{"id":583,"date":"2005-09-14T20:15:13","date_gmt":"2005-09-14T20:15:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=583"},"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=583","title":{"rendered":"Classy &#8216;Cannon&#8217; Shoots Down Epsom Milers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Cannon In D<\/B> fired his best shot Saturday, when the four-year-old withstood a challenge by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Ollie\u2019s Quest<\/B> to take the $90,000 Wa Versus Vic Stakes at Epsom on Saturday.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:country-region><st1:place><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Usa<\/B><\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> set a mild early pace, with slight pressure by longshot <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Sacco And Vanzetti<\/B> through the opening half-mile.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Though the pace was reasonable, with about four furlongs left, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Cannon In D<\/B>, with J Lawler on board, was set into motion, getting to the lead as they neared the top of the stretch.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Though <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Cannon In D<\/B> did not look like he would be headed, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Ollie\u2019s Quest <\/B>was gradually inching up on the winner throughout the stretch, in an effort that impressed many and hinted at better things to come at middle distances for the late-developing four-year-old.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Still, game as he was, he could get no closer than two lengths behind the winner as they crossed the wire.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Stretch-running <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">St. Sakhee<\/B> closed far too late, and wound up third, beaten five lengths.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Cannon In D<\/B>, a son of Sadler\u2019s Wells from a Blushing Groom(FR) mare, ran the mile-and-a-sixteenth distance in a very sharp 1:41 2\/5, which earned this trainee of <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">cream<\/I><\/B> a 109 speed figure. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>He\u2019s risen to a ranking of 176 in the turf classic division, and earned $54,000 for his very first stakes win.<SPAN 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