{"id":6334,"date":"2008-07-27T16:40:08","date_gmt":"2008-07-27T16:40:08","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=6334"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"oldbtb_3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=6334","title":{"rendered":"BIG MATT(IRE) Stakes lives up to billing"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Despite a decided lack of entrants, this year\u2019s eight furlong BIG MATT(IRE) Stakes didn\u2019t lack quality or exciting action. Running for the top share of the $55,000 purse, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Astrono Gold(KY)<\/B> went in the favorite and came out the same, coming from off the lead to take the victory in 1:35 2\/5.<\/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\">As predicted, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Ajra Garbage(ENG)<\/B> broke well and immediately went to the head of the pack, setting the pace and pulling out to a two-length lead shortly after the quarter-mile mark. Astrono Gold settled in behind the leader, with my pick, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Coastal Fury(KY)<\/B>, settling in about another length-and-a-half back. <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Silver Baron(JPN)<\/B> brought up the back, as he likes to do, six lengths off the pace.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">The stalkers began to make their move at the halfway point, and Astrono Gold pulled even by the time the runners had reached the stretch. It looked like Ajra Garbage might be able to reach down and hold off the late chargers, but he didn\u2019t have enough left. Astrono Gold made the pass and charged down the stretch, while Ajra Garbage faded and allowed Coastal Fury to slide into second during his own late-race move. That\u2019s the way they came across the wire, with Silver Baron 12 lengths back and unable to challenge. The win was Astrono Gold\u2019s second in a row and first of the stakes variety.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Astrono Gold and jock T Roberts ran a speed of 100 and paid $4.10 for the win. Coastal Fury paid $3.00 to place and Ajra Garbage went 2.10 to show. The exacta went for $6.90 and the trifecta for $10.50.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Favorite takes home first stakes win<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":296,"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":[2,3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6334","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews","category-reviews","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6334","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\/296"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6334"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6334\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6334"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6334"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6334"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}