{"id":6432,"date":"2008-08-15T21:03:56","date_gmt":"2008-08-15T21:03:56","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=6432"},"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=6432","title":{"rendered":"The MAGIC AUROR Challenge"},"content":{"rendered":"

Four two-year-olds will race seven furlongs on the firm turf for a purse of $50,000 in this week’s D.C. feature, the MAGIC AUROR Challenge. MAGIC AUROR won nine stakes races and was Grade I stakes-placed.<\/P>

1 (7\/5) – A PROUD KIRBY (KY) <\/B>technically shares favorite status with PICOTURQUINO, but this colt is really the standout. In five races, he’s earned nearly $100,000, has never finished worse than second, and has shown versatility on two surfaces. He began his career with two wins in a row on dirt, then finished second in an allowance race. As competitive as he is on dirt, he may be even sharper on the turf – his speed numbers kept climbing after a surface switch. And while no other horse in Saturday’s race has even run in a stakes race, A PROUD KIRBY can list a win and a second in his resume already.<\/P><\/B>

2 (32\/1) – Thrown in by the computer to fill the race, GOOD BUSINESS (KY) <\/B>has proved he’s mediocre – or worse – on both turf and dirt. He’s a good bet to finish fourth and last in this race, but at least he’ll boost his career earnings up from $0.<\/P>

3 (7\/5) – PICOTURQUINO (IRE) <\/B>is a well-bred Montjeu colt who flashed some talent in his lone start. He led a Maiden Special Weight field for the first half of the race before fading a little and finishing third with a speed figure of 65. It would take a major – but not impossible improvement – for PICOTURQUINO to challenge for the win.<\/P><\/B>

4 (8\/5) – Filly KIRBYSBEST (KY) <\/B>will attempt to take on the boys Saturday. She comes from the same stable as co-favorite A PROUD KIRBY, but doesn’t look quite as formidable. Her speed figures are very solid (mid-60s to low-70s) but not spectacular. Owner-trainer Kirby08 Stables is hoping she’ll improve on the turf, a surface on which she is untested.<\/P><\/FONT><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

A PROUD KIRBY tries to make it two stakes wins in a row<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":389,"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-6432","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\/6432","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\/389"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6432"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6432\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6432"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6432"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6432"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}