{"id":2803,"date":"2006-08-24T20:47:44","date_gmt":"2006-08-24T20:47:44","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=2803"},"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=2803","title":{"rendered":"The Huge Sparky Special"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><DIV>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Hello Race fans and welcome to the first edition of Hoof Beat , a comprehensive look at Stakes racing in the illinois racing circuit .\u00a0 This week we take a look at <U>The Huge Sparky Special Stakes<\/U> for 2 yo fillies over 1 mile of dirt .\u00a0 Prospects from all over the nation have showed up here this week to lay it all on the line to see just who is the best of the best .\u00a0 Proven to be a testing ground , the HSS stakes will have a smaller field this year consisting of\u00a0winning graded , stakes and Allowance winners .<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Post position 1 is <STRONG><U>Satans\u00a0 Wish<\/U><\/STRONG>\u00a0 4 \/ 1 from the Stormracin stable . A brown filly : Edubai x Crimson Satan x Secretariat coming into this race with\u00a0 $ 43,000 in earnings . At 4 races she&#8217;s 1-2-1 including\u00a0 <U>The El Masari Stakes<\/U>\u00a0 ( IA ) where she came in 3rd\u00a0 73 SP and <U>The Bighearted Bonanza Stakes <\/U>( OH ) where she came in 2nd\u00a0 \u00a081 SP . With R. Logan ( 19.9 % ) aboard this week things are looking good for this filly .<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Post position 2 is <STRONG><U>Lode of the Dance<\/U><\/STRONG>\u00a0 3 \/ 1 from the Hornfrog3 stable ; S Johnson ( 9.3% ) in the irons . \u00a0A brown filly :\u00a0Forty Niner x Nureyev x Caveat coming into this race with\u00a0 $ 244,000 in earnings .\u00a0 With 5 races under her belly strap\u00a0 5 : 3-1-0 she seems to be settling into her own .\u00a0 <STRONG>LoD<\/STRONG> won her first 3 starts including\u00a0 <U>Arizona Shoot &#8211; out Special\u00a0 G3 <\/U>where she posted a 77 SP .\u00a0 Her last 2 starts were on the VT track for the\u00a0 <U>Vermont B B Juvenile Filly\u00a0 G2<\/U>\u00a0 where she came in 4th posting a\u00a0 74 SP\u00a0 and the <U>Smackdown II Stakes <\/U>for 2 yo fillies over 7 furlongs of dirt where she came in 2nd\u00a0 81 SP .\u00a0 She certainly is no stranger to the Stakes arena and handicappers are wondering if trainer Hornfrog3 will be taking her back to the stalking style and regain her winning ways .<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Post position 3 is \u00a0<STRONG><U>Awesomeseekgold<\/U><\/STRONG>\u00a0 5 \/ 2\u00a0 from Thebear20 stable . D . McCants ( 13.1 % )\u00a0 is aboard this classy chestnut filly : Awesome Again x Seeking the Gold x Nijinsky II toting $ 31,000 in earnings this year in 2 starts\u00a0 1-0-0 .\u00a0 She broke her maiden last start in JP\u00a0 81 SP and trainer Thebear20 wasted no time loading her in a jet to acclimate for her stakes debut .<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Post position 4 is\u00a0 <STRONG><U>Step on It<\/U><\/STRONG>\u00a0 9 \/ 1 from the Dundee6 racing stable . This leggy brown filly : Aptitude x Woodman x Shareef Dancer is making a\u00a0\u00a0&#8221; step up &#8221;\u00a0today as she seeks to add to her\u00a0 $ 24,000 in earnings in 4 starts\u00a0: 1-0-0 .\u00a0 She won her second career start and is looking to add another chalk mark in the win column with W. Cabaniss ( 3.8 % ) in the irons\u00a0.<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Post position 5 is\u00a0 <STRONG><U>El Jab Prospect<\/U><\/STRONG>\u00a0 4 \/ 1 with G. Lauer ( 9.3 % ) aboard\u00a0; \u00a0representing Bigsplit2 stable today .\u00a0 This light gray filly : Aljabr x El Prado ( IRE ) x Mr. Prospector has earned\u00a0 $ 53,000 in her last 5 starts : 2-2-1 and is looking to dial it up a notch in her stakes debut .\u00a0 2 wins in her last 3 starts<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Post position\u00a06 is <STRONG><U>Power Packed<\/U><\/STRONG>\u00a0 3 \/ 1\u00a0\u00a0 4 <STRONG>: <\/STRONG>2-2-0 representing the Rottn stable . A regally bred brown filly : Mineshaft x Fappiano x Secretariat and earner of $ 74,000 this year ; trainer Rottn is hoping P. Munos ( 17.9 % ) will guide his young charge smartly over a track she won at previously .<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Post position\u00a07 is\u00a0<STRONG><U>Saucy Cybergirl <\/U><\/STRONG>at 32 \/ 1 and the Budweiser long shot today . Winner of $ 20,000 this year for Burn1downs this brown filly : Freefourinternet x beau Genius x Told is climbing out of the claiming ranks to make a run at stakes glory with M. Reveiz ( 11.9 % ) aboard for the ride .<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 One mile of fast dirt , $ 70,000 at the wire &#8230; who want&#8217;s it more ?<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0<\/DIV><DIV>\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 Kingman<\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Firce fillies line up for the anual running of The Huge Sparky Special in illinois<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":249,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"colormag_page_container_layout":"default_layout","colormag_page_sidebar_layout":"default_layout","footnotes":""},"categories":[2],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2803","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2803","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/249"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=2803"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2803\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=2803"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=2803"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=2803"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}