{"id":9704,"date":"2011-10-21T18:11:05","date_gmt":"2011-10-21T18:11:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=9704"},"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=9704","title":{"rendered":"Japanese Saint Legend"},"content":{"rendered":"

Nine three year olds line up in the mile and three quarters Japanese Saint Legend Stakes.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The race comes with a Grade One tag and a $2,500,000 purse.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>None of the runners have won a grade one yet but several are graded winners or graded placed.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Favoritism lies with the millionaire Poeta Sabina who is grade one placed this season and comes into the race looking very strong.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Local-breds are represented by Animation, the second choice and only Japanese-bred horse in the race.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Perhaps the most exciting entrant is third choice Lemondrop Mini Moo who has only six starts to date but is already a graded winner.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Let\u2019s take a look at the field.<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

#1 Tehuanaca 6\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>balogh stables\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>L Fenner rides<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

Tehuanaca is a scratch-bred son of Trempolino x Rudimentary x Vaguely Noble.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He didn\u2019t break his maiden until his eighth start, his second at a mile and three eighths.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Since then he has only competed at that distance or longer.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He won an allowance in June at a mile and one half with a 98sp and another in July at two miles with a 94sp.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He was second in the two mile Lock Edison Turf Stayer and off-the-board in two graded attempts and one listed run.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In his most recent start he was second in a two mile allowance with a 98sp. <\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

#2 Sup Cat 6\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>fortmarcy stables\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>G Arnold rides<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

Sup Cat is a son of Mountain Cat out of the c-grade Galileo x Theatrical mare Tomato Magic.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This is her only stakes winner from three foals to race (she also has an unraced five year old).\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The mare is available through open breeding, though perhaps will be picked up should this colt win here.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>On-the-board in nine of eleven starts, Sup Cat has gotten progressively better as distances increase, although he has never run as far as he will in this spot.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is a stakes winner at a mile and five sixteenths and graded placed in his last two starts at a mile and one half.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His sps in those two starts were 108 and 104, respectively, his first efforts over the triple digit barrier. <\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

#3 Jeu M\u2019appel Kris 9\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>super21 stables\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>W Lloyd rides<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

Jeu Ma\u2019appel Kris is a scratch-bred son of Montjeu x Kris S. x Round Table.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He began his career with two uninspiring races on the grass last year before switching to dirt for six starts, winning once.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He did seem to improve with distance and in May switched back to the grass in a mile and three eighths allowance which he won going away.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He hit the board in two allowance runs at a mile and three eighths and two miles before winning at today\u2019s distance two races back with a 97sp.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In his most recent start he was a well-beaten twelfth in the Grade Two Longdale Cup at two miles against his elders.<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

#4 For Yeats Sake 30\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>jdtrot37 stables\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A Hudson rides<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

For Yeats Sake is a son of Yeats out of the g-grade Black Sam Bellamy x Woodman mare Any Dream Will Do.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The mare also has a six-time winning four year old.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>For Yeats Sake has gone back and forth from turf to dirt throughout his career.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He began on the grass but broke his maiden on the dirt.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has three wins on the season, all coming on the grass at a mile and three sixteenths and a mile and three eighths.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has never started in a race as far as this one and he has never cracked the 90 mark in sps.<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

#5 Poeta Sabina 3\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>manndar stables\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>B Van Hauten rides<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

Poeta Sabina is a son of Peintre Celebre based on the e-grade Storm Cat x Danzig horse Cadillac Solitario.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Poeta Sabina is a three time graded winner on the season and has earned over a million dollars but seeks his first Grade One victory in this spot.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He won the mile and one half Grade Three Queen Izzy Cap in his seasonal debut.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He was third in the Grade One Sydney Derby and second in the Grade One Japanese Derby, both at a mile and one half before winning the two mile Grade Three Queen\u2019s Flower Pot.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In his most recent start he won the Grade Two Saint Legend Stakes by an amazing eight lengths with a 108sp at today\u2019s distance.<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

#6 Gretna\u2019s Tiara 12\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>breed2sell stables\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Me Spencer rides<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

Gretna\u2019s Tiara is a daughter of Daylami out of the c-grade Generous x Machiavellian mare Gretna.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A stakes winning sprinter\/miler on the grass, Gretna\u2019s first foal followed in her dam\u2019s footsteps winning stakes on the grass at short distances.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The third foal for the mare, Gretna\u2019s Tiara has proven to relish longer distances than both her stakes winning dam and half sibling but in this spot she\u2019s hoping to do one better than them by becoming a graded winner.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It is a tall task for the mare who has never run this far before nor has she tried a stakes.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has faced males several times, including winning against them two starts back in an allowance at a mile and five eighths.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>She has paired up 96sps in her last two starts. <\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

#7 Dalakhani Dancer 6\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>musse2 stables\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>V Gray rides<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

Dalakhani Dancer is a son of Dalakhani x Green Dancer x Sharpen up.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Another making his stakes debut, Dalakhani Dancer was available for a $50,000 claim tag earlier this year.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s turned things around recently as he comes in off back-to-back allowance victories at two miles, earning a 100sp in the last.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has only been off-the-board twice this year, the last time in February on the dirt so the consistency Is there.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The question becomes how will he handle the step up in class.<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

#8 Lemondrop Mini Moo 9\/2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>gr8white stables\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>K Ledwith rides<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

Lemondrop Mini Moo is a son of Lemon Drop Kid out of the e-grade Ela-Mana-Mou x Troy mare Ela Mini Moo.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In the money an astounding fifty five times, mostly in grass routes, this is the first foal for Ela Mini Moo.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Lemondrop Mini Moo has won three straight races, a mile and one half allowance on the grass, a two mile allowance on the dirt with a 100sp and most recently the Grade Two Hanging Chad stakes at today\u2019s distance with a 114sp.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s won those three starts by a combined eighteen and three quarter lengths.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s the lightest raced horse in field with only six starts which makes this an exciting young colt to follow into next year.<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

#9 Animation 7\/2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>tulloch1 stables\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>C Roser rides<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

Animation is a son of Delta Blues out of the g-grade Dubai Millenium x Nureyev mare Gone.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The mare produced a nine year old son and then nothing until this colt but her two year old by Fantastic Light is already stakes placed from four starts.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A two time Grade Three winner on the season, Animation won the Vase of Chester at a mile and five eighths and the mile and one quarter Furstenberg Stakes.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Most recently he was third in the Grade Three Dutch St. Leger at today\u2019s distance with a 104sp.<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

Good luck to all!<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

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