{"id":4773,"date":"2007-09-20T21:01:46","date_gmt":"2007-09-20T21:01:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=4773"},"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=4773","title":{"rendered":"Rosenthal, Jumpin’ Java Head Powerful Team Americas Delegation"},"content":{"rendered":"

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World Cup Turf Marathon<\/U><\/FONT> <\/DIV>
Grade I
A mile and one half
Firm Turf
$500,000\u00a0\u00a0<\/DIV>

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1 Europe GALDOUNCAL(IRE)\u00a0 shamrandk\u00a0 P Wright\u00a0 10\/1\u00a0
2 Americas SEVERE WARNING(IRE)\u00a0 fairhaven5\u00a0 W McClendon\u00a0 6\/1\u00a0
3 Americas ROSENTHAL(IRE)\u00a0 simsters8\u00a0 V Waddle\u00a0 3\/1\u00a0
4 AUS\/NZ\/Asia PRIVATE MISWAKI\u00a0 shagfarms6\u00a0 C Meads\u00a0 20\/1\u00a0
5 Europe LOVE BOAT CAPTAIN(IRE)\u00a0 shamran3\u00a0 F Gossett\u00a0 17\/1\u00a0
6 Europe FOZ DE LUMBIER(IRE)\u00a0 sansebas\u00a0 C Shoemaker\u00a0 8\/1\u00a0
7 Europe NASUJABR(KY)\u00a0 sabbath2\u00a0 R Gibson\u00a0\u00a0 23\/1\u00a0
8 Americas JUMPIN’ JAVA\u00a0 waradmiral\u00a0 K Ledwith\u00a0 7\/2\u00a0
9 Americas DARKDOUN(IRE)\u00a0 peepsclaim\u00a0 J Stivers\u00a0\u00a0 7\/1\u00a0
10 AUS\/NZ\/Asia KOOL THING(IRE)\u00a0 eddieatc\u00a0 B F Abman\u00a0 12\/1\u00a0
11 AUS\/NZ\/Asia RURAL LAW(IRE)\u00a0 vettori\u00a0 M Russell\u00a0\u00a0 8\/1\u00a0 <\/DIV>
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SIM WORLD CUP I<\/STRONG> is almost upon us.\u00a0\u00a0The World Cup Turf Marathoners and their trainers are busy preparing for the big day.\u00a0 Let’s look at the\u00a0eleven starters by group.<\/DIV>
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Team Down Under:<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/DIV>
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Heading the Aussie\/Kiwi\/Far East contingent is multiple Grade I winner, Rural Law<\/STRONG>(IRE).\u00a0 The handsome Law Society(IRE) three year old is chump change short of becoming the sport’s newest millionaire.\u00a0 Vettori’s homebred won\u00a0both the\u00a0Grade I\u00a0Adelaide Derby and the Grade I Owner’s Stakes\u00a0in a four race stretch\u00a0this Spring and Summer.\u00a0 Also included in that string was a bang up second in the Grade I English\u00a0Derby.<\/DIV>
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In his most recent start, Rural Law tackled his elders for the first time in the Grade II Shimko Classic.\u00a0 A combination of iron tough foes and short rest did him in as he staggered home some seventeen lengths behind the classy trio of Horseshoe Bay, Rosenthal(IRE), and Minesweeper.<\/DIV>
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Vettori has given his star a month’s rest since that debacle and the colt looks fantastic!\u00a0 I watched him\u00a0breeze a grassy mile in 1:37.76 on Tuesday morning and he couldn’t blow out a candle following the move.\u00a0 Seems all set to get back on track.<\/DIV>
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Eddieatc is both proud of and concerned with his Kool Thing<\/STRONG>(IRE).\u00a0 He’s proud that the son of Black Sam Bellamy(IRE) and lightly raced Marilyn D (Septieme Ciel) won five races in a row late last year and earlier this year.\u00a0 Among those victories were consecutive Grade I scores in The Marathon Cup and the Asian Memorial Turf Classic.\u00a0 He’s concerned\u00a0because his charge has failed to hit the board in his last five races.\u00a0 And he’s been beaten double digit lengths in his last four.<\/DIV>
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The\u00a0rangy chestnut has been given a well deserved seven week rest coming into this event and has regained\u00a0over a\u00a0hundred pounds.\u00a0 He shows a series of solid works leading up to his return.\u00a0 On Monday he was full of energy during a long gallop and on Tuesday he breezed six panels in 1:13 and change.\u00a0 It will be interesting to see which Kool Thing shows up on Saturday.\u00a0 Your call.<\/DIV>
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Private Miswaki<\/STRONG> rounds out the shorthanded Down Under squad.\u00a0 Shag haltered the son of Miswaki out of a 2K maiden claimer in April of 2005.\u00a0 Private Miswaki responded positively to his new conditioner right off the bat by winning four of his next seven starts.\u00a0 And he hit the board in the other three.\u00a0 The hard hitting five year old has now earned over $250,000 in his career.<\/DIV>
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The bad news is that Private Miswaki has failed to finish better than third in eight career stakes races.\u00a0 Considering the quality of his opposition, that is not likely to change.<\/DIV>
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Team Europe:<\/STRONG><\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Foz De Lumbier<\/STRONG>(IRE)\u00a0proudly carries Team Europe’s banner\u00a0into battle.\u00a0 Sansebas’ sophomore sensation arrives in Texas in peak form.\u00a0 The muscular Dubawi(IRE) colt sports a two race win streak\u00a0having annexed consecutive listed stakes in Ontario and Nebraska, the latter against older foes.\u00a0 The stalker has improved his speed ratings steadily and posted big numbers (104 and 105) in his most recent scores.<\/DIV>
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This will be Foz De Lumbier’s first crack at graded foes and the enormity of the task is evident.\u00a0 But the\u00a0spirited\u00a0youngster\u00a0appeared undaunted as he\u00a0worked a lightning quick half in :45.32\u00a0on Monday.\u00a0 Chance to surprise for his world class rider Chucky “Cheese” Shoemaker.<\/DIV>
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Galdouncal<\/STRONG>(IRE) drew the hedge for trainer Shamrandk and jockey Phil Wright.\u00a0 The four year old homebred son of Galileo(IRE) has been a useful sort so far.\u00a0 After breaking his maiden in his second start, Galdouncal struggled mightily to clear the first level allowance hurdle.\u00a0\u00a0Since he did, his improvement has been steady.<\/DIV>
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He won his first stakes try very impressively three back at Epsom.\u00a0 Then came a dismal performance in the Grade II Dawn to Dusk Cup, also at Epsom.\u00a0 Most recently Galdouncal was a sharp second in a Longchamp marathon.\u00a0 Needs\u00a0a big\u00a0step forward to compete with this crowd.<\/DIV>
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California riding sensation Frank Gossett is excited about his mount,\u00a0Love Boat Captain<\/STRONG>(IRE).\u00a0 “Shamran called my agent and asked if I’d ride his colt Love Boat Captain.\u00a0 My agent didn’t commit right away so Shamran expressed a tape of the horse.\u00a0 We watched it and were quite impressed.\u00a0 He’s a big, strong colt\u00a0who’s been first or second in his last five starts.”<\/DIV>
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“I like that he has won both on the engine and coming from behind.\u00a0 It gives me more options.\u00a0 I rode him in a workout Tuesday morning and we got along great.\u00a0 He’s a very responsive colt.\u00a0 I like our chances a lot!”<\/DIV>
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If you like the Century City(IRE) colt as much as his rider, you’ll be handsomely rewarded if correct.<\/DIV>
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Veteran world class conditioner Sabbath sends out Nasujabr<\/STRONG>(KY) for the Europeans.\u00a0 The three year old son of Aljabr and the Sadler’s Wells broodmare, Theli, is\u00a0graded placed in both of his most recent outings.\u00a0 Two back he was a solid second behind stablemate Nasu In The Sand in The Grade II Seventh King Eddie Stakes.\u00a0 And last time out he closed from sixteen lengths back to miss by only two diminishing lengths versus the talented F Speed in the Grade III Danish Derby.<\/DIV>
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This will be\u00a0Nasujabr’s first start against older foes and he looks a bit overmatched on paper.\u00a0 But the talented sophomore does own a big late kick\u00a0and he has a shot get close at a price if he fires.<\/DIV>
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Team Americas:<\/FONT><\/STRONG><\/DIV>
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Team Americas is loaded.\u00a0 They send out all four of the lowest\u00a0odds horses including favored Rosenthal<\/STRONG>(IRE).\u00a0 The Rock of Gibraltar(IRE) four year old posted a monster 112 speed number last time out splitting multiple graded winners Horseshoe Bay and Minesweeper in the Grade II Shimko.\u00a0 That runner up effort is just one of five graded placed races for the Simsters star.\u00a0\u00a0<\/DIV>
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Rosenthal worked five eighths over the main course in :59.33 on Tuesday.\u00a0 He pulled up great and looked wonderful.\u00a0 If his foes want some hope, it must\u00a0be noted that Rosenthal has yet to win a\u00a0graded race.\u00a0 In fact, he’s won only one race in the last year.\u00a0 Big shot but no lock.\u00a0<\/DIV>
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Waradmiral’s Jumpin’ Java<\/STRONG> is rated second choice at 7-2 by Texas oddsmaker Slim Pickens.\u00a0 The powerfully built son of Java Gold is fast approaching two and a half million dollars in career earnings.\u00a0 He added $900,000\u00a0to his bankroll last time out when he crushed a very good Grade I field in\u00a0the rich mile and a half King Geoff and Queen Beth Emerald Stakes while posting a 109 speed figure.<\/DIV>
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Jumpin’ Java is effective at any distance, but he’s deadly at twelve panels having a lifetime record of 2-0-1 in three grade I starts at the distance.\u00a0 Absolutely fit and razor sharp.\u00a0 The one to beat.\u00a0<\/DIV>
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Sometimes it’s not who you beat, but how you beat them.\u00a0 Fairhaven’s New Yorker runner up, Severe Warning<\/STRONG>(IRE), punched his ticket to Texas by posting a 110 speed figure while winning a Wyoming listed stake in his turf debut.\u00a0 Although the field lacked depth, his manner of winning impressed the committee.<\/DIV>
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The flashy Theatrical(IRE) sophomore opened up a huge lead and coasted to victory over favored Roadhouse Blues in an eye opening 2:29.1.\u00a0 He shipped in last night and is scheduled to gallop Friday.\u00a0 Another solid contender for Team Americas.<\/DIV>
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Darkdoun<\/STRONG>(IRE) rounds out the powerhouse American quartet.\u00a0 Peepsclaim’s\u00a0speed ball\u00a0arrives in excellent form following a gate to wire triumph in an eleven furlong listed stake at\u00a0Saratoga.\u00a0 In that race, the rangy Galileo(IRE) colt sped to the top as usual, opened a long lead, and cruised home by seven while drifting\u00a0out.\u00a0 Jockey Orza attributed Darkdoun’s erratic stretch run to boredom.\u00a0 “He got bored, that’s all.\u00a0 Nobody else was close enough to see or hear so he started playing.”<\/DIV>
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The 106 speed figure he posted in that race, along with the fact he’s a graded winner at Saturday’s distance, stamp Darkdoun as dark horse with a chance.\u00a0 And having Jacques “The Flying Frenchman” Stivers in the saddle certainly doesn’t hurt.<\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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