{"id":1941,"date":"2006-03-23T00:45:17","date_gmt":"2006-03-23T00:45:17","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=1941"},"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=1941","title":{"rendered":"Millionaire Delaware River Tops B C Feature"},"content":{"rendered":"

A\u00a0short field of six will face the starter in the featured Plum Seattle Memorial fashioned for older runners at one and five-eighths miles over a soggy grass course.\u00a0 Let’s take a look at the horses from the hedge outward.<\/DIV>
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Trainer Stoneface sends out\u00a0the 2-1 favorite, Razor Robots<\/STRONG>(GB).\u00a0 The five year old son of the obscure Northern Crystal(GB) is Dad’s pride and joy.\u00a0 And he should be.\u00a0 Northern Crystal has sired only four horses and the other three have earned a grand total\u00a0$9,000.\u00a0 Razor Robots has earned $163,000 so far and is looking for more today.\u00a0 I’m not quite sure why the oddsmaker favors this one.\u00a0 He has yet to hit the board in three 2006 starts and he’s never won a stake in his life.\u00a0 Shaky chalk to say the least.<\/DIV>
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Delaware River<\/STRONG> (3-1) breaks from gate two.\u00a0 Why this classy veteran turf marathoner isn’t favored is baffling.\u00a0 Of his\u00a0fifty-one\u00a0lifetime starts,\u00a0forty-nine\u00a0have been in stakes.\u00a0\u00a0Eighteen have\u00a0resulted in wins.\u00a0 He’s a Grade One winner, has earned\u00a0$1,632,820, was second or better in each of his last four starts, has a world class trainer in Baileybarn and is being ridden by the stellar Zane Kidder.\u00a0 What’s not to like?\u00a0 Perhaps the fact that the big gray is\u00a0winless in two off track attempts is a concern to the oddsmaker.\u00a0 But realistically, the strikingly handsome son of Cozzene only needs his usual excellent performance to dust this field.\u00a0<\/DIV>
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Breaking from gate three is Urko’s homebred, Urko’s Fantasy<\/STRONG> (Foyer(GB) x Rainbow Quest x Our Native) (9-1).\u00a0 The flashy chestnut is a stakes winner and handles off tracks well (4-2-0-1).\u00a0 On the down side, he’s lost his last ten starts and has been beaten an average of almost twenty lengths in those ten defeats.\u00a0 Hard to get excited with no recent signs of life.<\/DIV>
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Next comes recent auction purchase Big Red Bunny <\/STRONG>(5-2).\u00a0 Canisminor paid a quarter million for the six year-old son of Thunder Gulch and the Corporate Report mare, Best Tex.\u00a0 The big stallion has limited experience on grass but is a stakes winner on dirt.\u00a0 Has hit the board in both turf tries and most recently finished third in a two mile turf stake.\u00a0 Excellent chance to share and can win if Delaware River has a bad hair day.<\/DIV>
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Red River Ace<\/STRONG>(ire) (3-1) breaks from gate five.\u00a0 Why he is the same odds as Delaware River is the mystery of the century.\u00a0 Trainer Kittycat claimed this guy for $5000 five starts back.\u00a0 Since then, he did win a $35000 claimer.\u00a0 But in three allowance tries, the son of Generous(ire)\u00a0has yet to hit the board.\u00a0 It is interesting to note that this guy won a leg of The Claiming Crown in Arizona last year posting a 104 speed figure.\u00a0 Looks like a very nice claim for Kittycat.\u00a0 But there’s no reason to believe he’ll like the distance or company on Saturday.<\/DIV>
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Rounding out our compact field is Hoofers’ longshot (12-1) Izaquirre<\/STRONG> (Treasure Cove x King’s Bishop x Turn To).\u00a0 The five year old mare has done a fine job in claimers and low allowances since being haltered for $4000 last year.\u00a0 Unfortunately, Izaquirre is not well suited to running thirteen furlongs against the likes of Delaware River.\u00a0 Later.<\/DIV>
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Delaware River could fall down and get up five times and still crush this field.\u00a0 At 3-1, he is a tremendous overlay since only Big Red Bunny has a shot to beat him.\u00a0 The others are simply not suited to the task at hand for one reason or another.<\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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