Everyone continues to do really well here at Arlington Park as we are steadily getting back to a normal amount of runners. All the horses look great and are training well for their prospective spots.
Cool Clue has been entered in the same condition off his 2nd place finish and looks to be in a decent spot. While the race has some horses dropping in class, Clue should be much fitter 2nd off his minor layoff and has looked great in the morning.
Colonel Klink is also being entered in the same condition on Memorial Day. He put in a really good 35.60 work this morning, which was meant to get him sharp. ET Baird has the call as we try and shake some things up with the big horse.
Appoint ran a disappointing 4th place finish yesterday at Indiana Downs. We are not sure what the future entails for the restricted stakes placed filly.
Gondorf continues to move forward to his turf debut on June 5th at Arlington Park. His work last week was very good considering we worked with an above average sprinter and we stayed with him, while we are a turf router. He is plenty fit and has his final work on Thursday before his debut in 11 days
Planning in this game is very hard as you are consistently analyzing where a horse is both mentally, physically and at a fitness level. We had planned to run Rochelle Rochelle this Sunday in what was going to be a 'turn the light on' type race for her next race going a route of ground. She just isn't ready and Chuck has decided he would rather train her up to a start in the middle of June.
Mizz Liza is almost ready to put in her first actual work as she has been galloping steadily for a month. She looks unbelievable, her coat is shiny and the time off has really let her mature into her body. She has turned into an absolutely massive filly.
The two year olds put in their first works over the Arlington surface. Chuck was ear to ear with how they went.
Surfer Rosa worked with a Smarty Jones colt of Chuck's and a Victory Gallop gelding trained by Austin Smith. She was on the rail and really dug in and galloped out strong. She looks the part and a possible end of June start in a sprint race.
The Magic Bus and Prospect Knight went in company which was suppose to be a 2f work but the clocker ended up getting it for 3 furlongs. They went absolutely great. Extremely professional when it came to lead changes and striding forward. The increased training for Prospect Knight has done him alot of good as he tends to play around alot in the mornings. While The Magic Bus loves looking at the video screen, we tell each other it is just so he can catch a glimpse of himself. Both will work on Saturday as they continue to gain experience and fitness towards starts sometime this summer.
Report from Shane in Ocala is that all three horses down there are doing good. Big Shake has been turned out at Shane's farm for 15 days. Mr Mojo Risin is doing much better and both him and Big Shake will arrive July 1st at Arlington. Albin continues to be on stall rest and should be getting his sutures out soon.
Should be an interesting next 12 days with races from Clue, Klink and unleashing Gondorf on the world. Hoping for a couple pictures.
Tuesday, May 25, 2010
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Arlington starts off on right foot
Arlington's meet started off on the right foot as Cool Clue got us out of seats at the 1/4 pole in his first race since February. Cool Clue ranged up and ran 2nd to a 6/5 Frank Calabrese horse in what was a real good race off the short layoff. He will point for the same condition later in the month but going two turns this time. I uploaded some pictures from today's race on our photobucket page.
Three of our two year olds arrive tomorrow morning very early. The Magic Bus, Surfer Rosa and Prospect Knight. Mr Mojo Risin was scheduled to come up but Shane thought he would be better off staying and Prospect Knight coming up. He felt his ability to focus on him for two solid months would do him a world of good, and Prospect Knight has really improved from all aspects since being gelded. The Magic Bus continued to do well and Surfer Rosa has turned some heads as she has really advanced. Looking forward to getting to see these three train. It sounds like Surfer Rosa might be the first one ready sometime in June, as long as some of the typical baby issues don't flare up.
Colonel Klink is scheduled to be entered on Saturday for an IL bred 1 other than allowance race to be run on Thursday May 13th. He has been training particularly well in the mornings and we are eagerly awaiting his return to the Arlington polytrack. A good performance here could punch his ticket to Illinois Champions Day in the middle of June.
Appoint came out of her race in good order after finishing 5th in an open allowance race at Indiana Downs. She will go back to running with her friends and be entered in an Indiana bred non winners of 3 allowance race on May 26th. She will be dead fit for that spot.
Gondorf continues to impress in the mornings but also continues to be as big of a pain in the rear end as humanly possible. For the most part he is just a kid trying to have a little fun but he doesn't realize he is a 1300lb animal that could hurt somebody. He also has a major interest in Appoint and Rochelle Rochelle. His last two works have made Chuck smile and while we will probably miss the condition book that was released today, a mid June start for him looks promising.
Rochelle Rochelle is progressing from her major skin infection and has had three works so far. We are going to target a turf sprint for her towards the end of May which will get her nice and tight for a two turn race in June.
Mizz Liza has been a picture of health and she looks great while back to the grind of training. She just started galloping and will probably get some work in towards the end of month. She has really matured in a beautiful filly with alot of scope to her. Both her and Rochelle Rochelle are sired by Mizzen Mast, and they couldn't look any different. 'Liza is close to twice Rochelle's size.
Big Shake and Albin continues to progress in their rehab from their prospective injuries. Big Shake has been keen and walking in the mornings while Albin has still been on stall rest.
As for our broodmare and foal report, both the Johar filly and Dehere filly are reportedly doing well. Because of the bad weather in Kentucky on Derby week, they had to spend more time inside then they wanted to but they were able to get out and play this week. No news is good news with Top Royelle and Wundelia.
Three of our two year olds arrive tomorrow morning very early. The Magic Bus, Surfer Rosa and Prospect Knight. Mr Mojo Risin was scheduled to come up but Shane thought he would be better off staying and Prospect Knight coming up. He felt his ability to focus on him for two solid months would do him a world of good, and Prospect Knight has really improved from all aspects since being gelded. The Magic Bus continued to do well and Surfer Rosa has turned some heads as she has really advanced. Looking forward to getting to see these three train. It sounds like Surfer Rosa might be the first one ready sometime in June, as long as some of the typical baby issues don't flare up.
Colonel Klink is scheduled to be entered on Saturday for an IL bred 1 other than allowance race to be run on Thursday May 13th. He has been training particularly well in the mornings and we are eagerly awaiting his return to the Arlington polytrack. A good performance here could punch his ticket to Illinois Champions Day in the middle of June.
Appoint came out of her race in good order after finishing 5th in an open allowance race at Indiana Downs. She will go back to running with her friends and be entered in an Indiana bred non winners of 3 allowance race on May 26th. She will be dead fit for that spot.
Gondorf continues to impress in the mornings but also continues to be as big of a pain in the rear end as humanly possible. For the most part he is just a kid trying to have a little fun but he doesn't realize he is a 1300lb animal that could hurt somebody. He also has a major interest in Appoint and Rochelle Rochelle. His last two works have made Chuck smile and while we will probably miss the condition book that was released today, a mid June start for him looks promising.
Rochelle Rochelle is progressing from her major skin infection and has had three works so far. We are going to target a turf sprint for her towards the end of May which will get her nice and tight for a two turn race in June.
Mizz Liza has been a picture of health and she looks great while back to the grind of training. She just started galloping and will probably get some work in towards the end of month. She has really matured in a beautiful filly with alot of scope to her. Both her and Rochelle Rochelle are sired by Mizzen Mast, and they couldn't look any different. 'Liza is close to twice Rochelle's size.
Big Shake and Albin continues to progress in their rehab from their prospective injuries. Big Shake has been keen and walking in the mornings while Albin has still been on stall rest.
As for our broodmare and foal report, both the Johar filly and Dehere filly are reportedly doing well. Because of the bad weather in Kentucky on Derby week, they had to spend more time inside then they wanted to but they were able to get out and play this week. No news is good news with Top Royelle and Wundelia.
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