{"id":717,"date":"2005-09-24T22:56:03","date_gmt":"2005-09-24T22:56:03","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=717"},"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=717","title":{"rendered":"Torching Her Rivals"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Torch Song <\/B>had little difficulty figuring how to win her first start at a route \u2013 take the lead and don\u2019t let anybody get near you, much less pass.<\/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\">The <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">GradeTwo<\/I> trained filly rewarded the faith her owners had in her when they shipped in from <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:country-region><st1:place>America<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> for the $150,000 Grade 3 Booker T. Handicap, easily wiring a full field of fourteen.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Now a winner of three of her six races, the daughter of Woodman certainly made a certain writer for the <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Black Type Bugler<\/I> look foolish when I \u2013 I mean he \u2013 discounted her other turf win for coming against minimal competition.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">With the win, Torch Song earned a speed figure of 89, a full 10 points higher than her previous best, and is now ranked 6<SUP>th<\/SUP> and 5<SUP>th<\/SUP> in the turf classic and long divisions respectively.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">The GradeTwo stable owns ten impressive two-year-olds, including Rhibus, who finished second in the Grade 1 G.S.R. Diamond on Saturday.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>With its one for three showing Saturday, the stable maintains its incredible 28% win percentage.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Finishing second in the Booker T. was <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Storm Prophecy<\/B>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Pullaway<\/I> trained filly made a huge run at the winner, pulling within a length in midstretch, but just as it looked she was going to win the race, jockey N. Schreiber aboard Torch Song tapped his filly twice with a right-handed whip, and the winner was pulling away at the end.<\/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\">Tap It In<\/B> made a nice move on the final turn to rally for the show for trainer <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Dundey2<\/I>.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">The lukewarm favorite, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Playbill(IRE)<\/B>, was never a factor and finished last.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>To comment, email timmn@hotmail.com<\/o:p><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Torch Song Wires the Field<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":432,"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-717","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717","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\/432"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=717"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/717\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=717"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=717"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=717"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}