Big BGR Weekend!!

Well, we have a big weekend on our hands with two horses running (weather permitting) in Kentucky.

Gondorf has been entered and running at Keeneland on Closing Day Saturday. While this is only a MSW race, it has particular appeal in that Lentenor, who is the full brother to 2006 Kentucky Derby winner Barbaro is also entered in this race. Gondorf is in the 5th race(2:05pm CST), being ridden by Chris DeCarlo, and breaks from post #8. We are hoping for a productive learning experience for Gondorf and hoping he gives a good showing of himself

Big Shake is a major question mark for this weekend in that he will only run if his race remains on the turf. He has been entered in the X race going 8.5f on the turf but weather forecasts do not look promising. Given his last race performance and how he has been acting since that race, we should see a good performance and continued improvement.

Rochelle Rochelle had some bad luck as she was excluded from her targeted race. 28 two year old fillies were entered and Churchill Downs decided NOT to split the race. While disappointing because she was the 'for sure' runner this weekend, she is only 2 year olds and missing a race this time of year is unfortuntely one of the bad parts of this game. While they did not put a race on the overnight, it is safe to assume that there will be one on the dirt or turf within the next two weeks there for her and she would receive preference in that spot because of the exclusion.

Rain Rain STAY AWAY!!