{"id":44961,"date":"2018-03-29T21:06:42","date_gmt":"2018-03-30T01:06:42","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=44961"},"modified":"2018-03-29T21:06:42","modified_gmt":"2018-03-30T01:06:42","slug":"sand-castle-golden-sprint-preview","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=44961","title":{"rendered":"Sand Castle Golden Sprint Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Saturday, March 31, 2018\u00a0— 2:40:00 PM EST | Race ID :\u00a01944643<\/strong><\/div>\n
Sand Castle Golden Sprint\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
Grade 1\/Group 1 * CPU – Purse $1,500,000<\/strong><\/div>\n
Restricted to 4 Year Old’s and Older<\/strong><\/div>\n
6 Furlongs | ~1200 Meters | Three Quarters of a Mile\u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
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POST PARADE<\/strong><\/div>\n
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1. FIFTY SENSE (10-1)\u00a0 \u00a0<\/strong><\/div>\n
Jockey: O A Haack<\/strong><\/div>\n
Trainer: ecr<\/strong><\/div>\n
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5 Year old Grade 3 son of Street Sense who’s coming off his first ever graded victory in the Grade 3 Wicker Sofa Stakes. 6 furlongs seems to be his ideal distance as he’s got 3 wins and a show at the distance in as many tries. Should almost certainly be in a great stalking position along the rail to save ground and strike in the stretch.\u00a0
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2. CORNYX (9-1)<\/strong><\/div>\n
Jockey: L Radzinski<\/strong><\/div>\n
Trainer: pbcash1<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Another one who just got his first graded victory last out in the Grade 3 Court Fingers Sprint. He’s 2-2 for\u00a0 since cutting back in distance also winning the Hard to Handle Dirt Memorial and like the horse to his inside should get a decent set up to strike in the stretch. Its also worth mentioning that Radzinski gets the mount for the 4th straight time\u00a0 and has two wins and a show in his last 3 on\u00a0CORNYX.<\/strong><\/div>\n
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3. BUZZING QUALITY (11-1)<\/strong><\/div>\n
Jockey: K Ledwith<\/strong><\/div>\n
Trainer: gipper3<\/strong><\/div>\n
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His start to his 4 year old season hasn’t been nearly as successful as his award winning 3 year old season where he won 10 of 11 races winning 3 of 4 graded stakes including Grade 1 victories in the Breeders Bowl Sprint and the Prince’s Knight Stakes. His first two races this season he hasn’t managed to hit the board and there are questions as to whether he can return to his 3 year old form.<\/div>\n
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4. FIRST PETER (5-1)<\/strong><\/div>\n
Jockey: T Ace<\/strong><\/div>\n
Trainer: baggio<\/strong><\/div>\n
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Coming off a dominant performance in which he came from 5 lengths off the pace to cruise to a Grade 3 victory in the Negative Stakes. FIRST PETER also has enough versatility to sit close to the pace, but typically does his best running when coming from mid to back of the pack. This guy also hasn’t run less than a 100 speed fig in almost 2 years leaving me to believe that he’ll almost certainly be there at the end.\u00a0 The last time jockey T Ace & FIRST PETER hooked up all he did was run his career high speed fig (118) in the G2 Pat O’Ryan Handicap\u00a0 in August of last year.<\/div>\n
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5. ANGEL’S TRUMPETS (8-1)<\/strong><\/div>\n
Jockey: F Gossett<\/strong><\/div>\n
Trainer: koza<\/strong><\/div>\n
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The oldest horse in the field at 6 year’s old, this Filly and her form hasn’t been bad but it also hasn’t been what it once was. She’s come up short in her last three G1 tries with two 2nd place finishes and a 7th place loss. This is her first shot against the boys and jockey F Gossett takes the mount for the second straight time. Expect her to be running late in this one but I’m not sure she’s going to out kick her rivals.<\/div>\n
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6. SERVAL (13-1)<\/strong><\/div>\n
Jockey: GD Mate<\/strong><\/div>\n
Trainer: eurosorter2<\/strong><\/div>\n
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He’s fresh off his first graded stakes win taking down the G3 Shimmer Stakes by a neck and is another one who likes to sit off the pass and do his running in the stretch. In his 4 efforts against graded company he’s won by a neck and missed the board entirely in the other three. He’s going to need to make a big jump here in order to get by this group.<\/div>\n
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7. Falchion (6-1)<\/strong><\/div>\n
Jockey: A Jolly<\/strong><\/div>\n
Trainer: phillipj3<\/strong><\/div>\n
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He’s definitely up there as one of the more accomplished horses in this field winning 12 of his 21 races and finishing in the money in 18 of them. Furthermore over the last year he’s done nothing but race against graded company and has posted 6 victories (2 G1’s, 1 G2, and 3 G3’s). The only thing holding him back in this one is his lack of early speed,\u00a0FALCHION<\/strong>\u00a0is a deep closer and will be coming from far back, and I’m not sure he’s going to get a good pace to run at.<\/div>\n
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8. A ROARING SUCCESS (9-1)<\/b><\/p>\n

<\/b>Jockey: D Ledwith<\/b><\/p>\n

Trainer: redhill6<\/b><\/p>\n

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After winning the Grade 1 Double F Memorial back in November he had a little setback in the Grade 3 Wicker Sofa Stakes where he was unable to get by\u00a0FIFTY SENSE<\/b>\u00a0and finished 3rd<\/sup>. Given that the lone speed in this race is sitting to his outside, I\u2019d imagine he\u2019ll be pretty close to the pace and should get first crack at taking down\u00a0THEHISTORYOFCADET<\/b>.<\/p>\n

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9. THEHISTORYOFCADET (6-1)<\/b><\/p>\n

Jockey: T Loesch<\/b><\/p>\n

Trainer: hofcadet<\/b><\/p>\n

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In his last three he\u2019s managed a pretty dominant allowance victory, a Grade 3 victory in the JFK Street, and a place in the Grade 3 Scottsdale BB Stakes. In those races he\u2019s also run speed figs of 118, 115, and 115 which would be more than enough to take down this field. In terms of the pace scenario, he\u2019s the only one in here that I see who prefers to be out in front which should allow him to dictate the pace.<\/p>\n

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10. OLD TIME GHOST (25-1)<\/b><\/p>\n

Jockey: T Small<\/b><\/p>\n

Trainer: ironman1<\/b><\/p>\n

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With only two Graded stakes races under his belt he\u2019s not as seasoned as some of the others in here which is probably why he\u2019s such a long price. However he\u2019s no stranger to upsetting the field as he surprised many in the Grade 3 Backseat Driver Stakes taking down\u00a0IT BODE\u2019S WELL\u00a0<\/b>by a length and a quarter at odds of 28-1. Fast forward a month to the G3 Arizona Silver Spoon where he basically ran the same race but it wasn\u2019t good enough to take down\u00a0SECURITAS DEPOT.\u00a0<\/b>In this one he\u2019s probably going to have to run early with\u00a0HISTORYOFCADET<\/b>\u00a0to clear the field and settle in before making his final run.<\/p>\n

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11. DANZIG ON HOLIDAYS (8-1)<\/b><\/p>\n

Jockey: A Weldon<\/b><\/p>\n

Trainer: marineboy1<\/b><\/p>\n

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He\u2019s run exclusively with Graded company in his last 11 races posting a record of 3-1-1 with his signature victory coming in the Grade 1 The Old Name. The knock on him coming into this one is that his last three races have been less than impressive finishing 6th<\/sup>\u00a0in the G2 Deep South Sprint, 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0in the G2 Pablo Verces Handicap, and a distant 6th<\/sup>\u00a0in the G3 Not Far Stakes. An excuse can be made for the Not Far Stakes as that was his first time ever routing but the other two he just didn\u2019t seem to have enough. Being a deep closer and on the outside he should be able to sit at the back of the pack and have enough room to swing wide for his final run.<\/p>\n

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12. TAP SLEW YOU (44-1)<\/b><\/p>\n

Jockey: J Ledwith<\/b><\/p>\n

Trainer: hulk1<\/b><\/p>\n

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The odds on this one are well warranted as he hasn\u2019t been close to hitting the board in his last 6 Graded runs. However, positionally he\u2019s possibly the only other one in here that looks to potentially want the lead, so I\u2019d expect him to be running early and fading by the 3rd<\/sup>\u00a0call.<\/p>\n

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13. SECURITAS DEPOT (21-1)<\/b><\/p>\n

Jockey: C Meads<\/b><\/p>\n

Trainer: nybtrot<\/b><\/p>\n

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As mentioned previously he put away\u00a0OLD TIME GHOST\u00a0<\/b>in the Grade 3 Arizona Silver Spoon and really seems to have found his best stride as of late. He\u2019s also recently won the Local Championship Stakes in Vermont. Only negative on this guy is he lacks experience as he\u2019s only run with graded company once in his career. In terms of the pace scenario I see two different options for him; 1: he can go early and try to settle just off the pace which will more then likely put him 4 or 5 wide throughout, or 2: He can let everything inside of him break in front of him dive inside to save some ground and then put in a run while weaving through traffic.<\/p>\n

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14. IT BODE\u2019S WELL (14-1)<\/b><\/p>\n

Jockey: D Givins<\/b><\/p>\n

Trainer: jmsstable<\/b><\/p>\n

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IT BODE\u2019S WELL\u00a0<\/b>looks to do her best running\u00a0\u00a0with graded company on an off track where in 3 races with those conditions her record is 1-2-0 and she\u2019s earned a career best 111 speed fig. However she won\u2019t be getting off conditions today and it\u2019s worth mentioning that she won the Grade 3 Spur of the Moment on a fast track last April.\u00a0\u00a0This is also her 4th<\/sup>\u00a0attempt at running with the boys and although she\u2019s done relatively well she\u2019s yet to win in a group like this (0-1-0). From a pace perspective I think she\u2019s going to want to be with the front of the pack sitting just off and outside of the leaders.<\/p>\n

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MY PICKS:<\/b><\/p>\n

1.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>#9 THEHISTORYOFCADET (6-1) \u2013 My pace projection says he gets the lead easy and never looks back. I wouldn\u2019t be surprised to see him wire the field.<\/b><\/p>\n

2.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>#13 SECURITAS DEPOT (21-1) \u2013 Thinking maybe he\u2019s starting to peak at the right moment and might find himself duking it out in the stretch.<\/b><\/p>\n

3.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/b>#7 FALCHION (6-1) \u2013 My first inclination is that he\u2019s not going to get a speed duel that will cause everything in front of him to fall apart, but in case it does happen he\u2019ll be the one to clean up the pieces.<\/b><\/p>\n

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