{"id":2578,"date":"2006-05-30T15:55:13","date_gmt":"2006-05-30T15:55:13","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=2578"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"oldbtb_2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=2578","title":{"rendered":"Pea Shooters Handicap"},"content":{"rendered":"

Pea Shooters Handicap<\/SPAN> (Grade II)<\/P>

6 Furlongs<\/P>

3 year olds<\/P>

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Saturday was the 7th<\/SUP> running of the Pea Shooters Handicap from South Dakota<\/st1:place><\/st1:State>.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This race was expected to have an exciting finish with so many different running styles.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This Grade II race has already produced one Historically Graded B horse, Snow Squall<\/B>, the 2002 winner.<\/P>

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At the start Heehaw II<\/B> and Rock of Ages<\/B> broke early for the lead.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Big Poppa<\/B> Pump<\/B> established its position right off the leaders.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This was a change from the last race in which Big Poppa Pump tried to wire the field and tired badly.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>O\/T Stonecold<\/B> and Jockey Green decided to change back to the style that had won previously for this stable one month prior in The Late Prospects Stakes.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>At the halfway way point, Heehaw II\u2019s<\/B> lead over Big Poppa Pump<\/B> was three lengths, when Jockey Green made its move in the turn taking over the lead at the stretch.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After dispatching the front runners, Big Poppa Pump<\/B> now had to worry about the closers.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Wonderboy Eamon, Depravity <\/B>and G Code<\/B> were five to nine lengths back when they made there move for the finish.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>In an exciting finish at the wire, Big Poppa Pump<\/B> held off the three closers winning by 1\/4 length over Wonderboy Eamon <\/B>and Depravity<\/B>.\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P>

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Big Poppa Pump<\/B>, paid $16.90, has now won two of its last three races, earning over $360K in its career for the Stonecold stables.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This Point Given X Storm Cat X Mr. P horse has won five of its fourteen races with three second place finishes.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It\u2019s still uncertain where this horse might reappear, but certainly the prestigious Grade II Bluegrass Cup Sprint or the Sooner-Husker Stakes (G II) is a possibility, but those races are further down the road.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The speed rating of a 95 was 10 points below the average rating of previous Pea Shooter champions, but some of that can be attributed to the slower pace set by the front runners.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Two horses that I plan on keeping an eye on, in longer races, are Depravity<\/B> and the surprising G Code<\/B>.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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