{"id":5529,"date":"2008-02-29T18:55:35","date_gmt":"2008-02-29T18:55:35","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=5529"},"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=5529","title":{"rendered":"The BIAGI DESERT Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">A small field of five three year old colts will run in the featured race this week in the <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">District of Columbia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. They will go seven furlongs on the dirt course in this ungraded stakes and the winner will take home $21,000 of the $35,000 purse. Seek De Lago(AUS) will be a heavy 3\/5 favorite. <?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\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">1- MOORISH MUJAHID(ENG) 7-2-1-0 L Peters 9\/2<\/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=orignal\"><SPAN style=\"TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none\"><FONT color=#000000>orignal<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/A><\/SPAN> MUJAHID x KALDOUN(FR) x SHARPEN UP(GB)<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Moorish Mujahid(ENG) is out of the grade \u201cG\u201d mare Cool Moors(FR) who has had three foals (two winners, one graded winner). She dominated in turf routes, but her first son is already 0 for 3 on the turf and he failed miserably last time out in his first career turf route. So his connections bring him back to a dirt sprint, where he has locked up both of his career wins. He comes in off of a 9.5 furlong turf race just two weeks ago and I do not think he will fire on all cylinders, so I would steer clear of him at the windows. <\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">2- <SPAN style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: bold\">JUST JUMPIN(KY) 1-0-1-0 O Selby 10\/1<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=mises\"><SPAN style=\"TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none\"><FONT color=#000000>mises<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/A><\/SPAN> <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:City w:st=\"on\">JOHANNESBURG<\/st1:City><\/st1:place> x SILVER DEPUTY x CURE THE BLUES<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">It is always hard to judge how a maiden with only one career race will run in stakes, because we rarely see such a thing in anything but the two year old stakes. This is Mises\u2019s first career stakes entrant and I am assuming he saw a small field within a shippable distance and figured he would give a stakes race a shot with the best bred horse in his stable. The horse was actually given to him by the NAG and it ran fairly well in its first race. This field is small, but it is a major stretch for Just Jumpin(KY) to compete on Saturday. <\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">3- SEEK DE LAGO(AUS) 7-5-1-0 T Howard 3\/5<\/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=shorblue\"><SPAN style=\"TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none\"><FONT color=#000000>shorblue<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/A><\/SPAN> ENCOSTA DE LAGO (AUS) x SEEKING THE GOLD x HALO<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Seek De Lago(AUS) is based on the twenty time winning, grade \u201cC\u201d he mare Seek The Halo. Seek The Halo was 7 for 8 as a two year old (all sprints), but he only won once more in a sprint after his freshman campaign. Seek De Lago(AUS) was 5 for 6 last year (all sprints), and he probably has the ability and pedigree to mature into the route distances in the near future. His connections bring him back to seven furlongs after he went a mile last time and finished sixth. He is one 1 for 1 at seven furlongs and is a worthy favorite, because he has shown that he can consistently post a mid-90s SP. <\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><st1:Street w:st=\"on\"><st1:address w:st=\"on\">4- ALLEY CAT WAY<\/st1:address><\/st1:Street>(KY) 5-2-1-0 A Scheper 7\/2<\/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=noles02\"><SPAN style=\"TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none\"><FONT color=#000000>noles02<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/A><\/SPAN> FLOWER ALLEY x STORM CAT x AFLEET<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Alley Cat Way(KY)\u2019s connections are wisely guiding him back to the seven furlong distance, where he had the best race of his career. He loves to come from the back of the pack and I would not be surprised to see him spot the leader eight lengths before he makes a move on Saturday. If he gets a good trip and can make it through traffic, he should have no problem improving on the 93 SP that he ran at this distance last December and if he does improve on that race he will be a major factor Saturday.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">5- BARB\u2019S GOT CLASS(IRE) 7-3-0-2 L Jenkins 5\/1<\/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=sprintbarn\"><SPAN style=\"TEXT-DECORATION: none; text-underline: none\"><FONT color=#000000>sprintbarn<\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/A><\/SPAN> NIGHT SHIFT x ESSENCE OF DUBAI x SEEKING THE GOLD<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Barb\u2019s Got Class(IRE) will make his three year old debut on Saturday, after a most successful two year old campaign. His most recent race was an 88 SP at 6.5 furlongs in the Del Penn Juvy Sprint, where he finished fifth, but was only beaten 2.25 lengths. He has constantly improved his SPs throughout his career and has only finished completely out of the picture in one of his seven career races. He finished eleventh last July in his only Grade 1 attempt, the Hoserhead Juvenile in <st1:State w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">British Columbia<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>. Coincidentally, that is the only time he ever tried the seven furlong distance, so it will be interesting to see if he can handle it here on Saturday. He is based on the grade \u201cF\u201d he mare Barb\u2019s Mule Skinner, who locked down all three of his wins in dirt sprints. <\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/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\">To be honest, this is not a great betting race. Seek De Lago(AUS) (#3) should win the race and pay about $3.20 on a two dollar bet. The <st1:Street w:st=\"on\"><st1:address w:st=\"on\">#4 Alley Cat Way<\/st1:address><\/st1:Street>(KY) is the second choice on the board a 7\/2 and I think he is the only one that can possibly catch the #3. <\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Five colts battle in the Nation&#8217;s Capital<\/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-5529","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5529","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=5529"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5529\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5529"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5529"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5529"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}