The blackjack player is quite aware of the blazing seven.
It is a progressive side bet in which a player says from $ 5 and receives a payment when one of your cards 7 is. The payment increases when the player has two 7s, and it jumps even higher if the dealer also shows 7.
Then the payments enlarge into the stratosphere if the three 7S colors or suit match.
There are certainly long chances to meet the jackpot, but Carla Capek has managed to collect him three times.
“It is one of my wife's happiest bets,” said John Capek, who was not as elated as his wife at the gaming tables when it comes to blazing Sevens.
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In the world of the horse race, Blazing Sevens is a newer unit that has already returned a look for the Capeks, and this weekend there could be a rather lucrative payout.
On the racetrack, Blazing Sevens Is a 2-year stallion foal of Good magic Using the Capeks through their Rodeo Creek Racing and Chad Brown. He is one of the top candidates in the adolescent person of 2 million US dollars Fanduel Breeders' Cup, which was presented by the whole blood Aftercare Alliance (G1) on November 4th Keeneland.
Although he is the 6-1 election in the morning line, Blazing Sevens has a 3 1/4 length victory in the champagne stakes (G1) Aqueduct racing route And as the son of the Juvenile winner in 2017, he should be well suited by the two rounds, which he will navigate for the first time.
Blazing Sevens wins the champagne inserts in the Aqueduct racing route
“We look forward to Friday,” said John Capek, sales manager for Abbott Laboratories, who lives in Illinois. “Blazing Seven's progress continues and he makes it great. His father treated two rounds in the breeding youngsters and we hope that he can do it too.”
In view of the fact that the Kapeks bought about a dozen horses and blazing seven from the second group of Brown and Bloodstock Agent Peter Bradley, it seems as if Carlas had been lucky at the Blackjack table to racing. Winning of a first class in the 25th start of a stable is certainly a stroke of luck.
Nevertheless, just luck does not explain her success story.
“I think you are making your own happiness and John and Carla are successful by being good people and are astute. They are brilliant, elevated people from whom I have learned a lot,” said Brown. “They deserve some successes immediately. It was a pleasure to train for it. They love horse races and the horses.
“They are very compassionate with animals. In my opinion, they have the right approach to sport and horses. They are patient. They understand that there may be no good calls. We had to stop horses, and the discussion was always what we have to do to support the horse and do it better.”
John Capek, 60, grew up in Troy, NY, not far from Brown's hometown Mechanicville. He has been a horse fan since his youth and became the owner about 14 years ago when he bought a part of some horses with the Magdalena race of coach Ken McPene. This group of runners contained House of Grace, who ran third in the 2009 breeding feast.
After a few years he took a break and in 2020 he at lunch through a mutual acquaintance (Dan Pickett) with Brown and began to get plans to get in again by buying some years.
For Brown, step one in the Bradley trial performed to act as her agent.
“I thought they would be a good game with Pete,” said the four-time Eclipse award winner. “They bought a diverse group of horses about Pete and gave themselves a good chance of success, bought lawn and dirt horses. Pete has given a valuable advice to set them up.”
The first group produced only three starts in 2021 and two seconds as a 2-year-old, but the Kapeks held the plan for a second round of the yearlings and were rewarded with blazing Sevens.
Blazing Sevens Training October 29 at Keeland
“This is the second round that we went through and they have learned about all the pitfalls in the first,” said Bradley about the KaKEKs, whose cumulative sums with Rodeo Creek are four victories from 23 starts with income of 645,363 US dollars. “We had a few nice winning horses, but nothing like that with blazing seven. They learned that it was not an simple game, but they had great patience and now have a much better time.”
Bred by Tracy Farmer from Good Magic, who won the youngsters as a girl for Brown and was the 2-year-old man from 2017, is Blazing Sevens from the Warrior reward Mare Trophy Girl. He was bought from the Eaton Sales program at the Saratoga Sale, Fasig-Tipton in Novel York Sale of Select Yearlings for $ 225,000. The second of four foals by Trophy Girl and her first runner was originally bought by Chestnut Valley Farm for 140,000 US dollars from the Denali program from the Keeland Horses January 2021 Cheus Argeln.
“Blazing Sevens had the frame and physique,” said Bradley. “Amusing enough, we regarded him as weaning and considered whether he released it for another group, but he was outside of our price. Then he got better between a stop and an annual.
Blazing Sevens made his debut on July 24th Saratoga Race Course And fell into a 6 1/4 length. He returned on a sloppy route in the hopeful missions (G1) and ended a disappointing third, 12 lengths behind the winner Strength The 4-1 second choice in the youngster.
A month later, the bad memories of the hope was washed away when blazing sieve from the sixth to a 3 1/4 length victory in the champagne rods on October 1 (G1) on a sloppy track in the aqueduct of the aqueduct.
“In Saratoga, it was great to demonstrate in a demonstrative way,” said John Capek. “He had a challenge in the slop in Saratoga, but it was great to see how he came back, even if it was a different route and won under similar weather conditions. The first class of the first class was really invigorating. I was a little nervous when he came out and stayed back, but he finally let his foot and then ran a lot of fun with Peter Bradley.
Blazing Sevens seemed to thrive since the champagne, based on his latest works. On October 22nd, he kept himself more than claimed, while he ran in addition to the multiple 3-year-old winner in the first class Jack Christopher . They covered five Furlongs in 1: 00.20 in Keeland. A week later he registered a quick one: 47.20 work in a society, the third fastest of 89 in the distance.
Jack Christopher (outside) and Blazing Seven's work on October 22nd in Keeland
“He is very good. He has a lot of things you are looking for in a good dirt Colt at this time of year,” said Brown. “He trains like an older horse. He is relaxed and simple to train on himself. He has been simple to train since the first day he came in. I am excited to have him in the barn. He identified himself as a top view very early in summer.”
In the face view Cave rock In the future stars on Friday in 1 1/16 mile youth, Blazing Sevens becomes opposite an undefeated runner, who has won 5¼ lengths with 5¼ lengths each time and the 4-5 favorite, with a high order. Blazing Sevens will need a career effort to assert themselves, and a certain happiness could also be useful.
“The way things are going, he could be our most successful blazing Sevens bet,” said John Capek. “Hopefully he will continue to be as elated as Carla.”
