{"id":502,"date":"2005-09-05T13:28:54","date_gmt":"2005-09-05T13:28:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=502"},"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=502","title":{"rendered":"“Bluer Than Velvet Special” Stake Recap"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/B>In my race preview, I wondered if anybody in this field would be able to challenge Seattle Peace <\/B>for the early lead. Well my question was answered as soon as the gate opened. Trainer Dilaika\u2019s Ephalba, <\/B>showing early speed for the first time in her young career, not only challenged\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Tejanoroy\u2019s Seattle Peace<\/B> but Ephalba<\/B> was able grab the early and never look back, to annex her first career Stakes victory. The daughter of Storm Boot is now undefeated in all four of her starts and will no doubt be looking for bigger challenges in the future!<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><\/o:p><\/SPAN>

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\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN>After a clean start, Ephalba<\/B> raced to the early lead, \u201chotly\u201d contested by Seattle Peace <\/B>and Bigsky5\u2019s Montana<\/B><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> Prize<\/B>. At the quarter pole, only their heads separated the three leaders with Thedud\u2019s High Class Girl<\/B> trailing, but she was only a length behind the three leaders. As they hit the head of the stretch, it was obvious this wasn\u2019t Seattle<\/B><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Peace\u2019s<\/B> day as she began to hang and lug out, the leader Ephalba <\/B>was beginning to inch away from Montana Prize,\u00a0<\/STRONG>who was\u00a0<\/STRONG>doggedly trying to hang on and High Class Girl <\/STRONG>who was trying to rally, but with no avail. At the wire there was little doubt who was best this day as Ephalba <\/B>was slowly drawing away from, a game but beaten, Montana<\/B><\/st1:place><\/st1:State> Prize.<\/B><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

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CHART NOTES:<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/B><\/P>

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1.)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/B>Ephalba \u2026 <\/SPAN><\/B>Surged to early lead, challenged throughout, drew away in deep stretch.<\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

2.)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/B>Montana<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:State><\/st1:place> Prize \u2026 <\/SPAN><\/B>Good early position, threatened leader, hung on determinedly for place.<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

3.)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/B>Seattle<\/SPAN><\/B><\/st1:place><\/st1:City> Peace \u2026<\/SPAN><\/B> Pressured leader thru three furlongs, gradual fade in stretch.<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P>

4.)\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/SPAN><\/B>High Class Girl \u2026<\/SPAN><\/B>Trailed, but never far back, no response in stretch.<\/SPAN><\/o:p><\/SPAN><\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

EPHALBA changes tactics annexes \u201cBluer Than Velvet Special\u201d Stake!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":400,"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":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-502","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-reviews"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502","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\/400"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=502"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/502\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=502"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=502"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=502"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}