{"id":8757,"date":"2010-12-22T23:15:45","date_gmt":"2010-12-22T23:15:45","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=8757"},"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=8757","title":{"rendered":"Spotlight Race of the Week-Germany"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Christmas Weekend brings us to the 6<SUP>th<\/SUP> week of shinning the spotlight around.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last week, none of my top 3 picks found the winner\u2019s circle for the first time.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Affray wone the NW2L allowance race by nearly 2 strides.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>I did state that she \u201cSquares off with horses with similar attributes and may benefit with this change.\u201d<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>How true that turned out to be.<\/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\"><?xml:namespace prefix = st1 ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:smarttags\" \/><st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Germany<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> is this weeks stop for the spotlight and the ray of light is pointed to the very first race which happens to be another allowance race.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>For the first time we are looking at a local bred race which is open to all horses age 3 and up.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It\u2019s a conditional dirt race, set for a mile, restricted to horses with at least 5 starts and a CPU value no higher than 410.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It\u2019s a small field of 6 going to the gate and I\u2019ll try to get back on track with my selections.<\/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\">1.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Hoe Hoe Hoe<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>7-2<\/SPAN>-appropriately named and racing on this holiday date.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Trainer Oddgermany has targeted smaller fields and local bred races for Hoe Hoe Hoe winning 3 of 11 starts since acquiring horse.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Lots of early speed and comes off two of her best<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>speeds of 79 and 80 respectfully (hit 85 in February).<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Others have early speed and will need to avoid a dual for the lead.<\/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: blue; COLOR: white; mso-highlight: blue\">2.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Chawroth<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>6-5<\/SPAN> \u2013Has been scoring speeds over 80 for most of 2010 for trainer Rash, but these were on the turf.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Returns to dirt where his top speed was 77, but that was over a year ago and could possibly improve upon it.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Has had success recently in local bred level.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Has added benefit of being only male in 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: lime; mso-highlight: lime\">3.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Fuzzywuzzywasabear<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>8-1<\/SPAN> \u2013Fuzzywuzzywasabear has been active this year for trainer Metallinut appearing in 21 races thus far.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>All but two have been against fields of 6 and under.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>9 of these races have been in <st1:country-region w:st=\"on\"><st1:place w:st=\"on\">Germany<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> and Fuzzy has one win this year and it was not at this track.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>21 races in one year is far too aggressive for my liking and this style tends to wear down a horse.<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: maroon; COLOR: white; mso-highlight: maroon\">4.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Deadly Millennium<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>8-1<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"COLOR: white\"> <\/SPAN>\u2013Deadly Millennium has been running with speeds between 68 to 75 since trainer Rblking2 took ownership this past summer, however, these were all on the turf.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Deadly moves back to dirt her speeds were pretty similar under her prior trainer running on the dirt.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She\u2019s put in 10 races since August which is rather aggressive, in one instance she had 4-days between races.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She may show improvement with more rest between races.<\/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=\"mso-spacerun: yes\"><\/SPAN>\u00a0<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><SPAN style=\"BACKGROUND: black; COLOR: white; mso-highlight: black\">5. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>Double Latte<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>3-1<\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"COLOR: white\"> <\/SPAN>\u2013Double Latte has also appeared in quite a few races this year.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has 17 starts this year with 4 trips to the winner\u2019s circle.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>She has a handful of races with speeds over 80 which have been followed with a race with a drop in speed.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her last outing recorded a speed of 81 and it looks like a drop in speed is again in her future.<\/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: navy; COLOR: yellow; mso-highlight: navy\">6.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Bostarsmonsun<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>6-1<\/SPAN> \u2013Trainer Urcfarms recently snagged Bostarsmonsun for a tag of $2500.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has won two consecutive races since joining her new connection and both at this track, but on the turf.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Bred out of Monsun, known for nice turf runners, Bostarsmonsun will try the dirt for the third time.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her first two were rather poor but is in with local breds and may show improvement.<\/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\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Chaworth gets the top selection.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His speeds have been good on turf and may transfer over to the dirt and gets the edge against the girls.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Bostarsmonsun looks better suited for turf but may find a home in the local breds.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Doing well with new trainer and this may carry over to the dirt.<\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\"><o:p>\u00a0<\/o:p><\/P><P class=MsoNormal style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 0pt\">Hoe Hoe Hoe has been putting in some of her best speeds in her career of late and this could mean something.<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Local Breds Face Off in Allowance Race<\/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-8757","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8757","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=8757"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/8757\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=8757"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=8757"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=8757"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}