{"id":4575,"date":"2007-08-17T11:27:30","date_gmt":"2007-08-17T11:27:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=4575"},"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=4575","title":{"rendered":"Small Field to Contest Celebrations in Ireland"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0pt\">With so many races being staged to celebrate the Sim History Day, some races were always going to struggle to get a capacity field and that\u2019s the case in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Ireland<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>. As part of their celebrations to mark this day, <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Ireland<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> with be running the Techranger Irish Day Stakes. Open to three-year-olds over 8 furlongs on turf the race sees only four runners take up the challenge.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0pt\"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0pt\">Coming out of post position 1 will be <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Cat\u2019s Cry<\/B> <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">(IRE)<\/B> from the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">dioscuri<\/I><\/B> stable, this <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Street Cry<\/B> colt comes into this as the most inexperienced runner of the four with only having had seven career starts. Four starts back made Stakes debut with a 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> in the <U>Inspired Cat Memorial<\/U> when he tried to lead the entire trip. Followed this with another 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> in the <U>Cryptozot Special<\/U> again at Stakes level when just failed to hold out the graded place getter <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Slew in a Storm<\/B> by \u00bc length. Return to winners stall when dropped back to three-year-old allowance to make three wins from six starts. Last start ran first unplaced run when tried over 10 furlongs for the first timel. Will appreciate the drop back in distance and with two wins from three starts over the journey should be thereabouts at the end. As the only locally bred entry in the race is sure to be the sentimental favourite by the local crowd.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0pt\">Post 2 sees the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Testa Rossa<\/B> colt <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Saddle Up Nasu (AUS)<\/B> from the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">racelord<\/I><\/B> stable lining up to contest his first Stakes race. This promising colt has won six of his eleven starts including winning five of his last six. Has been improving speed ratings with each start and after winning two on end came out last start and recorded career best speed rating of 105 in winning three-year-old allowance. Has done all his racing at the Denmark track up to this point so will be interesting how he handles the change of track and new jockey. His dam <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Mike\u2019s First<\/B> by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Sadler\u2019s Wells<\/B> has produced four foals to race including the Stakes winner <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Dubfly\u2019s Wells<\/B>. Has more than earned a shot at Stakes level and comes into this as the punters elect and you can\u2019t argue with winning form.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0pt\">Jumping from Post 3 is <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Playing Ground (GB)<\/B> representing the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">foxon2<\/I> <\/B>stable. After showing promise as two-year-old has been a little frustrating for his connections during recent outings. Four starts back ran 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> in the owner restricted <U>100 <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Guineas<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> Stakes<\/U> before being placed twice at allowance level. Last start run 6<SUP>th<\/SUP> over this distance and surface at allowance level when was able to record career best speed rating of 101. Can be prone to mixing form a little and recent efforts do not give confidence that his up to a Stakes win.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0pt\">Finely from Post 4 is<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"> Final Frontier (KY)<\/B> from the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">snowphantm<\/I><\/B> stable and comes into this as the long shot of the field at 4\/1. Failed at his only other Stakes attempt when having first start on dirt in the Owner Restricted in the <U>Delpenn Derby<\/U>. Has since returned to turf where he has recorded two wins from last four starts including last start when he recorded best win when registering 99 speed rating for 1\u00bc length win at allowance level. Is nicely bred being by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Cozzene<\/B> out of <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Storm Bird<\/B> and has won two from two over 8 furlongs on turf in the past.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0pt\">Having a look at the field it appears the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Saddle Up Nasu<\/B> has the strongest claims with <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Cat\u2019s Cry<\/B> being the only possible danger being able break through for his first Stakes win. <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Playing Ground<\/B> and <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Final Frontier<\/B> are capable if they can improve on recent efforts but on paper look to be fighting out for the third place.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Techranger Irish Day Stakes comes down to two.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":381,"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-4575","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4575","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\/381"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4575"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4575\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4575"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4575"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4575"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}