{"id":511,"date":"2005-09-08T06:15:06","date_gmt":"2005-09-08T06:15:06","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=511"},"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=511","title":{"rendered":"The Ugly Nurse Pageant"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Leave it to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>Oklahoma<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> to name a Stakes race \u2018<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">The Nurse Ugly Special<\/B>.\u2019<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Ha ha ha.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Let me just say that the trainers of the 2yo fillies in this race don\u2019t think that about their own entry, even though they may be thinking that about their competition.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Well, \u2018<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">The Nurse Ugly Special<\/B>\u2019 hosts a field of 2yo fillies going 7 furlongs on the turf for a $60,000 purse.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Read on to find out who is the \u2018<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Least Ugly<\/B>\u2019 of the bunch.<\/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\">(PP1 \u2013 19\/1) <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Magpie Cecil<\/B>, of the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Mailace7<\/B> stable, was given opening odds of 19\/1.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>How?!? <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>Well, can you say first time starters??<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This Acceptable X Holme On Top X Icy Adonis filly is the obvious horse to beat in this race in my opinion.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>No other filly in this race has fired in the 70\u2019s on the turf, and only <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Go FL Gators<\/B> has run over 6 furlongs up to this point.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>So, I am making the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Magpie<\/B> my choice in this one.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I won\u2019t even mention her dirt races since they are a big 20 SP difference from her turf races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Magpie Cecil<\/B> won her debut race going 5 \u00bd furlongs on the turf firing a 68 and winning by 2 \u00bd lengths.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She won her last time out on the turf going 6 furlongs and fired a 76 in that effort.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I know, I know, she has some claiming races in her past, but her win in her last out was in an open allowance field of seven runners.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Look for <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Mailace7<\/B> to send her to the front in this once since that is where she has run the best.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">(PP2 \u2013 10\/1) <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Intravenous Demilo<\/B>, of the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Rickpitino<\/B> stable, has hit the board in 3 of her 4 races and has been steadily improving each time out.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After winning her $20,000 maiden claiming race, her trainer at the time, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Gdog<\/B>, placed this Aptitude X Unbridled\u2019s Song X Darshaan(ENG) filly in a $5,000 claiming race.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She won that turf race by 2 \u00bc lengths, but the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Rickpitino<\/B> stable picked up her claim tag.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In her next race, her new trainer stepped her up to Stakes Company where she fared decently finishing up 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> in a six horse field and fired a 61 SP #, her career best.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She will in need to continue that improvement today to hit the board I think.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Nonetheless, I think the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Rickpitino<\/B> stable made a good claim if they are patient with <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Intravenous Demilo<\/B>\u2019s development.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">(PP3 \u2013 7\/1) <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Ferocious Roar<\/B>, of the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Goody3<\/B> stable, has yet to visit Stakes Company in her short 4 race career.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This Roar X Nureyev X Smokester filly has hit the board in 3 of 4 races and has run well in large MSW fields in the past.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The thing that really stands out in her past performances is her level of consistency.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>While that can be a good thing at times, it concerns me here because there is no showing of improvement.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This isn\u2019t her first trip on the grass.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In fact, she has never been on the dirt.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This is a longer race than she has ever tried before.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The question for the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Goody3<\/B> stable is whether <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Ferocious Roar<\/B> can handle the step up in company.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I think that if she fires like she did in her 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> race, where she finished 2<SUP>nd <\/SUP>while firing a 67 SP # in a California MSW going six furlongs, then she could hit the board in this one.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She will have to improve I think to win it, though.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">(PP4 \u2013 3\/1) <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Lost In The Fogg<\/B>, of the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Kid6<\/B> stable, holds the claim to my favorite horse name in the race.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This Sky Classic X Trempolino X Cee\u2019s Tizzy filly makes her debut in this one.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Having never run a race in MSW Company really concerns me.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She could run green or she could fire big.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It\u2019s a real crap shoot predicting what a first time starter will do in their debut, especially a 2 year old.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Kid6<\/B> stable\u2019s win percentage is only 8.7% out of 379 races, so I am very hesitant to be optimistic on <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Lost In The Fogg<\/B>\u2019s chances in this one.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>If she doesn\u2019t fire big like <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Kid6<\/B> hopes she will, I think a quick step down into MSW Company to give her time to develop is warranted.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">(PP5 \u2013 8\/5) <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Go FL Gators<\/B>, of the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Oncloud9<\/B> stable, is the morning line favorite in the race.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This Lemon Drop Kid X Affirmed X Gulch filly has hit the board in all 4 of her career races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The bad thing is that they are all on the dirt.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Today she makes her turf debut.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The good thing about <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Go FL Gators<\/B> is that she has been a consistent 70-75 SP # filly.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Again, those races were on the dirt.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>As we all know, surface can have a huge impact on a horse\u2019s performance.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After two heartbreaking second place finished, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Go FL Gators<\/B> won by a nose in her third try at 6 furlongs in MSW Company.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In her last out, this filly made her Stakes debut, while stretching out to 7 \u00bd furlongs.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She finished up 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> in a 4 horse field.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I think that if she can handle the turf as well as she has handled the dirt, the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Oncloud9<\/B> stable will have a horse in the money since she is the only entry in the race that has been 7 furlongs or longer.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">(PP6 \u2013 8\/5) <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Psyche<\/B>, of the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Kjracing<\/B> stable, is another first time starter.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This Belong To Me X Seattle Slew X Guillaume Tell filly must have something that the morning line odds makers like since she is the co-morning line favorite.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Kjracing<\/B> stable has a winning percentage of 13% out of 389 races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Better than the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Kid6<\/B> stable, but again, I am hesitant to get too excited over a first time starter, much less one making their debut in Stakes Company.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Bigbaba<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>I&#8217;ll Take The 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