{"id":8637,"date":"2010-11-11T11:32:36","date_gmt":"2010-11-11T11:32:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blacktypebugler.com\/?p=8637"},"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=8637","title":{"rendered":"Curling with Coffee: Because I Said So Preview"},"content":{"rendered":"

Because I Said So Stakes<\/STRONG><\/P>

Grade II <\/P>

Six furlongs <\/P>

Firm Turf <\/P>

$500,000 <\/P>

All horses, 3 years old and up <\/P>

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Half a million on the Coxless card to go to the best green sprinter among seven.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Can last year\u2019s Breeders Bowl Juvenile victor make the switch to turf?\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Are the sophomores ready to take the baton from their elders? Who might step up to beat favored (not flavored) MR. COFFEE(KY)?<\/B>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Why couldn\u2019t he bring his last jockey, J Cuervo, in to ride ALCAPULCO GOLD(IRE)?<\/B><\/P>

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PP\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Horse ID\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Horse\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Owner\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Jockey\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Odds \u00a0<\/SPAN><\/P>

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1 190490 HEATSEEKINMISSILE(KY)<\/B>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>redhill\u00a0 <\/SPAN>D Dowell\u00a0 <\/SPAN>8\/1\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P>

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Ranked #73 3-y-o, Heatseeker out of a D mare.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Redhill grabbed him from ddahl and put him on turf to stay.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>It\u2019s worked out great, with six wins in eight tries on the new surface, never off the board.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He\u2019s the only six-furlong specialist in the race other than PIKOTAZO(KY),<\/B> and there is reason to believe he is taking strides past that one now that he is maturing.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Excellent improving horse angle and fabulous odds at 8\/1.<\/P>

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2 89254 BRAVE PASSION(KY)<\/B>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>pm\u00a0 <\/SPAN>J Cox\u00a0 <\/SPAN>7\/1\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P>

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Ranked #65 3-y-o, Forestry out of an A he-mare.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Won the Hawkz Guineas last month, then came back in a mile allowance, just nipped at the wire.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Just in September he cleared his N3L condition, but his last three races have been solid triple digits.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>That points to a horse who has just arrived at this echelon and should not be ignored.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Cutting back from a mile might mess things up, but he\u2019s still a decent play.<\/P>

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3 131025 PIKOTAZO(KY)<\/B>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>invisible\u00a0 <\/SPAN>J Kohlmorgen\u00a0 <\/SPAN>7\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P>

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Ranked #400 older horses, Hennessy scratchbred.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>6-y-o finding a new lease on life on the turf after seemingly peaking last year on dirt.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He has some of the slowest last speeds coming in, although he does like to come from behind, which could help.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Not an impossible task for the 41-race veteran, but at the odds I\u2019d look elsewhere for value.<\/P>

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4 101311 ALCAPULCO GOLD(IRE)<\/B>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>super24\u00a0 <\/SPAN>D Evans\u00a0 <\/SPAN>4\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P>

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Ranked #16 3-y-o, Dylan Thomas out of a B mare.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Been busy in England<\/st1:place><\/st1:country-region> lately, with two seconds and a third this fall in graded turf sprints.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>This one lays back a bit, but when he\u2019s on, he finishes with a strong kick.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He could be compromised by the fact that he\u2019s done his best at seven furlongs.<\/P>

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5 193162 MR. COFFEE(KY)<\/B>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>kilbirnie\u00a0 <\/SPAN>R Kowalkowski\u00a0 <\/SPAN>9\/5\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P>

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Ranked #73 older horses, Empire Maker scratchbred.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Wow, that was a 118 last time in the De La Fore!\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Looking back, there\u2019s also a 109, a 114, a 110\u2026.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Simply put, he has the power to dominate these unless he runs like he did in the Diana Ross in September.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Hard to tell what might have bothered him that day.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>The only other chink in the armor I see is that the aforementioned high speeds all came on softer turf surfaces.<\/P>

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6 180642 CURLING(KY)<\/B>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>snowclan\u00a0 <\/SPAN>S Nightingale\u00a0 <\/SPAN>9\/2\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P>

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Ranked #235 (#8 on dirt) 3-y-o, Curlin out of an F mare.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Last year\u2019s Breeders Bowl Juvenile winner set the pace in this year\u2019s Bluegrass Derby, finishing an unembarassing sixth.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Switched immediately to sprints, he snatched the Stephen Woody next out, but lately he has developed a tendency to wilt even at the short distances.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>Now it\u2019s a maiden voyage on the turf to see if that is the tonic.<\/P>

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7 171836 GOLD CAT ZAP(KY)<\/B>\u00a0 <\/SPAN>jetforhome\u00a0 <\/SPAN>R Bailey\u00a0 <\/SPAN>5\/1\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 <\/SPAN><\/P>

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Ranked #927 older horses, Ghostzapper scratchbred.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>First stakes venture since a drubbing in a restricted stakes two years ago as a juvenile.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He flies in from Kansas<\/st1:place><\/st1:State> off a frontrunning score and a 107 over seven on the sod.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>That must have impressed the oddsmakers, because he\u2019s short on the back class compared to the field inside of him.\u00a0 <\/SPAN>He could be just now hitting his peak, but if he regresses back to his usual speeds, he\u2019ll be cooked.<\/P>

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