{"id":5247,"date":"2007-12-27T16:13:47","date_gmt":"2007-12-27T16:13:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=5247"},"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=5247","title":{"rendered":"Gravestone Cap Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><o:p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><STRONG>Gravestone Cap Recap<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/STRONG><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Grade III <\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">A mile and one sixteenth <\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Fast Dirt <\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">$125,000 <\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">All horses, 3 years old and up<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">It looked to be a strong field, and it was, with the first five finishers posting 110-plus speed numbers.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It was <STRONG>AUTOMATION<\/STRONG> coming out on top, showing his last race was a fluke while running the best of his life.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He grabbed the lead right away against a field with some significant speed horses, then did not relinquish it despite strong late surges from <STRONG>MANIUS THE MIGHTY<\/STRONG> and <STRONG>A.P. PRECEDENT<\/STRONG>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The former showed continued maturation as a racehorse, stalking a perfect trip and taking his rally to the winner.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><STRONG>A.P. PRECEDENT<\/STRONG> made a nifty move on the turn and was only two lengths from the winner.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><STRONG>SPANIARD(KY) <\/STRONG>and <STRONG>MALACHI CONSTANT<\/STRONG> waited longer and came running from way back in the stretch for creditable top five finishes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><STRONG>SPEIGHTSBAND<\/STRONG> had good position and ran his race but was beaten by a good bunch.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><STRONG>ALYCZAR<\/STRONG> did not have his usual speed and ran evenly throughout, though only good for seventh.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><STRONG>ANCESTRAL VISION(KY)<\/STRONG> didn\u2019t have his usual late kick, and <STRONG>MR.EKO(IRE)<\/STRONG> might have had traffic problems finding a stalking position.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><STRONG>THE LAKE EFFECT<\/STRONG> had nothing left for the stretch drive.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><STRONG>EPHRATA(PA)<\/STRONG> looked overmatched.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Breeders Bowl winner <STRONG>HALF A WORLD AWAY<\/STRONG> showed good speed but tired badly as the closers passed him.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><STRONG>HENIANLAUCH(KY)<\/STRONG> challenged the leader for six furlongs and tired.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><STRONG>IN PERFECT STRIDE<\/STRONG> belied his name, broke in a tangle, never got close and was eased.<\/P><P><\/o:p>\u00a0<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Automation wins the late season Grade III<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":173,"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-5247","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5247","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\/173"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5247"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5247\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5247"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5247"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5247"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}