A nice start to the racing year (let’s hope we haven’t peaked too soon!)
Wins: Ch. Trinket (4yo, Unabridged) in an Allowance Lady Penelope (3yo, Fight The Twilight) in a NW1 Allowance Ch. Feet So Fast (4yo, Usain Bolt) in the Survive Stakes (Ungr.)
Places: Ch. Ellis Island (5yo, Quarren) in the Spectacular Bid Stakes (Ungr.) Forgotten Love (4yo, Sponsored) in the Survive Stakes (Ungr.)
Fourths: GCh. Archipelago (5yo, Quarren) in the El Conejo Handicap (Ungr.)
Happy New Year! FF is having the yearly hiccups and my horses have a hangover after yesterday’s celebrations!
Shows: Marlene Dietrich (4yo, Dark Continent) in a NW3 Allowance Klarinette (4yo, Quintet) in an Allowance
Fifths: Hiacynta (3yo, Black Cherry) in a NW1 Allowance
Also Rans: Rhizome (4yo, Al Mundhir) 6th in a NW3 Allowance Inna (3yo, Golden Horn) 6th in a claiming race Fräulein Schläfrig (4yo, I’m No Fool) 6th in the Ruthless Stakes (Ungr.)
Happy New Year! Most of these ponies took the end of last year off so they were fresh for today. Hopefully they can keep up some of these results for the new year!
Places: Frosted Flakes (3yo, Frosted) in a NW2 Allowance Supertramp (3yo, Superdocious) in a NW1 Allowance Glorious King (4yo, Glorious Victory) in the Premier Stakes (Gr. 2)
Wins: Cold Front (4yo, Frosted) in a NW1 Allowance. Just picked him up a week ago and promptly earned back his purchase price. Broke his maiden. Scholomance (3yo, Fight The Twilight) in a NW1 Allowance, breaking his maiden. Colonial Dawn (3yo, Curlin) in a NW2 Allowance
Rainee Thoroughbreds lease Sunrise Promenade (4yo, Venture His Due) in an Allowance Special Dark (3yo, Dark Demand) in a claiming race and stays home, breaking his maiden.
Happy new year! Absolutely fantastic start, we’ve been chasing our first graded win for a while and today we got our first AND second in one go!
7(4)-2(2)-3-0-0
Wins: Answer Me This (6yo, Von Lichtenstein) in the Ruthless Stakes (Ungr.) What Is Written (4yo, Ancient Magic) in the Spectacular Bid Stakes (Ungr.) - won this one by 5 lengths!
Places: Engaged Text (4yo, Golden Text) in an Allowance Live Wonderously (4yo, LiveLong&Prosper) in a maiden Dream Thief (4yo, Bernardini) in a NW2 Allowance
Also Rans: Shiny Night (3yo, Unabridged) 6th in the Appleton Handicap (Gr. 3) Raising Evil (4yo, Dr. Evil) 6th in the El Conejo Handicap (Ungr.)
Happy New Year! Seems the ponies are celebrating as well today
Wins: Ciarollo (4yo, Silver Wizard) in a Starter Allowance
Places: Legendary Field (3yo, Hogwarts) in a NW1 Allowance Hidden Hero (3yo, Simply Heroic) in a NW1 Allowance Gin Fizz (4yo, French Ruby) in a NW2 Allowance
Shows: Cherryade (6yo, Black Cherry) in a NW2 Allowance Slander (5yo, Blame) in an Allowance
Fourths: Shadow Puppet (5yo, Bellagio) in an Allowance ReadTheFinePrint (3yo, Sunday Paper) in a claiming race - claimed from FF this was her first race ever & she’s 1/2 to a colt we picked up recently. Interested to see what she’ll bring!
Wins: Mambo In Seattle (3yo, Quarren) in the Appleton Handicap (Gr. 3)- new stakes winner !
Places: Graceful Touch (5yo, Chivalry) in a NW1 Allowance
Shows: Majestic Moon (4yo, Moonopoly) in a NW1 Allowance Kiss Me I’m Evil (4yo, Dr. Evil) in a NW2 Allowance Cenna (3yo, Black Cherry) in a NW2 Allowance
Fifths: Sweetest Touch (3yo, Can’t Touch This) in a NW3 Allowance Vial Of Venom (5yo, V is for Victory) in a NW3 Allowance Second Whistle (5yo, Prince Of Wonder) in a NW3 Allowance Skeleton Key (4yo, Unabridged) in an Allowance Klass Klown (6yo, Animal Kingdom) in an Allowance Icy Minute (6yo, I’m No Fool) in an Allowance
Also Rans: Etiquette (6yo, Away The Lads) 6th in a NW3 Allowance Keep Her for Last (4yo, Last For More) 9th in a NW3 Allowance Ch. Evil Finale (6yo, Dr. Evil) 6th in an Allowance Slippery Surprise (10yo, Created) 6th in a maiden Last Nicci (4yo, Last For More) 7th in the Ruthless Stakes (Ungr.) When Trumpets Fade (6yo, Last For More) 8th in the Ruthless Stakes (Ungr.) Ch. Brave The Stage (6yo, Daredevil Dan) 11th in the Spectacular Bid Stakes (Ungr.) Heart of Ice (6yo, Ace of Hearts) 10th in the Spectacular Bid Stakes (Ungr.)
After the fireworks of the last two race days of 2025 (27 winners in 2 days), a quiet start to the new year. 12(12)-1(1)-1(1)-2(2)-0 $110,250
Only thing worth noting was Aletheia, Macha and Warrior’s Mistress finishing 1-2-3 in the Ungr El Conejo Handicap.
Wins: Ch. Aletheia (5yo, Bellagio) in the El Conejo Handicap (Ungr.)
Places: Macha (4yo, Dark Continent) in the El Conejo Handicap (Ungr.) - Purchased at Littlefield auction in November for $1,000, so she has already repaid her purchase price
Shows: First on the Beach (3yo, First Born Son) in the Appleton Handicap (Gr. 3) Warrior’s Mistress (5yo, Holy Warrior) in the El Conejo Handicap (Ungr.)
Fifths: Ch. Magic Lamp (5yo, Crafty Magic) in the Spectacular Bid Stakes (Ungr.) Sunset Lass (5yo, Away The Lads) in the Survive Stakes (Ungr.)
Also Rans: Ch. Sunstruck Trick (5yo, I’m No Fool) 7th in the Spectacular Bid Stakes (Ungr.) Ch. Traffic Violation (5yo, Curlin) 6th in the Spectacular Bid Stakes (Ungr.) Hogwarts Endeavor (3yo, Hogwarts) 8th in the Appleton Handicap (Gr. 3) Honor the Fallen (3yo, Sponsored) 7th in the Appleton Handicap (Gr. 3) Streak of Snow (6yo, Lucky Streak) 7th in the Survive Stakes (Ungr.) Super Bride (6yo, Superdocious) 8th in the Survive Stakes (Ungr.)
Happy New Year everyone! We didn’t have anyone race on the 1st (honestly, I was so busy I forgot to do entries), but we did claim one from FF. Because…you know…I need more horses. Lol.
Fifths: Fierce Twist (3yo, Irish Gold) in a claiming race
Happy New Year allWins: Mary Rose (3yo, Pay the Boatman) in a maiden Sleeping Beauty (5yo, Gilded Saint) in a NW1 Allowance Hexham (3yo, Starling) in a claiming race Kelloe (3yo, City Upon a Hill) in a claiming race
Places: AndTheOscarGoesTo (4yo, Pay the Boatman) in a NW1 Allowance Wo Die Blumen Sind (4yo, Unabridged) in a NW3 Allowance Ch. Just Do It (5yo, Usain Bolt) in an Allowance Stormborn (4yo, Unabridged) in a claiming race Tawel Nôs (3yo, Golden Text) in the Appleton Handicap (Gr. 3)
Fourths: Ch. Entrancing (5yo, Sponsored) in the Survive Stakes (Ungr.)
Fifths: Captain Panic (4yo, Long Live The King) in a NW2 Allowance
Also Rans: Patronus (3yo, Silver Wizard) 6th in a maiden Suzie Que (3yo, Fight The Twilight) 6th in a NW1 Allowance Clarinet (3yo, Ancient Magic) 6th in a NW1 Allowance Ch. Valistunut (5yo, Doodles) 9th in the Spectacular Bid Stakes (Ungr.) Black Mirrors (4yo, Blue Smoke) 8th in the El Conejo Handicap (Ungr.)