{"id":5353,"date":"2008-01-25T17:14:17","date_gmt":"2008-01-25T17:14:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=5353"},"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=5353","title":{"rendered":"The CLAUDIA Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">This week in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Alabama<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> features another field of 4yo and up mares, but they will be tackling the dirt course this week. They will go a mile and a half in this ungraded stakes and the winner will take home $36,000 of the $60,000 purse.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">1- <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:City w:st=\"on\">BELEM<\/st1:City><\/st1:place>(IRE) 20-6-5-3 M McKyer 9\/1<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">ID # 123683 <\/SPAN>4 Year Old Homebred Chestnut Mare<SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Stable <SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/mstab.asp?name=maruxa\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: windowtext\">maruxa<\/SPAN><\/A> <\/SPAN>THEATRICAL(IRE) x JADE HUNTER x BOLD BIDDER<SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">Belem(IRE) likes to hang out in the back of the pack at the beginning of most of her races. She has been in the bottom three after the first call and in the bottom half after the second call in every race of her career. She has never broken 100 SP, but has run her two best SP\u2019s (98 and 95) at 12F on the dirt. She likes the distance and will probably swallow up some horses at the end of this race, but her SP\u2019s are not competitive enough to win. She is out of the grade \u201cC\u201d La Rotonda who has produced two stakes winners and four winners in four foals. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">2- A.P. PRINCESS(KY) 19-7-4-3 E Sharp 7\/2<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">ID # 124526 <\/SPAN>4 Year Old Homebred Brown Mare<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Stable <SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/mstab.asp?name=sharood\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: windowtext\">sharood<\/SPAN><\/A> <\/SPAN>TOUCH GOLD x KINGMAMBO x A.P. INDY<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">A.P. Princess(KY) comes in to this race ranked ninth in the division, because of a Grade I win last time out at 11F. She ran a career high 109 SP that day and will be hard to beat if she follows it up with a repeat performance Saturday, but she has only tried 12F once and she ran fifth in an ungraded stakes, (92 SP) so I think that may be unlikely. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">3- BAD BLACKBERRY(IRE) 20-7-3-1 E Fricke 7\/1<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">ID # 30886 <\/SPAN>6 Year Old Homebred Dark Grey Mare<SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Stable <SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/mstab.asp?name=shredder\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: windowtext\">shredder<\/SPAN><\/A> <\/SPAN>BARATHEA(IRE) x GRAUSTARK x ALLEGED<SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">BAD BLACKBERRY(IRE) is 3-0-1-0 at 12F dirt. She did match her career high with a 102 SP when she ran second in a Grade 2 race at this distance in August. She is still 27<SUP>th <\/SUP>in the division, but has run out of the money in four of her last five races. I would steer clear of her at the windows on Saturday.<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">4- POINT BREAK 32-7-9-2 B Barger 9\/1<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">ID # 59132 <\/SPAN>5 Year Old Homebred Brown Mare<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Stable <SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/mstab.asp?name=lacostra\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: windowtext\">lacostra<\/SPAN><\/A> <\/SPAN>POINT GIVEN x ROAR x DANEHILL<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">Based on the grade \u201cC\u201d he mare Raw Emotion, who was a six time stakes winner (all dirt routes); Point Break is a very well bred mare. She has tried 12F on the dirt twice in her career with mixed results. In the first attempt she posted a 76 SP and ran ninth in an A-9900nw2x race. In the second attempt she won an ungraded stakes last September and posted the first triple digit SP of her career (100 SP). If she improves slightly on her September effort, she could pull a big upset here. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">5- FORTHCOMING 45-15-8-6 R Pollard 5\/2<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">ID # 27796 <\/SPAN>6 Year Old Homebred Brown Mare<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Stable <SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/mstab.asp?name=whodrwho25\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: windowtext\">whodrwho25<\/SPAN><\/A> <\/SPAN>A.P. INDY x SEEKING THE GOLD x SECRETARIAT<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">She has great breeding, SP\u2019s, and finishes (mainly at 12F on the dirt). She is the morning line favorite for good reason. She is 13-9-3-0 at 12F on the dirt and she ran her two highest SP\u2019s (107 and 105) at this distance. She is suited for the distance and class and her jockey R Pollard is hot right now (he also won the stakes here last week). I think she should win by at least 3 lengths on Saturday. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">6- BIG BROWN(KY) 10-3-1-1 W Stowe 8\/1<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">ID # 76470 <\/SPAN>4 Year Old Homebred Brown Mare<SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Stable <SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/mstab.asp?name=flurgen5\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: windowtext\">flurgen5<\/SPAN><\/A> <\/SPAN>STORM CAT x CHARISMATIC x KRIS S.<SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">Big Brown(KY) is based on the grade \u201cC\u201d mare Matfly\u2019s Krissy who did all of her damage in routes on the dirt. Matfly\u2019s Krissy won two stakes at 16F (including one in <st1:State w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">AL<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>) and one stakes at 11F. Big Brown (KY) has also won an ungraded stakes at 11F. Her last four efforts have all been at 12F dirt, she ran a second in an ungraded stakes (98 SP) and a third in Grade 1 race (103 SP). Those recent performances have propelled her to 28<SUP>th<\/SUP> in this division. She has run consistently good SP\u2019s recently and will easily finish in the top 5 here on Saturday. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">7- RALLY THE QUEEN(KY) 14-6-4-1 A Timpson 15\/1<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">ID # 24676 <\/SPAN>4 Year Old Homebred Chestnut Mare<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Stable <SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/mstab.asp?name=queenab\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: windowtext\">queenab<\/SPAN><\/A> <\/SPAN>KINGMAMBO x STORM CAT x <st1:City w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">SEATTLE<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> SLEW<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">You can argue with her breeding, because she is out of the well bred grade \u201cE\u201d mare Rally Cat. Interestingly enough, Rally Cat was much more successful on the turf than on the dirt (all 10 of her wins were on the grass). I would say 15\/1 is a pretty good value on this horse, she is 1 for 1 at 12F, winning by 5 lengths in an A-52300nw4x race. Her speed figures are lower than most in this field, but they are consistent. I think she could round out a big trifecta behind the two favorites. <\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">8- LOST WITNESS 27-11-3-4 C Riddle 4\/1<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">ID # 97455 <\/SPAN>5 Year Old Homebred Light Grey Mare<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Stable <SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/mstab.asp?name=salamander\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: windowtext\">salamander<\/SPAN><\/A> <\/SPAN><st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:PlaceName w:st=\"on\">ROYAL<\/st1:PlaceName> <st1:PlaceType w:st=\"on\">ACADEMY<\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> x EL PRADO(IRE) x SEEKING THE GOLD<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">You can not ask for a more consistent runner than Lost Witness; her last nine SP\u2019s have all been between 95 and 99. I think she simply needs to finally crack the triple-digit barrier to win here on Saturday. <o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">9- PAY NO HEED 28-4-3-4 G Blinn 10\/1<o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">ID # 101574 <\/SPAN>5 Year Old Homebred Brown Mare<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Stable <SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><A href=\"http:\/\/derbyfever.com\/hr\/runtime\/mstab.asp?name=mav1761\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: windowtext\">mav1761<\/SPAN><\/A> <\/SPAN>APTITUDE x GO FOR GIN x PLEASANT COLONY<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">Pay No Heed has only gone 12+ furlongs twice in her career. Last time out, she ran fourth in an ungraded stakes at 14F (90 SP). She also ran fourth in an <\/SPAN>A-52300NW2t (88 SP) in November 2006. She has been running consistently since a rough trip last February and she posted a career high 99 SP in an A-40500NW4x two races ago in NY at 10F. The distance and class might be a little too much for Pay No Heed to handle on Saturday, but she may be consistent enough to run fourth or fifth. <\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">FINAL ANALYSIS <\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Another strong and talented field comes to <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:State w:st=\"on\">Alabama<\/st1:State><\/st1:place> this week. My selections are a little chalky, but expect a longshot to run at least third or fourth. My top 5 picks are as follows: 5-2-7-6-1. My longshot pick is the #7 Rally the Queen(KY) at 15\/1. <\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Expect another battle in Bama<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":142,"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":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5353","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5353","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\/142"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5353"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5353\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5353"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5353"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5353"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}