{"id":40531,"date":"2017-01-30T21:00:58","date_gmt":"2017-01-31T01:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=40531"},"modified":"2017-01-30T20:17:14","modified_gmt":"2017-01-31T00:17:14","slug":"2016-sim-eclipse-award-winner-older-female-dirt-route-the-devil-decides","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=40531","title":{"rendered":"2016 SIM ECLIPSE AWARD WINNER – OLDER FEMALE TURF ROUTE – THE DEVIL DECIDES"},"content":{"rendered":"

2016\u00a0 SIM\u00a0 ECLIPSE\u00a0 AWARD\u00a0 WINNER\u00a0 –\u00a0 OLDER\u00a0 FEMALE\u00a0 TURF \u00a0ROUTE<\/strong> <\/span>
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\n\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE\u00a0 DEVIL\u00a0 DECIDES<\/strong> <\/span><\/span>
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\n5 year old bay mare \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0DUBAWI (IRE) x DANEHILL x ROBERTO (scratch bred)<\/span>
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\n10\u00a0 Starts\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a06\u00a0 wins\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a01\u00a0 second\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0$ 2,096,250\u00a0 earnngs<\/span>
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\nHailing from the shadyrest3<\/strong><\/em> barn of the testbarn<\/strong><\/em> master stable,\u00a0 THE\u00a0 DEVIL\u00a0 DECIDES brings home the 2016 Eclipse award for older female turf router.\u00a0 She earned the award by winning three G1’s in a row (including an Equinics score),\u00a0 with a G1 runner up,\u00a0 a G2\u00a0 triumph and a G3 victory,\u00a0 earning over $2M in purses.\u00a0 THE\u00a0 DEVIL\u00a0 DECIDES\u00a0 was the sole triple G1 winner in her division,\u00a0 and just missed making it four in a row when second by a head in The Empire Rose. \u00a0<\/span>
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\nTHE DEVIL DECIDES started her 2016 season with an even 4th in the G2 Forget Me Not Stakes at nine furlongs.\u00a0 She got her first win of the year next out in a listed stakes at the same route,\u00a0 and followed that up with a late running victory in the G2 The Saint Ana,\u00a0 also at nine panels.\u00a0 She then tried ten furlongs in the G3 Dulcimer Stakes,\u00a0 but could only manage a sixth place finish.<\/span>
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\nDropping back to nine furlongs,\u00a0 she exploded in the stretch to win the G1 Ugly Breeders’ Bowl Distaff to begin an impressive streak of G1 performances.\u00a0 She shortened up to a flat mile next out in the G1 The Foul Mouth Stakes,\u00a0 mowing them down in the lane to win going away.\u00a0 Testbarn<\/strong><\/em> kept her at a mile for her next try,\u00a0 in a G1 Equinics event.\u00a0 Her late foot proved decisive as she defeated 17 opponents for her third straight G1 triumph. <\/span>
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\nAfter a well deserved twelve week rest,\u00a0 she unleashed her usual late rally to just miss taking the G1 The Empire Rose at a mile,\u00a0 bypassing a Breeders’ Bowl appearance.\u00a0 She was fourth next out in the G1 The Motherly Love Stakes,\u00a0 and closed out her campaign with a victory in the G3 Lady Marmalade Stakes,\u00a0 her fifth straight run at the mile distance.\u00a0 THE DEVIL DECIDES now has a career record of 15 starts,\u00a0 with 11 wins and one second,\u00a0 good for over $2.3M in earnings.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span>
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\nWe got a chance to speak with owner\/trainer testbarn<\/strong><\/em> about his champion.<\/span>
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\nFirst,\u00a0 congratulations on the Eclipse award,\u00a0 can you enlighten us about THE DEVIL DECIDES\u00a0 ?<\/span>
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\nTestbarn:\u00a0 THE DEVIL DECIDES\u00a0 was a gift horse from texasace<\/strong><\/em>, who has been a great mentor and supporter for years now,\u00a0 and he named her,\u00a0 though I’m not sure how he did it. \u00a0<\/span>
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\nWhen did you think she might be special ?<\/span>
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\nTestbarn:\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 While she was always a very talented horse it wasn’t until her first mile race that i realized how good she really was.\u00a0 Her three races over the summer (those three straight G1 victories) were so dominant that I am just hoping she will come out running in 2017. \u00a0<\/span>
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\nThat was an impressive display of G1 efforts. <\/span>
\nSpeaking of 2017,\u00a0 what are your plans for THE DEVIL DECIDES going forward ? \u00a0<\/span>
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\nTestbarn:\u00a0 I am going to try to repeat (win the Eclipse again) with a five or six start season to maximize what she has left in the tank.\u00a0 Her first start should be April 1st;\u00a0 hopefully it won’t be an April fools joke.<\/span>
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\nThanks testbarn<\/strong><\/em>.\u00a0 It appears THE DEVIL DECIDES has a bright future as a broodmare after her racing career,\u00a0 and we could see some of her offspring contending for Eclipse awards down the road.\u00a0 Congratulations again on a great 2016\u00a0 and best wishes going forward.\u00a0 \u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

2016\u00a0 SIM\u00a0 ECLIPSE\u00a0 AWARD\u00a0 WINNER\u00a0 –\u00a0 OLDER\u00a0 FEMALE\u00a0 TURF \u00a0ROUTE . \u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 THE\u00a0 DEVIL\u00a0 DECIDES . 5 year<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1219,"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":[4],"tags":[197],"class_list":["post-40531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general","tag-2016-eclipse"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40531","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\/1219"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=40531"}],"version-history":[{"count":6,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":40582,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/40531\/revisions\/40582"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=40531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=40531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=40531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}