{"id":4326,"date":"2007-06-07T11:52:16","date_gmt":"2007-06-07T11:52:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=4326"},"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=4326","title":{"rendered":"Monsieur Valois Stakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial\"><A href=\"http:\/\/smartacre.com\/hr\/runtime\/lookret.asp?id=102030425\"><FONT color=#003300>The MONSIEUR VALOIS Stakes<\/FONT><\/A> <\/SPAN><\/STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">heads the card of racing this week at <\/SPAN><\/STRONG><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">Victoria<\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">. We see 11 well preformed, 3yo\u2019s race over a mile and one eighth on a firm turf track. Some of these horses have really good form on the board so it should be an exciting race. Now let\u2019s get onto the runners.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">PP1: <\/SPAN><\/STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">BLACK WEST(KY) <\/SPAN><\/STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-family: Arial; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>8\/1<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">His last 2 races have resulted in 2 narrow wins, with his last being a win at the distance in an Alw with a Sp# of 95. Will need to improve a little bit today to make the step up to this class, but the form is on the board.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">PP2: <STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">DYNASPEED(GB) <\/SPAN><\/STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">17\/1<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">Has good form coming into this over the longer trip of 11F, but still has form over this distance 4 starts back. Unfortunately that was in maiden class and the drop back in ground today could make it hard for this little fellow. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">PP3: <STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">SILVAKI(KY) <\/SPAN><\/STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">6\/1<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">Making the step up from a claiming race last time out, where he won handily. Has run in some much better class races than this one and we could see him running into some of the 2yo form he had today.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">PP4: <STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">ALPINE ACADEMY(OH) <\/SPAN><\/STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">10\/1<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">Form is only average of late, only running some moderate Sp figures. Hopefully we can see some improvement here, to see him in with a chance at taking home a slice of the purse.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">PP5: <\/SPAN><\/STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">SISSON&#8217;S RED(IRE) <\/SPAN><\/STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">12\/1<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">Alw form has been really good, unfortunately he has let to make the cut at stakes level. Only in the money 4 times from 15 starts show that this guy can be a bit inconsistent at times. Let\u2019s hope he\u2019s on his game today and puts in a competitive showing.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">PP6: <STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">SUNNYBANK ROBERT(IRE) <\/SPAN><\/STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">9\/1 <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">From the much renowned <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">sunnybank<\/I> stables, this horse has been racing in open Alw races of late. After he won promisingly in a small stakes field 5 starts back he has really struggled to make an impact on the American 3yo circuit. Back to the weaker stakes races over here we could see a bold showing.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">PP7: <STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">MULL OF GLANOICH(KY) <\/SPAN><\/STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">7\/2 <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">The class runner of the field, this bargain breed colt run midfield in the 2000 Guineas last start. Should be the pace setter today, and looks as if he\u2019ll get an easy run out in front. Two time group placed horse, will be hard to run down if he has come through his last run ok.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">PP8: <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">JUSTIN MCBRIDE(JPN) <\/SPAN><\/STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">7\/1 <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">This poor horse is the bridesmaid of the field, and his name suits. Since winning his 1<SUP>st<\/SUP> start as a 2yo, he has run 5 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> on end. Will be right on the favorite\u2019s tail and with a bit of luck will be in the finish again. Improves with each and every race.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">PP9: <STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">GORDUNNI(KY) <\/SPAN><\/STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">14\/1<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">Another on pace runner coming from an outside gate. Very impressive run last start, when he won an Alw recording an Sp# in the low 90\u2019s. Does tend to race hot and cold at times, but not without a chance of filling a minor place.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">PP10: <\/SPAN><st1:State><st1:place><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">ARK<\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/st1:place><\/st1:State><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\"> OF BLIGHT(KY) <\/SPAN><\/STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">4\/1 <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">Top jockey D Evans ( 385 &#8211; 94 &#8211; 86 &#8211; 45 &#8211; 24% ) takes the ride on this well performed youngster. Been running well in stakes grade without winning but being placed 4 times out of his last 5 runs.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Should come from well off the pace and running home hard. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">PP11: <STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">BAD BEAT(GB) <\/SPAN><\/STRONG><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'; mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">9\/1 <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0cm 0cm 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 11pt; FONT-FAMILY: 'Century Gothic'\">A top 2yo, this horse has carried some of the form into his 3yo season with a win and a 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> from his 3 runs this year. His one disappointment been a stakes over 11f where he didn\u2019t manage to get the distance. Back to his much preferred range today, give this horse another shot at stakes glory. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Any Horses Race<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":458,"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-4326","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4326","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\/458"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4326"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4326\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4326"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4326"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4326"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}