Undercard was pretty disappointing but on the whole the stakes ponies did ok. Chuffed with Archipelago’s win in the 2000 Guineas and Thirteen Moons ran a great race to finish second in the 1000 behind Gwen’s lovely filly. Considering she’s bred to be a jumper, I’m more than happy with that effort.
Wins: Ch. Archipelago (3yo, Quarren) in the Two Thousand Guineas (Gr. 1)
Places: Stranger Things (3yo, Fight The Twilight) in a NW2 Allowance Thirteen Moons (3yo, Lasting Spirit) in the One Thousand Guineas (Gr. 1)
Shows: Fanciful (4yo, Foolhardy) in a NW3 Allowance Button Moon (3yo, Ring of Fire) in the Bouwerie (Ungr.)
Fourths: The West Wing (4yo, Candidate) in an Allowance Vienna (3yo, Sponsored) in a NW1 Allowance Club Tropicana (3yo, Lasting Spirit) in the One Thousand Guineas (Gr. 1)
Fifths: Round Event (4yo, Irish Gold) in a NW3 Allowance Counting Stars (5yo, Drum Major) in an Allowance
Also Rans: Ch. Wooden Approval (5yo, Void) 8th in the Very One Stakes (Ungr.)
Places: Unlikely Lady (3yo, Turnpike Wannabe) in a claiming race Vanish In Smoke (3yo, Blue Smoke) in a claiming race Celtic Rainbow (3yo, Gunningdownromance) in a NW2 Allowance Tlaloques (2yo, Lord Nelson) in a NW2 Allowance Carbon Ring (3yo, Ring of Fire) in a NW1 Allowance
Shows: Got Away (3yo, Blue Smoke) in a claiming race By Firelight (3yo, Ring of Fire) in a NW2 Allowance Win the Glory (2yo, Worthy Victor) in an Allowance
Fourths: Fight the Syn (3yo, Fight The Twilight) in a claiming race
Fifths: Got It Made (4yo, Lord Nelson) in a NW2 Allowance
Also Rans: First to Know (2yo, First Born Son) 10th in a NW1 Allowance Warrior Lord (2yo, Holy Warrior) 6th in a NW3 Allowance Five Gems (2yo, Quintet) 7th in a NW3 Allowance Ch. Dissenting Opinion (4yo, Gunningdownromance) 10th in an Allowance Fae in Disguise (2yo, Sunday Paper) 6th in an Allowance Vulture (2yo, Venture His Due) 10th in a maiden
Mostly ouch, but very pleased with our 1-2 finish in the G1 Pimlico Special.
17(7)-3(1)-3(2)-2-1(1) $533,300
Wins: Devoted (3yo, Ducati) in a NW1 Allowance Ch. Secret Thunder (4yo, Devil His Due) in a NW2 Allowance Ch. USS Vengeance (5yo, Galaxy’s Zodiac) in the Pimlico Special (Gr. 1)
Places:
Stillwater Farms lease Bloody Baron (3yo, Lord Nelson) in a NW2 Allowance Ch. Flaming Key (5yo, Sleipnir) in the Pimlico Special (Gr. 1) Ch. Tonight We Burn (6yo, French Ruby) in the Byrne Cleeve Hurdle Race (Gr. 2)
Shows: SSV Normandy (4yo, Eighteen Karat) in a NW3 Allowance Dark Glacier (2yo, Devil’s Walk) in a NW3 Allowance
Fourths: Iberis (3yo, Belanso) in the Bouwerie (Ungr.)
Fifths: Smoking (3yo, Blue Smoke) in a NW3 Allowance
Also Rans: Taquka’aq (3yo, Chivalry) 7th in a NW3 Allowance Behold Him (4yo, Quarren) 6th in a NW3 Allowance for sale Night Strike (2yo, Curlin) 8th in an Allowance September (4yo, Bellagio) 7th in a NW2 Allowance Lombardy (2yo, Bellagio) 6th in the Three Chimneys Juvenile (Ungr.) Mimidae (3yo, Starling) 6th in the William Donald Schaefer Handicap (Gr. 3) Twilight War (3yo, Fight The Twilight) 6th in the One Thousand Guineas (Gr. 1)
Shows: All Struck Out (4yo, Drum Major) in a NW3 Allowance Miracle Run (3yo, Animal Kingdom) in a NW2 Allowance Dark Champ (3yo, Frankel) in the Matt Winn Stakes (Ungr.)
Also Rans: Free Doll (4yo, Latino Mix) 6th in a NW3 Allowance Eternal Moon (3yo, Moonopoly) 7th in a NW2 Allowance Occasional Journey (3yo, Formal Occasion) 8th in a NW1 Allowance Precipice (5yo, Von Lichtenstein) 6th in a NW2 Allowance GCh. Northern Invasion (5yo, Dark Demand) 8th in the Pimlico Special (Gr. 1)
37(1)-5-6-6-4 $156,750
Not a bad day with 5 winners, including our first 2YO winner of the Year (actually had our two runners finish 1-2 in that race). Very encouraged by the number of our runners finishing in the first three, considering we’re still trying to get races into some of our horses that haven’t run in over a year.
Shows: Magical Menagerie (4yo, Hogsmeade) in a NW1 Allowance Tidy Idea (3yo, I’m No Fool) in a NW3 Allowance Golden Wizard (2yo, Golden Text) in a NW3 Allowance Ch. Bat’leth (6yo, Secretsarebound) in an Allowance Magic Double (2yo, Ancient Magic) in a NW2 Allowance Double First (3yo, First Born Son) in a NW1 Allowance
Fifths: Dumbledore’s Army (4yo, Hogwarts) in an Allowance Monophobia (2yo, Curlin) in the Three Chimneys Juvenile (Ungr.)
Also Rans: Goresbridge (2yo, To Die For) 7th in a NW1 Allowance Oysterhaven (2yo, Dr. Evil) 9th in an Allowance Sleepy Princess (2yo, In The Navy) 8th in a maiden Glasthule (2yo, Sleipnir) 10th in a NW2 Allowance
Not a very good day Shows: Repulse (3yo, Can’t Touch This) in a NW1 Allowance Gangster’s Moll (4yo, Sunday Paper) in a NW2 Allowance Slipaway (4yo, Sleipnir) in a NW3 Allowance Agincourt (3yo, Created) in a NW2 Allowance
Fourths: Mazu (4yo, Carrowmore) in a NW3 Allowance Ch. Solar Belch (5yo, Sun King) in an Allowance Cuba (2yo, Hogwarts) in a NW2 Allowance
Fifths: Big King Dini (3yo, Bernardini) in a NW3 Allowance Indy Rose (4yo, Bernardini) in an Allowance Bella’s Confession (4yo, Bellagio) in a NW2 Allowance Short Day (4yo, Formal Occasion) in a NW2 Allowance
Also Rans: Mister Sir (4yo, Mr. Prospective) 8th in a NW3 Allowance Scraggane (2yo, Strike It Rich) 10th in a maiden Navy King (2yo, Naval Commander) 6th in a maiden
Great day with 100% on the board! Can we have more days like this?!
Wins: Mai Tai (3yo, City Upon a Hill) in a maiden Desert Motion (4yo, Worthy Victor) in a NW2 Allowance Night of the Fox (5yo, Nightfight) in a NW3 Allowance Ch. Ellis Island (3yo, Quarren) in an Allowance Freedom Star (3yo, Fight The Twilight) in a NW1 Allowance
Places: Manhattan (2yo, I’m No Fool) in an Allowance Catania (3yo, First Born Son) in an Allowance
Wins: Big Dan (3yo, Nobly Regal) in a NW2 Allowance- First start for our barn! Doctor On Call (3yo, Dr. Evil) in the William Donald Schaefer Handicap (Gr. 3)- New stakes winner in our barn!
Places: Safe as Houses (4yo, I’m No Fool) in a NW3 Allowance
Generous Bloodstock lease Ch. Station Eleven (3yo, Quarren) in the William Donald Schaefer Handicap (Gr. 3)
Shows: Magical Boundary (4yo, Galaxy’s Zodiac) in an Allowance Fool’s Romance (3yo, Pay the Boatman) in the Two Thousand Guineas (Gr. 1)- Pleasant surprise, this was one of those take a chance moments.
Fourths: Hearts (4yo, Ace of Hearts) in an Allowance
Fifths: Booterstown (2yo, Last For More) in a NW3 Allowance Shallow Condition (3yo, Mantle of Power) in the One Thousand Guineas (Gr. 1)
Also Rans: Hypnotic Coil (4yo, All Jazzed Up) 7th in a NW3 Allowance Etiquette (4yo, Away The Lads) 6th in an Allowance Hollywood Asset (5yo, TakeMeToHollywood) 7th in an Allowance Ch. Infamous (5yo, Blue Smoke) 10th in the Very One Stakes (Ungr.) Ch. Zany Fight (4yo, Prince Of Wonder) 12th in the Pimlico Special (Gr. 1) Ch. Splash of Paint (3yo, Golden Text) 7th in the One Thousand Guineas (Gr. 1)