{"id":3434,"date":"2006-12-21T11:05:29","date_gmt":"2006-12-21T11:05:29","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=3434"},"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=3434","title":{"rendered":"A Special Christmas Tradition"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Holiday traditions.\u00a0 We all have them.\u00a0 Christmas Eve at Grandma’s.\u00a0 Turkey dinner on Christmas Day. \u00a0Wrapping presents\u00a0while sharing apple cider.\u00a0 Trimming the tree with home made popcorn.\u00a0 Fun, familiar, comforting.<\/DIV>
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And so it is for the\u00a0trio of trainer Marsattack, jockey RBokie, and veteran marathoner Bob The Cob<\/A><\/STRONG>.\u00a0\u00a0The three amigos\u00a0have a\u00a0tradition which will be repeated on Saturday for the fifth consecutive year.\u00a0 Holiday racing in Tennessee.<\/DIV>
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The story\u00a0began in the summer of 2002 when three year old Bob The Cob\u00a0went to Nashville and\u00a0won under veteran rider Ryan “RJ” Bokie.\u00a0 RJ was battling a weight problem so instead of drinking all the Labatts and eating all the Hostess snack cakes himself, he\u00a0gave half\u00a0to Bob The Cob.\u00a0 The big son of Geri thrived on the beer and junk food diet.\u00a0 After winning a conditioned allowance by eight lengths,\u00a0Bob reeled off successive wins in The Bob And Ryan Twinkie Marathon and The Bob And Ryan Ding Dong Dash.<\/DIV>
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Bob then went in search of graded gold as he left Tennessee with a seven race winning streak.\u00a0 Before leaving, Marsattack promised RJ that he and Bob would be back for the holidays.\u00a0 And they were.<\/DIV>
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On November 30, 2002, Bob and RJ teamed up for an eleven and a\u00a0half length win in The Bob Comes HO HO HOme for the HOlidays allowance.\u00a0 Bob stuck around Nashville the entire holiday season and raced again on December 21.\u00a0 In that race, Bob and\u00a0RJ tasted defeat for the first time as a team, settling for second behind another graded winning millionaire, Plum Elrod.<\/DIV>
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Holiday season 2003 found Bob back in Tennessee.\u00a0 On December 6th, he and RJ overcame a nine length deficit to win going away by eight and a half in the Ho Ho Home for the Holidays II.\u00a0 But things didn’t go as well on December 27th when a\u00a0hung over Bokie\u00a0and a beer and junk food bloated Bob staggered home third in The RBokie For Jockey of the Year Special.<\/DIV>
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Bob returned to Nashville for\u00a0one December race in 2004.\u00a0 It would be the final race for Bob and RJ together.\u00a0\u00a0Bob ran off by four under the 197 pound Bokie but the weight issue was too much for RJ and he hung up his tack for good.<\/DIV>
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Never fear, racing fans.\u00a0 This tale has no sad ending.\u00a0 No, indeed!\u00a0 Last year Ryan Bokie Junior got his license to ride and the kid turned out to be as good as dad.\u00a0 Bob paid a midsummer visit to Nashville to meet Junior and race a few times.\u00a0 A good time was had by all as Bob and Junior reeled off three consecutive wins, including the Congratulations Ryan and Karie race which was\u00a0run in honor of Junior and his lovely bride.\u00a0 Bob was back in Tennessee for a Christmas Eve engagement but he and Junior could not get past the sharp Golden Jubilee(GB) II and settled for place honors.<\/DIV>
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This year Bob returns\u00a0to Tennessee longer in the tooth and longer in the odds.\u00a0 At 7-1, Bob is tied for the longest price in the seven horse field.\u00a0 Bob got a little extra rest for this test and he is as sharp as a tack.\u00a0 Last week he drilled a bullet :59\u00a0for Junior and did it under wraps.\u00a0 Besides that, Bob is on another roll.\u00a0 When he gets hot, he tends to string wins.\u00a0 He’s won three in a row including a sixteen and a half length blowout last time out under C. Winter.\u00a0 <\/DIV>
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Let’s see how the big horse does.\u00a0 3077.7416<\/A><\/STRONG> for those of you who want to share in a special holiday tradition.<\/DIV><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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