{"id":9848,"date":"2011-12-16T20:57:02","date_gmt":"2011-12-16T20:57:02","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=9848"},"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=9848","title":{"rendered":"Breeders&#8217; Bowl Juvenile Runners Match Up Again"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><FONT face=Calibri><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>The Movieland Futurity is the feature this week in California and a finer field could not be assembled for the season\u2019s final grade one for two year old colts on the dirt.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The race features a rematch of five runners from the Breeders\u2019 Bowl Juvenile Colts, including winner <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Bolton Valley<\/B> and third place finisher <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Clinton\u2019s Ditch<\/B>.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>But there are nine fresh colts willing to take these two on.<?xml:namespace prefix = o ns = \"urn:schemas-microsoft-com:office:office\" \/><o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>Bolton Valley entered the Breeders\u2019 Bowl off a victory in the Grade One North Fork Stakes, California\u2019s main prep for the big race.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He had previously finished second behind favored <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">My Way Contender<\/B> in the Grade Two Hoserhead Juvenile, but after a pace stalking trip Bolton Valley rolled to victory in the Breeders\u2019 Bowl, beating Appeasing by one length.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Appeasing returned last week to finish third in the Grade Three Sam\u2019s Town Delta Jackpot.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Finishing third in the Breeders\u2019 Bowl was Clinton\u2019s Ditch, a winner of the Grade One Sparkling Wine Stakes in New York previously.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Clinton\u2019s Ditch rallied from well back in the field to finish a closing third.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">El Gato\u2019s Mark <\/B>was also tracking the pace early in the Breeders\u2019 Bowl but tired at the top of the stretch to finish fourth.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>El Gato had finished second behind Clinton\u2019s Ditch in the Sparkline Wine and won the Grade Three Buckeye Juvenile earlier in the season.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Last Stop <\/B>had been runner up to Bolton Valley in the North Fork.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He tracked the winner early in the race but tired to finish fifth.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>My Way Contender was favored in the Breeders\u2019 Bowl off of three straight Grade Two wins, the Vermont BB Juvenile, the Hoserhead Juvenile and the Future Stakes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>All of those races were sprints and his routing debut on the sim\u2019s biggest stage did not go to plan.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He finished eighth and never threatened throughout the race.<o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Bella Sposa<\/B> is the oddsmaker\u2019s choice among the non-Breeders\u2019 Bowl participants. <SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0<\/SPAN>The son of Awesome Again has only four starts with his sole victory coming in a maiden race.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He was third in the Buckeye Juvenile behind El Gato\u2019s Mark and second in his last start, an owner restricted stakes behind <B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Clash of Kings<\/B> who ironically is another son of Awesome Again but is a tick higher in the odds.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Clash of Kings has won all three of his starts, including a maiden and an allowance at sprint distances.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He did run a 95sp last out which makes him very competitive.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Deputy Jelly<\/B> is a son of Kitten\u2019s Joy who also ran a 95sp in his last start, a second place finish in a listed stakes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has a maiden and allowance victory to his credit and all five of his starts have come at one mile.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Flip Flop Tip Top<\/B> has finished behind a number of these runners, his best finish being a second behind Shipping Costs in the Montana Futurity but he also finished behind My Way Contender and Bolton\u2019s Valley in the Hoserhead Juvenile and again behind Bolton Valley in the North Fork Stakes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Letmegocrazyonu<\/B> is a three time winning son of freshman sire Eskendereya who has won two straight allowance races whilst routing.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>His last victory came at a mile and one eighth with a 93sp. <o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Tsunami Song <\/B>is another with graded experience, he finished sixth in a grade three and sixth again in a grade one.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He did run third in his last start, a listed stakes at one mile with a 91sp.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Yalla Yalla <\/B>comes in with one of the higher last out sps, he ran a 97 to win a listed stakes at a mile on the dirt.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Overall on dirt he is 5-3-1 after starting his career on the turf.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>That was his first stakes win.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He did finish third in a grade three previously.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Thisishowwedoit<\/B> is a son of Shamardal who also started his career on the turf.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Since switching to the dirt he is 3-2-1-0.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last out he finished second in a listed race named for the sim-great Whoops Apocalypse.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Whoops Apocalypse finished sixth in this race, Thisishowwedoit will be looking to better that record.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><B style=\"mso-bidi-font-weight: normal\">Ten Towers <\/B>rounds out the field.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The son of Tiznow has a 3-2-1-0 record, with an allowance and maiden win to his credit and a second in a listed stakes.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He did run a 93sp in his last start, but has never been further than one mile.<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P style=\"MARGIN: 0in 0in 10pt\" class=MsoNormal>Good luck to all!<SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0 <\/SPAN><SPAN style=\"mso-spacerun: yes\">\u00a0\u00a0<\/SPAN><o:p><\/o:p><\/P><P><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Movieland 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