{"id":6707,"date":"2008-10-09T05:41:40","date_gmt":"2008-10-09T05:41:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=6707"},"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=6707","title":{"rendered":"THE HORSE INVESTMENT CLUB"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><P><FONT size=4>EPISODE #7\u00a0 THE HANDICAPPING CHALLENGE<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=4><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/P><B><FONT size=2><P><FONT size=3>Yes&#8230;.yes&#8230;.ok. Yes, thank you for coming. Yes ma&#8217;am, that is the end of the Stable Tour today. The Stable Tour has been shortened a little, this weekend and next to accomodate the big handicapping challenge between Mr. ED and the Mystery Handicapper over at the TEST BARN. We are heading over there now, if you would like to join us? Well, ok the grandstand entrance is straight ahead and at the end of the building turn left. Thank you for coming out this morning and have a nice day.<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>Ok, we had better hurry if we are going to MC this event&#8230;&#8230;<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>TEST BARN CREW<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>(cast of characters)<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>HORSE IDENTIFIER<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>Larry &#8220;done it all&#8221; Fine<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/P><P><FONT size=3>SPECIMEN TAKER<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>P. &#8220;phil em up&#8221; Taker <\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>STATE VET<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>&#8220;DOC&#8221;<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>HOT WALKERS<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>Joe &#8220;big wave&#8221; Johnson p\/t surfer<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>D. &#8220;stocks&#8221; Witter p\/t stock broker<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>GAMBLER<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>Hundred Dollar Harry<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>RACE HORSE TRAINER<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>Iwanna Wynn<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>HORSE<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>Mr. Ed<\/FONT><\/P><P><\/FONT><FONT size=3>First off I would like to welcome everyone to our first ever TEST BARN HANDICAPPING CHALLENGE and introduce you to my co-host for today the avid horse racing fan, and always funny, <FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">the Silent <\/FONT><FONT face=\"Times New Roman\">Comedian<\/FONT> Harpo Marx (<I>Harpo honks his horn<\/I>)<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=2>.<IMG style=\"WIDTH: 169px; HEIGHT: 130px\" height=279 src=\"http:\/\/images1.zoomonga.com\/photos1\/0f4620ce-aca7-4e31-8d33-54e3be5a8ffe_medium.jpeg\" width=384><B><FONT size=2><\/P><P><FONT size=3>The Challenge is brought to you today by the &#8220;CREW&#8221; at the TEST BARN, in an effort to bring you the very best handicapping information available in the Sim. The format of todays challenge is a simple one, the contestants are to pick a winner in each of the four pre-selected races and will be scored for each selection that hits the board, in the following manner:<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>WIN = 5pts.<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>PLACE = 3pts.<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>SHOW = 1pt.<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>The winner having the highest accumulated score in the four races will recieve the GRAND PRIZE OF 100 CREDITS and the unofficial title of &#8220;BEST IN THE BARN&#8221;.<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>So without further ado,\u00a0I would like to introduce today&#8217;s contestants&#8230;.<\/FONT><\/P><B><FONT size=2><P><FONT size=3>In this corner representing the TEST BARN, in lieu of their fearless leader Larry Fine who has taken a leave of absence, to go on tour with his comedy act(The Three Stooges and is also helping Mr. Curly campaign in this year&#8217;s Presidential race), and weighing in at a trim 1250lbs. is the non-stop talking Mr. ED&#8230;<\/FONT><\/P><\/B><\/FONT><P><FONT size=3><IMG style=\"WIDTH: 108px; HEIGHT: 147px\" height=603 src=\"http:\/\/images1.zoomonga.com\/photos1\/5e6f6eaf-e78a-458c-a1a8-2b3a0cf11968_medium.jpeg\" width=324>\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 <IMG style=\"WIDTH: 255px; HEIGHT: 148px\" height=148 src=\"http:\/\/images1.zoomonga.com\/photos1\/125c2167-1587-4775-a8ba-75306f331de3_medium.jpeg\" width=500><\/FONT><\/P><B><FONT size=2><P><FONT size=3>And in this corner the MYSTERY CHALLENGER, representing no one but themselves and weighing in at a cool Buck and a half&#8230;.. THE CHALLENGER&#8230;..<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>What&#8217;s that? The challenger was a no show? Okay, hang on I&#8217;ll let everyone know.<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>ATTENTION LADIES &#038; GENTLEMAN&#8230;..WE HAVE A WINNER!<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>By default Mr. Ed has been declared the winner and recieves the title &#8220;BEST IN THE BARN&#8221;.<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>Hang on everyone, comeback here. We still need to give the people some picks today! These nice people didn&#8217;t read this far, to go away empty handed. How about it guys? Hey Harpo you and your brothers did some gambling on the horses, in your movie &#8220;A DAY AT THE RACES&#8221;, didn&#8217;t you?<\/FONT><\/P><I><P><FONT size=3>Harpo honks his horn twice<\/FONT><\/P><\/I><P><FONT size=3>Ok then, look over the four races that we were going to use for the contest and give us your picks.<\/FONT><\/P><I><P><FONT size=3>Harpo honks his horn twice<\/FONT><\/P><\/I><P><FONT size=3>I will say the race and you can honk which number you pick, ok?<\/FONT><\/P><I><P><FONT size=3>Harpo honks his horn twice<\/FONT><\/P><\/I><P><FONT size=3>ok here we go&#8230;.<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3><\/FONT>\u00a0<\/P><P><FONT size=3>UTAH- RACE #1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RACE ID#3735.2701\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HORSE #2<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>DISTRICT OF COLUMBIA- RACE #2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RACE ID#3735.7702\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HORSE #6<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>SPAIN- RACE #3\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RACE ID#3735.5703\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HORSE #3<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>NEW SOUTH WALES- RACE #4\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 RACE ID#3735.5404\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 HORSE #2<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>That&#8217;s great Harpo, <I>(Harpo honks his horn) <\/I>thank you very much for coming today and for helping us pick the races. You be safe going home. Thank you again!<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=3>Well folks that is our episode(such as it is) for this week. If there is anyone out there who would like to challenge ED next week? We will use the same races again, just private message me here(testbarn), with 1 pick for each of the four races, a.s.a.p. after Saturday&#8217;s Draw next week(Wednesday 6pm.) and i will work it into the episode. If you can out pick ED, you get 100CREDITS and the title &#8220;BEST IN THE BARN&#8221;.<\/FONT><\/P><P>\u00a0<\/P><P><FONT size=4>BE SURE TO TUNE IN NEXT WEEK&#8230;<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=4>FOR MORE TIPS FROM THE TEST BARN!<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=4>FEATURING MR. ED vs. MYSTERY CHALLENGER, IN A HANDICAPPING CONTEST(if one shows up)<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=4>and THE TEST BARN &#8220;CREW&#8221;<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=4>TILL THEN&#8230;<\/FONT><\/P><P><FONT size=4>HOPE TO SEE YOU AT THE RACES!!!<\/FONT><\/P><\/B><\/FONT><P>\u00a0<\/P><\/B><\/FONT><\/B><\/FONT><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>TIPS FROM THE TEST BARN-EPISODE 7<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":422,"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":[4],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6707","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-general"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6707","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\/422"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=6707"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/6707\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=6707"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=6707"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/btb.ehorseracing.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=6707"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}