{"id":163,"date":"2005-07-30T07:49:40","date_gmt":"2005-07-30T07:49:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=163"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"oldbtb_99","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=163","title":{"rendered":"Diary of the Trooper – Part One"},"content":{"rendered":"

History says the\u00a0Trooper7 Stable started operating on Saturday, week 229.<\/FONT><\/P>

I’m thinking March of 1999.<\/FONT><\/P>

I was addicted. <\/FONT><\/P>

Immediate and subtle it was.<\/FONT><\/P>

My best ever horse was a lucky draw.\u00a0 I searched for what I knew.\u00a0 I knew the sires as I had read the Bloodhorse and the Washington Thoroughbred. \u00a0I’ve known horse racing all my life. I just know about horse racing!<\/FONT><\/P>

So.\u00a0 Foolish me.<\/FONT><\/P>

I chose sires from Washington with broodmares from well known lines. At the time, in 1999, Staff Writer rulled all th sire lists.\u00a0 So I searched for all the Staff Writers.<\/FONT><\/P>

And the Son Of Briartic’s.<\/FONT><\/P>

And the Knight’s Choice’s<\/FONT><\/P>

And his son, Tough Knight.<\/FONT><\/P>

I looked for Trooper Seven and got 2 of them.<\/FONT><\/P>

I got Writer Orange<\/STRONG><\/A>. A son of Java Gold X Staff Writer X No Excuses.\u00a0Trooper 7 Stables was good right away. I didn’t do well when my first horses ran, but I remember Writer Orange going fastest of all, to finish 3rd at the end of his first race, a 6.5F MSW in Washington, <\/FONT><\/P>

Of my other 4 horses, only Ralph’s Spaces, amounted to much. He earned less than a 100K.<\/FONT><\/P>

Writer Orange broke his maiden in his 3rd start.\u00a0 At 1 mile, he was an easy winner.<\/FONT><\/P>

And I was hooked and addicted. This thing was pretty real for me. I got to train horses, manage jockeys and bet. It’s was\u00a0just so cool.<\/FONT><\/P>

Writer Orange won a Grade 3 stakes race in his 5th start at, of all things, a mile and 5 eights. Goofy distance, but he could run forever.\u00a0So I started him in a Grade 1 in New York at a mile.\u00a0 He came in 3rd to Mississippi {something or another}.<\/FONT><\/P>

He could run with the big boys!<\/FONT><\/P>

Yeah – Well, Writer Orange middled around.\u00a0 He was a hard tryer, he was\u00a0a classic money burner, if one was a betting man\u00a0 He seemed to always cash a check but he just wouldn’t win.\u00a0 He always seemed to run out of real estate.\u00a0 <\/FONT><\/P>

God, I loved him.<\/FONT><\/P>

I kept him with good company at the races. I kept trying the big boys. Well, he showed me he could be there, goddamnit.<\/FONT><\/P>

And in late summer, he won 2 Grade 1’s.<\/FONT><\/P>

<\/FONT>\u00a0<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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