{"id":4301,"date":"2007-06-01T18:08:53","date_gmt":"2007-06-01T18:08:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=4301"},"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=4301","title":{"rendered":"Preview THE HENPECKED STAKES France"},"content":{"rendered":"

Here we are on mainland Europe as we make a flying visit to France to take their feature event, The Henpecked Stakes. The boys have this race to theirselves and 8 4yo+`s go to post in the hope of adding this ungraded stakes to their resume.We will take a look at them in racecard order.<\/P>

Out of box 1 is the 6\/1 chance White Stripe.<\/B> This 4yo colt, by Afleet has won 6 of his 34 races. He has won 3 stakes races in his career, all as a 3yo, which has seen his earnings top the $300000 mark. Often shows early pace, but with another couple of frontrunners in the field I dont know if he will have the speed to do that today. Overall level of form leaves him a little to find with the market leaders. Trainer Boxerwood<\/I><\/U> has R Girder booked for the ride.<\/P>

In 2 its the 5yo Danzig horse Happy Festivvus<\/B>. This is another that has over $300000 in prize money to his name. He has been running really well in the most valuable of allowances, racking up 2 wins and 4 second places in these races since August last year. This Seinfield1<\/I><\/U> runner has had 5 career stakes starts and managed 2 second places. He has a squeak on his very best form, but he must be at his very best. R Stevenson takes the ride on this 7\/1 shot.<\/P>

6yo Truckee horse Storymaker<\/B>, an 11\/1 shot is in stall 3. A ten time winner, and in rhe money in 20 of his 31 races, this one became stakes place on his last run when 3rd in the 6 furlongs The Wind Geronimo Handicap, running a 96. Ran his lifetime best speed figure back in March this year when 3rd in a 6.5 furlongs claimer with a 101. From the Joann<\/I><\/U> stable M Cheatham will be onboard.<\/P>

Spilotro<\/B> is in 4. By Mt Livermore he has won 8 of his 27 races. He has a best speed figure of 105, achieved last December in a 7.5 furlongs allowance. He may need that sort of figure today in order to get involved. It looks a difficult task for this fjmracing <\/I><\/U>runner, but he is sure to be staying on at the death. Relative newbie W Moss gets a chance to showcase his talents in the irons on this 6\/1 runner.<\/P>

Jumping out of 5 we have the Zeplin<\/I><\/U> trained Smugglers Catch<\/B>. This one has turned out to be an inspired $15000 claim, winning 10 times and 4 seconds from his 21 races for his present owner, including 3 stakes races. He won one of these stakes races lto over 6 furlongs, running a 101, and he has also ran 107 twice in his last 4 races, the first time on rain softened ground over 6 furlongs and then he also ran the same figure next time out when second in a G1 over 7 furlongs fast dirt. He has the assistance of the top track jock J Stivers and this 3\/1 2f goes to post with a big chance.<\/P>

Gemmas Lemon Kid<\/B>, trained by Mets86<\/I><\/U> goes from stall 6. This relatively unexperienced 4yo colt ran a personal best lto when winning his first allowance race with a 101. May still be improving this Gemmas Star horse needs to again in order to take a hand in the finish. A deep closer he is sure to be staying on at the death. Jockey D Sheutte takes the ride on this 11\/1 shot.<\/P>

Next in stall 7 we have our favourite Saintstown. <\/B>His sire Spreightstown has made a sensational start to his breeding career,and Saintstown is from that very first crop that has done so well. He has won 9 of his 22 races and has been in the money in 16 of his 22 career starts. He is a 4 time stake winner and multiple stakes placed and has accumulated an impressive $400000 in prizemoney. This Champions4<\/I><\/U> trained runner is a deep closer and a big run is expected. H Mclean is on board the 5\/2 f.<\/P>

Finally we have Smouldering Street<\/B>, drawn on the wide outside in 8. This 7yo Fools Pleasure horse has broken the magic 100 several times this season, including last time when 2nd in a 6.5 furlongs stakes where he attempted to lead from trap to wire, but was just outdone by that ols warhorse Jeffism. Won a 6 furlongs stakes the start before that though, running a 99. Trainer Magoo2912<\/I><\/U> will be hopeing he runs right up to his best to put him in with a squeak. R Truitt getsthe leg up on this 9\/2 shot.<\/P>

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Pogo Predicts<\/P><\/B><\/I><\/U>

I hope i dont hurt the feelings of the other trainers involved, but its my job to say it as I see it, and basically this race looks a two horse shoot out to me. What makes it most interesting is the 2 horses in question have opposite running styles,and if the race plays out how I think it will play out,then Zeplins Smugglers Catch is gonna be leading entering the final furlong and Saintstown is gonna be igniteing the afterburners in a bid to catch him. The million dollar question is will he get to him before the line . To be honest im split 50\/50, but if i have to pick one then im gonna say Saintstown gets up just near the line. I fancy Magoos Smouldering Street to fill the third place so its 7-5-8<\/P>

Good luck to all participants<\/P><\/B><\/FONT><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Can the Saint go marching in or will Smugglers Catch him?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":335,"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-4301","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4301","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\/335"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=4301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4301\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=4301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=4301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=4301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}