{"id":9715,"date":"2011-10-27T19:51:52","date_gmt":"2011-10-27T19:51:52","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=9715"},"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=9715","title":{"rendered":"The Ascot Vail"},"content":{"rendered":"

Three year olds will travel six furlongs over a firm turf in the Grade Two Ascot Vail in Queensland.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Nine runners are looking to take home the $500,000 purse and the oddsmaker is having a difficult time sorting them out.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Three horses are co-favored at 4\/1 with another four under 10\/1.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Ironically the most accomplished horse in the field, millionaire Sismico is one of the two runners above 10\/1.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Let\u2019s take a look at the field.<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

#1 Sismico 18\/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>alfalvi 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 <\/SPAN>M Cameron rides<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

Sismico is a son of Street Sense out of the d-grade War Eagle x Daylami mare Eye On a Day.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Eye On a Day was a stakes winner at five and one half furlongs on the turf and Sismico, her second foal shares her preference for turf sprints.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is her only stakes runner from three foals.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Sismico was a multiple graded winner as a two year old and has repeated that at age three, taking the Grade Three Tetris Stakes and the Grade Two Ballydoyle Sprint Invitational, both at seven furlongs.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He won those races in back-to-back starts in April and May but has not won since.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last out he ran third in an allowance on the dirt (a surface which he also has a stakes win on).\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

#2 Bon Hoffa Boy 16\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>hkrchwkz 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>B Baker rides<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

Bon Hoffa Boy is a son of Bon Hoffa out of the g-grade Royal Academy x Red Ransom mare Pizza Academy.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This is her only stakes runner from two foals.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Bon Hoffa Boy won his first and only stakes in his 2011 debut.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He took the Massacre Challenge at six furlongs by an easy three lengths.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Oddly he did not enter another stakes race until September in the Vodka N\u2019 Skittles Turf Dash at seven and one half furlongs.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He ran a 100 sp that day but only finished third beaten over eight lengths.\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

#3 Battle Dream 7\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>tigereyes 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>S Gann rides<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

Battle Dream is a son of Dansili out of the b-grade Diesis x Kingmambo mare Battlefield Earth.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The three time grade two winner earned her stripes as a dirt sprinter.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Her first foal was stakes placed but Battle Dream is her only stakes winner from four foals.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Battle Dream was a successful allowance runner as a two year old and took his first stakes win in April when he won the Passively The King Turf Challenge at seven furlongs with a 102sp.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His next win came in his most recent start, the six and one half furlong Two Cups Turf Special with a 112sp.<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

#4 If I Have To 4\/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 <\/SPAN>ruidowns 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>L Lang rides<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

If I Have To is a scratch-bred son of Mustameet x Lear Fan x Fappiano.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>If I Have To showed tremendous potential early on, winning a stakes in only his second start last December.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He continued to show flashes of brilliance, winning an allowance in May with a 109sp but has really put things together in his last two races.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He took a seven furlong allowance with a 108sp and most recently won the Cynicism Turf Sprint at six and one half furlongs with a 112sp.<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

#5 Lost Bound 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 <\/SPAN>desjettex 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>S DeBerg rides<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

Lost Bound is a son of Half Ours based on the d-grade Distorted Humor x El Prado horse Ermington Prado.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The multiple graded winner preferred dirt sprints, which is where Lost Bound began his career.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He was stakes placed on the dirt but achieved consistency when switched to the grass, where he has been first or second in eight of nine starts.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has won three stakes races since the switch, at six furlongs, six and one half furlongs and five and one half furlongs.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He ran a career best 108sp in his most recent start, a second place finish in the Lucky Trick Turf Sprint at six and one half furlongs.<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

#6 Much Light 4\/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 <\/SPAN>mav1764 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>H Arthur rides<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

Much Light is a son of Candy Ride out of the c-grade Tiznow x Unbridled mare Heart of Light.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is the only stakes horse from three foals for the six time stakes winner.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Much Light has run a mile in each of his last six starts and nine of his last ten.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s done well at that distance, winning the Grade One Jean Brat and finishing second by a head in the French 2000 Guineas.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s never actually run six furlongs, although he does have wins at five and one half and seven furlongs, respectively.<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

#7 Magnumus 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 <\/SPAN>oxymoron3 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 <\/SPAN>P Jenkins rides<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

Magnumus is a son of Magnus out of the h-grade Forty Niner x Wild Again mare Mt Clononic.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He is her only stakes runner from three foals.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>A multiple graded placed two year old, Magnumus won five straight races beginning in December of last year.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He topped off that run with a win in the Years Go By Turf Special at six furlongs with a 102sp and then the Tough Luck Turf Challenge at five and one half furlongs with a 92sp.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He was off the board in two races before returning to the winners circle in the five and one half furlong Clever Connection Turf Memorial.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He was fifth last out, his first graded attempt this year.<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

#8 Spanish Fire 9\/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 <\/SPAN>super5 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>K Damo rides<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

Spanish Fire is a son of Birdstone out of the g-grade A.P. Indy x Forty Niner mare Inamorata.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Although not a runner herself she has produced one graded winner and two stakes winners from four foals.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Spanish Fire began his career on the dirt where he was grade two placed.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Switched to the grass he has won two stakes races, both at six and one half furlongs.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His last six races have all earned sps greater than 100 including a lifetime best of 108 just two starts back.\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

#9 Pioneer Park 4\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>socalman 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>C Wyatt rides<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

Pioneer Park is a son of Street Cry out of the d-grade Danzig x Storm Cat mare Ash Highway.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Ash Highway has been a monster producer, all of her first four foals are graded winners with her 2yo\u00a0 <\/SPAN>being the only one who has (yet) to reach that milestone.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Pioneer Park won the Grade One Duetoburst Stakes as a two year old.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He won two stakes races over the summer but didn\u2019t earn a graded win until his most recent start, the Grade Two Near Tic at six furlongs.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He beat his elders in that race and tied his lifetime best sp of 110.\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P>

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Good luck to all!<\/o:p><\/FONT><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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