{"id":866,"date":"2005-10-10T14:36:45","date_gmt":"2005-10-10T14:36:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=866"},"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=866","title":{"rendered":"Back On Top: Bristol Rovers Gains Some Redemption with Ark Win"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">You must excuse the general populous for forgetting his name.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After all, racing fans are very much a \u201cWhat have you done for me <I>lately<\/I>?\u201d type of group.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>But some have never forgotten him, and indeed regard him as one of the most talented and explosive runners in the world at this point.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>And those that remember him are the ones that matter: the trainers of Sunnybank Memorial, Allied Assault, Rain God, and Horseshoe Bay almost certainly had one eye on Longchamp this week, and they must have gone just a little bit weak at the knees when they saw the old warhorse Bristol Rovers steamroll a solid field in Europe\u2019s premier 12 furlong turf race.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last year\u2019s Breeders\u2019 Bowl turf 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> choice, Bristol Rovers disappointed when apparently injured when coming home last of 14, but looks as if he\u2019s back on the top of his game here.<\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Jockey S. Graf, aboard 5\/1 shot Militant, who finished 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP>, could only shake his head when questioned about his ride: \u201cI don\u2019t know what happened.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After the first mile, we shook loose from the field, and my horse was running along well turning for home.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He really did find more as we came through the stretch; he wasn\u2019t stopping.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:City w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Bristol<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Rovers though\u2026 It was as if we were standing still.\u201d<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Militant in turn had 5 lengths on 3<SUP>rd<\/SUP> place finisher Jacques, who may be better over 10 furlongs than he is over 12, but nonetheless acquitted himself well today.<\/FONT><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">\u00a0<\/FONT><\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">So the stage is set; Bristol Rovers is back in with a big chance in the Breeders\u2019 Bowl.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Sunnybank Memorial shored up his status as the race favorite with an equally impressive win in New York this week, while Horseshoe Bay disappointed in his first start against older competition, leaving some questioning whether this year\u2019s three year olds really do stack up against the best of the older set.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Allied Assault and Rain God sat comfortably in the barn this week, but they\u2019re sure to be up and ready to fight when the big dance rolls around.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Maybe now, people will start talking about the \u201cBig Five,\u201d and including Bristol Rovers in that group.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Sets Up Breeders&#8217; Bowl Clash of Epic Proportions<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":369,"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-866","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866","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\/369"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=866"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/866\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=866"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=866"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=866"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}