We had two more winners last night. Both were winning their first allowance races. Witor won at Colonial Downs and Beatnik won at Presque Isle Downs. Funny how both are called Downs as from what I understand there are no Downs to be seen at either track! Congratulations again to Gestuet Faehrhof and George Strawbridge, […]
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State Of Play
Nice win in the maiden race at Saratoga today. Team Valor’s first time starter by War Front sat off a very fast pace, beautifully handled by Ramon Dominguez. The trophy presentation was made by the Philadelphia Orchestra who are taking on the Saratoga Jockey Colony on August 1st in a softball game for charity. Congratulations […]
What a superstar!
Icabad Crane, another of our superstars! This six year old gelding who runs like Better Talk Now from off the pace (he wears his extended blinker too) was winning his 4th Stake race from 7 wins altogether. The race was a nail biter as he was wearing the leader down in the stretch and just […]
Fast and easy
That’s how Valiant Passion ran her race today at Saratoga, our first runner up there this year. She flew out of the gate and I really didn’t think they were going that fast as she was being held pretty tightly by Julien Leparoux but she wasn’t pulling, just galloping along easily. When I saw the […]
No Betsy
It’s going to be hard going in to work tomorrow with no Betsy. She was put to sleep yesterday as she was not doing great. She was lethargic and dehydrated (she had plenty of access to water) and age was just catching up with her. We’ve had her for four years and she was an […]
First AND second
Champagne Dancer was first and Meadowbound was second in their maiden race at Colonial. Always a little awkward when both are trying to break their maidens and one has to beat the other! Champagne Dancer won by 5 1/4 lengths while Meadowbound ran a much improved race from her previous efforts to be 1 1/2 lengths […]
Graham’s blog
Graham is doing a monthly blog on www.thoroughbredtimes.com. Last month it was about gate schooling young horses and this month it’s about relaxing horses. Check it out and watch for the next installment. http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/racing-news/2011/07/12/training-graham-motion-on-relaxing-and-winning.aspx{jcomments on}
Baron Slew
He got his first win last night at Presque Isle Downs on the tapeta surface he trains on at Fair Hill. Congratulations to Live Oak Plantation.{jcomments on}
Derby Celebration at Fair Hill
150 or so of Animal Kingdom’s closest friends gathered at Fair Hill Training Center today for a celebratory cookout/luncheon hosted by Herringswell Stables. While the guest of honor did not make an appearance this time – he’s happily out of the brutal heat and resting in his stall – everyone did get to enjoy NBC’s […]
Slews Answer
After a lengthy delay during which surprisingly the waiting horses didn’t seem to get rattled, Slew’s Answer tracked a pretty fast pace on the Monmouth turf and won by a length. This brings his win tally to three from only five runs. The wait at the start was because a horse had to go back […]