{"id":8660,"date":"2010-11-18T22:32:16","date_gmt":"2010-11-18T22:32:16","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=8660"},"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=8660","title":{"rendered":"The Apple Pie"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">The Apple Pie is a G3 race for all horses age 3 or older.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Weather conditions are reported to be sunny in <?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:place w:st=\"on\">North California<\/st1:place> so a nice fast dirt track is expected for this mile and an eighth race.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last year was the first running of this stakes race which was won in a gate-to-wire effort by Elected Official in a speed of 113.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Here\u2019s a look at this years contenders:<\/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\"><SPAN style=\"BACKGROUND: silver; mso-highlight: silver\">1. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>Flesh and Blood<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>10-1<\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Flesh and Blood is a late closing horse who has won 6 of his last 7 starts.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Over his last 5 races, she has averaged a speed of 106 and has collected 3 wins at the graded stake level.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He offers good value at 10-1 and worth a good look.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"BACKGROUND: aqua; mso-highlight: aqua\">2.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Highest Order<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>10-1<\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Highest Order put in a pair of nice efforts in allowance races with a 2<SUP>nd<\/SUP> and a win in speeds of 102 and 101 respectfully.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has 8 stake starts, including one graded, with a record of 0-2-1.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I expect him to run somewhere in the middle of the field in the early stages.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Not sure if he\u2019ll cash in as he\u2019s done his best racing at allowance level.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"BACKGROUND: fuchsia; mso-highlight: fuchsia\">3.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The Reformer<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>5-1<\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">This horse made a switch over to the dirt this season and that has paid off.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The Reformer is 3-3-0 in 7 starts on the dirt with an average speed of just over 105 in that duration.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Still, he does well on the turf too, making him a very diversified horse.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has 4 stake starts with a record of 1-2-0, the only one off the board was his sole graded race.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He likes to pressure the leader, but this race lacks front runners and he may be pushed into that spot., but he can do the job.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"BACKGROUND: yellow; mso-highlight: yellow\">4.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Vis<\/st1:place> Vobiscum<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>9-1<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Vis Vobiscum will be making his 6<SUP>th<\/SUP> start at the graded level in this race.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He won his debut in March in the Town of <st1:City w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Tokyo<\/st1:place><\/st1:City> with a career best speed of 109.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He faltered badly in his following race finishing well back.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The next three races <st1:place w:st=\"on\">Vis<\/st1:place> had an average speed of 105 with a third as his best finish.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He will be in the running early on in the race but whether he\u2019ll still be there at the end is the question.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"BACKGROUND: olive; COLOR: white; mso-highlight: olive\">5.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Jack Burton<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>9-2<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"COLOR: white\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">This 5-year old has had a nice career on the turf and was moved over to the dirt this year with very nice results.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In 8 starts, he has a record of 3-1-2.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He set an eye-opening career speed mark of 115 in the non-graded Morgadio stakes, winning by over 2 strides.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Speeds over his last 5 races have averaged 107.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s co-favorite in his first graded race on the dirt and it is pretty hard to put in another effort like his last.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"BACKGROUND: lime; mso-highlight: lime\">6.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Atlantic Bolt<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>6-1<\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Over the past year, Atlantic Bolt has raced exclusively in graded stake races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has been in a dozen races since last November and has a record of 1-0-1.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s been consistent with recording speeds over 100 and has an average of 104 in his last 5 starts.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Atlantic<\/st1:place> hasn\u2019t been exciting this year, usually finishing in mid-field.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Hard to see things change for this 4 year old colt.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"BACKGROUND: silver; mso-highlight: silver\">7.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Runotentertained<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>13-1<\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">In 5 graded starts, Runotentertained has yet to hit the board.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Additionally, he has been in 8 non-graded stakes and has showed once.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His best efforts have come in the allowance division where he is 5-6-1 in 13 starts (including maiden).<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This all adds up to Run being out classed in this race.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"BACKGROUND: maroon; COLOR: white; mso-highlight: maroon\">8.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Rock and Fire<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>7-1<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"COLOR: white\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Rock and Fire has performed well in the allowance and lower stake levels but has been challenged in the graded races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has a record of 0-2-0 in 14 starts in these demanding races and posted speeds of 99 in his last two races with disappointing results.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Rock has scored speeds at 110 and above and if he can pop that number in this race his woes may be over.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"BACKGROUND: green; COLOR: yellow; mso-highlight: green\">9.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Blushing Fupeg<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>5-1<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"COLOR: yellow\"><o:p><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"COLOR: yellow\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Over his last 5 starts, Blushing Fupeg has an average speed of just over 107.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Although he has a record of 1-0-1 in his 6 lifetime starts he is showing improvement.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In June he won the 10f<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Day of Dominion (G3) with a career best speed of 115.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He followed this with a third in the Gotta Fix the Sprinklers Classic and a speed of 106.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Blushing has late speed and is worth a look.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"BACKGROUND: fuchsia; mso-highlight: fuchsia\">10.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Carry Me <st1:place w:st=\"on\"><st1:State w:st=\"on\">Ohio<\/st1:State><\/st1:place><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>9-2<\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">As co-favorite in this race, Carry Me Ohio may be slotted in the right spot.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has a record of 2-2-0 in 11 graded starts and his speeds look sharp over his last 5 with an average of 108 which includes 3 races of 110 or higher.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Jocky Atie has been used lightly this year but has a 17% winning record in 100 starts and been in the money a high 49%.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>May be right connection.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">The Reformer looks to be in position to run on the lead and if jockey McHale (18% win) plays his cards right, could run off with the win.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Flesh and Blood has been running well and has won 6 of last 7.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Top notch jockey Winter (29% win, 66% ITM) is aboard and it would not be a surprise to see an upset with this horse.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Carry Me Ohio has been in good form of late and factors in with the exotic wagers.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Nice Sunny Day for Apple Pie<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":363,"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-8660","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8660","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\/363"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=8660"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8660\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8660"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8660"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8660"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}