The A. P. RULE Special<\/P>
Stakes <\/P>
A mile and one eighth <\/P>
Fast Dirt <\/P>
$45,000 <\/P>
All horses, 3 years old<\/P>
3518.6410 A. P. RULE<\/A> was a son of Imp Society from an A.P. Indy mare who loved a flat dirt mile.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He won six stakes and was a regular triple-digit performer.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He ran for astfly for almost all of his five years until I claimed him for $7,500 on the downside of his career.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I ran him three times at all the wrong distances, then bred him as a he-mare to Distorted Humor (long before that sire\u2019s sim upgrade) to get the useful UNCONSTITUTIONAL<\/A>, who surprisingly most liked the turf. <\/P> So knowing the history of this horse, I was inspired to write up the stakes named after him, the first I\u2019ve ever noticed named for a horse I owned.<\/P> Let\u2019s just get a short intro to today\u2019s sophomores:<\/P> 1 6432 IN A TIZZY TED(KY)<\/STRONG>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>highc\u00a0 <\/SPAN>B Jackman\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>13\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P> Tiznow runner broke his maiden nicely with an 87 in his juvenile finale, but he has been well beaten in two similar stakes so far this year.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Not sure whether the extra half furlong is a benefit for him.<\/P> 2 145706 MARIAS ICE PALACE(KY)<\/STRONG>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>myclaret\u00a0 <\/SPAN>M Parsons\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>18\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P> Poster child for the tonic of a long layoff, since he busted out with a big 90\u2019s speed after seven weeks off.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It was also his first route on the main track, so the Maria\u2019s Mon sophomore may finally be where he belongs.<\/P> <\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/P> 3 140643 CITY FORTRESS(KY)<\/STRONG>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>fevolution\u00a0 <\/SPAN>T Waddle\u00a0 <\/SPAN>9\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P> Stakes placings the last two, including one an actual half furlong longer last out in 4 145377 JUST A LEGEND(JPN)<\/STRONG>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>mav1764\u00a0 <\/SPAN>S Ayers\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>11\/1 <\/P> Arrives of three very nice runs in \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P> 5 22600 MAYWEATHER(KY)<\/STRONG>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>lenny15\u00a0 <\/SPAN>J Puschel\u00a0 <\/SPAN>16\/1 <\/P> A three-time winner, but the last two were losses and little better than the average three-year-old this time of year.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019ll need a good stalking trip to contend.<\/P> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P> 6 141572 LIBRAVELLIAN(ENG)<\/STRONG>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>gtfc\u00a0 <\/SPAN>R Fitzgerald\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>4\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P> The most experienced here, with seven wins from twelve attempts, but could it be too much?\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s been running 90\u2019s since October but could be vulnerable against an improving bunch.<\/P> 7 137739 SERVILE SERVAL(KY)<\/STRONG>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>oscar\u00a0 <\/SPAN>R Dunaway\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>5\/1 <\/P> Golden Missile colt is a regular check earner in dirt stakes and dangerous in the lane.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He gets a good jockey, and his best is good enough.<\/P> \u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P> 8 133915 SIMPLE PASSING(IRE)<\/STRONG>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>lenny12\u00a0 <\/SPAN>D Burton\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>8\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P> Montjeu guy has two stakes-winning kin, but hasn\u2019t pulled off the feat himself.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s been a pacemaker in two recent stakes, but has been unable to hold his lead.<\/P> <\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/P> 9 91602 PUTNEY QUEST(ENG)<\/STRONG>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>pigeon17\u00a0 <\/SPAN>J Ritz\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>8\/1 <\/P> The only turf-to-dirt switcher here, but you have to try it once, why not here? \u00a0<\/SPAN>Rainbow Quest swings heavily to the green stuff, though, and Putney would have to move forward a bit to win.<\/P> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P> 10 135125 RIVERBENDER(KY)<\/STRONG>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>lankajoe2\u00a0 <\/SPAN>B Tate\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>5\/1\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P> Four stakes wins last year, and the Borrego colt keeps inching forward in ability each race.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Have the others caught up to him, or is he a force here?<\/P> \u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P> 11 138651 KEPLER SADDATH(JPN)<\/STRONG>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>bobo\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A Tyler\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>9\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P> Marre Stables colt must be happy it is dry, because he\u2019s won three straight fast track contests but failed on the wet.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A Rock of Gibraltar with the chance to make a big improvement off the fast track wins.<\/P> <\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/P> 12 134149 REGAL AGAIN TED(MD)<\/STRONG>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>mightyt\u00a0 <\/SPAN>D Owen\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>15\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P> Waquoit runner is so much better on the dirt it isn\u2019t funny.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He broke his maiden just in January and then improved a bit in the Count Dusty last out.<\/P> Nine-panel sophomores meet up<\/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":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5578","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5578","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=5578"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5578\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5578"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5578"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5578"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}