5/29

Racing How'd You Do?
1

Meh day - some solid performances, some big (bad) surprises.

20(6)-3(1)-3-8(3)-0 $178,850

WINS:
[color=blue]War Memorial (3yo, Dark Continent) in an OA.

[color=red]Glorious Romance (3yo, Gunningdownromance) in an OA.

[color=blue]Make A Splash (3yo, Highland Laird) in the Jaipur Stakes. He’s now a MSW. :slight_smile:

PLACES:
[color=red]Brightest Angel (2yo, Holy Bull) in a NW1.

[color=blue]Gandalf (2yo, Highland Wizard) in a NW1.

[color=blue]Sand Castle (2yo, Crystal Rainbow) in a NW3.

SHOWS:
[color=red]Imp (2yo, A.P. Indy) in a NW3.

[color=blue]It’s A Deal (2yo, Rock of Gibraltar) in a NW3.

[color=red]Sydney Ellen (4yo, Candidate) in an OA.

[color=blue]Fantastic Mr. Foxx (2yo, Cryptic Ballad) in a NW3.

[color=blue]Brilliant Protege (3yo, A.P. Indy) in a NW3.

[color=red]Sable Princess (4yo, King David) in the Sheepshead Bay Handicap.

[color=blue]Whatchagonnado (4yo, Giant’s Causeway) in the Louisville Handicap.

[color=blue]Legendary Glory (3yo, Robin Hood) in the Royal Hunt Club Handicap.

2

We either did SUPER well, or some of our horses should be covered with a sheet and not shown to the public for awhile.

[color=green]Legal Strategy (Highland Bandit) finished 1st/12 in his OA.
[color=blue]Hypnotic (Must Be Magic) ran 1st/6 in his NW1. We really thought he could be a promising runner and he’s done well for us so far!

[color=red]Palm Reader (Seattle Sorcerer) surprised us with a 2nd/10 in a NW2. We just loaded her with random equipment and apparently it earned her approval!
[color=red]Bandwagon (King David) ran 2nd/6 in a claimer and stays home.

Also-rans: [color=red]Hold the Cream (6th/8 NW2), [color=red]Temple Maid (9th/14 NW3), [color=red]Magickal Rites (9th/14 G3).
Apparently the ladies didn’t want to run today.

3

Only one worth talking about

[color=red]Crystal singer 3yo by crystal rainbow in an NW-2 against the boys she came flying out of the 6th post position into the lead and won by a whopping 9 1/4 lengths!!!

4

Pretty disappointing day today. Less than half finished on the board.

12(8)-1(1)-3(1)-1(1)-0 $172,250

Win
[color=blue]Star of Wonder, (3yo, GCh. Harvard Bound x Wonder’s Miracle) 1/14 in the G3 Louisville Handicap at Churchill Downs.

Seconds
[color=blue]Ch. Liberty Creek, (5yo, Omaha x Skip the Secrets) 2/10 in the Ung Royal Hunt Club Handicap in England.
[color=blue]Secano, (3yo, NCh. Sneak Peek x In Due Time) 2/14 in an NW3 at Belmont.
[color=red]Unknown Soldier, (2yo, NCh. Black Warrior x What’s That About) 2/6 in an NW3 at Belmont.

Third
[color=blue]Ch. Hogwarts, (4yo, ICh. Magic Glory x Blarneystone Lane) 3/14 in the G1 Metropolitan Stakes at Belmont.

5

Our unbeaten 2yo filly [color=red]Ma

6

OK day, sent 8 out and 5 were on the board. Expected a bit more from a few of my stakes ponies… oh well!

Wins
[color=red]Confused Forest (2yo, Dark Demand) won her second ever start, apparently she’s a turf girl! Her dam is a GCh. hopefully she can make her mama proud

[color=red]Desert Mirage (3yo, Point Given) FINALLY broke her maiden winning a NW3 steeplechase. About time

Places
[color=red]Cochrane Equation(2yo, Highland Bandit) in a NW2 allowance. His second ever start, he likes the dirt better then the turf

[color=blue]Run Jenny Run (4yo, Whats Your Point) in the Louisville Handicap. He only needs 1 more win to be stud qualified and its killing me that he is so close!

4ths
[color=blue]Lake Highlands (4yo, Highland Bandit) in the Metropolitan Stakes.It was a tough field, i’ll take it!

7

32(14)-7(2)-6(4)-4(2)-3(2)

Went a bit beserk with the entries, but a pretty good day, seems it was all or nothings. Definately not writing about all 32, just the ones that were fun

Super, super highlight of the day had to be [color=blue]Ch. Devil’s Walk (Nightfight) and [color=blue]Quest For Victory (Crystal Rainbow) taking out the 1-2 in the Gr.1 Metropolitan Stakes, these boys are my stable stars by far! They both get super high SF’s and I think I need to separate them now to try and see if maybe they can get wins each! This is Devil’s 3rd stakes win this year, Quest is yet to win but I think he needs just a little longer, both boys have gotten a Speed Record this year too

[color=red]Hydrogen (Highland Wizard) and [color=blue]Reckless Romeo (Foolhardy) then took out the 1-2 in the Ungraded Jennings Handicap. Hydrogen has won 4 out of 5 this year and she has plenty more stakes potential yet. I think Romeo might become more competitive with an equipment change

Girls [color=red]Celtic Lore (Highland Bandit) and [color=red]Blue Suede Shoes (What’s Your Point) were 2nd and 3rd in the Ungraded Real Delight Stakes for 3yo Fillies. They’re both consistent runners

[color=red]Rebel Yell (Almost Home) was 2nd in the Gr.2 Sheepshead Bay Handicap, with stablemate [color=red]Ch. Spirt Moon (Lasting Spirit) in 4th

[color=green]Ch. Romancier (I’m A Classic) started off well but slipped back to third in the 22f Ungr. Queen Alexandria Stakes

[color=red]Ch. Ishka (Sadler’s Wells) is now unwilling to run, getting 6th in the Bailey’s Irish Champion Stakes :confused: on a slow decline, she’s still fast but not fast enough. Might resign to filly races with her. Stablemate [color=green]Ch. Spring Zeal (7yo create) got 4th at least

[color=red]Conceptual 2yo, (Long Live The King) won her NW3, she has won both turf races and bombed in a dirt start, so look out for her in a filly stakes on turf soon

Apart from that were a couple of Allowance wins and then a lot of last or second to last placings in NW2/3 races  ???

8

Miserable day, mostly.

Highlight of the day was NCh. Black Cherry’s (4yo, High Chances) Gr. 1 win in Ireland, his 12th SW. Hoping that he has his sire’s longevity on the track.

9

Due to being busy, I only got one entered for this day:

1-1-0-0-0

WINS

[color=red]Ch. Ciao Bella (4yo, Alley Cat) won her OA. She’s pretty reliable, at least when it comes to paychecks.