{"id":6298,"date":"2008-07-18T11:05:21","date_gmt":"2008-07-18T11:05:21","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=6298"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"oldbtb_1","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=6298","title":{"rendered":"Uptown Weezy Challenge Has But One Woman"},"content":{"rendered":"

Missouri<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>\u2019s tenth race at six and one half furlongs on fast dirt for three years old mares finds five runners attempting to be the next uptown girl.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Remember \u2018Uptown Girls\u2019 living in their white bread (or is it bred in this case) world?\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Mr. Billy Joel may not have been thinking horses with that song (breeding possibly, but not horses), but in yet another scribe by the man, one can gather a rather quick preview on the race favorite\u2019s planned treatment of the competition.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u2018She\u2019s frequently kind and she\u2019s suddenly cruel, she can do as she pleases, she\u2019s nobody\u2019s fool.\u2019\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The woman of the race, SARACEN will look to do whatever she pleases en route to a presumed victory (per both the odds makers and this writer).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>But, as this writer should have learned with last week\u2019s bold\u00a0Buckeye Derby prediction, what looks good on paper, and what actually happens can be two very different things.<\/FONT><\/P>

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(And you thought we\u2019d have a Jeffersons<\/st1:place> introduction didn\u2019t you?)<\/FONT><\/P>

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PP #1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>SARACEN (KY)\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/B>dixiedotco<\/I>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>F. Mac\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>3\/5<\/FONT><\/P>

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A member of the Dixiedotco Racing family of stables, SARACEN is the class of this race.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The brown mare is a winner in multiple graded stakes, the G1 Hello Momma Special and G3 Flurry Stakes, winner of three of her last five starts (the other two were second place finishes), and the only winner of a stake rated race in the field.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>SARACEN will break to the front for the pack out of the gate and not let up until she is under the wire.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This constant speed finds the mare with very large leads that most closer horses cannot make up in the sprints.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The success of this technique, most assuredly to be implemented by rider F. Mac, has the dixiedotco<\/I> trained mare rated #6 in dirt sprints heading into the race.<\/FONT><\/P>

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PP#2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>BELONGS TO HELL (KY)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/B>derbyking9\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/I>S. Schreiber<\/st1:place>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>7\/2<\/FONT><\/P>

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So trainer derbyking9 <\/I>is running a horse out of the home stables of Jef\u2019s Thoroughbred Club, but the mare apparently BELONGS TO HELL.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>So who gets the winning monies?\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Or is \u2018Jef\u2019 actually a code name for \u2018Beelzebub\u2019?\u00a0 <\/SPAN>With six times in the money over seven lifetime starts, the brown mare may be accused of selling its soul.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>And just when you thought all the dark and evil references where finished, BELONGS\u2019 last two wins (both AWL sprints) had jockeys O. Osboune and T. Lee (think Motley Crue drummer) in the saddle.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>S. Schreiber, who does not rock as far as this writer is aware and who may be riding with pitchfork en lieu of whip, is charged with running this hot little mare (get it? hot? hell?) in her second lifetime stakes race.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Most of the time, this running involves coming back from the back of the pack during the stretch of the race.\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P>

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PP#3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>DUTCHMAN\u2019S MINE (TX)<\/B> \u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/SPAN>colt11\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/I>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>N. Turner\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>6\/1<\/FONT><\/P>

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In May of this year, trainer colt11<\/I> appeared to see something in a little light gray mare running the twelfth race in Alabama<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>So for $40,000, DUTCHMAN\u2019S MINE was claimed in a race she finished fourth in.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Since the claiming (at least that is what it appears to be, feel free to correct the writer if this is incorrect \u2013 thanks), DUTCHMAN\u2019S carded a third place in an allowance sprint and a twelfth place finish in her first run at the stakes level.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>DUTCHMAN\u2019S is now looking to improve on that one stake start (and seeing how she will finish no worse than fifth, there will be improvement).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Improvement beyond a finishing number can also be found in improved speed in the middle of the race when the mare attempts to run down the leaders.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>At the claiming and allowance level, her closing speed from the middle of the pack was enough to catch most if not all of the front runners.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It will be up to N. Turner to try to translate that speed to the stake level.<\/FONT><\/P>

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PP#4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>PRINCESS ABBY (KY)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/B>barba\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/I>R. Dillard\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>8\/1<\/FONT><\/P>

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The only runner that has not experienced running at the stakes level, PRINCESS ABBY will look to continue her rise though the racing classes.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The brown mare just recently broke her maiden three starts ago and has won an allowance start since then.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Both of these wins showed a different approach towards the same result.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her maiden saw the barba <\/I>trained horse win from gate to wire which the allowance victory came by closing from the middle of the pack.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her last start, a disappointing seventh at the allowance level, saw the mare try to close again, but this time there was no speed to be found.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It will be jockey R. Dillard that will guide the PRINCESS, but will it be in the front of the pack, or from the middle?<\/FONT><\/P>

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PP#5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>AUROR DREAMS (ENG)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/B>spingo80\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/I>L. Habib\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>4\/1<\/FONT><\/P>

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The third runner in the race to find her name on the board after a stakes race, a third place finish at the Save the Dancer Memorial, AUROR DREAMS is another horse that attempts to run from the competition out of the gate all the way to the wire.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The last few starts has found the spingo80 <\/I>trained mare fading at the end though and normally being caught by some late chargers.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>L. Habib will be riding with the hopes that the half to full furlong less than this mare is used to running will be a benefit to help alleviate the fading problem.<\/FONT><\/P>

\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P>Out of the gate, look for race favorite SARACEN to take the lead with AUROR DREAMS attempting to keep up.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>DUTCHMAN\u2019S MINE and PRINCESS ABBY will occupy the middle of the pack while BELONGS TO HELL will be pulling up the rear.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>SARACEN will continue to push a pace the other runners will just not be able to maintain and should open up a large lead by the half way point en route to being eased about a furlong short for the easy victory.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The real race will be for the final two places on the board.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>AUROR DREAMS will shake off that disappointing last start and be able to hang on for second over a hard charging BLEONGS TO HELL who will struggle by not having a rock star in the saddle.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>When it\u2019s all said and done, the competition may \u2018blame it all on (them)selves but she\u2019s always a woman to me.\u2019\u00a0\u00a0<\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/SPAN>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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