{"id":7212,"date":"2009-02-06T16:55:51","date_gmt":"2009-02-06T16:55:51","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=7212"},"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=7212","title":{"rendered":"Bluegrass Derby Trail: Greece"},"content":{"rendered":"

Greece (formerly named Athens!)<\/STRONG>–\u00a0\u00a0 Seven sophomore candidates test 8.5 furlongs on dirt this week in the $75,000 Dare To Say Go Stakes,<\/EM> an EAAA Division Bluegrass Derby Trail prep.\u00a0 <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Fortune500’s modestly bred Worst Case(TX)<\/STRONG> (4\/1) brings\u00a0heavy black type credentials.\u00a0 The grey colt by the Point Given stallion State Your Case has won five stakes races so far in sweeping come-from-the-clouds style.\u00a0 \u00a0Experienced around two-turns, Worst Case attempts 8.5f for the\u00a0fourth time.\u00a0 He last won over the distance well in hand at Pennsylvania, closing out his outstanding freshman season.\u00a0\u00a0Worst Case made his 3yo seasonal debut just two weeks ago in the Giant Slayer Classic(G3)<\/EM> at Denmark.\u00a0 The colt went off at considerable long odds and ran like an outsider too, finishing\u00a0up the track in 12th.\u00a0\u00a0He faces softer company this time around, but needs to\u00a0step up his speed figure game.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Trainer Dogpatch actually sends out the 5\/2 morning line favorite:\u00a0\u00a0Ashburn(KY)<\/STRONG>.\u00a0\u00a0 By Grand Slam, Ashburn has won 2 of his 3 career outings, including a Massachusetts added-money event around 7.5 furlongs.\u00a0\u00a0 The colt ran even-steven at Minnesota in his 3yo debut last month.\u00a0 Ashburn makes his first lifetime start around two-turns.\u00a0\u00a0 The colt\u00a0possesses a speedy female family on paper.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hopefully jockey DJ Drosos can get the stalker to relax behind the pace.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Lenny of the infamous Evil Empire steps\u00a0up Wright’s Corner(KY)<\/STRONG> (3\/1).\u00a0 Royally bred by Forestry, Wright’s Corner tries the stakes level\u00a0 for the very first time Saturday.\u00a0\u00a0 The colt dispatched 3 of his 5 starts so far.\u00a0 The stalker most recently galloped home much the best in an 8.5f Kentucky allowance.\u00a0 He also cracked the 90 SP# barrier in that effort.\u00a0 Very promising youngster from the Lenny Corporation.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Kingman Racing Syndicate asks angellically-named\u00a0Serephim(KY)<\/STRONG> (5\/1) to try 8.5f again.\u00a0 The Scat Daddy teen broke his maiden last year in his\u00a0fourth career attempt, then promptly pocketed a mile allowance in good time.\u00a0 Serephim finished off his 2yo campaign with a decent but distant\u00a03rd\u00a0in a Newmarket stakes feature.\u00a0\u00a0The speedster tired after seizing command in the 8.5f contest’s final sixteenth.\u00a0 We’ll see if the six-week breather brought him back to shipshape fitness.\u00a0\u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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By the Giant’s Causeway stallion Primary, Picture You(IRE)<\/STRONG> (6\/1) naturally began his career last year over the grass.\u00a0\u00a0 However,\u00a0Bmr005’s chestnut\u00a0frontrunner\u00a0ran yicky over the green stuff and immediately switched to the main track.\u00a0 \u00a0The colt took well to the new surface, breaking his maiden and later finishing up the season with a stakes score at\u00a0Dubai.\u00a0 Picture You recorded a 95 SP# in that victory, the highest number of Saturday’s sophomore group.\u00a0 We’ll see if the colt can stetch his speed though\u00a0—\u00a0he faded late in his first start at a mile last season.\u00a0\u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Trainer Otto\u00a0Haack from Hispano Parlante tests Pocoyo(KY)<\/STRONG> (7\/1)\u00a0in black type company for the first time.\u00a0 By Gone West out of a Danehill mare, Pocoyo\u00a0raced mostly on the grass last year where he won 2 of 5 starts in modest time.\u00a0 However,\u00a0Pocoyo clearly loved the dirt surface in his final start at age 2.\u00a0 The colt rated behind the lead splendidly and won going away over the off track mile.\u00a0 \u00a0He\u00a0enjoyed a 7-week\u00a0vacation afterwards and should be very fresh.\u00a0\u00a0<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Finally, Mondili(GER) <\/STRONG>(9\/1) races for Mano at Pastures of Green.\u00a0\u00a0 The Monsun youngster won 2 of 5 starts over the main track last year for Mano.\u00a0 The stalker recorded modest 80 SP#s, but showed a lot of promise in doing say since he’s bred to run all day.\u00a0 \u00a0In his 3yo seasonal bow, Mondili easily bagged a 4-horse “workout” allowance over Saturday’s distance.\u00a0 Improving colt should get some\u00a0money, but obviously bred to run 10f+.<\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Analysis<\/U><\/STRONG>:\u00a0 IMO, the\u00a0two best colts on paper are the very green Wright’s Corner and LTO winner Pocoyo.\u00a0 Both stalkers should run their races, though Pocoyo might “need a race” after such a long break.\u00a0 <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Worst Case has a great resume, but I’m not sure about two weeks rest at this time of year.\u00a0 Additionally, he needs pace up front and these colts are all mostly stalkers.\u00a0 We’ll see if any kind of speed duel develops, but I kind of doubt it.\u00a0 <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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Serephim and Picture You have both faded over 8.5f before.\u00a0 Both are worth another go at the distance though, but I’ll pass.\u00a0\u00a0 Ashburn’s pedigree screams speed to me, but he could turn out to be\u00a0a miler just the same.\u00a0 He should be respected.\u00a0 <\/FONT>I really like Mondili, but his PPs efforts beg for more ground.\u00a0 <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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I’ll take Pocoyo over Wright’s Corner and Mondili.\u00a0 Good luck everyone!\u00a0 <\/FONT><\/DIV>
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