Back to back wins!

Following Cool Clue's maiden breaking performance at Philly, Albin decided it was time to break his. Getting what was a perfect ride, Albin wore down a tough first time starter to win by about a half length. He still hasn't completely 'settled' in a race and if he ever figures that out, he should be a very useful type. Albin will point for a mid March race at Tampa, and should he run well in that spot, a potential shot at Keeneland is in the works.

Cool Clue has had his training interupted by weather and will be pointing towards a mid March start.

Richwood Silver is by far the most unlucky horse within our barn. She has already had a race cancelled on her back in December after Philly Park got 30 inches of snow, and today her race was cancelled as the jocks did not like the surface. While it is certainity understood why jocks refuse to ride, it sure is frustrating, especially when it happens to the SAME horse!

Colonel Klink made his return to the races and while his finish position wouldn't indicate a success, it was an overwhelming success. First, he came out of the race in great shape, for a horse off over 240 days, that is how you want them to come out. 2ndly, he gained alot from the race, thus the reason for us to take a chance at Keeneland on April 9th, going 7 furlongs. After that race, he should be set up perfectly for opening week at Arlington.

Rochelle Rochelle is getting over a virus and should be back in full training this week, a potential late March return is in the works.

Gondorf continues to remind me of a 11 year old boy. Not only is he full of personality, he is always getting minor scrapes or nagging missteps, all while showing he is trying to be a sucessful individual. It seems the quarter crack has been put to bed, and we are hoping for him to make his turf debut at Arlington in May.

Appoint has been impressive off the layoff in her first two works back. Chuck made a comment with his typical facial impression that when you layoff a sore horse you get that horse back to normal, but when you layoff a sound horse, you get an improved horse. Laying off our horses when sound continues to be a part of our program, and the addition of the Classic Mile will benefit that layoff technique in the future. Appoint continues to progress for a race towards the end of March at Tampa, which should get her nice and tight for Indiana Downs, which opens April 16th.

We had a chance to go out to Oak Ridge Training Center and see the babies, and watch them train. While we never had this opportunity in the past, it was great to see what goes into the stages of a horse's career. Shane Tripp has taken over this stage for us and the horses couldn't look any better. It is hard not to get excited having seen how horses like Mr Mojo Risin and The Magic Bus look. Both Surfer Rosa and Prospect Knight have shown some quality and will continue to grow into their frames. Shane has praised how all four are doing, each of them sound and progressing daily. They will stay with Shane until May 1st, where all four will ship to Arlington Park for the summer.