Sent out 9 for a 0-1-2-3 return. Not bad, earned enough to pay for a successful claim I didn’t need but he was shiny.
[color=blue]Rocket Smoke was 2nd/6 in his OA.
We successfully claimed [color=blue]Warsec (2yo, Point Given) who finished 3rd/6.
[color=red]Magic Lable was 3rd/13 in a OA.
[color=red]Salle Le Peletier (2yo, I’m a Classic) ran 4th/11 in a NW2.
[color=blue]A Knight’s Tale was 4th/6 in his OA.
[color=red]Anne Boleyn was 4th/6 in a NW3.
Decent day - almost all of our stakes entries came home with a pay check.
Wins:
[color=blue]Rischioso (2yo, Worth My While) in a NW3, for his first win.
[color=red]Millennium Star (2yo, Rock of Gibraltar) in a NW3.
[color=blue]Usain Bolt (Strider) in the What’s It Worth Breeders’ Stakes. I did not peg him to win any of the series races (having only won in 7f dirt stakes earlier this year), but he’s proving me wrong. 
He’s also halfway to stud-com, but I’d better not start thinking along those lines yet.
Places:
[color=red]Fool For You (2yo, Foolhardy) in a maiden.
[color=red]Can’t Fool Me (2yo, Foolhardy) in the Brandywine Breeders’ Stakes. Was really hoping she’d win
Sent out 7 runners, only two performances worthy of note.
[color=blue]NCh. In The Navy, (5yo, Man O’War x Dayatthebeach) 2/10 in the G1 Brisbane Cup in Australia. Stable companion [color=blue]No Guts No Glory, (3yo, Magic Glory x Risk Away) finished 6th in the same race. The points earned from this race moved [color=blue]In The Navy up to NCh status.
[color=blue]No Guts will continue to race next year, however, [color=blue]In The Navy will be retired to stud (we may try and squeeze one more race out of him before the end of this year).
[color=red]GCh. Princess Kaiulani, (4yo, Worth the Wait x Whistlin’ Dixie) 3/10 in an OA at Woodbine. This was her last race and she will be Retired to Stud for next year and will have a date with [color=blue]GCh. Tottenham Hotspur in February.
Only one out.
[color=blue]Im Your Daddy (by ICh. Take Me Away) is not meant to be a 2yo monster, but he was ready to race so I entered him, and he did really well. Finished 4th/14 in a maiden.
Two out today for us:
[color=red]Hishi Natalie was entered into a 12f dirt NW3 to see if she liked more distance and she came in 2nd. We recently tried her for the first time on dirt and she loved it. Her three dirts starts are a win and two places (up from consistently third). Hopefully we can find the right distance that will get her to win more than place now.
[color=blue]Steel Wings was entered in a 9f dirt. We know he likes 11f Turf but he usually places either 2nd or 4th. We were hoping to see if we could find a trigger to get him to win. This was apparently not it 
He placed 6/6. We sent him home for a rest, then a snip, and then we will send him out on the track again.
[color=blue]Acapulco Gold ran in 11.5f NW3 Allowance for 3yo (T) and placed 2nd/5. Not bad after the last few performances. Really trying to get the jockey to say something about the equipment, but he’s being illusive.
[color=red]La Femme Nikita ran in 6.5f NW2 Allowance for 3yo+ (D) and placed 2nd/6. She’s had a strong last couple of races! Really feeling her potential.
[color=green]Ch. Flight Line ran in 14.0f Allowance for 4yo+ (SC) and placed 4th/13. Too long. Now I know. 
[color=red]Delightful Queen ran in 9.5f Gr. 3 Ladies Handicap for 3yo+ F/M (D) and placed a strong 4th/10. She was starting to pick it up at the end, so maybe a furlong more will do her well.
[color=red]Ch. Eloquence ran in 9.5f Allowance for 4yo+ (SC) and placed 6th/13. I’m afraid she’s quit on me…
[color=red]Alakazam (2yo homebred, Highland Magic) won her NW2 after lackluster performances in her last 4 starts. Finicky filly.
[color=red]Holiday Joy (4yo, Northern Dancer) is being considered for the brood band next year. Today she won her NW3 over hurdles by over 3 lengths, earning a 203 speed factor. I think she’s a classy lady, but I wish she’d had more chances to prove herself on the flat (she had 1 start on each surface). Still, she’s been pretty consistent this year, and with days like this, it might be worth running her again next year…
[color=blue]Bear Witness (2yo, Witness) finished 2nd in his NW2. He recently joined our team, and we’re still figuring out…but he seems an eager learner! He has finished in the top 2 in all of his last 4 starts.
[color=red]Indywind (5yo, A.P. Indy) is also slated to join the brood band soon. She has finished in the top two for all of her non-stakes starts this year, and is only 4 points from earning a title. I don’t plan to retire her until after that, at least…but I strongly believe she is past her prime, because she just doesn’t bounce back from races like my peak runners do. Fingers crossed that it only takes one more race!
[color=red]Ch. Afterglow (4yo, Affirmed) never fired, finishing 5th in the G3 Belmont Sprint. I think she has a good chance of hitting GCh. title, as she is typically consistent at the stakes level. After that, I will consider retirement to take her mother’s old spot in the brood band.
[color=red]Ch. Always Ladylike (3yo, Giant’s Causeway) faced some of the game’s best runners (including In The Navy) in the G1 Brisbane Cup, and finished a respectable 5th. She earned the same speed factor as the 1-4 horses, and each was only a nose ahead of the next. I’m super, super happy with that. She’s my only filly from her now retired mom, so I’m ecstatic to see her succeed.
Sadly, [color=red]Ch. Coquette (2yo homebred, Bellagio) was way off her game, finishing 7th in the second leg of the Breeders’ Series, the G2 Brandywine Breeders’ Stakes.
Just FYI, the rate of energy recovery (if that’s what you’re referring to) has nothing to do with immaturity/has-been status.