{"id":5822,"date":"2008-04-20T17:34:59","date_gmt":"2008-04-20T17:34:59","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=5822"},"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=5822","title":{"rendered":"Upsets Abound In Garr Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>\u00a0<P style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in\" align=center>\u00a0<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in\" align=left>By the time the horses neared the top of the stretch in New York&#8217;s 16<SUP>th<\/SUP> race, the Reuben Garr Memorial, it became clear that the three favorites weren&#8217;t going to be in the picture, as G Rolling rode the 15\/1-shot <STRONG>Senor Anzio<\/STRONG> past 16\/1 <STRONG>CK Red Dubai<\/STRONG>, just in time to get collared by the 13\/1 <STRONG>Burgazada<\/STRONG> for a stretch-long drive.<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in\" align=left><BR><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in\" align=left>Up in the owners&#8217; boxes, <EM>elranchoti<\/EM> and <EM>hamster<\/EM> stood and screamed for their steeds to \u201cbring it home\u201d, each hoping they&#8217;d be the one that received the royally-bred filly offered up along with the 1500 game credits promised the winner&#8230;.<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in\" align=left><BR><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in\" align=left>By midstretch, it was a match race, with <STRONG>CK Red Dubai<\/STRONG> having coughed up the bit, and nobody else making a serious threat to the top two.\u00a0 Inch by inch, <STRONG>Burgazada<\/STRONG> took command, winning in an all-out drive by just a half-length, causing a huge celebration in the <EM>hamster<\/EM> stable&#8217;s box.\u00a0 The timer stopped in 1:33.1, getting a very nice 118 speed rating, the highest number given out Sim-wide this week.\u00a0 What&#8217;s more, <STRONG>Senor Anzio&#8217;s<\/STRONG> speed rating was the third-fastest of the week. <\/P><P style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in\" align=left><BR><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in\" align=left>Up for the show spot, 3 \u00bc lengths behind <STRONG>Senor Anzio<\/STRONG>, was the 14\/1 <STRONG>Hoegaarden<\/STRONG>, of the <EM>simsters6<\/EM> barn.\u00a0 This trio of bombers triggered a big $7617 trifecta payout. <\/P><P style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in\" align=left><BR><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in\" align=left>\u201cI knew we had it all along,\u201d gasped <EM>hamster<\/EM>.\u00a0 \u201cUm, okay&#8230; no, I didn&#8217;t! That <STRONG>Anzio<\/STRONG> horse gave us everything we wanted!\u00a0 Now, excuse me while I go get a drink&#8230;\u201d\u00a0 He dashed off toward the Jagermeister before the reporter could even ask of future plans for <STRONG>Burgazada<\/STRONG>.<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in\" align=left><BR><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in\" align=left>This tremendous run by <STRONG>Burgazada<\/STRONG> looks like it&#8217;s far from the last&#8230; The 4yo filly has run just 10 times and won 7, and is 5-for-7 on the sod.\u00a0 Fast-track towards the BB Mile, maybe?<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>New Turf Superstar In The Making?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":246,"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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5822","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5822","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\/246"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5822"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5822\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5822"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5822"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5822"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}