{"id":50165,"date":"2019-09-27T16:45:20","date_gmt":"2019-09-27T20:45:20","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=50165"},"modified":"2019-09-27T16:45:20","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T20:45:20","slug":"future-stars-series-grab-a-beignet-and-watch-9-run-in-a-8f-louisiana-nw2l-part-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=50165","title":{"rendered":"Future Stars Series \u2013 Grab a Beignet and Watch 9 Run in a 8f Louisiana NW2L (Part 2)"},"content":{"rendered":"

The BTB suddenly has a word count issue, so see Part 1 here<\/a>.<\/p>\n

#6 – A Ghost For Gold<\/b> (Ghostzapper x Belle of Broadway [A.P. Indy x Mr. Prospector]) \u2013 Owned by zkingab9<\/i> \u2013 5\/2 (f<\/i>)<\/p>\n

Race Record<\/span>: 3:1-0-1; $36,054<\/p>\n

Capsule<\/span>: A Ghost for Gold made his debut on May 8 in a 6f MSW and had no trouble dispatching the competition as the even money favorite.\u00a0 After stalking the pace early, the drew off to win by 1-1\/2 lengths, with a 73 SP.\u00a0 He hasn\u2019t been quite as successful in 2 NW2L allowance attempts since then, but he showed promise in his most recent race.\u00a0 There, his first try at today\u2019s 8f distance, he sat last of the field of 4 early but showed a bit of a closing kick in the stretch, finishing 3rd<\/sup> and earning a career high 82 SP.\u00a0 He\u2019ll try to improve on that performance today.\u00a0 A Ghost For Gold is the 12th<\/sup> foal from 17yo mare Belle of Broadway, and is by sire Ghostzapper.\u00a0 Ghostzapper ($85,000), the 2004 US Horse of the Year, was the #14 ranked US sire in 2018. His 2018 sim crop currently ranks #15 overall, with 131 winners from 165 runners to date, and his 2019 crop has 44 winners from 126 runners, ranking #41 overall.\u00a0 11 of his 2018 crop and 2 of his 2019 crop have earned stakes victories, with 3 and 1 graded stakes winner, respectively. Ghostzapper\u2019s sim foals are typically dirt runners (66% of earnings on dirt), with a pretty even balance between routing and sprinting (57% of earnings in routes, but a 51-49 split in wins), and his sim AWD of 7.65 isn\u2019t too far off his real world AWD of 7.23.\u00a0 Belle of Broadway was an excellent runner on the track, having won 12 of her 30 career races.\u00a0 She was a dirt sprinter who won 3 stakes races, including a win in the Scary Carrie The Blueberry-G2<\/span> (6f) in 2006.\u00a0 Her foals have all been dirt runners, but with a mix of distance preferences, and some have been top quality runners.\u00a0 7 of her previous 11 foals are stakes winners, and among them are 6yo Belladonte<\/b> (Sea The Stars<\/i>), winner of The Humane Distaff-G1<\/span> (7f), and Future Stars Series graduate American Belle<\/b> (American Pharoah<\/i>).\u00a0 The Ghostzapper x A.P. Indy cross has been used 58 times in the past 5 years, producing 51 winners, 15 stakes winners and a staggering 8 graded stakes winners (16% of the foals are graded stakes winners).\u00a0 The runners have a strong dirt preference, but are pretty evenly split between routing and sprinting.\u00a0 A Ghost of Gold (DI: 3.25, CD: 0.76) looks like he should get today\u2019s distance, and he\u2019ll try to become the latest in his family\u2019s line to achieve sim success.<\/p>\n

Watch Level<\/span>: High<\/p>\n

#7 – Severe Turbulence<\/b> (Broken Vow x Cyberwarfare [Declaration of War x Smart Strike]) \u2013 Owned by plano10<\/i> \u2013 4\/1<\/p>\n

Race Record<\/span>: 1:1-0-0; $20,220<\/p>\n

Capsule<\/span>: Severe Turbulence comes into this race as one of the lightest raced horses in the field, with only 1 career race under his belt.\u00a0 That race came back on August 13, when he debuted in a 6.5f MSW.\u00a0 In that race, he went off as the 6\/1 4th<\/sup> choice in a field of 13.\u00a0 After stalking the pace early, he made his move in at the top of the stretch and dominated the field, drawing off to win by 1-1\/2 lengths and earning an 82 SP.\u00a0 He\u2019ll stretch out today as he takes on winners for the first time.\u00a0 Severe Turbulence is the 2nd<\/sup> foal from 5yo mare Cyberwarfare, and is by Broken Vow.\u00a0 Cyberwarfare won 5 of her 21 career races, all in dirt sprints.\u00a0 She spent most of her career at the allowance level.\u00a0 Her first foal, Build A Hideout<\/b> (Animal Kingdom<\/i>), has won 2 of 11 races thus far, both in dirt sprints, though he has shown that his best racing is as a turf router.\u00a0 Broken Vow ($25,000), a multiple graded stakes winner at 8.5-9f on the dirt, was the #44 ranked US sire in 2018.\u00a0 His sim crops aren\u2019t quite as good, and his 2018 currently ranks #123 overall, with 74 runners and 53 winners to date (the 2019 crop has 17 winners from 51 runners).\u00a0 Of those, 2 of the 2018 crop and 1 of the 2019 crop have found their way to a stakes winner\u2019s circle, with 2 of those 3 being graded stakes winning dirt sprinters. His sim foals have shown a strong preference for the dirt (72% of earnings on dirt), with a slight preference for sprinting (58% of wins in sprints, though 56% of earnings are in routes), and his 7.2 sim AWD nearly matches his real life 7.26 AWD.\u00a0 The Broken Vow x Declaration of War cross has only been used one other time in the past 5 years, producing a dirt sprinter.\u00a0 Severe Turbulence (DI: 2.37, CD: 0.59) doesn\u2019t look like he\u2019ll have much trouble with today\u2019s distance, and he\u2019s a top contender in this race.<\/p>\n

Watch Level<\/span>: High<\/p>\n

#8 – Bo De Lago<\/b> (Bodemeister x Quintada [Encosta De Lago (AUS) x Easy Goer]) \u2013 Owned by gcliffo21<\/i> \u2013 6\/1<\/p>\n

Race Record<\/span>: 3:1-0-1; $34,306<\/p>\n

Capsule<\/span>: Bo De Lago began his racing career on May 4 in a 6f MSW.\u00a0 After stalking the pace early in the race, he was outrun to the finish and had to settle for 3rd<\/sup>.\u00a0 His next try, again at 6f against a 5 horse field, saw Bo De Lago try a new pacesetting strategy that failed, as he tired and finished 4th<\/sup>.\u00a0 His most recent race was a step forward though, as he finally broke his maiden in a 7f MSW, dueling for the lead early and then opening up a huge lead in the stretch before gearing down and winning by 1-3\/4 lengths, with an 80 SP.\u00a0 This will be his first routing attempt.\u00a0 Bo De Lago is the son of Bodemeister, and is the 4th<\/sup> foal out of 8yo mare Quintada.\u00a0 Bodemeister ($25,000), second in the 2012 Kentucky Derby and Preakness, was the #49 ranked US sire of 2018.\u00a0 In the sim, his 2018 crop currently ranks #61, with 85 winners from 124 runners to date, and his 2019 crop has 26 winners from 70 runners thus far.\u00a0 3 of the 2018 crop and 1 of the 2019 have won stakes races, though none have graded stakes victories just yet.\u00a0 Bodemeister\u2019s sim foals strongly prefer dirt (76% of earnings on dirt) and are pretty evenly split between routes and sprints (56% of earnings and 53% of wins in routes), though his sim AWD of 7.78 is slightly longer than his real world AWD of 7.17.\u00a0 Quintada won 7 of her 21 career races, with a single stakes win and multiple graded stakes placingson her resume.\u00a0 Most of her running came in the 8-8.5f dirt range, which is perfect for today\u2019s race.\u00a0 Of her first 3 foals, however, only one has had any real on the track, and that foal is a stakes placed dirt router.\u00a0 The Bodemeister x Encosta De Lago cross has occurred 4 times in the past 5 years, with 3 winners but only 1 allowance winner thus far.\u00a0 Most of the wins have come in dirt routes.\u00a0 Bo De Lago (DI: 3.67, CD: 0.79) seems like this might be his ideal distance, but he\u2019ll need to show that he\u2019s got the stamina to get these routes to really excel in the future.<\/p>\n

Watch Level<\/span>: Medium<\/p>\n

#9 – Quietoljunk <\/b>(Stonesider x Category Five x End Sweep) \u2013 Owned by quietjohn<\/i> \u2013 44\/1<\/p>\n

Race Record<\/span>: 5:1-4-0; $83,415<\/p>\n

Capsule<\/span>: Quietoljunk is both the most experienced and most profitable of the horses in this race. \u00a0He made his debut all the way back on January 2 in a 5f hot MSW where he had only 1 non-CPU opponent, but he finished 2nd<\/sup>.\u00a0 From there, the Texas-bred found a $150,000 local claimer and took his shot there, but again finished 2nd<\/sup>.\u00a0 His first and only win came in his 3rd<\/sup> race, a $150,000 Local Starter Allowance, where he again faced only 1 non-CPU horse and wired the field.\u00a0 His 4th<\/sup> race was his fastest, as Quietoljunk tried another $150,000 Local Starter, where he sat 2nd<\/sup> early in the field of 4 and stayed there the entire race, earning a career high 66 SP.\u00a0 His most recent race was a turf try where he missed by a head at 4.5f.\u00a0 He\u2019ll take a big leap stretching out to 8f for the first time.\u00a0 Quietoljunk is the scratch-bred son of Stonesider, out of a Category Five mare.\u00a0 Stonesider ($2,000), a son of Giant\u2019s Causeway and the #8 ranked sire in Texas in 2018, was 1 for 1 in his career on the track, in a dirt sprint. His 2019 sim crop currently has 8 runners (his most since 2016), and 6 have already won, ranking #712 overall.\u00a0 Among his 111 lifetime foals are 2 stakes winners, with one recent winner coming on non-restricted company at 6.5f on the dirt.\u00a0 His sim foals are largely dirt sprinters (67% of earnings on dirt, 66% in sprints), which aligns with his 6.84 real world AWD and 6.58 sim AWD..\u00a0 Somewhat surprisingly, even though Stonesider has had only 8 runners this year, 2 of them have been featured in this Future Stars Series!\u00a0 Quietoljunk (DI: 0.82, CD: -0.20) might be able to get the distance, but he seems out of his depth here as he takes on real competition for the first time.<\/p>\n

Watch Level<\/span>: Low<\/p>\n

—<\/p>\n

Who to pick in this race?\u00a0 Who knows?\u00a0 I\u2019m gonna go against the favorite, and instead go with (1) Severe Turbulence<\/b>, (2) Who\u2019s Da Boss<\/b>, and (3) Home Town City<\/b>. \u00a0Good luck everyone!<\/p>\n

Other Races to Watch This Weekend:<\/p>\n

1)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kentucky \u2013 Alw NW2L @ 8f-T (Fillies) (Division 1<\/a>) (Division 2<\/a>)<\/p>\n

2)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Florida \u2013 NW2L @ 7f (Fillies)<\/a><\/p>\n

3)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 California \u2013 Alw NW2L @ 8.5f-T<\/a><\/p>\n

4)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kentucky \u2013 Alw NW2L @ 8.5f-T<\/a><\/p>\n

5)\u00a0 \u00a0 \u00a0\u00a0New York \u2013 Alw NW2L @ 8f (Fillies)<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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