{"id":8157,"date":"2010-06-11T19:49:44","date_gmt":"2010-06-11T19:49:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=8157"},"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=8157","title":{"rendered":"The Eastwood Grade III"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal>The sun is shining, there are just a few clouds in the sky, and everyone is coming out here to <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">New Jersey<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> for this special Grader III race we have here today.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The Eastwood will draw a total of 7 horses into the race today.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>These girls, all three year old and up, look to capture a good chunk of that 150,000 purse when they run the mile and sixteenth on the Firm Turf today.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>So without further wait, lets meet today\u2019s ladies.<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal>PP.1<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:City w:st=\"on\"><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">London<\/B><\/st1:City><\/st1:place><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"> Eye<\/B> <\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal>This five year old mare looks to take the rest of the field, and win her first graded race of her career.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She would be one for one in graded attempts if that would happen as this will be her first graded try.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After making the switch to dirt a while back, she made the switch back to the turf two races ago.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>With little success in the win column, the girl has been running SP\u2019s of 105 and 98 in her last two races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Owner blueriband will look for jockey G. Anderson to do his best, and maybe raise his 12.2 winning percentage.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This girl is a 3\/1 shot in today\u2019s race.<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal>PP.2<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Jitterbug Girl<\/B> <\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal>This four year old girl looks to make it two in a row in stakes company as she made the switch back to the turf in her last race.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After posting two 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> place finishes on the dirt, this girl cam back with a 101 SP first place finish on the turf last time out.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This girl has been in and out of Graded company on the dirt in her career, and will look for her third overall graded win in today\u2019s race.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Sitting at 4\/1, B. Heffernan will try to do the trick for owner tihsho in today\u2019s race.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Heffernan holds a career winning percentage of 9.3 percent.<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal>PP.3<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Shiney Jade<o:p><\/o:p><\/B><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal>This four year old mare will try an attempt at graded company after not hitting the board in her last five races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She tried a switch to dirt two races back, with little success. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>With a 10<SUP>th<\/SUP> place finish, and 88 SP, she made the switch to turf in her last race, and again came up with nothing in an NW2N allowance, earning 6<SUP>th<\/SUP> place and again running an 88 SP.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Owner sonfsham is hoping an attempt at Graded company will boost his horses SP, and maybe get her to run a little faster.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Jockey P. Perabo will get the ride in today\u2019s race atop Shiney Jade.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Perabo currently has a 6.4 winning percentage, while Shiney Jade is sitting at 15\/1.<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal>PP.4<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Skeet Shot<o:p><\/o:p><\/B><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal>This six year old mare has only one graded attempt in her life.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>That came in a Grade II 4<SUP>th<\/SUP> place finish where she ran a 99 SP.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Since then, it has been all allowance and listed stakes for this girl, and she has had mixed success.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Struggling to keep SP\u2019s in the upper 90\u2019s and low 100\u2019s, this girl and owner chilimac both know that it can be done if she wants to run.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This girl put a string of two wins together earlier this year where she ran a 104 SP, and a 108 SP in back to back races while winning both.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She will get jockey M. Harrison atop her today.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Harrison<\/st1:place> owns a 10.1 winning percentage, while Skeet Shot sits at 4\/1.<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal>PP.5<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Bernstein Song<o:p><\/o:p><\/B><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal>The long shot in today\u2019s race is coming off of a Grade III 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> place finish in the Si\u2019 Senorita Special her last time out.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This three year old mare out of the tahoe stable will look for her first Graded win in her young career.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After making the switch back to turf two races ago, with little success on the dirt, she ran a 91 SP, and finished 6<SUP>th<\/SUP> in a listed stakes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Then she comes out and runs a shocking 96 SP in her last race to take second.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her owner, and jockey, M. Salisbury, will look for SP\u2019s to continue to rise in today\u2019s race.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:City w:st=\"on\">Salisbury<\/st1:City><\/st1:place> owns a 9.6 winning percentage while Bernstein Song is sitting at 25\/1.<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal>PP.6<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Alpine Frost<o:p><\/o:p><\/B><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal>As we start to near the end here, we come across this four year old mare out of the imatiger stable.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This young girl looks to continue success on the turf, and maybe even bring home her first graded win.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After starting her career on the dirt, she mad the switch to turf 5 races in, and won her first ever turf race.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Everyone knew she loved the turf after winning her fourth race in a row after making the switch.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has not run on the dirt since.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her last two races have both been in listed stakes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has plenty to show for it also as she earned a 1<SUP>st<\/SUP> and 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> place finish in those races while running SP\u2019s of 105, and 102.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Jockey R. Case will get the ride today on Alpine Frost.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Case owns a career winning percentage of 17.0 percent, while Alpine Frost is currently sitting at 7\/2.<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal>PP.7<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Giant\u2019s Treasure <\/B><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal>The favorite in today\u2019s race is a four year old mare out of the futurestar stable.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This girl is not afraid to run with the big girls in Graded company as she has attempted the feat eight times in her 21 career races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She too started her career on the dirt, and has not run there since the switch to turf.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her last three races have shown mixed results as she has run in two graded races, and a listed stakes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Not much luck had came in the two graded races where she ran SP\u2019s of 98, and 94.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She earned 7<SUP>th<\/SUP> and 11<SUP>th<\/SUP> in those races before going to a listed stakes last time out.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In that race she ran a nice 103 SP in a 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> place effort.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Jockey J. Benisz will look to raise his already high 25.5 winning percentage when he rides this 5\/2 favorite in the thirteenth race today.<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal>It looks as though this could be a very tough race for any of these girls or ladies to win.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I think it will all depend on the horse and how it wants to run today.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Take Giant\u2019s Treasure for example.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has been running in graded company with little success, but not only can she be competitive there, she could win there if she would allow herself to run those 100 plus SP\u2019s in the Graded races instead of the listed stakes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>If it were up to me to make a bet I would go with these three in no particular order<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal>1. Bernstein Song\u2014For all of you betters out there, this could be an interesting trifecta if it would happen due to this girl right here.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The long shot will hit the board, I am calling it.<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal>2. Alpine Frost\u2014Due to the recent performance of this one<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal>3. Giant\u2019s Treasure\u2014Due to the experience of running in Graded Races. <\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal>I want to thank everyone for reading my pre race article over the Grade III The Eastwood.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This has been Dylan with your pre race take, and remember for all of your sim race articles, head on over to the Black Type Bugler forum.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>As for all of us here at the BTB, we would like to thank you for a taking time to read our articles.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Let the races begin!! <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\" class=MsoNormal><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>7 Girls to Battle It Out on the Turf<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":156,"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-8157","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8157","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\/156"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8157"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8157\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8157"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8157"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8157"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}