{"id":494,"date":"2005-09-04T01:45:57","date_gmt":"2005-09-04T01:45:57","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=494"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"oldbtb_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=494","title":{"rendered":"Following Daddy&#8217;s Hoofprints"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">After three races, Smarty Jones was three for three, but still fairy anonymous.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His top two year old offspring, also three for three, will be attracting plenty of attention now.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Magical Merlin<\/B> lived up to his favoritism in the $125,000 Grade III Die Arse Die Stakes, winning easily in a time that netted a 94 speed figure for the youngster.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">The win moves him to a top five rating among two year olds going a distance.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Though trainer <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">LordByron<\/I> has yet to commit, the timing seems perfect for a try at the Breeder\u2019s Bowl Juvenile.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Merlin has now been all around the world \u2013 his first race was in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:country-region><st1:place>Ireland<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region>, his second in <st1:place>Hong Kong<\/st1:place>, and now he can stable in <st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">The winner paid $12.90, $7.00, $4.40.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He was also the most common single in a pcik six contest. <\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Another colt that impressed in the Die Arse Die was <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Vuja Day<\/B>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Trained by <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Haulinoats<\/I>, the youngster can from near the back of the pack to finish a good looking second.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>As the distance lengthens, Vuju should just get better.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">The morning line\u2019s pick was Magical Mervin.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Timmn (2\/5 .400) also picked the winner.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Magical Merlin Now Three for Three<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":432,"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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-494","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494","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\/432"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=494"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/494\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=494"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=494"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=494"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}