{"id":7909,"date":"2010-03-28T20:15:33","date_gmt":"2010-03-28T20:15:33","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=7909"},"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=7909","title":{"rendered":"The &#8216;CAT Is Back!"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in\"><FONT size=2>Just when you might think a horse has lost a step, here comes <B>MAMBO WILDCAT<\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal\">!<\/SPAN><\/FONT><BR><\/P><P style=\"FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-WEIGHT: normal\"><FONT size=2>The rich G1 Fee Duty at Dubai was the grizzled vet&#8217;s eighth career Grade 1 win, and probably the most gratifying for his conections due to the comeback the brown horse had gone through. <\/FONT><BR><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in\"><FONT size=2><SPAN style=\"FONT-STYLE: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal\">The Forest Wildcat offspring was injured in a small stakes last September, and spent three long months away from the track. He came back in January, finishing 2<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><SUP><SPAN style=\"FONT-STYLE: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal\">nd<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SUP><SPAN style=\"FONT-STYLE: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal\"> in an allowance, then won a rather slow allowance last month before <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><I><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal\">jockeymax<\/SPAN><\/I><SPAN style=\"FONT-STYLE: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal\"> pronounced his big horse fit enough for a return to Graded company. The excellent trainer decided not to start small, entering against some of the Sim&#8217;s best in this gigantic race, where he was dismissed at 18\/1, the longest price in the field.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><BR><\/P><P style=\"FONT-STYLE: normal; MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in; FONT-WEIGHT: normal\"><FONT size=2>The \u201cexpert\u201d writer previewing the race (Yeah, that was me) wondered in his article if this fine horse was ever going to make it top the top, doubting his ability to contend. WRONG!<\/FONT><BR><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in\"><FONT size=2><SPAN style=\"FONT-STYLE: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal\">Running a few lengths off the leaders early, <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"FONT-STYLE: normal\"><B>MAMBO WILDCAT<\/B><\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"FONT-STYLE: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal\"> moved close to the leaders as the stretch loomed, then unleashed a big charge that carried him right past &#8217;em and into the winners&#8217; circle! With this exciting win, the fabulous brown horse raised his bankroll to a cool $5.9 million.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><BR><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in\"><FONT size=2><B><SPAN style=\"FONT-STYLE: normal\">K&#8217;S INSATIABLE <\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-STYLE: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal\">was the last one that <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><B><SPAN style=\"FONT-STYLE: normal\">MAMBO <\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-STYLE: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal\">passed, just before the wire. This <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><I><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal\">wrecks2<\/SPAN><\/I><SPAN style=\"FONT-STYLE: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal\"> trainee had just flat-out run right past the expected pace due, and built a nearly four-length lead before getting run down by the &#8216;CAT.<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><BR><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN-BOTTOM: 0in\"><FONT size=2><SPAN style=\"FONT-STYLE: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal\">Favored <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><B><SPAN style=\"FONT-STYLE: normal\">OTTO HAACK<\/SPAN><\/B><SPAN style=\"FONT-STYLE: normal\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal\"> closed late to pick up the show dough, but his slightly disappointed trainer, <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><I><SPAN style=\"TEXT-DECORATION: none\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal\">oahaack<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/I><SPAN style=\"FONT-STYLE: normal\"><SPAN style=\"TEXT-DECORATION: none\"><SPAN style=\"FONT-WEIGHT: normal\">, had nothing but praise for the winning horse and trainer. \u201cI have to tip my hat to &#8217;em, and just try to get &#8217;em another day. That \u201ccat\u201d had way too much for any of us today! Honestly, it&#8217;s great to see comeback efforts like that!\u201d<\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Mambo Wildcat Pulls 18\/1 Upset In Fee Duty<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":247,"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-7909","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7909","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\/247"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=7909"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/7909\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=7909"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=7909"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=7909"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}