{"id":9534,"date":"2011-08-26T21:40:55","date_gmt":"2011-08-26T21:40:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=9534"},"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=9534","title":{"rendered":"The Winston Spa"},"content":{"rendered":"

N1, Race ID 4785.7808 : The Winston Spa Grade II \u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/STRONG>Fillies and mares, 3 years old and up, A mile and one sixteenth on the Firm Turf Course, Purse : $200,000

<\/SPAN><\/BASEFONT>PP 1 – 5\/1 SPECTRAL STORM(KY) ID# 26162<\/FONT><\/A>\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/B>D Brennan ( 103 – 9 – 11 – 14 – 9%)<\/P>

4 Year Old Filly (GHOSTZAPPER x SADLER’S WELLS x KALANISI (IRE))<\/P><\/DIV>

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Bred from a \u201cG\u201d rated he-mare Spectral Storm has certainly clicked in her last two races winning two listed stakes races. This lightly raced 4yo filly wasn\u2019t close to her 2010 top of 107. In her next 5 races she posted 5 sub-100 figures but freshened up and shortening up after a longer graded stake try seemed to do the trick. She posted a 108 followed up by a 110 winning her last two races. Those figures put her in the mix for the top spot.<\/P>

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PP 2 – 5\/1 FLEETWOOD LEETA(KY) ID# 181867<\/FONT><\/A> <\/B>C Short ( 83 – 4 – 10 – 7 – 5% )<\/P>

4 Year Old Filly (JOHANNESBURG x SEATTLE SLEW x HIS MAJESTY)<\/P><\/DIV>

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Fleetwood is keeping the name alive with all descendants of \u201cF\u201d rated mare Seattle Within Sea having the name Fleetwood in it. This has worked 3 of 7 times as the mare has produced 3 graded winners with Leeta being one of the 3. Leeta won back to back graded races early on in her 3yo year and since those wins hasn\u2019t been successful in her graded attempts finishing off the board in her 4 graded starts. Recent form is fine with 2 wins but they aren\u2019t particularly fast or vs. great company. Ran a 114 5 back but hasn\u2019t been close to that top since then so I\u2019ll consider that race an outlier and prefer others.<\/P>

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PP 3 – 21\/1 FIFTY YARD BOMB(KY) ID# 75388<\/FONT><\/A> <\/B>R Radzinski ( 528 – 76 – 85 – 85 – 14% ) \u00a0<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

3 Year Old Filly (FLOWER ALLEY x FOREST WILDCAT x BLACK TIE AFFAIR(IRE))<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV>

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The Oakland Raiders take a 7-0 lead on a Fifty Yard Bomb from Campbell to Ford on the opening play to start the NFL season. This filly has me ready for some football! Bred from and \u201cF\u201d mare she has yet to crack triple digit speed figures and is facing elders for the first time. Aside from a hunch play for the name this filly looks overmatched in this field.<\/P>

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PP 4 – 16\/1 LAWABIDING SONG(KY) ID# 14795 <\/FONT><\/A>\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/B>S Hommell (284 – 35 – 30 – 30 – 12%)<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

4 Year Old Filly (UNBRIDLED’S SONG x GIANT’S CAUSEWAY (IRE) x KINGMAMBO)<\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV>

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Lawabiding Song is one of those surface confused horses that no trainer likes to have. Out of an \u201cF\u201d mare, she started her career on dirt and won a couple of races then switched to turf and won a race. After a couple more starts on turf she switched back to dirt and subsequently tried turf again, dirt again and now back on turf for this race. It seems like she didn\u2019t appreciate the 16f distance in her last race, which was on dirt and was eased up finishing next to last. I\u2019m not sure which surface she likes best but I\u2019m thinking anything over 10f might be too long for this filly and I\u2019m thinking 8.5f might be a little too short.<\/P>

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PP 5 – 9\/2 PYRGOMACHE(KY) ID# 193510\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/A>\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/B>M Delahoz ( 93 – 9 – 11 – 14 – 10% )<\/P>

4 Year Old Filly (MINESHAFT x KINGMAMBO x RAHY)<\/P><\/DIV>

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Out of an \u201cE\u201d mare, Pyrgomache comes into this race off a win on firm going. Before that win her 3 previous races were on good or yielding courses which she didn\u2019t seem to appreciate. If we toss those 3 races out she has 4 wins in her last 5 starts, all stakes wins with 2 of them graded stakes. Though, all those wins came at a distance of 9f and today\u2019s race is at 8.5f so it\u2019s possible that this may not be her optimal distance but a \u00bd furlong difference shouldn\u2019t be the end of the world. Also, enters this race on 2 just weeks rest.<\/P>

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PP 6 – 2\/1 HARMFUL ENERGY(IRE) ID# 191977 <\/FONT><\/A>\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/B>Z Ayya (594 – 153 – 121 – 89 -26%)<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

4 Year Old Filly (DANEHILL DANCER (IRE) x GIANT’S CAUSEWAY (IRE) x FORTY NINER)<\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV>

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The favorite in this race, Harmful Energy is out of a \u201cG\u201d mare and stretching out to 8.5f for this race after three sprints at 7f. Her 4 previous tries at distances over 8f have resulted in just one on the board finish. She comes into this race with good form, fast races and nice rest but I cannot endorse this filly with the extra distance.<\/P>

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PP 7 – 19\/1 MY PLACE OR YOUR’S(KY) ID# 180210\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/A>\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/B>C Orza ( 490 – 80 – 101 – 67 – 16% )<\/SPAN><\/P>

4 Year Old Filly (RAHY x SECRETARIAT x NORTHERN DANCER)<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><\/DIV>

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First scratch bred of the field, My Place or Your\u2019s is a nicely bred lightly raced filly coming into this race off just 8 starts. Her last 5 starts have been on turf after starting her career on dirt. She hasn\u2019t finished worse than second in her turf starts but she has only been facing allowance NWL conditions and short fields. Certainly has room to improve and could be a nice filly down the road but these fillies might be a little bit faster today.<\/P>

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PP 8 – 7\/2 GOLDBUG(KY) ID# 109105\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/A>\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/B>E Holsclaw\u00a0 <\/SPAN>( 149 – 24 – 13 – 16 – 16% )<\/P>

5 Year Old Mare (KINGMAMBO x EMPIRE MAKER x EL PRADO(IRE))<\/P><\/DIV>

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Goldbug is out of an \u201cH\u201d mare and the oldest and only 5yo in this field. It looks like she was bred as a late 3yo and therefore doesn\u2019t have that many starts for a 5yo. She is a stakes winner and still in search of that elusive graded stakes win. She ran a nice race last time out which was her first attempt at 9f finishing only 2 \u00bc lengths back in 4th <\/SUP>. She finished 2nd<\/SUP> at 8.5f two starts back with a top of 112 so distance shouldn\u2019t be a problem for this mare. Looks to contend for the top placing.<\/P>

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PP 9 – 9\/1 UNO SLEW(KY) ID# 186115\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/FONT><\/A>\u00a0<\/SPAN><\/B>G Purcell ( 98 – 10 – 6 – 14 – 10% ) <\/P>

4 Year Old Filly (MACHO UNO x SEATTLE SLEW x TEMPERENCE HILL)<\/o:p><\/B><\/P><\/DIV>

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Out of \u201cG\u201d mare that has been around the block with 8 different owners, Uno Slew is the last horse entered in this field of nine. She comes into the race with two straight wins as the controlling speed against allowance company at 8f on the turf. She started her career on dirt and moved to turf after her 12th<\/SUP> race on dirt. Her debut on turf was an eye-opener running a 104 late in her 3yo year and she followed that up with a 109. She never quite matched those speed figures again until just recently running a 105 in her last start. Not a lot of speed in the race so she will try to take this field gate to wire.<\/P>

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Handicapper\u2019s Picks:<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P>

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Started off liking #1<\/B> SPECTRAL STORM <\/B>and none of the other ladies in the field made me change my mind. She should get a decent trip with the cutback in distance rating behind the speed and taking over late to get up for the win. In 2nd<\/SUP> I will take #8 GOLDBUG, <\/B>another mare that should be rating just off the pace. My selection for 3rd<\/SUP> can easily wire the field without any pressure but I\u2019m thinking 8.5f will be just a tad too long and she will weaken in the end. For 3rd<\/SUP> #9 Uno Slew<\/B>.<\/P>

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1st<\/SUP>:<\/STRONG> 1<\/P>

2nd<\/SUP>:<\/STRONG> 8<\/P>

3rd<\/SUP>:<\/STRONG> 9<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Storm Ready to Take on the Spa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":345,"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-9534","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9534","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\/345"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=9534"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/9534\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=9534"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=9534"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=9534"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}