{"id":4315,"date":"2007-06-05T09:50:02","date_gmt":"2007-06-05T09:50:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=4315"},"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=4315","title":{"rendered":"WEST INTO DANCER Challenge Stakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">For the third week in a row, the Vermont feature was won by the betting favorite. As expected, early speed in the race played right into the hands of the late closers and the 4-year-old <B>CASE BY CASE<\/B> finished strongly to win the $60,000 WEST INTO DANCER Challenge Stakes over the fast dirt surface at Vermont. Her winning time for the mile and one eighth was 1:49, earning her a speed rating of 100 and paying $8.60, $4.50 and $3.40 for owner <I>allyfarms<\/I>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The winning entry was nicely ridden by jockey N Stelle, the third feature-winning rider in the last three weeks.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">\u00a0<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">The early pace was set as expected by <B>PPLO <\/B>and<B> NESSY ALYFAY<\/B>, with these two racing neck and neck from the start until the stretch run.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B>PPLO<\/B> initially faltered at the start of the stretch, but then recovered to battle back and finish third.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After challenging the winner for most of the stretch run, <B>NESSY ALYFAY<\/B> faded to fourth.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B>CASE BY CASE<\/B> rode along nicely in 7<SUP>th<\/SUP> for much of the race, never losing touch with the leaders.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>At the top of stretch, she began to make her anticipated late run, battling initially with <B>NESSY ALYFAY<\/B> before pulling away to win by 2 \u00bc.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>True to form, <B>SOULTRAPPER<\/B> immediately fell to the rear at the start and trailed by 12 lengths down the backstretch.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her characteristic late run wasn\u2019t enough to get up for the win, just edging out <B>PPLO<\/B> for second.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B>PRETTY PALACE<\/B> and <B>BARB\u2019S SNOOTY LORI<\/B> both gained ground down the stretch to finish 5<SUP>th<\/SUP> and 6<SUP>th<\/SUP>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After running mid pack until the far turn, <B>INTERPHONIC<\/B>, <B>SADFLY\u2019S DESERT<\/B> and <B>OUR REASONS AGAIN<\/B> were not able to mount any challenge.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B>CLASSIC JACKLAD<\/B> was never a factor.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After running third early, <B>CATHERINE HAYES<\/B> suddenly pulled up and finished well back.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">This was the second straight stakes win for <B>CASE BE CASE <\/B>and her fifth win in her last six outings.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The only stakes winner for her sire, IN CASE, she has now earned over $336,000 for her career.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">\u00a0<o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Next week\u2019s feature at Vermont will feature 4-year-olds and up going a mile and five sixteenths on the turf in the $65,000 SHIN BROOK Challenge.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>CASE BY CASE Wins Second Consecutive Stakes<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":68,"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-4315","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4315","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\/68"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4315"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4315\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4315"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4315"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4315"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}