{"id":4576,"date":"2007-08-17T01:21:14","date_gmt":"2007-08-17T01:21:14","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=4576"},"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=4576","title":{"rendered":"Confederacy Needs A Cracker"},"content":{"rendered":"

With only five runners lining up in the Vikingbrothers Firecracker Router Stakes the results will be in danger of going un-noticed on a day of super racing as Sim History is celebrated. It looks to be a race in two with only Ale N\u2019 Skittles<\/B> and Confederacy<\/B> having a realistic chance of winning. The writing is on the wall for Confederacy<\/B>, after showing so much promise last year he has been disappointing this year and if he can\u2019t win here will struggle to be taken seriously in the bigger races later this year.<\/P>

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PP1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This Stupid Horse (IRE)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>corza4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>K.Griggs\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>8\/1<\/P>

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What on earth would inspire somebody to give a horse such a silly name, as the name suggest this horse is simply not very good. In his 36 start career he has won four with the best being two starts ago when winning a restricted allowance worth $22,000. Prior to the this win he was racing at Grade 1 level without any success so probably appreciated the huge class drop which explains how he managed to win. He backed this up with a 7\u00bc length 3rd<\/SUP> in a five horse race again at allowance level. His career best speed rating is 98 in a $10,000 Starter race and at five-years-old is not getting any younger. Even a five horse race needs someone to come last and here it will come in the form of This Stupid Horse<\/B>.<\/P>

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PP2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Manor Utopia (IRE)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>ruok\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>M.Mason\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>3\/1<\/P>

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Lightly raced five-year-old having won 12 of his 25 career starts, is a six times Stakes winner and comes into this having won last two. Two starts back had an easy time of it when powered over the top of the early leaders to win racing away by 3\u00be lengths. Followed that with his sixth success at Stakes level when again finished strongly in winning the Calder Tobasco Stakes<\/U> over 12 furlongs. Has won once over this tip from four attempts but is meeting tough opposition here in Ale N\u2019 Skittles<\/B> and Confederacy<\/B>. Can\u2019t see him making it win number seven at Stakes level but should add to his bank by running third.<\/P>

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PP3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Ale N\u2019 Skittles\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>bigtime\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>P.Jones\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>9\/5<\/P>

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Surprisingly lines up here as the equal favourite and comes with reasonable claims after having done most of his racing at Stakes and Graded level. Is an eight times stakes winner and two times Grade 2 winner as well as being Grade 1 placed on two occasions. Three starts back won the Kinsho Kho Classic \u2013 G2<\/U> for the second year in a row over this journey to take his record to 14 wins from 33 starts. Followed this with his second Grade 1 placing when finished 3rd<\/SUP> in the Red Light Special \u2013 G1<\/U> to four times Grade 1 winner Creepshow (IRE<\/B>). Disappointed connections last start when finished down the track for 7th<\/SUP> of nine in the Smackdown III \u2013G1<\/U> over this journey. It may be best to forget his last effort as is meeting a much inferior field here and will look the likely winner at some stage.<\/P>

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PP4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Confederacy (IRE)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>dawgpound\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>F.Stephenson\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>9\/5<\/P>

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Two times Grade 1 winner last year of The Penn Marathon \u2013 G1<\/U> and The Long Walk \u2013 G1<\/U> who has been struggling to recapture that form this year after six runs. Opened his season impressively with a 2nd<\/SUP> in The Asian Memorial Turf Classic \u2013 G1<\/U> and 3rd<\/SUP> in the John Scott Appreciation Stakes \u2013 G1<\/U> before a disappointing 13th<\/SUP> of fourteen in the Sand Castle Golden Turf Classic \u2013 G1<\/U>. Three starts back ran 2nd <\/SUP>in the Simply the Best \u2013 G1<\/U> behind superstar Horseshoe<\/B><\/st1:PlaceName> Bay<\/st1:PlaceType><\/B><\/st1:place> but has since failed twice at Grade 2 level. I had high hopes for this horse last year and unfortunately he has not gone on with it as I expected. At his best he would be simply far too classy for this field and if he is to be taken seriously in the bigger races later this year will need to win easily.<\/P>

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Lightly raced four-year-old having had only 13 career starts for six wins, connection have shown patience and taken he along slowly. After winning three on end was given first taste at Stakes level when he came out and won the Shadeed\u2019s Ruler Memorial Stakes<\/U>. Connections then threw him into the deep end when he was enter into the King Geoff and Queen Beth\u2019s Emerald Stakes \u2013 G1<\/U> and the task proved beyond him as he finished 14\u00bd lengths of the winner in 5th<\/SUP> place. Has not proven himself against this class and at his very best maybe able to sneak into third.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Confederacy and Ale N’ Skittles have the only fuses in the Vikingbrothers Firecracker Stakes.<\/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-4576","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4576","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=4576"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4576\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4576"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4576"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4576"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}