{"id":856,"date":"2005-10-08T22:06:47","date_gmt":"2005-10-08T22:06:47","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=856"},"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=856","title":{"rendered":"A Genuine Chance"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">By winning the Grade II Cotton Handicap, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Genuine Orange<\/B> earned a 14<SUP>th<\/SUP> divisional ranking and a possible van ride to nearby <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> in three weeks for the Breeders Bowl Distaff.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">The win was the second straight graded win for the daughter of Hansel and came courtesy of an excellent plan by trainer <I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">Donut<\/I> carried out by jockey R Johnston.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>While <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Plant a Tree<\/B> and <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Beta Cat <\/B>dueled for the lead, Genuine Orange sat just off them, clear of traffic in the third spot, then swooped by in the stretch and was never challenged.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">It was the eighth win in 21 starts for Genuine Orange, who has now earned over $620,000.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Beta Cat, after disposing of Plant a Tree, who faded to eighth, was collared by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Wild Cat Tales<\/B> for the place, but gamely held off the favorite, the hard-charging <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Stormshaft<\/B>.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Stormshaft, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Whitener<\/B>, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Button<\/B>, and <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Donner <\/B>all come out of the race with ratings that give them a chance to join Genuine Orange in <st1:State><st1:place>New York<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> for one Breeders Bowl race or another.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Genuine Orange May Have Earned a BB Berth<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":432,"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-856","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856","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\/432"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=856"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/856\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=856"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=856"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=856"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}