{"id":5617,"date":"2008-03-14T22:52:11","date_gmt":"2008-03-14T22:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=5617"},"modified":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","modified_gmt":"-0001-11-30T00:00:00","slug":"oldbtb_3","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/?p=5617","title":{"rendered":"Stakes and Claims"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P>A quick preview of the races for this week.\u00a0 There are two high priced ($100k+) claims races and\u00a0\u00a0<A href=\"http:\/\/smartacre.com\/hr\/runtime\/lookret.asp?id=102002045\"><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">The ROCCO&#8217;S REEF(IRE) Handicap<\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/A>.<\/P><P>Race 1 <SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Starter Allowance \u00a0($7,500) <BR>An even field (4 of the 7 runners are near 3\/1), <STRONG>RURAL HAWK(IRE) <\/STRONG>and <STRONG>ALDELIQUOR(KY) <\/STRONG>look to have the short stuff and recent wins to take this race.<\/SPAN><\/P><P>Race 2 <SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Maiden Special Weight <BR>Nearly everyone is a longshot&#8230; this should be between <STRONG>SILVER COATING(KY) <\/STRONG>and <STRONG>IMA FIRESTARTER(KY) <\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/P><P>Race 3 <SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Allowance <BR>The two longshots in this field are 8\/1, the rest are even &#8211; pick&#8217;em, but I like <STRONG>LATINOAMERICANO(JPN)<\/STRONG>here<\/SPAN><\/P><P>Race 4 <SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Allowance <BR>A lot of quality horse flesh in this one&#8230; do yourself a favor and pick <STRONG>PLUSFIVES(GB)<\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/P><P>Race 5 <SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Maiden Claiming \u00a0($2,000) <BR>Give favorite \u00a0<STRONG>FERRARI CARNAO(KY) <\/STRONG>a try<\/SPAN><\/P><P>Race 6 <SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Allowance <BR>Another favorite looks good here <STRONG>BLUE BULLET(FL) <\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/P><P>Race 7 <SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Maiden Claiming \u00a0($2,500) <BR><STRONG>DELPENN POSSE(KY) <\/STRONG>just missed last time out &#8211; maybe 11th time is the charm?<\/SPAN><\/P><P>Race\u00a08 <SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Claiming \u00a0($2,000) <BR>With a name like <STRONG>BATTLE ZONE <\/STRONG>&#8211; even from the outside this favorite looks good.\u00a0 <STRONG>SEARCHING BARK<\/STRONG>\u00a0is a good back up pick.<\/SPAN><\/P><P>Race 9 <SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Allowance <BR><STRONG>TIGER TOUCHDOWN(FL)\u00a0<\/STRONG>is the one to beat!<\/SPAN><\/P><P>Race 10 <A href=\"http:\/\/smartacre.com\/hr\/runtime\/lookret.asp?id=102002045\"><STRONG><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">The ROCCO&#8217;S REEF(IRE) Handicap<\/SPAN><\/STRONG><\/A><BR><SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">A small field, a small handbag for the ladies, <STRONG>FEVER BURNT <\/STRONG>is the favorite, but <STRONG>COLDSTONE(KY), A QUIET YEAR(KY),\u00a0\u00a0DANCE OF DEATH(KY),\u00a0\u00a0BLACK BETSY, and BRADY WINS AGAIN(KY)\u00a0\u00a0<\/STRONG>look to be a factor.\u00a0 I will box 8,6,1.<\/SPAN><\/P><P>Race 11 <SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Claiming \u00a0($100,000) <BR>The sponser has the best jockey and the likely win&#8230; <STRONG>HOIST THE KING(IRE)\u00a0 <\/STRONG>boxed with <STRONG>BUT EVEN SO<\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/P><P>Race 12 <SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Starter Allowance \u00a0($4,000) <BR>The sponser has the best jockey and the likely win&#8230;\u00a0 <STRONG>FEAR OF HEIGHTS(IRE) <\/STRONG>boxed with <STRONG>NEW YEAR NO JOBS<\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/P><P>Race 13 <SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Claiming \u00a0($15,000) <BR>The sponser has the best jockey and the likely win&#8230; <STRONG>LITTLEBIG(GB)<\/STRONG><\/SPAN><\/P><P>Race 14 <SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Allowance<BR>A full field &#8211; both <STRONG>THEATER BLUSH(IRE) <\/STRONG>and <STRONG>SIGNIFICANCE <\/STRONG>are good bets<\/SPAN><\/P><P>Race 15 <SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Maiden Claiming \u00a0($150,000) <BR>The sponser has the best jockey and the likely win with <STRONG>MY FEAR IS NAKED(FR)<\/STRONG>.\u00a0 <STRONG>SECONDARY(JPN) <\/STRONG>is a good bet though<\/SPAN><\/P><P>Race 16 <SPAN style=\"FONT-SIZE: 10pt\">Allowance <BR>A small field with <STRONG>AS ADVERTISED(IRE) <\/STRONG>as the likely winner, but <STRONG>MY TURNNOW <\/STRONG>is a good bet.<\/SPAN><\/P><P>\u00a0<\/P><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Surf and Turf!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":120,"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":[2,3,1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-5617","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-previews","category-reviews","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5617","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\/120"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=5617"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5617\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=5617"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=5617"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=5617"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}