If there were any doubt about Disasterpiece<\/B> deserving the top ranking in her division, she well and truly put those doubts aside with her phenomenal effort in the Michigan Distaff<\/I> this week. Despite having won Grade 1 contests in each of last two appearances, the oddsmakers needed a fair bit of convincing, sending her out as the third favored runner in the market. Those lining up after the event to collect their $19.90 are laughing all the way to the bank, but are probably aware that they are most unlikely to be handed such a gift again in the foreseeable future. Stopping the clock in less than two minutes, Disasterpiece<\/B> joins a small and select group of horses to accomplish such impressive time. Black Tuesday<\/B>, runner up to the winner for the second time in those three races, was gallant yet again. In a race which was always going to be run in very smart time, she simply gave away too big a start in a contest of this caliber. War In Heaven<\/B> secured immortality in the breeding barn with her clear but distant third.<\/P>
Go Ireland<\/B> was expected to lead and did so, but not with the ease she\u2019s known of late. Rose Crown<\/B>, drawn wider, also wanted the lead and was not prepared to surrender it without a fight. As both these speedsters do by far their best work from the front, the early battle was not surprising. A major contributor to the amazing race time, this early charge did nothing for the eventual chances of the two protagonists. Although Go Ireland<\/B> held the lead from the outset, it took her a couple of furlongs to ward off Rose Crown<\/B>, and a couple more furlongs to clear her completely. In the meantime, Seekhee<\/B> settled third, with Disasterpiece<\/B> inside her, moving across to the rail and placing herself in the perfect position to strike later. A line of five followed. Isle of Pigs<\/B>, three wide, headed War Heaven<\/B>, nicely placed one out. Caught wide were Mister Rabbit<\/B> and Star Of The North<\/B>, while To Live Is To Die<\/B> had secured the rail and was enjoying a nice run. Reefer Madness<\/B> had shifted closer to the fence behind that line. Surgewell<\/B> had dropped off early with Desperado\u2019s Mambo, Go Midway down the back stretch the race took on a serious note, Disasterpiece <\/B>and War In Heaven <\/B>began making inroads on the leaders. Rose Crown<\/B> was the first beaten and Go But the horse had bolted. War In Heaven <\/B>could not match strides with Disasterpiece<\/B> as the eventual winner took over entering the stretch. War in Heaven<\/B> got to Go Ireland<\/B> just as Black Tuesday<\/B> zoomed past her in pursuit of the leader. Dance Of Death<\/B>\u2019s run had petered out, but not before she\u2019d collared most of the field.<\/P> Down to the wire and it was Disaterpiece<\/B> comfortably by two and three quarter lengths. Black Tuesday<\/B> ran amazing final sectionals, but had given away too big a head start. <\/P> War In Heaven<\/B> finished seven lengths from the winner in third, but her 111 speed rating would have won most races in the sim<\/P> Dance of Death<\/B> came from last and apart from Black Tuesday<\/B>, was the only runner to take late ground from the winner<\/P> Star Of The North <\/B>ran an even race for the last check. <\/P> Go Ireland<\/B> went too fast early and couldn\u2019t sustain it.<\/P> Surgewell <\/B>passed a few horses in the closing stages.<\/P> To Live Is To Die<\/B> raced midfield before weakening.<\/P> Isle Of Pigs<\/B> was up there early. <\/P> Reefer Madness<\/B> never featured. <\/P> Rose Crown<\/B> did all her work in the early furlongs. <\/P> Seekhee<\/B> enjoyed a handy early position before wilting.<\/P> Mister Rabbit <\/B>started well, but faded. Desperado\u2019s Mambo<\/B> put in an effort to forget.<\/P> Disasterpiece<\/B> is a four year old scratchbred daughter of Mineshaft \/ Halo \/ Deputy Minister. \u00a0<\/SPAN><\/I>This was her eighth win from fifteen runs, and lifts her earnings above $1.4m. She ran the ten furlongs in 1.59.6, while returning a speed rating of 118. Previous rated # 2 in her division, this Graded win elevates her to the top. <\/P> Zewango1<\/B> is a member of the 24 barn \u201cBlack Label Stables\u201d<\/I>, all supporters of DelPenn National<\/I>. Disasterpiece <\/B>is the stable star, Freedom Slave <\/B>(SP) <\/B>has banked six figures in a long career, while Dying To Meet You<\/B> (SW), Judas Has Spoken<\/B> (SW) and Seven Wrong Turns<\/B> (SP) are also six figure earners, in much shorter timeframes.<\/P> At the Window:<\/U><\/B> <\/P> Probably our best ever result, tipping the trifecta in order. <\/P> Disasterpiece<\/B> paid $19.90, $11.90 and $8.00. <\/P> Black Tuesday<\/B> returned $7.80 and $5.80 \u00a0<\/SPAN><\/P> War In Heaven<\/B> paid $7.60. <\/P> The exacta dividend was a handy $154.70 and the trifecta an astonishing $2221.40.<\/P> Congratulations if you had a share of those results<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Disasterpiece Lifts The Bar<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":261,"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-6611","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6611","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\/261"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6611"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6611\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6611"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6611"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6611"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}