{"id":938,"date":"2005-10-20T10:53:55","date_gmt":"2005-10-20T10:53:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=938"},"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=938","title":{"rendered":"Will you tell GOLDEN TALES or sing WESTERN SONGS?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><Font color=#006400><strong><u>The A. P. NASKRA Stakes<\/u><\/strong><br \/>One mile on Fast Dirt <br \/>$60,000 <br \/>Fillies and mares, 2 years old <\/font><br \/>Standing along the rail at Monmouth Park in New Jersey we are getting set to run<b> The A. P. NASKRA Stakes<\/b> Race named for 2 times stakes winner A.P. Naskra.  The track looks firm and fast with great weather forecast for this autumn weekend. We\u2019ve got a nicely matched field so let\u2019s take a look:<Font color=#006400><\/p>\n<p><strong>#1 WESTERN SONG trainer \u2013 stoners, (3\/1),  Jockey \u2013 J Benisz (22%),  Avg Sp # (84.1) <\/strong><\/font><br \/>What can you say about this Unbridled\u2019s Song out of Southern Lynn filly?  The beautiful grey lady has won three in a row and four of five including two stakes races.  She has early speed and knows how to hold on.  She is stretching out to a mile for the first time but it appears she will like the extra distance as her last two were 7 furlongs and she won both. She has the tracks best jockey up in J. Benisz and he should be able to guide her from the rail to the circle.  <Font color=#006400><\/p>\n<p><strong>#2 LOOK DAGGERS(GB) trainer \u2013 2tohold, ( 8\/1),  Jockey \u2013 M Squitieri  (13%),  Avg Sp # (81.6) <\/strong><\/font><br \/>Bristish bred by Diesis out of Legs by Her Ears, this filly won her maiden on turf three back and ran a mile on the dirt for this first time last outing and seemed to like it as she won at the wire with a respectable speed figure of 81. She has finished first or second in four of five and could surprise as a longshot here.  Trainer 2tohold has chosen a nice spot for her first dirt stakes race.<Font color=#006400><\/p>\n<p><strong>#3 STONE COLD BIRDIE  trainer \u2013 dougmatt, ( 8\/1),  Jockey \u2013 E Kottler  (10%),  Avg Sp # (81.6) <\/strong><\/font><br \/>One win in one race for this Birstone offspring. She won her maiden race at 7 furlongs and looked good doing it with a nice stretch run and had plenty left so the mile should appeal to her.  Her Mom, Quatorze Dupe was a successful runner on dirt with 7 stakes wins and seems to have handed down the right genes.  Tough crowd in this race but she has a chance.<Font color=#006400><\/p>\n<p><strong>#4 MY HEART&#8217;S DES(IRE)  trainer \u2013 eddielegg, ( 6\/1),  Jockey \u2013 Q Oliver (10%),  Avg Sp # (79.5) <\/strong><\/font><br \/>The wiley old veteran of this race with seven starts is a Ballingarry filly out of Jove Trapper.  She has two wins but none in a stakes race.  She tried a mile in a Grade One last outing and was beaten handily. She needs to find her previous form in a hurry here as she looks to be just a bit over her head in this crowd.<Font color=#006400><\/p>\n<p><strong>#5 MEDAGLIA DANCER  trainer \u2013 subwinner, ( 7\/2),  Jockey \u2013 R Case (18%),  Avg Sp # (81.2) <\/strong><\/font><br \/>This pretty dark grey filly is by Medaglia d\u2019oro out of Lyjinsky.  She has had consistent speeds around 80 but has had a hard time finishing.  She was also in the aforementioned Grade one with My Hearts Desire and didn\u2019t finish far ahead of her in a poor effort. She has a stakes win earlier this year at five and half and I have to wonder if that distance doesn\u2019t suit her better.  With R Case guiding her, he will get the best she has to offer.<Font color=#006400><\/p>\n<p><strong>#6 RAZIEL trainer \u2013 blaster6, ( 7\/2),  Jockey \u2013 L. Bell (8%),  Avg Sp # (80.3) <\/strong><\/font><br \/>Raziel won her first outing last time and ran a mile at a respectable 80speed figure.  She seems like a value pick from the morning line and may surprise here. The Rahy out of Deputy Silver offspring went from ninth to an easy victory and had plenty left at the end as she eased to the win by nearly two lengths. If she can get into position at the top of the stretch, she could be smiling for the cameras.<Font color=#006400><\/p>\n<p><strong>#7 GOLDEN TALE trainer \u2013 apniner, ( 3\/1),  Jockey \u2013 T. Richard (7%),  Avg Sp # (84.0) <\/strong><\/font><br \/>Co-Favorite on the morning line Golden Tale has had an auspicious beginning to her racing career with two wins and a second in three races. She has two in a row including the Endless Nana Stakes last outing which she won handily.  This Tale of the Cat  out of Falcon\u2019s Quest filly knows how to finish and looks to be the strongest lady here.  I wonder about trainer apniner\u2019s choice in putting T Richard in the stirrups and hope that doesn\u2019t cost her the win.<Font color=#006400><\/p>\n<p><strong> Morning Line = 1-7-5-6<\/strong><br \/><strong>Yoss Tipsheet = 7-1-3-6<\/strong><br \/><strong> Paz Picks = 1-7-6-2<\/strong><br \/>A fairly even race, I like <b>RAZIEL<\/b> to finish third just ahead of <b>LOOK DAGGERS<\/b>.  <b>GOLDEN TALE<\/b> looks like the best horse but I feel that the combination of front running <b>WESTERN SONG<\/b> having the rail and the best jockey will bring her home in first place.<\/p>\n<p><b>Good luck to all runners!<\/p>\n<p>Paz<\/b><\/font><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Very Competitive race at Monmouth Park<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":321,"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-938","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938","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\/321"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=938"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/938\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=938"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=938"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=938"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}