{"id":1547,"date":"2006-01-26T00:52:29","date_gmt":"2006-01-26T00:52:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=1547"},"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=1547","title":{"rendered":"Political Patriot Heads Maryland Route"},"content":{"rendered":"

The TEAPLANTER Challenge
Stakes
A mile and one quarter
Fast Dirt
$70,000
All horses, 4 years old and up\u00a0<\/P>

PP\u00a0 Horse ID\u00a0 Horse\u00a0 Owner\u00a0 Jockey\u00a0 Odds\u00a0
1 85963 ONE LAST DARE\u00a0 elprofit1\u00a0 T Dillin\u00a0 8\/1\u00a0
2 29384 POLITICAL PATRIOT\u00a0 focusforce\u00a0 V Elliott\u00a0 5\/2\u00a0
3 79030 SADLER’S THORNS\u00a0 camotion\u00a0 C Gerhke\u00a0 3\/1\u00a0
4 8363 BLACK MAGIC CAT\u00a0 shanx\u00a0 R Clink\u00a0 8\/1\u00a0
5 9856 BLENDER BEV(IRE)\u00a0 snappa\u00a0 W Keck\u00a0 7\/2\u00a0
6 66083 WEST COAST NATIVE\u00a0 woodstabl3\u00a0 G Stout\u00a0 7\/1\u00a0
7 50859 LIGHTBRINGER\u00a0 greenapple\u00a0 C Culpepper\u00a0 5\/1 <\/P>

A field of seven will go postward Saturday in the ten furlong Maryland feature.\u00a0 Here are the contestants in post position order.<\/DIV>
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Breaking from gate one will be Elprofit1’s One Last Dare<\/STRONG>.\u00a0 The five year old Graeme Hall\u00a0stallion was a stakes winner at two but has spent much of his career in claimers and starter allowances.\u00a0 Great claim for $15,000 but these foes are well beyond his talent level.\u00a0<\/DIV>
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Favored Political Patriot<\/STRONG> ended a long losing streak last time out.\u00a0 After capturing the Grade III Peach State Classic and finishing second to the phenomenal Wonderboy Cougar in the Grade I Out of the City, the\u00a0handsome son of Machiavellian failed to finish higher than fourth in his next six starts.\u00a0 Trainer Focusforce wisely dropped his charge into an easy spot in Tennessee to build up his confidence again.\u00a0 Rider Bokie toyed with his rivals and told the trainer afterward that the colt was 100% again.\u00a0 Clearly best if right.<\/DIV>
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Trainer Camotion sends out second choice Sadler’s Thorns<\/STRONG>.\u00a0 Bounced last time\u00a0but did score an impressive victory at Old Waterford in his previous outing.\u00a0 The veteran Sadler’s Wells stallion is well suited to this distance and looms the main danger to Political Patriot.<\/DIV>
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Black Magic Cat<\/STRONG> was soundly beaten in his stakes bow last time out.\u00a0 Trainer Shanx’\u00a0big Storm Cat colt will need a career best performance in order to\u00a0reach the top pair.\u00a0 Will he step forward?\u00a0 Your call.<\/DIV>
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Blender Bev(ire)<\/STRONG> is a true rags to riches story.\u00a0 This seven year old\u00a0is one of the more\u00a0obscurely bred stakes winner in history.\u00a0 His sire, the now retired River of Kings(ire), stood for a fee of two hundred pesos at Rancho Juarez, a combination horse breeding farm and brothel in Mexico.\u00a0 His dam was a plow horse who jumped the fence one night to meet River of Kings.\u00a0 The unwanted offspring, Blender Bev, plowed the back forty and performed in a dog and pony show until age six when trainer Snappa\u00a0won him in an all night card game.\u00a0 <\/DIV>
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After training\u00a0the horse\u00a0for a few months, Snappa put him in a maiden special at Hippodrome Juarez.\u00a0 Bev passed six tired horses to finish sixth at odds of 43-1 doing\u00a0just enough to earn him another try.\u00a0 The trainer shipped him to Yakidoc Downs, a half mile bullring\u00a0in southeastern Colorado.\u00a0 Bev liked the\u00a0sharp turns, lethargic pace and longer distance cruising to an easy win in a slow but encouraging 2:07 for ten panels.<\/DIV>
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Acme Shipping had a “special” deal for any horses going to Connecticut so Snappa shipped there for next to nothing.\u00a0 Problem was there weren’t any races for him.\u00a0 So Snappa tossed him into a tough\u00a0allowance race with a bunch of stakes horses.\u00a0 Bev ran lights out finishing third and posting a 101 speed figure.\u00a0 A star is born!<\/DIV>
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Fast forward to today.\u00a0 Bev has over $200,000 in earnings and is a multiple stakes winner.\u00a0 He blasted a good field in Missouri two back and last time out ran fourth in the Grade I Gold Cup finishing ahead of eight graded winners.\u00a0 Big, big shot in here.<\/DIV>
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Woodstabl3’s West Coast Native<\/STRONG> is a very well bred (Gone West x Seattle Slew) four year old with a nice closing kick.\u00a0 Has had no luck yet at this level and needs to step forward on Saturday.\u00a0 Outside shot.<\/DIV>
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Here’s the sleeper.\u00a0 Lightbringer<\/STRONG> has won two stakes at this exact distance in his last four starts.\u00a0\u00a0Four back he popped a 107 at Old Waterford winning a listed stake in a quick 2:01.2.\u00a0 Greenapples’ Touch Gold stallion didn’t fancy twelve furlongs last out but a cut back to ten looks like just what the doctor ordered.\u00a0 Can do.\u00a0
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