<\/o:p><\/B><\/P>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/B><\/P>Sadly Longchamp has again failed to attract a large field for their feature race and has only drawn 5 entries.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Despite that we have some serious racers prepared to tackle the marathon 2 mile distance, and though the prices in general are not very generous we do have a hot favourite. The runners are:<\/P>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P>RAGING RIVER CAT <\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P>Trainer: siriusflit<\/o:p><\/B><\/P>(Storm Cat x Silver Ghost x Riverman)<\/o:p><\/B><\/P>Odds:\u00a0 <\/SPAN>9\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Earnings: 224,880 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Runs\/Wins: 25\/8<\/o:p><\/B><\/P>A 5yo mare from Nextbonus Racing<\/SPAN><\/B> and based on a D grade horse. \u00a0<\/SPAN>A short priced favourite. And a mare to boot,\u00a0 <\/SPAN>this one seems to be reaching her peak just now.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>However after her win in her first race of 2008 you would have been forgiven if you expected her to build up a winning sequence, something she has failed to do and really needs to put right here.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last time she was a this short a price over this distance she went badly wrong and finished last, but lightning wont strike twice, will it?<\/P>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P>SMART <\/SPAN><\/B>ACRE<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:place> <\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P>Trainer: lgbost9<\/o:p><\/B><\/P>(Smarty Jones x Danehill x Blushing Groom(FR))<\/o:p><\/B><\/P>Odds:\u00a0 <\/SPAN>3\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Earnings: 118,035 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Runs\/Wins: 32\/6<\/o:p><\/B><\/P>A 5yo horse from Lgbost Stables<\/SPAN><\/B> and bred from a G class mare by super6<\/I>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A reasonable $40k claim as a 3yo but she hasn\u2019t really made her mark.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Won over this distance last time in an allowance race but will need a large slice of luck to follow that up with another win here.\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P>ROASTING CHESTNUTS(SAF) <\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P>Trainer: teamatc1<\/o:p><\/B><\/P>(Horse Chestnut (SAF) x Dynaformer x Kris S.)<\/o:p><\/B><\/P>Odds:\u00a0 <\/SPAN>4\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Earnings: 116,946 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Runs\/Wins: 15\/5<\/o:p><\/B><\/P>A scratch bred 4yo colt from Teamatc1 Stables<\/SPAN><\/B>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A horse in for after two allowance wins in a row, including an excellent 14f performance.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Maybe a little early in his career to take on the older horses (and mares of course) over this distance and he has had mixed results over 2 miles in the past.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>One for the future maybe? <\/P>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P>BREW PUB(IRE) <\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P>Trainer: dragon<\/o:p><\/B><\/P>(Barathea(IRE) x Sort x Lawgiver)<\/o:p><\/B><\/P>Odds:\u00a0 <\/SPAN>4\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Earnings: 215,955 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Runs\/Wins: 21\/7<\/o:p><\/B><\/P>A scratch bred 7yo horse from White Wolf Stables<\/SPAN><\/B>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After a three year break this horse finally gets back to the track and leaves most of us scratching our heads.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He won last time as a 3yo over 14f so he has some form to count on, but he certainly wont be \u2018Sharp\u2019 so maybe a watching brief will be the order of the day.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Probably one to follow in his next race. <\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P>REBEL YELL N <\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P>Trainer: lordpye<\/o:p><\/B><\/P>(War Chant x Persian Bold(IRE) x Bounding Basque)<\/o:p><\/B><\/P>Odds:\u00a0 <\/SPAN>5\/2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Earnings: 1,282,590 \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Runs\/Wins: 53\/18<\/o:p><\/B><\/P>A scratch bred 8yo mare from The Big Oil Conglomerate [<\/SPAN><\/B>Ft.<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:PlaceType> <\/SPAN><\/B>Lordpye<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:PlaceName><\/st1:place>]<\/SPAN><\/B>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Another mare and this one has been a real star in the past and her owners\u2019 only regret will be that she never quite managed to get that Graded win.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Sadly she is well past her best nowadays but it\u2019s good to see her anyway.<\/P>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P>Summary<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/U><\/B><\/P>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P>Favourite<\/st1:PlaceName> Raging<\/B><\/st1:PlaceName> <\/B>River<\/B><\/st1:PlaceType><\/st1:place> Cat<\/B> cannot afford to put in one of her lacklustre performances here as any of the other 4 runners could easily embarrass her.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Roasting Chestnuts<\/B> comes here on a high after two straight wins and will be looking for any chink in her armour. <\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Raging River Cat feels the pressure<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":228,"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-5794","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5794","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\/228"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5794"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5794\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5794"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5794"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5794"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}