{"id":9539,"date":"2011-08-29T00:08:58","date_gmt":"2011-08-29T00:08:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=9539"},"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=9539","title":{"rendered":"Centeo Is All About Patience In Gr. 3 Cannon Gold Cup"},"content":{"rendered":"

Centeo displayed the supreme patience it takes to win a 16-furlong graded stakes here this weekend in South Africa.<\/P>

With the five-horse field in the $100,000 Grade 3 Cannon Gold Cup running a carousel-type race and staying in basically the same position most of the way around the two circuits, it took a very powerful late surge from Centeo to overcome the front-running New Money and score a 3 \u00bc length win here Saturday.<\/P>

New Money stayed on for second. He was the defending champion of the Cannon Gold Cup, having won this race last year in a time of 3:28 3\/5, the stakes record.<\/P>

All of the horses–except for Kingstroem Wells–in the Cannon Gold Cup field came in having thrown triple digit speed figures in their last starts, but none would exceed the triple digit barrier on Saturday.<\/P>

Centeo, the six year old English-bred son of Rainbow Quest who was making his 48th<\/SUP> career start, won with a 98 speed figure and had a winning time of 3:29 4\/5. It was the third graded stakes win ever for Centeo, and it was his first graded win since September of 2009, when he won the Grade 1 $1 million G. P. Von Baden Stakes in Germany. <\/P>

Centeo, owned by Rafa Stables, was taken back early in Saturday\u2019s race and at one point was in last place some 13 lengths off the leader, before he made a strong late move to score the win on the fast turf in South Africa.<\/P>

The longest shot in the race, Kingstroem Wells, jumped out of the gates first at the start of the Cannon Gold Cup before being overtaken quickly by post-time favorite New Money, the number three ranked horse in the older males long turf division.<\/P>

Kingstroem Wells stalked New Money, pushing the post-time favorite on the front end most of the way and laying back in second place. <\/P>

When Bourbon Legend surged past Kingstroem Wells nine furlongs into the race, Centeo also began to make his move from last place about the same time, overtaking Far From Ojai at that point.<\/P>

But New Money would stay there on the front end, increasing his lead to as much as three lengths at one point over Bourbon Legend just before the final turn for home.<\/P>

Two furlongs from the wire, Centeo kicked it into gear and surged past Bourbon Legend to grab second place. And then a furlong from the wire, Centeo swung out from the rail and overtook New Money and drew off for the win. <\/P>

Bourbon Legend, who ran a pretty even race the whole way, made a fairly nice late charge himself in deep stretch, but he couldn\u2019t quite catch New Money, who hung on for second place by a nose over Bourbon Legend.<\/P>

Kingstroem Wells would stay on to pick up the fourth place check, while Far From Ojai, the second favorite in the race by the betting public, would pick up the check for fifth place.<\/P>

Centeo returned $8.40, $4.50 and $2.10 to his backers on Saturday. The 5-4 exacta of Centeo and New Money paid $17.70, while the 5-4-1 trifecta with Bourbon Legend in third place paid $58.80.<\/P><\/SPAN><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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