser, but I think HIS WIFE<\/STRONG> is doing the training. I liked the horse when I first rode him. He looks a little slower on paper than the rest of these but we will know how he stacks up after this week”, said B.F. A win and a heartbreaking loss, both in his two races, both stakes, are enough to warrant a few bucks on the longest shot on the board.<\/P>