{"id":4731,"date":"2007-09-14T12:31:29","date_gmt":"2007-09-14T12:31:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=4731"},"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=4731","title":{"rendered":"Bargain Princess Stakes showcases turf distaffer value combos"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG>New York<\/STRONG>&#8211;\u00a0\u00a0 Knightmare&#8217;s <EM>Bargain Bred Racing Series<\/EM> marches on this week with a late summer festival.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Sophomores match up with their elders in a trio of contests here at New York and among them is the <EM>$75,000 Bargain Princess Stakes<\/EM>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 We&#8217;ve got a field of eight turf distaffers three years old and upwards.\u00a0\u00a0 They will go nine furlongs over a firm-rated turf course.\u00a0\u00a0 Heavy favorites top this field, so let&#8217;s get down to business&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;&#8230;..<\/FONT><\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>At 6\/5, mollydoer&#8217;s <STRONG>Singforyour Supper<\/STRONG> leads the way as our racetime fave.\u00a0 She&#8217;s a 4yo filly by the Storm Cat stallion Singingintherain.\u00a0\u00a0 &#8216;Supper presents a very respectable 6-for-32 lifetime record with $227k in career earnings.\u00a0 I must say that she is a pretty good turf sprinter at the ALW level and was a stakes winner too at age 3.\u00a0 This year, Singforyour Supper won a hefty ALW NW3n back in March with a <STRONG>102 SP#<\/STRONG> and has since recorded multiple 90+ speed figures.\u00a0\u00a0 The gal has been in a pretty good in-the-money groove of late too after &#8220;waking up&#8221; in an out of the blue dirt surprise.\u00a0 The only knock against &#8216;Supper though is that she hasn&#8217;t run over a route of ground since her yesteryears and she didn&#8217;t show much staying power back then.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Will the closer stay the nine furlongs or cough it up as a tired also-ran?<\/FONT><\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Next up\u00a0in oddsmakers&#8217; order we have the lone sophomore filly:\u00a0 <STRONG>Shoaib Akhtar(IRE)<\/STRONG> at 5\/2.\u00a0 \u00a0She&#8217;s by the Red Ransom son Intikhab(IRE).\u00a0 You gotta love this gal in this spot.\u00a0 She&#8217;s 7-for-18 lifetime so far with over $111k in the bank.\u00a0 What a great $5k pickup by Muninn stables&#8217; younggroup division.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The filly has advanced all the way to the ALW NW4x mark and scored a big 104 SP# miler victory last time out too.\u00a0 She even finished 4th in the Bargain Bred Series&#8217; 100 Guineas versus colts back in June.\u00a0 Shoaib Akhtar shows much more improvement since then and will be able to handle the nine furlongs no problem.\u00a0\u00a0 Look for the filly\u00a0to skim along near the front and pounce by the far turn.\u00a0\u00a0 Should be your winner.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/FONT><\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>On the rail, court4&#8217;s <STRONG>Bam Bam(IRE)<\/STRONG> (5\/1)\u00a0returns to her most successful distance.\u00a0 The 5yo mare is by the Sadler&#8217;s Wells stallion Kadeed(IRE).\u00a0\u00a0 She&#8217;s therefore bred for staying power, but Bam Bam much prefers the shorter routes.\u00a0\u00a0Last year, Bam Bam finished a sitant 4th in the <EM>Bargain Princess<\/EM>.\u00a0\u00a0 We&#8217;ll see if she can turn it around this time around and better her 4-for-20 record.\u00a0\u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Blacksoxuk enters a 4yo daughter of the Diesis\u00a0stallion Sabrehill named <STRONG>Go Slow<\/STRONG> (9\/1).\u00a0 \u00a0The filly\u00a0went through a couple trainers before being claimed\u00a0for $5k by Blacksoxuk&#8217;s anitasnags stable.\u00a0 Go Slow was an honest turf short router in her early days and could even win up to a\u00a0$75k tag.\u00a0 Indeed she won an $150k tag race for her new trainer back in April, scoring 92 SP# wire-to-wire over 8.5f.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Good value in the pacesetter all around and will feel much more at home here on the green stuff.\u00a0\u00a0Factor for the board.\u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><STRONG>Over Highland<\/STRONG> (9\/1) from Ace&#8217;s reems11 stable sure has been around a block or two.\u00a0 The 6yo daughter of the Northern Dancer stallion Northern Passage makes her 53rd call to the post this week.\u00a0\u00a0 She&#8217;s won 13 races lifetime and over $470k, a mor than respectable bankroll for this this multiple stakes winner.\u00a0 Ace won the $35k claim shake for Over Highland back in early 2005.\u00a0\u00a0 The mare was an honest turf claimer and then excelled under Ace&#8217;s\u00a0tutelage to become a stakes winner in turf marathons.\u00a0 Her career best performance came in 2006 when she beat a dozen-horse field in a 13f stakes.\u00a0 It was her 33rd career call to the post.\u00a0 Over Highland mostly gallops in the 80 SP# range nowdays.\u00a0\u00a0 Grand ol&#8217; mare will be\u00a0a\u00a0sentimental favorite.\u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Our\u00a0mighty <EM>Bargain Bred Series<\/EM> leader Knightmare checks in with an entry.\u00a0\u00a0 First up is <STRONG>Barton Alm<\/STRONG> (10\/1), a 5yo daughter of Rory&#8217;s Jester(AUS).\u00a0\u00a0 Barton Alm\u00a0came to Knightmare&#8217;s knightowl stable back in July 2006 and promptly finished 9th in the<EM> Bargain Princess<\/EM>.\u00a0Since then, the turfer has been in and out\u00a0of the low-level claiming ranks, but she did manage to snare an ALW NW1x for Morgan back in March of this year.\u00a0\u00a0 80 SP#s seem to be this mare&#8217;s limit &#8212; she likes short routes though.\u00a0 On paper, Barton Alm figures to vie for minor money at best, but maybe she&#8217;ll\u00a0bring her uber-running shoes Saturday and boot home a win for Knightmare.\u00a0\u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Next, Knightmare sends <STRONG>Connie Rock(GB)<\/STRONG> (12\/1)\u00a0from his popsracing stable.\u00a0\u00a0The 4yo filly is sired by Arch Sculptor(GB), a son of Habitat.\u00a0 \u00a0Morgan is Connie Rock&#8217;s sixth trainer &#8212; the filly moved to Morgan&#8217;s stable in April of this year and won a $20k claimer as well as an ALW NW1x, both over a mile woth 90+ SP#s.\u00a0 Unfortunately, she&#8217;s been nowheresville at the ALW level since, so she&#8217;s been punching above her weight.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll see if the closer enjoys Go slow&#8217;s expectant pace.<\/FONT><\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Finally, Mattress jumps on in with <STRONG>Alysyn Chase<\/STRONG> (21\/1), a 5yo mare by Seattle Slew stallion Synastry.\u00a0 Despite her age, Alysyn Chase\u00a0only has 6 career starts.\u00a0\u00a0 It looks like a new player snagged her in the Horse Pool and got lucky with a MSW 8f turf score off the bat.\u00a0\u00a0 The player then entered the mare in a CL $20k tag and Mattress won the fair shake.\u00a0 Alysyn Chase won an ALW 300k restricted race LTO in fine closing fashion.\u00a0\u00a0 I realy like that win over 8.5f &#8212;\u00a0it was only an 87 SP#, but the mare showed\u00a0definite spunk.\u00a0 We&#8217;ll see if she can improve off that effort as a live sleeper here.<\/FONT><\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><U>Snowchief&#8217;s Picks<\/U>:\u00a0\u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Shoaib Akhtar(IRE) should win this one easily.\u00a0 I&#8217;m gonna select Alysyn Chase for the place spot, lighting up your exacta big time.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0Don&#8217;t think Singforyour Supper will\u00a0like the distance at all.\u00a0 The pacesetter Go Slow hangs on for 3rd.\u00a0\u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2>Good luck!\u00a0 And please support Knightmare&#8217;s Bargain Bred Racing Series\u00a0if you have a non-affliated stable that&#8217;s not supporting any Simsite!\u00a0 Thanks!<\/FONT><\/DIV><DIV><FONT face=Verdana size=2><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Singforyour Supper, Shoaib Akhtar(IRE) heavy favorites<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":396,"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-4731","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4731","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\/396"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4731"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4731\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4731"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4731"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4731"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}