{"id":5780,"date":"2008-04-13T17:20:16","date_gmt":"2008-04-13T17:20:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=5780"},"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=5780","title":{"rendered":"New Leader in Old Man Series!"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Old Man of the Mountains Series III – Race 4<\/STRONG>
A mile on the Firm Turf Course
$50,000
All horses, 8 years old and up, Non-Winners of FOUR within the last year<\/FONT>

There is a new leader in the clubhouse at the Old Man of the Mountain Series! LEGADILLO <\/B>jumped out to the lead and never looked back to win the fourth chapter of this great series. The points from the race allowed him to move into the lead of the series by three points over WHISPER <\/B>who finished fourth in the race but didn\u2019t figure in the points. Some of the old guys were actually rooting for LEGADILLO <\/B>as they are a bit leery of a mare winning this series if WHISPER <\/B>were able to do it.

In the race itself,\u00a0LEGADILLO <\/B>took off like he\u00a0was running down to the cafeteria and he must have been hungry as he\u00a0 never ran out of steam.\u00a0 COROKEYPRIN<\/STRONG>\u00a0was close throughout but\u00a0Irishman2 has been feeding him too\u00a0well and he was\u00a0not as hungry\u00a0and never could\u00a0quite catch up.\u00a0 He ended\u00a0up second best.\u00a0\u00a0 WHISPER <\/B>was in tenth place nearly ten lengths back but started to move like a youngster. She caught\u00a0most of the field\u00a0<\/STRONG>in the stretch\u00a0but was\u00a0 passed by the old Irish Leprechaun himself, CELTIC LEGEND <\/B>who showed her what he thought of women in this race\u00a0and showed her his tail to\u00a0finished\u00a0third.\u00a0 Host horse of the series,\u00a0USA,<\/STRONG> couldn’t find his walker and may have injured himself trying to get out of the gate\u00a0as\u00a0he hobbled over the finish line awfully\u00a0late last evening.

In a separate part of the race, in what we call the Sun Dial Standings,<\/B> the race for last place is almost as coveted in the win in this series for Senior Citizens. The winner of the Sun Dial Trophy is held in high regard back at the old folks horme. It\u2019s always a lot of fun to see who contends. There was a bit of a surprise at the back end. Our host in the series, USA <\/B>pulled up early in the race and appeared to have an injury. He gained points toward the Sun Dial but you can bet that isn\u2019t the end that he wants. Now it remains to be seen if he can be ready for the next race or not. He was followed for points by both RUBY ATTIC <\/B>and PRESTO <\/B>both of whom had points from previous races and solidified their spot at the top of the bottom standings, only one point apart..

There are still six races left in the ten race series and lots of things can happen including quite a few heart attacks and strokes among the participants, so it should be interesting down the road. That\u2019s what makes this series so much fun.. Stay tuned Race Fans!

Best of luck to all of these fine old guys and gals!