2/18

Racing How'd You Do?
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Today was a fantastic day! I’m super excited about how my ponies ran, sent 6 out, all 6 on the board.

The Duke (Sneak Peek) ran 2nd in a NW1 turf allowance. This is great for him, may try some equipment on him next time just to see what happens

Bamboo Diva (Starz n’ Stripes) proved she still has run in her running 2nd/14 in a NW3 allowance. Very happy with how she has been performing this season

The Duchess (Sneak Peek) ran 4th in her first ever SC start. This is a VAST improvement from her starts on the flat, i’ll try some equipment and different distances and see how she fares

Solo Sunset (War Chant) ran 1st in a $15,000 and fortunately wasn’t claimed. I tried her with new equipment, hopefully she continues to run well with this new equipment combo

Cinnabar (What’s Your Point) FINALLY broke his maiden winning a NW1 allowance. He has been running fairly well so its nice to see him finally get that win!

Sunday Paper (Sunday Silence) was the highlight of the day WINNING the San Luis Obispo Handicap. I am over the moon with this win, it was his second stakes start and his first ever stakes win, with this win he also reached Ch. status. Super excited about this boys future.

6(1)-3(1)-2-0-1 $156,800

2

Only two mares ran today, and I’m very satisfied with their results :slight_smile:

[color=red]Ch. Summer Morning ran a very good race, finishing 1st/14 in Allowance for 4yo+ F/M, a steeplechase on wet ground. She will be racing until April. She has 48 starts in her career and continues to earn money for us.
[color=red]Alchaasibiyeh ran her first steeplechase, a claimer, and finished 3rd/10. That’s a good start of her new career.

3

Barring the stakes entries (of course), we didn’t fare too badly.

Wins:
[color=blue]Magician’s Wand (Point Given) in a maiden.

[color=blue]Star Tide (A.P. Indy) in a NW3.

[color=blue]Jacksonian (Dark Continent) in a maiden. (Finally!) :smiley:

[color=red]Songcatcher (Tiznow) in a NW1, breaking her maiden :slight_smile:.

[color=red]Arizona Dream (High Chances) in an allowance.

Places:
[color=red]Brightest Light (Akhetnaten) in a NW2. Without injury, yay!

[color=blue]Whatchagonnado (Giant’s Causeway) in a maiden.

[color=red]Crown of Stars (War Chant) in a NW2.

Shows:
[color=blue]Robin Goodfellow (Irish River) in a NW3.

4

Iffy day here, although I think I’ve discovered the kind of track one of my three yr olds prefers, which is always good.

[color=blue]Tennessee Crossing a colt I only raced once last year, started this year with me doubting him.  I’m still not convinced he’s going to be a great racehorse, but I’m happy with him at the moment.  He finished 2nd in his 9 f Turf allowance.  I think if I’d put him in an 8 f, he’d have done really well.

The other two, [color=blue]Native Justice and Chance Of Rumours did poorly.  Chance is like Tennessee in that he didn’t get much experience last year and I’m still trying to figure out what he likes.  I’m thinking it’s getting about time to retire Justice, he’s not done very well in the last several races I’ve had him in.

5

All I can say is blah!  Sent out 5 and came home with 6, claiming the following filly who was the only one to hit the board with a 3r,d two others got 5th , the others just sucked!

[color=red]Time For Bed -5.5f Claiming ($10,000) for 4yo+ F,Turf - Good,[color=red]3rd
By-ICh. Alley Cat (B) (Alydar (S) x Ch. Highland Dreamer (G))
Out of-Slew the House (B) (Seattle Slew (S) x Bringdownthehouse (B)

Two that ran 5th
[color=green]Meetmeinseattle -6.0f NW2 Allow,3yo+,Turf - Wet,[color=green]5th
[color=red]Cardinal Sin-9.0f Allowance for 3yo F,Turf - Wet,[color=red]5th

6

Sent out 16 and the majority placed in the money:

Wins:
[color=red]With All My Heart in 6f NW2 Allowance (Dirt)
[color=blue]Crayola in a 7f NW3 Allowance (Turf)
[color=blue]Blackheart in a 7.5f Open Allowance for 3yos (Turf)
[color=blue]Royalnavy in a 9.5f Maiden (Dirt)

Places:
[color=red]Elune in a 7.5f Maiden (Turf)
[color=blue]Cataclysmic in a 7f NW2 Allowance (Dirt) - he’ll be on rest for a while as he bowed a tendon in this race  :frowning:

Shows:
[color=red]Stardust Shiver in a 7.5f Maiden (Turf)
[color=blue]Monoceros in a 7f NW2 Allowance (Dirt)
[color=red]Devil’s Ruby in a 6.5f NW3 Allowance (Turf)
[color=red]Djembe in a 9f Open Allowance (Turf)
[color=red]Afireinthesky in the 6.5f Ungraded Boo La Boo Stakes (Turf)

7

Bit meh, the two I sent out are playing the inconsistency game.

However I did manage to claim [color=red]Social Rage for $5000. She didn’t do much in her race but I’m hoping that rest and then some fathoming will sort her out. Her pedigree certainly makes her worth it.

8

I need to raid Lindseys barn! :smiley:

9

Not our best day but certainly not our worst!

Dos Equis finished a decent 3rd/13 in a turf NW2.

Ifalike ran very well in a turf OA for three-year-old fillies, finishing 2nd/8.

Ipso Facto suddenly woke up today and finished 2nd/14 in a dirt NW1 for three-year-olds.

Key to Fame continues to be just shy of breaking his maiden, finished 2nd/7 again today in a dirt maiden for older horses.

Serious Spender finally showed up again today with an improved performance to finish 3rd/14 in a turf NW2.

The highlight of the day was Rolemodel who won a turf NW2 for three-year-olds and up, 1st/14. Have high hopes for this guy, he was precocious as a 2yo but tailed off a bit, good to see him back in form.

10

Jase has already done that many a time Carole. Anytime I sell that guy a racer or broodmare I end up regretting it  :wink:  Finally making up for not racing my horses a lot last year.

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Lol I’m not that lucky! If I sell a horse that wont run for me they usually go on to make Ch for someone else. I never seem to buy a great one and most of my stakes horses retired to brood. I swear he can take a nag and make it run, I’ve never seen someone so lucky!

12

So, Lindsay, is that his secret?

You are using Shanthi’s super cute…er…vicious guard dog these days, aren’t you? :wink:

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Hahahaha

14

Sent 14 out, 14 came home…but we welcomed a newly claimed girl, and lost one of our guys in a claiming race…

The highlights of the day include:

The only win of the day came from our first-ever homebred, 4YO [color=green]NOTMYFIRSTRODEO (x Temptation) in his NW1.  Glad to see him start to find his footing, especially as I have a very big (understandable) attachment to him.

4YO [color=blue]SOLAR FLARE (x Secretariat) was entered in a claimer primarily due to lack of suitable races - he finished 2nd, but also found himself a new home with Littlefield.  While we are sad to see him go, we wish them the best of luck and hope to see him in the winners circle soon.  He is 1/2 to MSW Ch. Sesen.

3YO [color=blue]ALLINVAIN (x Worth My While), who has yet to break his maiden, was 2nd in his NW1.

5YO [color=red]ALYGLAMOUR (x Alydar) was 2nd in her NW2.

3YO [color=red]AUNT PEARL (x Rahy) was 2nd in her claimer (and came home with us as a result).  I was able to breed 1 filly and 1 colt from Rahy before he retired, so I was happy to snag this little lady up for a cheap $5,000.  She is 1/2 to a stakes placed colt so far by the name of Black Baron, so we’ll see what Rahy’s superpowers add to the mix.

Maiden 3YO [color=red]CIAO BELLA (x Alley Cat) was 3rd in her NW1 - a marked improvement.  We expect her to be a late bloomer judging by mom & dad’s records, but she does have a lot of pressure riding on her, as the only daughter from her HOTY dam to date.  I’m prepared to be verrrrry patient with her.

4YO [color=red]OH SO PROUD (x Highland Pride) makes up the other half of Notmyfirstrodeo’s foal crop (big year for us: only 2 babies were born).  So we were quite happy with her 3rd place finish in her maiden.  We’ll get there, I hope!

The rest were off the board, but there is one more I’d like to mention…

Our budding superstar, the girl with miraculous bounce-back powers - 4YO [color=red]Afterglow (x Affirmed) was shipped to Australia and entered into a really big race.  For a girl who has just magically found her footing, it’s not a big surprise that she ended up out of the money.  However, upon closer inspection of the results, I wanted to point out a few things: all horses earned the same SF, and no one was more than 1/4 length behind the other horses.  In other words, it was a VERY close match-up.  And our brave little girl finished midpack, 6th/10.  She finished behind some expected, recognizable names and millionaires, but she also managed to beat some familiar names, such as Sponsored and Bay of Biscay.  And so, even though she didn’t finish in the top 3 today, I feel that she has proven that she can hold her own among some of the best current runners in the game.  I’m excited for what this might mean for her future…  Now to strategize her next start.  Which, judging by her amazing bounce-back skills, will likely be in a week or so.