{"id":9080,"date":"2011-04-10T09:56:22","date_gmt":"2011-04-10T09:56:22","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=9080"},"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=9080","title":{"rendered":"Cruel Summer Storms To Win In 7.5 Furlong Turf Queen Down Under"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Cruel Summer did it. She ended the long shot jinx. <\/p>\n

The five year old daughter of Storm Cat broke the stranglehold that long shots had on the previous two runnings of the Turf Queen Stakes, when the 4-1 favorite came from far off the pace late to capture the Grade 2 $300,000 seven and one-half furlong event here on the turf at Victoria Race Course on Saturday.<\/p>\n

Cruel Summer, owned and trained by mtkplz2, scored a one and one-half length victory over second place Screamo.\u00a0The Turf Queen Stakes\u2019 top two finishers had to overcome some scorching early fractions set by early leader Atsuko, who finished third and seemed determined to try and wire the field in the Turf Queen.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

<\/span>The win boosted Cruel Summer\u2019s earnings to nearly $1 million dollars, and it got her back into the graded stakes winner\u2019s circle for the first time since October of last season when she captured the Grade 1 Prix Marcel Boss in Paris.<\/p>\n

It was definitely no easy feat here Saturday for the Kentucky-bred daughter of Storm Cat, who picked up the fourth graded stakes win of her career Saturday.<\/p>\n

Jockey D. Evans took Cruel Summer back early, with only one mare, Screamo, behind himself and Cruel Summer in the ten horse field.<\/p>\n

With Atsuko running wild on the lead, nearly sixth lengths ahead of the pack at the third call, Evans sat chilly on Cruel Summer, biding his time, nearly 18 lengths behind Atsuko. By the time the field was on the turn for home, Evans went to the whip and Cruel Summer responded, moving fluidly through horses, with Screamo following closely behind.<\/p>\n

With a mad late rush, Cruel Summer, who was sent off at odds of 4.30-1 by the Victoria Race Course crowd, swamped Atsuko in deep stretch to win the Turf Queen and take home the trophy as well as the lioness\u2019 share of the $300,000 purse.<\/p>\n

Screamo, who was 7-1, finished second a length and a half back of Cruel Summer and a length and a half ahead of third place finisher Atsuko. Haack\u2019s Ray, who was running in her first graded stakes race, finished a decent fourth, about five lengths behind Atsuko.<\/p>\n

Goldbug and Key To The Town, who tried desperately to keep pace with the speedy Atsuko early, didn\u2019t have enough left in the tank at the end and faded to fifth and sixth.<\/p>\n

Alien Queen, Wheredid Ucomefrom, She Might Be Giant and Passthepeasplease rounded out the field.<\/p>\n

Cruel Summer paid $10.50, $5.00 and $3.40 across the board. <\/p>\n

The 5-2 exacta combination of Cruel Summer and Screamo paid a decent $93.60, while the trifecta of 5-2-7 paid $506.40.<\/p>\n

It was nothing less than a herculean effort for the homebred Cruel Summer\u00a0owned by\u00a0mktplz2, who is a product of a scratch breeding pedigree of\u00a0Storm Cat X Mr. Prospector X Nijinsky II. Cruel Summer turned in the highest speed figure of her career (114) in winning the seven and a half furlong Turf Queen Stakes in a time of 1:27.8.<\/p>\n

In the process, Cruel Summer may just have stamped herself as a contender for the Breeder\u2019s Bowl races in November as well. <\/p>\n

Cruel Summer came into the Turf Queen with 94 stakes points, the highest in a field that included some pretty impressive 4 and 5 year old fillies and mares here in Victoria on Saturday. <\/p>\n

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