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Racing How'd You Do?
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Could have gone better but overall not too bad.

Wonder’s Princess finished a respectable fifth in the Ungr King’s Point Handicap. In a field of mostly colts I’m satisfied with how she did. She’s a gutsy mare with good bloodlines.

Swell Time, won his claiming race and came home with us. I’m over the moon about it. A son of Arda he’s raced 3 times with first, second and fourth places. We’ll try him out at 6 furlongs next time out.

in A Tizzy, a Tiznow mare also brought home a paycheck today with a second in her allowance.

Flawless Dancer, by Jazz It Up finished fourth. She faded at the finish, but had been in the lead from the 8 furlong pole.

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Very pleased with our 2yos today.

3-2-1-0-0 $22,000

WINS:
[color=blue]Don’t Pass Go (ICh. V is for Victory x Ch. Passin’ Sandi) First foal from this MSW mare.

[color=red]Ephemeral (ICh. Highland Magic x Fleeting Dreams) Half-sister to SWs Black Cigar and A.P. Dreams

PLACE:
[color=red]Faery’s Wish (WCh. Express Yourself x Night Faery) First foal from this winning mare

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11(9)-5(4)-1-0-0 $551,400

Almost an all-or-nothing day, with 5 more wins, and although we had 5 Also Rans, 4 of them earned checks for finishing 5th in their respective races. We had another G1W, and our only 2yo runner today won her race.

Wins
[color=blue]G.Ch. Last For More, (4yo, Lasting Spirit x Back For More) in the G1 Railway Stakes in Australia. His 2nd win for this year, both G1W.
[color=red]Ch. Dior, (3yo, Spock x Poltergeist) in the G3 Withers Stakes at Aqueduct. This is the 3rd consecutive year that this race has been won by a Starfish horse.
[color=red]Fire Magic, (4yo, Highland Magic x Flames of War) in the G3 George C. Hendrie Stakes at Woodbine. She won her first race for us since we bought her in the Stillwater Farms Auction.
[color=red]Nightmare Dreamer, (2yo, Black Warrior x Sheza Dreamer) in an NW2 at Belmont.
[color=red]Ch. Song Thief, (3yo, Cool Thief x Play Those Tunes) in the G3 Champion Fillies in Australia. Her 3rd win this year, all SW.

Seconds
[color=blue]Ministry of Magic, (3yo, Magic Glory x Must be a Mystery) in an NW3 in England, beaten by a Head.

Also Ran
[color=red]Ch. Driving Miss Sally, (5yo, Tiznow x Dreams Never End)
[color=red]Ch. Helena, (4yo, Highland Wizard x Spiletta)
[color=blue]Ch. National Dream, (4yo, Gunningdownromance x American Rhapsody)
[color=blue]G.Ch. Superdocious, (4yo, Worth the Wait x Whistlin’ Dixie)
[color=red]Ch. wonziT, (3yo, Tiznow x Backwards Image)

In addition, we claimed [color=red]Shebreakstherules, who finished 3rd in her Claiming Race.

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Most amazing day of the year!

I claimed 2yo filly [color=red]Winter Queen, a daughter of Gold ranked [color=red]NCh. Queen which I bought last year at a September auction for $750,500, in foal to Point Given, and sadly her filly was stillborn. So I’m more than happy to have Queen’s 2yo filly! Winter Queen is by FFCh. Foolhardy, so it’s a classical Worth/Rogue cross and amazing pedigree. The filly won her claimer by 2 1/2 lengths and we’re excited to bring her home.

[color=blue]My Toni’s Pride, a recently claimed steeplechase colt also won his race, by impressive 8 1/2 lengths.

3yo [color=red]Esprit d’Escalier easily won her starter allowance.

3yo [color=red]Fine Glass finished 4th/6 in a NW1. Time to ship her home from Australia…

3yo [color=red]Creme Carmela was 4th/8 in NW1. Maybe we’ll think of jump trials.

3yo [color=red]Mananita was 5th/6 in open allowance.

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What good luck Hilda!