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Friday, October 03, 2008 at
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ZANZABAR AND MR INCONSPICUOUS SEEK LEADING ROLES
Utah BB Mile
Grade II
One mile
Firm Turf
$300,000
All horses, 3 years old and up
Race ID:3728.2715
The Players have been selected and the stage set for Saturday's 9th running of The Grade I UTAH BB MILE. A field of 13 runners have been given their final curtain calls and are waiting in the wings for the curtain to go up. Expected to take leading roles in today's Feature are Stakes Winners ZANZABAR & MR INCONSPICUOUS who lead a talented cast of players ready to contest the 1mi event. So get out your programs and lets get to know the cast a little better.
POST #1 LEAGUE OF NATIONS (ENG) ID#143523
RAINBOW QUEST x GONE WEST x SADLER'S WELLS
RACE RECORD: 16-5-4-1
EARNINGS: $141,930
TRAINER: bunsay
JOCKEY: T PROFFITT
ODDS: 19-1
A LATE BLOOMER, WHO IS JUST NOW COMING INTO HIS OWN. HE IS A GUTTY PERFORMER WHO IS UNTRIED AT THIS LEVEL, BUT HASN'T MISSED A PAYCHECK IN 16 CAREER STARTS. IF HE CAN HANDLE THE JUMP IN CLASS, HIS RUNNING STYLE PUTS HIM RIGHT THERE. HOPING TO PLAY THE ROLE OF ANTI-HERO IN TODAY'S DRAMA?
POST #2 URBAN SPEED ZONE (IRE) ID#121386
GIANT'S CAUSEWAY x SEATTLE SLEW x BUCKPASSER
RACE RECORD: 21-8-3-2
EARNINGS: $263,510
TRAINER: commbank
JOCKEY: L ROSS
ODDS: 7-1
THE SON OF GIANT'S CAUSEWAY COMES INTO THE RACE AT THE PEAK OF HIS CAREER, ALTHOUGH HE FINISHED 5th IN HIS LAST, HE STILL MANAGED TO POST A 111 SP IN GRADE I COMPANY AND HAS BEEN A FACTOR IN ALL 5 STARTS THIS YEAR, ALL OF WHICH CLOCKED IN ABOVE THE 100 MARK. A SOLID RUNNER, WITH AN OUTSTANDING PEDIGREE.
POST #3 TORCH THE FLAME (KY) ID#112106
KINGMAMBO x SEATTLE SLEW x ALYDAR
RACE RECORD: 28-10-5-5
EARNINGS: $1,573,551
TRAINER: super7
JOCKEY: C MORTEN
ODDS: 9-1
HE IS THE FIRST OF 3 MILLIONAIRES IN FIELD AND ENTERS TODAY'S RACE OFF A HUGE TRY LAST TIME OUT IN THE GRADE I QUEEN ASCOT STAKES. ATTEMPTING TO REBOUND FROM HIS BACK-TO-BACK SUB-PAR PERFORMANCES, HE CHANGED TACTICS. BROKE ALERTLY AND LED THE FIELD ALL THE WAY UNTIL COLLARED GOING INTO THE FAR TURN, BUT HELD ON GAMELY TO FINISH 2nd BY 1 3/4 LENGTHS, WHILE CLOCKING IN WITH A 108 SP#. AN ENCORE PERFORMANCE WILL BE NEEDED TODAY.
POST #4 RAPT ATTENTION (KY) ID#125683
MINESHAFT x AWESOME AGAIN x RED RANSOM
RACE RECORD: 23-6-5-6
EARNINGS: $199,765
TRAINER: leftcoastj
JOCKEY: E LAGRANT
ODDS: 17-1
A HORSE THAT HAD A VERY NICE RUN, BUT SEEMS TO HAVE BEEN IN A CAR WRECK RECENTLY. FINISHING 9th IN HIS LAST STARTS AND COULD ONLY MUSTER A 56 SP# LAST OUT. HE WILL NEED TO GO MUCH FASTER IF HE EXPECTS TO COMPETE TODAY AND COULD BE A FACTOR OFF HIS BEST RACE, BUT HAS GIVEN NO INDICATION THAT ONE IS FORTHCOMING.
POST #5 MR INCONSPICUOUS (KY) ID#117967
APTITUDE x FORTY NINER x NIJINSKY II
RACE RECORD: 31-10-7-7
EARNINGS: $1,592,150
TRAINER: foxon4
JOCKEY: O OSBOURNE
ODDS: 7-1
A SPRINTER WHO CAN RUN ON THE FRONT END OR COME FROM BEHIND AND HAS COLLECTED A CHECK IN 18 OF HIS LAST 20 STARTS. ALL OF WHICH WERE IN STAKES COMPANY, THE LAST 8 OF THEM GRADED. HE ISN'T THE FASTEST HORSE IN THE RACE, BUT ALWAYS SEEMS TO BE IN THE HUNT AND CANNOT BE DISMISSED LIGHTLY.
POST #6 ZANZABAR (IRE) ID#32989
GALILEO x BLUSHING GROOM x NUREYEV
RACE RECORD: 36-14-3-1
EARNINGS: $1,354,545
TRAINER: peeps8
JOCKEY: OZ SWEENEY
ODDS: 5-1
A TWO TIME WINNER AT SMACKDOWN, WHO HAS WON OR PLACED IN 4 OTHER GRADED EVENTS, AND WHO IS HOPING TO REPEAT HIS PERFORMANCE HERE FROM LAST YEAR. A PERFORMANCE IN WHICH HE CAPTURED THE TITLE IN GRAND STYLE. HE COMES INTO TODAYS RACE HAVING WON HIS LAST 3 STARTS AND HAVING POSTED 100+ SP#s IN 14 OF HIS LAST 16. A CONSISTANT PERFORMER WHO HAS FACED TOP COMPITITION FOR THE PAST 3 YEARS AND DOESN'T SEEM TO HAVE LOST HIS EDGE YET. SHOULD BE IN THE MIX TODAY!!
POST #7 ANIO NOVUS (GB) ID#12189
BEAT HOLLOW x NUREYEV x DYNAFORMER
RACE RECORD: 23-7-5-2
EARNINGS: $291,520
TRAINER: spqr2nd
JOCKEY: Z SMEENGE
ODDS: 7-1
FINISHED 2nd LAST TIME OUT IN THE GRADE I MAUDLIN CUP, A RACE COMMON TO SEVERAL OF TODAY'S STARTERS AND OVERALL IS COMING INTO THE RACE IN PRETTY GOOD FORM, HITTING THE BOARD IN 10 OF HIS LAST 11 ATTEMPTS. A DUPLICATION OF ANY OF HIS SP#s (110, 107, 115) IN HIS LAST THREE STARTS, PROBABLY WOULD BE ENOUGH TO GET THE JOB DONE HERE AND SHORT OF A DISASTER, SHOULD BE ONE OF THOSE IN THE PICTURE.
POST #8 FIVE STAR CADET (GB) ID#131189
MOTIVATOR x DANZIG x DAMASCUS
RACE RECORD: 20-7-4-5
EARNINGS: $586,180
TRAINER: desperado4
JOCKEY: I DUFFY
ODDS: 6-1
This smoking fast son of MOTIVATOR out of stakes winning game mare FIVE STAR RABBIT, has risen to a place of prominece in meteoric fashion, Having never faced Stakes compitition until March of this year, then quickly stepping up the ladder into Graded compitition, culminating with his brilliant victory at Smackdown. Since then he has made two starts, both in 1mi. Grade I's and seems to be tailing off, finishing a well-beaten 8th by 8 lengths last time out and 4th the out before. It seems hard for me to believe that this comet, could have already burned out and a rebound of form today would not be a big suprise.
POST #9 FEARSOME (KY) ID#119364
FUSAICHI PEGASUS x DEPUTY MINISTER x MR. PROSPECTOR
RACE RECORD: 28-4-5-8
EARNINGS: $296,622
TRAINER: avalanche3
JOCKEY: A KNOTT
ODDS: 10-1
A RODNEY DANGERFIELD TYPE THAT RARELY GETS ANY RESPECT AND USUALLY GOES TO THE POST AT ODDS OF 10-1 OR BETTER. NOT ALWAYS THE BRIDE, MORE OFTEN THAN NOT, ONE OF THOSE IN LINE TO CATCH THE FLOWERS. ANOTHER THAT SHOULD AND COULD, BUT WILL HE?
POST #10 THEORY OF LOVE (KY) ID#129267
FORESTRY x CAPOTE x AFFIRMED
RACE RECORD: 23-7-4-3
EARNINGS: $648,640
TRAINER: cub
JOCKEY: S WEBER
ODDS: 8-1
A TALENTED RUNNER WHO HAS AMASSED OVER A 1/2 A MILLION DOLLARS, WHILE FACING THE BEST IN HIS DIVISION WEEK AFTER WEEK. HE HAS BEEN ON THE BOARD IN HIS LAST SIX STARTS, INCLUDING TOP HONORS IN THE GRADE II INDEPENDENCE DAY BB STAKES, COVERING TODAY'S DISTANCE IN A SPEEDY 1:34 1/5. HIS TACTICAL SPEED GIVES HIM THE UNIQUE ABILITY TO ALWAYS BE WITHIN STRIKING DISTANCE AND USUALY HELPS KEEPS HIM OUT OF TROUBLE. IT WILL TAKE A HUGE EFFORT BY ONE OF HIS OPPONENTS, TO DENY HIM TODAY.
POST #11 YOWZA ID#19354
PINE BLUFF x A.P. INDY x MR. PROSPECTOR
RACE RECORD: 37-11-9-5
EARNINGS: $440,600
TRAINER: 8ballfarms
JOCKEY: Z HOLLOWAY
ODDS: 8-1
BY PINE BLUFF AND THE FIRST FOAL OUT OF THE GAME MARE CARLEE'S CATCH, WHO'S ONLY OTHER FOAL TO DATE IS THE 2yr. OLD STAKES WINNER MISS STREET. YOWZA A TURF SPECIALIST COMES INTO TODAYS RACE TRYING TO REBOUND BACK FROM A DULL EFFORT LAST TIME OUT IN THE GRADE I MAUDLIN CUP, WHERE HE FINISHED 8th BY 11 1/4 LENGTHS. PREVIOUS TO THAT HE HAD A STRING OF EIGHT 100+ SP#s AND HAD COLLECTED A CHECK IN 8 OUT OF HIS LAST 10. HIS MAIN PROBLEM TODAY WILL BE GETTING LOOSE ON THE FRONT END AND I BELIEVE HE WILL GIVE WAY IF COLLARED THE WHOLE TRIP.
POST #12 GEORGE W LOSER ID#49879
POLISH PRECEDENT x PERSONAL FLAG x STAGE DOOR JOHNNY
RACE RECORD: 70-3-5-6
EARNINGS: $35,632
TRAINER: monimonica
JOCKEY: O PETTY
ODDS: 99-1
Distanced in his last 15 starts. There is a rumor going around the track here that they have brought in self-help & info-mercial guru "Tony Robbins" to work on his low self-esteem and people are saying that late at night you can hear coming from his stall someone saying over and over again "I think i can, I think i can," Another rumor i heard from several reliable sources is that if you do not believe in all that self-help mumbo jumbo, the CREW at the Test Barn are laying odds of 3-5 that he makes it 16 in a row and have called Guinness Book of Worlds Records to find out if he is getting close. O "MY GOD HERE WE GO AGAIN" PETTY gets the call.
I am not sure who is getting the last laugh in, but i can tell you it is not the person who named this horse!
POST #13 YEAH (KY) ID#41660
AWESOME AGAIN x RUBIANO x POLISH NUMBERS
RACE RECORD: 27-5-7-2
EARNINGS: $265,812
TRAINER: kobrasb
JOCKEY: V SELBY
ODDS: 11-1
ALTHOUGH HE IS A STAKES WINNER AND GRADE I PLACED, THIS SON OF AWESOME AGAIN IS NOT THE MOST CONSISTANT ANIMAL AND HIS LAST WIN WAS WAY BACK IN MARCH. HIS SP#s ARE NOT THE HIGHEST, BUT HE HAS BEEN OVER THE 100 MARK IN 8 OUT OF HIS LAST 9 STARTS AND IF HE STICKS TO HIS CURRENT PATTERN OF MAKING A BIG RUN EVERY OTHER RACE, TODAY IS HIS DAY.
Normally at this point i would summerize the information we have gained from our review and give you my un-qualified and unearned semi-quasi expert opinion on the outcome of this race. In an attempt to save myself the embarassment of failure, i will say that this race, at this time of year is an impressive collection of talent and except for possibly 1 horse, all of them have a shot. I also think that given the horses involved, that if you ran this race over and over, you would come up with a different winner each time. So i will leave it up to the experts to decide and have called in Man's Best Friend, my dog Lucky to get his opinion. From what i can make out between the slobbering and chewing is, bet your bones on #3 TORCH THE FLAME exacta #s 3-10-7
HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE RACES!!
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