{"id":7180,"date":"2009-01-30T20:55:05","date_gmt":"2009-01-30T20:55:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=7180"},"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=7180","title":{"rendered":"Full Field for the Ferdichenko Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>Welcome to Japan and the 8<SUP>th<\/SUP> running of the <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">G2- Ferdichenko Cup.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/B>Amanda Jane, the only mare to win this race, holds the stakes record from the inaugural running in 2001.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She ran the mile and a half in just over 2 and a half minutes, wiring the field of 7 horses.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is one of only two favorites to win this race.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Twice the entrants have had to contend with a yielding turf track, but the track is dry today and listed as firm.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This race has only drawn a full field once before, but they have done it again today.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Let\u2019s take a look at the 14 horses vying for the win:<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri>\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>PP 1<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">SAKE (KY) <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/B>(DYNAFORMER x DANZIG x ALYDAR) bred and trained by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">2tohold <\/B>(More Evil Than The Evil Empire, 15%)<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Odds:<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>9 to 1<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>First we have Eclipse Award nominee for 2008 Champion 3yo filly on turf Sake.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She may have lost out to Otto Tribute for the Eclipse Award, but she stomped out the competition in the G1-Penn Oaks last time out.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She raced that 12 furlongs in 2 minutes 30 seconds which if she could repeat here would break the stakes record. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>Today she will be running against the boys for the first time, but she has proven herself in the class and this distance and I think she will hold her own.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is a late runner and will gladly let someone else have the lead to start, but she can make up a lot of ground in the stretch.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is the first of two horses trained at More Evil Than The Evil Empire.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri>\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>PP 2<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">DARKDOUN (IRE) <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/B>(GALILEO x PEINTRE CELEBRE (IRE) x CERLEON) bred and trained by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">peepsclaim <\/B>(Conquest Farms, 15%)<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Odds:<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>7 to 1<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>Next we have Darkdoun, the first of our older horses in the field and the first of our 4 co-second favorites.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is a 6 year old son of Galileo coming off an overnight win with a blazing hot speed of 111, which is his career high.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has won 8 times in his career and the majority of them were stakes wins.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is a graded winner, although you have to go back to his 3 year old campaign to find it.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Before his last time out win he was not in the best form and was struggling in a mix of overnight and graded stakes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Hopefully the win marks the turn around and he is getting back into form.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Post position two is a great spot for him; all of his wins were wire to wire.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He will push hard out of the gates for the early lead and we will have to see if there is some other early speed in the race that will challenge him.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri>\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>PP 3<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">GALIESIS (IRE) <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/B>(GALILEO x DIESIS (GB) x COZZENE) bred and trained by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">goldsmith <\/B>(Goldsmith Stables, 9%)<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Odds:<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>17 to 1<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>Galiesis is out of post position 3 and is another one of our up and coming 4 year olds.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He had a very promising 3 year old campaign, winning the G1-Harbour City Stakes, G1-The Irish Derby and just missing in the G2-Horseshoe Falls Stakes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Unfortunately he has been struggling since last August and hasn\u2019t finished in the money since then.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last time his trainers at Goldsmith Stables dropped him down from the G1\u2019s he had been trying for a 10.5 furlong listed stakes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He finished just out of the money there and like Darkdoun next to him, might be getting back in to form.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His last race was on January 17, so he will only have 2 weeks rest for today\u2019s 12 furlong challenge.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is another horse in the field that will let others fight for the early lead and try to make his move coming into the stretch.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri>\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>PP 4 <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">SHRIVER MINE <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/B>(DYNAFORMER x IRISH RIVER (FR) x BLUSHING GROOM (FR)) bred by trained by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">shawke <\/B>(Jrogue Stables, 18%)<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Odds:<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>30 to 1<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>We seem to be alternating younger and older horses in this field and next we have one of the older horses.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Shriver Mine is a 7 year old son of Dynaformer.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He started his career strong, breaking his maiden at first asking when he was 4.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He then struggled until the end of his 4 year old campain when he started winning again.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He raced 16 times in 12 months and picked up his 5 other career wins.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His only stakes win came at the G1-Doomben Cup on an off track, which he won\u2019t have today.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He came close in two other graded tries, but has struggled recently.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Shriver Mine did win at 14 furlongs once, but all other attempts over 10 furlongs have not been successful.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is an early speed horse, but will need a great start here to get out into the lead and hold it.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri>\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>PP 5<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">CIRCLE OF SOLACE (KY)<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/B>(AWESOME AGAIN x A.P. INDY x NIJINSKY II) bred and trained by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">weller1 <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/B>(Deadinthelane Stables, 16%)<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Odds:<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>7 to 1<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>Circle of Solace is the second of our 4 co-favorites.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is a 5 year old son of Awesome Again, who is one of the sim\u2019s A list sires.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Although he started his career with 3 dirt tries, netting him one win and two in the money finishes, his trainer at Deadinthelane Stables switched him to turf and he exploded.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In his next<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>15 races he only finished out of the money once and won 9 times, including his only graded win at the G1-San Francisco Capitan Handicap.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has struggled since that G1 win, but looks to be turning the corner.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In his last two starts he has been close, finishing second both times.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His last time out he tied his career high speed with a 111.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Circle of Solace will contribute to the early speed in the race, but he doesn\u2019t need the lead to win, which could be to his advantage with many of the other favorites liking the early lead too.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri>\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>PP 6<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">DASSAULT (KY)<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/B>(OURAGAN x DEHERE x CHIEF\u2019S CROWN) bred and trained by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">tenpin <\/B>(Rockriver Stables, 11%)<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Odds:<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>7 to 1<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>Out of post position 6 we have Dassault, a 5 year old son of Ouragan.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Since Ouragan became a sim sire in 2006 he has only produced one graded winner and this is it.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Add a handful of stakes wins to his graded win and you have got a very nice horse.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>You have to go back almost a year to find the last time he put up a speed under the century mark.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He had his career best last October with an impressive 115 on an off track.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He won\u2019t have an off track here, but should still be competitive.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Dassault seems to be alternating wins with out of the money finishes and if this co-second favorite continues that trend he could find himself in the winner\u2019s circle. <o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri>\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>PP 7<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">SILENCERS (KY) <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/B>(KINGMAMBO x DANEHILL x PLEASANT COLONY) bred and trained by<B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"> super1 <\/B>(More Evil Than The Evil Empire, 15%)<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Odds:<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>7 to 1<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>Super brings us the last of our 4 co-second favorites with Silencers.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This 5 year old son of Kingmambo hasn\u2019t won since last August, but to his credit has been racing for the most part in tough G1 races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is a G1 winner at this distance and surface and 3 other of his 5 career wins were at the stakes level.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has raced quite a few of these horses in his last starts; Max California and Circle of Solace finished ahead him, but he crossed the line before Impacted, Galiesis, Shriver Mine and he and Delpenn Gold raced twice, each finishing ahead of the other once.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Perhaps 2009 will get Silencers out of the rut he has been in,<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>and if this is the case watch out for him in the stretch, he can make up a lot of ground.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri>\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>PP 8<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">CAMPOBELLO (IRE)<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/B>(HOLY ROMAN EMPEROR x STREET CRY (IRE) x SADLER\u2019S WELLS) bred and trained by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">bearfan <\/B>(The CVBear Racing Empire, 9%)<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Odds: 17 to 1<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>Campobello is coming off a win in a listed stakes and his career high speed of 108 against a decent field.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>That was his second stakes win and he is making his graded debut here today.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This 4 year old son of Holy Roman Emperor based on a G ranked hemare.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Most of his recent wins have been at 11 furlongs, but he has also won at 12.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The biggest question for him here is if he will be able to handle the jump in class.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Holy Roman Empire has produced only 2 years and Campobello is one of his 4 stakes winners and if Campobello were to win today, he would be the first graded winner for him.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A very nice looking colt.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri>\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>PP 9<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">MAX CALIFORNIA (KY) <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/B>(ROCK HARD TEN x SECRETARIAT x DANZIG) bred and trained by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">buffy5 <\/B>(Winterfell Racing, 16%)<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Odds:<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>7 to 2<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>Out of post position 9 we have our morning line favorite and second horse in the field to receive an Eclipse nomination (this time for Champion Older Horse on Turf).<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Max California is a 5 year old scratch bred son of Rock Hard Ten.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Max California is from his first crop and is the top earner for Rock Hard Ten since he became a sim sire.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Max California has only finished out of the money once in the last year and even though he hasn\u2019t always been winning, he has been a factor is some tough graded races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has shown a lot of speed lately and although he can close or help set up the early speed, I wouldn\u2019t be surprised if he was able to wire this field.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He will have top jockey K Ledwith in the irons.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Watch out for this one.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri>\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>PP 10<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">DELPENN GOLD (IRE)<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/B>(SADLER\u2019S WELLS x ALYDAR x BOLD RULER)<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>bred and trained by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">sdmf2<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/B>(Black Label Stables, 17%)<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Odds:<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>8 to 1<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>Next is Delpenn Gold, a lightly raced 4 year old son of Sadler\u2019s Wells.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Of his 12 turf tries, the only time he finished out of the money was in G1 events.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He does have both a G2 and G3 win, so class isn\u2019t an issue. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>Last time out he finished behind Circle of Solace and Max California, although ahead of two others in today\u2019s field.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is a late runner and he will have a lot of competition in the stretch.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>Although he has had a successful start, as a son of Sadler\u2019s Wells his best races might be ahead of him and he could turn into a monster.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri>\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>PP 11<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">IMPACTED (JPN)<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/B>(DEEP IMPACT x SAKHEE x STORM CAT) bred and trained by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">artracing <\/B>(Worldwide, 15%)<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Odds: 10 to 1<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>Impacted, a son of Deep Impact is trained by artracing at Worldwide.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After struggling on the dirt he made great improvements after his trainer at Worldwide switched him to turf.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He was very successful in allowance races and won two listed stakes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He then tried the G1-Japan Classic, which was one of his worst turf finishes, and he just hasn\u2019t been able to win since.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Although he has won at 12 furlongs, the last two times he tried this distance he finished well behind the leader.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Like many others in this race he is coming into the race not in the best form and is hoping to turn it around here.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>PP 12<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">BARB\u2019S STICKY (KOR) <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/B>(EXPLOIT x IRISH RIVER (FR) x RED RANSOM) bred and trained by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">eurobarn <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/B>(Jakematt Stables, 14%)<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Odds:<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>11 to 1<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>Out of post position 12 is Barb\u2019s Sticky, a 5 year old son of Exploit.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is one of only 5 stakes winner produces by the son of Storm Cat and is Exploits number 1 offspring for 2006.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Since her trainer at Jakematt stables started racing her on turf she has won 6 of her 20 starts and finished in the money 75% of the time.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In her last 5 races she has 2 stakes wins and 2 in the money finishes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has only tried 12 furlongs twice and unfortunately in those two tries she finished a combined total of almost 40 lengths back.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This is her graded debut, so not only will she have to deal with the jump in class, but also the distance.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has one win at 11 furlongs, but the majority of her wins came at a mile or just over a mile.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri>\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>PP 13<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">RAINBOW MOONSHELL <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/B>(RAINBOW QUEST x SADLER\u2019S WELLS x KRIS (GB)) bred and trained by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">cleverdoc <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/B>(Cleverdoc Stables, 18%)<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Odds:<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>85 to 1<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>Rainbow Moonshell has a very impressive past performance history.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This 8 year old has won almost 30% of his races and has finished in the money almost 70% of the time!<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>You have to go back to last summer to find he last win, but at the time he won 3 out of 4 of his stakes tries.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>And today he is coming off two second place finishes in his last two races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Many of his wins have been at a full two miles or 13 plus furlongs, but one of is recent second place finishes was at 12 furlongs.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Despite finishing second, his last out he only put up a 60 and that is contributing to his long odds here today.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri>\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>PP 14<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">HAMMER OF THOR (IRE) <\/B>(RAKTI (GB) x CRYSTAL PALACE (FR) x CUSTINO (GB)) bred and trained by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">blacksoxuk<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/B>(Balcksoxuk Stables, 6%)<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Odds:<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>73 to 1<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>Last we have Hammer of Thor, one of our young colts in the race.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This lightly raced 4 year old is making only his 11<SUP>th<\/SUP> career start.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His last out was his stakes debut where he struggled and finished next to last 15 lengths back.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Hopefully that was just an off day, prior to that he had won two and finished in the money twice in his last four starts.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is making quite a jump in class and is only making his fourth start against winners.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Hammer of Thos is coming off only 3 weeks rest and will need to put everything he has out of the track if he hopes to be in the mix here.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><o:p><FONT face=Calibri>\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>Historically this race has been won by late runners and there are plenty of them in the field today.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Also, the race has been won by a horse coming off at least an in the money finish in a graded or listed stakes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Sake, Darkdoun, Circle of Solace, Campobello, and Max California are the only horses in that position.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>There is quite a nice mix of early speed and late runners.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I expect the favorite and many of the co-second favorites to be at the front setting the pace and I think they are going to be hard to beat.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>Morning line:<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>1<SUP>st<\/SUP> \u2013 Max California<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 2\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> \u2013 Darkdoun, Circle of Solace, Dassault and Silencers<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri><SPAN style=\"mso-tab-count: 2\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> \u2013 DelPenn Gold<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>Kloie\u2019s picks:<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>1<SUP>st<\/SUP> \u2013 Cicrle of Solace, 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> \u2013 Dassault, 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> \u2013 Max California<o:p><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 12pt; LINE-HEIGHT: 115%\"><FONT face=Calibri>Good luck and happy racing.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 \ud83d\ude42<\/SPAN><\/FONT><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sake will take on the boys in this 12 furlong G2<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":252,"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],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-7180","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7180","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\/252"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7180"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7180\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7180"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7180"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7180"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}