{"id":8519,"date":"2010-10-03T10:10:58","date_gmt":"2010-10-03T10:10:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=8519"},"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=8519","title":{"rendered":"Maconda Stayer Can Only Fill Superfecta"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Macondo Stayer<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P>

Grade III <\/P>

Two miles <\/P>

Firm Turf <\/P>

$125,000 <\/P>

All horses, 4 year olds<\/P>

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Two miles is a niche market anyway, but this graded event at the ultimate distance draws only four starters.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>To my recollection, graded glory for the two-mile specialist can be hard to come by.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>There are others with accomplishments, but it is hard to look beyond up-and-coming K’S KUNAVICHE(KY).<\/B>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Let\u2019s meet the quartet:<\/P>

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1 175470 VOODOO SMILE(IRE)<\/B>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>texasace00\u00a0 <\/SPAN>R Truitt\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>3\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P>

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With a pair of two-mile victories in his last three, you\u2019d think he\u2019d be rated higher than 368 in the turf marathon category.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It must be because only stakes experience in a solid 6-for-17 career was a third last out in the ungraded New Braunfels<\/st1:place><\/st1:City>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Still, there are speeds up to 105 this year for the son of Montjeu, and he is the closest to specialist to this distance in the field.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Has a chance if K’S KUNAVICHE(KY)<\/B> is not the best.<\/o:p><\/P>

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2 163265 LATE NIGHT MAGIC(IRE)<\/B>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>desperado2\u00a0 <\/SPAN>J Stivers\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>2\/1\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P>

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Solid-enough campaign this year, but he\u2019s not been stellar in the graded ranks \u2013 his only wins are an allowance and an ungraded stakes.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The 4-year-old Sadler\u2019s Wells from Grade C A. P. MAGIC<\/B> could still have steps of improvement in him, and he was not embarrassed when third in the two-mile Diamond Stakes back in February.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Coming off a series of 12-furlong type affairs, he could be needing the extra ground to pull off his best.<\/o:p><\/P>

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3 87234 K’S KUNAVICHE(KY)<\/B>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>prometheus\u00a0 <\/SPAN>J Kemp\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>3\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P>

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He has thrived since bumping up to stakes territory in May, throwing the best speed numbers of his life.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>That makes him 2-1-1<\/st1:date> in his brief four-race stakes career.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He comes in off a win in the 13-furlong, Grade 2 Deauville (110 speed), and there is no real evidence that additional ground will expose a flaw.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I can\u2019t find a reason to think this maturing son of Smart Strike, now ranked 24th in the marathon category, should fail to win.<\/P>

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4 27995 TOUCHED GOLD(KY)<\/B>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>manni138\u00a0 <\/SPAN>S Dunlap\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>8\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P>

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Yes, Touch Gold is the sire, and as you might expect from that tidbit, he\u2019s been better on dirt.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He reeled off six straight victories on it after being switched from the turf, but many were light and possibly suspect fields.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He was a latecoming second in the marathon Breakdown in July, but his most recent 14-plus length defeat in a dirt Grade 1 at the distance will likely not scare the more accomplished turf horses here.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He could have improved since his last turf tries in 2009, but I don\u2019t know that he could have improved enough to beat the favorite.<\/P>

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