{"id":4169,"date":"2007-05-11T22:12:21","date_gmt":"2007-05-11T22:12:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=4169"},"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=4169","title":{"rendered":"Full Field Set for G3 Dallas BB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">The second of the two Graded Stakes races in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State w:st=\"on\">Texas<\/st1:State> on Saturday is the <U>Grade 3 <st1:City w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Dallas<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> BB Stakes.<\/U><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This one is for 3 year olds over 7 furlongs on fast dirt.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The purse is $125,000.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Let\u2019s see who has shown up to race.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B>MAD DROPPER(KY) <\/B><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">(7\/2) Trainer <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">shorblue4<\/I> brings this 3 year old colt in off a win in the <U>Mookie Into Niner Memorial<\/U>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In that win, he ran a career high 104 speed figure on two weeks rest.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This youngster came to the track with winning on his mind.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has finished in the money in all ten of his starts and has won seven of them!<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>That is the way to start a career.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has six stakes wins and finished 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> in the <U>Grade 3 Swale<\/U>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He must be respected as a top contender here.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B>BIODYNAMIC(KY) <\/B><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">(16\/1) Trainer <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">super11<\/I> brings this 3 year old colt in from <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Malaysia<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His last race was a tough one so we will forgive it and go two back.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In that race he won the <U>Son Carson Memorial<\/U> with a gate to wire 96 speed figure.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has attempted three Grade 3 races and managed a 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> in one of them.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He will have his work cut out in this race.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B>DUMANJI(KY) <\/B><SPAN style=\"COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">(15\/1) <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Kindone5<\/I> brings his 3 year old colt in from the same race in <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Malaysia<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> that <B>BIODYNAMIC<\/B> ran in. This youngster closed nicely in that race and finished a very fast closing 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> versus Grade 3 competition.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He matched his career high best 93 speed figure that day.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The negative is that is not going to be fast enough to win this race.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: black; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B>WAKI COLT(NM) <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">(42\/1) Trainer <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">lgbost5b <\/I>ships his 3 year old colt over from <st1:State w:st=\"on\">Tasmania<\/st1:State> to <st1:State w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Texas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> to try and get a piece of this one.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He comes in as a huge long shot but has back to back wins.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last out, in allowance company, he won with a 92 speed figure.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>That was almost 20 points better than his previous best.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is very lightly raced and if he improves again he may get a small piece of the purse at the large odds.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B>BIGOILCONGLOMERATE(GB) <\/B><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">(11\/1) This 3 year old colt from the <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">homearoan<\/I> stable ships in from <st1:State w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">California<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> to compete Saturday.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After running an impressive 98 in allowance company he was sent to the <U>Florida Derby<\/U> where he managed to finish mid-pack among some of the top 3 year olds in the country.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>My biggest concern with this one is the 7 furlong distance.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>From his past performances he seems to be more of a miler but he has class.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B>TOP NOTCH HERO(KY) <\/B><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">(11\/1) Here we have a 3 year old colt from the stable of <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">tmaria<\/I>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Two races back he beat <B>BIODYNAMIC<\/B> and <B>DUMANJI<\/B> in the <U>Grade 3 Llama Enforcer Stakes<\/U>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In that race, he closed from 10<SUP>th<\/SUP> to 1<SUP>st<\/SUP> down the stretch and ran a 94 speed figure.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Even though he has won a Grade 3 race he will have his hands full with a few of these new faces if he does not run faster.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B>CAT IN A HARDHAT(KY) <\/B><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">(12\/1) <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Troync1<\/I> ships this 3 year old colt in off a disappointing 11<SUP>th<\/SUP> place finish in the <U>Arkansas Juvenile<\/U>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His last two races have been versus some of the top horses in the county and over distance so we will go back a bit farther.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Four back, in his last sprint, he ran an impressive 95 speed figure in winning the <U>Elk Elk Handicap<\/U>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I think we can expect something similar to that performance today as he drops back in class and distance.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B>TALEB(KY) <\/B><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">(11\/1) This 3 year old exits the <U>Time to Fly Pye Handicap <\/U>with a 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> place finish and 96 speed figure.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>That was his best race up to this point and will need to improve on that race to beat these.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B>DANGER CAT(KY) <\/B><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">(10\/1) This 3 year colt ships in from the <st1:State w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">New Hampshire<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> for trainer <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">stormbird9<\/I>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Two back at this distance he won the <U>Crescendo Memorial<\/U> with a fast 98 speed figure.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has finished in the money in nine of his ten sprints and has managed to win five of those.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>If he brings his best he may find a piece of the purse.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B>ACURA CAKE(KY) <\/B><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">(9\/1) Trainer <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">elysium<\/I> ships this lightly raced 3 year old colt in to do battle.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This one has a monster closing kick.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Two back he came from 9<SUP>th<\/SUP> to 1<SUP>st<\/SUP> to win the <U>Becky\u2019s Lords Stakes<\/U> with a 97 speed figure.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>He has won four of his five starts and deservedly gets another shot at a graded stakes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The competition is tough but this fast improving colt will be flying late.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\"><B>E BUDA<\/B><\/st1:place><B>(KY) <\/B><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">(8\/1) <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Chop<\/I> brings this 3 year old in off a Grade 3 victory in the <U>Bay Horse Stakes<\/U>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He ran a career high 100 speed figure in that race and comes in on top form.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has been in the money in his last three and is well placed here.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He seems to like 7 furlongs and may get some of this purse.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B>SEPARATED AT BIRTH(KY) <\/B><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">(8\/1) This 3 year old from the <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">sportoking<\/I> barn comes in off a fast closing 2nd in the <U>Grade 3 Bay Horse Stakes<\/U> that <B>E BUDA<\/B> won.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Prior to that, he showed early speed in winning the <U>Time to Fly Pye Handicap<\/U> with a 100 speed figure.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In eleven sprints he has managed to win six and loves the 7 furlong distance.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is dangerous and has been improving rapidly.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B>PERSIAN LYRIC(IRE) <\/B><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">(7\/1) This 3 year old colt from <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">thematrix<\/I> barn comes in off a 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> in the <U>Project Dixie Memorial<\/U>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In that race he earned a career best speed figure of 102 giving him back to back figs above 100.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is a strong contender off two nice figures in stakes races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B>BARB&#8217;S YOGI BEAR(ENG) <\/B><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">(25\/1) <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Kaleigh<\/I> trains this 3 year old colt and ships him in from <st1:State w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Oregon<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last out, he was switched from turf to dirt and ran a career high 96 speed figure in allowance company.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This huge jump in competition seems to be too daunting a task for him.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">My take: <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>There are quite a few contenders in here.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>My first thought would be that <B>MAD DROPPER <\/B>has ran the fastest and loves to win.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He also gets top jock C. Shoemaker along for the ride.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I do not want to take him because the odds are too low in this contentious race.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B>PERSIAN LYRIC <\/B>gives us solid 7\/1 odds and has run two back to back 100+ figures.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I will take him to snag his first Graded Stakes victory.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I do say, use this with caution.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This is a very wide open field and I would not be surprised to see many of these in the winners circle.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Contentious race set to find future star<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4169","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4169","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\/64"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4169"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4169\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4169"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4169"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4169"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}