{"id":8790,"date":"2010-12-30T22:27:50","date_gmt":"2010-12-30T22:27:50","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=8790"},"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=8790","title":{"rendered":"Remember the Remember Stakes"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>Depending on how you count, this will either be the second or the eleventh running of the Remember Stakes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>From 2001 through 2009 it was run as a Grade III event in New Hampshire.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last year it was upgraded to Grade II and moved to California.<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>If you choose to look at the entire history of the race the<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>most notable trend is that six of the eleven winners led from wire to wire.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The second major pattern is that five winners prepped for this race by winning an overnight stakes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It&#8217;s also been a race dominated by chalk.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>No winner was a surprise in the first nine runnings.<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>All of those patterns came undone in last year&#8217;s race.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Suzy&#8217;s Awesome<\/B> was the eighth choice in an eleven-horse field, winning from off the pace and coming into the race after a poor fifth in a Grade III prep.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Was that the start of a new pattern?<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Today&#8217;s winning trainer may hope not &#8211; Suzy has been winless since.<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>Here is a look at the field:<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>PP 1 <STRONG>CAPITAL KINDNESS(KY) <\/STRONG>(NORTH LIGHT (IRE) x MACHIAVELLIAN x SHADEED) bred and trained by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">screaming <\/I><\/B>(Epcotlen Stables, 12%) Style: P, Odds: 9-2*<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>The co-favorite has had an eight-week freshening since her Breeders&#8217; Bowl race.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She also shortens back to a classic distance after a couple of long routes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>There is no concern that this is too short for her &#8211; most of her races have been at a classic distance.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>There is also no question of class.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She&#8217;s been in the money in 13 of her 20 graded starts, winning four.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She&#8217;s the highest ranked runner in the field and is showing little sign of slowing down in her 27th lifetime start.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The only nagging question is the layoff.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It&#8217;s her longest in memory.<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>PP 2 <STRONG>SPIRIT OF MUSIC(IRE) <\/STRONG>(INVINCIBLE SPIRIT (IRE) x APTITUDE x CRIMSON SATAN) bred and trained by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">bestobene4<\/I><\/B> (Zeco stables Belgium, 18%) Style: S, Odds: 7-1<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>She never made her customary rally last time out and was a disappointing seventh in the Grade II Queen Liz Commemorative. She perhaps has some excuses.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>That was a tough field, and she has a history of not running as well at ten furlongs as she does at nine.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In fact she&#8217;s two for two in graded stakes at this distance and has been out of the money in all of her graded tries going 10 or longer.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>PP 3 <STRONG>PLEASE MOVE OVER(KY) <\/STRONG>(PLEASANTLY PERFECT x PIVOTAL(GB) x GRAUSTARK) bred and trained by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">weller3<\/I><\/B> (Deadinthelane Stables, 21%) Style: S, Odds: 6-1<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>She finished second as the favorite in last year&#8217;s Remember Stakes and returns for revenge.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She&#8217;s prepped by running her last two races as the odds-on favorite in four-horse overnights.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her preps don&#8217;t look as impressive as they did a year ago, and the speed figures are betraying some wear on the veteran mare.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Barn always does an excellent job in placing their runners, so respect her for that.<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>PP 4 <STRONG>PUBLIK CAUSEWAY(KY) <\/STRONG>(GIANT&#8217;S CAUSEWAY (IRE) x SEEKING THE GOLD x NORTHERN DANCER) bred and trained by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">wreckagees<\/I><\/B> (Pompeya Thoroughbred Racing Corporation, 27%) Style: P, Odds: 5-1<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>She made a huge run last time in the Grade III Red Bird.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>(Oddly enough the favorite in the race was none other than <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Suzy&#8217;s Awesome.<\/B>)<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A repeat of that effort would make her a tough beat here.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>While she&#8217;s won nearly half her races and is seldom out of the money, she has averaged a nearly five-point regression in her speed figures following very big efforts.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Clearly a threat to at least finish in the money.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She was entered in the race within 40 minutes of closing, evidence this very high percentage barn likes her chances.<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>PP 5 <STRONG>FORGOTTEN TEMPLE(AUS) <\/STRONG>(REDOUTE&#8217;S CHOICE (AUS) x WILD AGAIN x DANZIG) bred and trained by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">astinator2<\/I><\/B> (Astins Place, 27%) Style: S, Odds: 9-2*<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>Lightly raced mare beat up on <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Whipped<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/B>(the number one mare in the division) and others last time in the Grade I Motherly Love while stretching her win streak to three, her graded win streak to two, and her streak of finishing first or second on firm turf to 13 out of 13. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>Hard to find a flaw, but here&#8217;s our best effort: While she&#8217;s been nearly unbeatable at a mile or a mile-and-a-sixteenth, her slowest race ever came when she broke her maiden at nine furlongs.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Sure she won by five lengths that day, and the jockey may have saved some effort, but Astin has kept her at shorter distances ever since.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>OK, it&#8217;s not much.<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>PP 6 <STRONG>REIGN IN HADES G(KY) <\/STRONG>(E DUBAI x FORESTRY x SEATTLE SLEW) bred and trained by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">citation4<\/I><\/B> (Pgpg Stables, 9%) Style: E, Odds: 8-1<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>Veteran mare makes her 41st start, needing to win only $550 to become a millionaire.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her last race, an unimpressive sixth in an allowance race does not inspire confidence, but we note that four times in her past she has followed a mid-90s speed figure race with one nearly ten points higher and earning her a check.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She did just that as recently as last Autumn.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She certainly does better when she can be part of the early action, and this field makes that a possibility.<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>PP 7 <STRONG>AWESOME TIM(KY) <\/STRONG>(AWESOME AGAIN x FORESTRY x KINGMAMBO) bred by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">stupor4<\/I><\/B>, trained by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">sluggy1<\/I><\/B> (Sluggish Cat, Inc., 18%) Style: S, Odds: 19-1<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>Terrible filly, terrible trainer.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Sure she managed a second against a field of boys in an overnight last time, but let&#8217;s not get carried away.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Sure, she has a pattern of winning every other race and that pattern says it&#8217;s go time, but that&#8217;s just silly.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Maybe her jockey can pick up some extra change by offering her as a companion pony in the post parade.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>No, really, she needs more seasoning before she tackles graded stakes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Worst. Trainer. Ever.<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>PP 8 <STRONG>SUREFIRETHING(IRE) <\/STRONG>(MONTJEU (IRE) x NIJINSKY II x KRIS S.) bred by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">magpies2<\/I><\/B>, trained by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">kpacker<\/I><\/B> (Billy2shoe Stables, 14%) Style: E, Odds: 13-1<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>Five-year-old makes her third stakes start and her first start in at the graded level.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She won her last by about the biggest margins you&#8217;ll see, but the gaudiness of that statistic is tempered by the weak competition she faced.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>With several in here capable of, and likely to, run speed figures close to 110, she looks like anything but a surefirething.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She may be a factor early.<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>PP 9 <STRONG>PANTHENON(KY) <\/STRONG>(GIANT&#8217;S CAUSEWAY (IRE) x KINGMAMBO x NIJINSKY II) bred and trained by oostende2 (Oostende2 Stables, 19%) Style: P, Odds: 5-1<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>Another very impressive winning streak here, as she goes for her fifth straight win and third straight graded win.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>With her last win, she&#8217;s become a top-25 ranked mare, and she&#8217;s is just getting better.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Two races back she beat the number three mare and our friend <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Suzy&#8217;s Awesome<\/B>. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>She&#8217;s been worse than second only once in her 15 starts at this distance or shorter.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Perfect running style for this race.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Tough to bet against.<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>PP 10 <STRONG>MISS STREET(KY) <\/STRONG>(STREET CRY (IRE) x RUBIANO x POLISH NUMBERS) bred and trained by <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\"><I style=\"mso-bidi-font-style: normal\">kobras6<\/I><\/B> (Kobras Stable, 11%) Style: E, Odds: 10-1<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>Five-year-old is very sharp right now, with three straight stakes wins and an in-the-money streak that&#8217;s lasted over seven months.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is the speed of the speed and is a threat to wire the field.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Seven of her wins have come in just that fashion, and this race (well, the New Hampshire years of it anyway) has a history of winners going wire-to-wire.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She ran he Remember last year, ran second early, and faded badly late.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She is a risky choice as her record in graded stakes is terrible.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In six tries she&#8217;s never finished in the money and five of her losses were by more than ten lengths.<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Summary.<\/B><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It&#8217;s a very tough call between <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Capital Kindness<\/B>, <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Forgotten Temple<\/B>, and <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Panthenon<\/B> as to who deserves favoritism.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Here is my trifecta: <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Panthenon \/ Forgotten Temple \/ Awesome Tim<\/B>.<\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" 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