Well, there are few things more frustrating then when you put time, money and most importantly effort into something and end up back at Square One. That is pretty much where we are now as we have a barn full of maidens yet again.
Colonel Klink has been retired off of his dismal performance today. He just doesn't have it anymore and is being sent to the Illinois Equine Humane Center where he will be adapted out to a good home. They do unbelievable work at ILEHC and BGR strongly believes in doing what is right for these horses when they are telling you it is 'time'. If you are looking for a tax write off, toss them a donation as every little bit helps.
Surfer Rosa and Mizz Liza put in their last works for their respective debuts. Both horses worked well and we are looking forward to their starts late next week.
Tomorrow morning should be very exciting as we are orchestrating our own mini-race at 7:30am with some 2 year olds. Prospect Knight and The Magic Bus will be going in company with another 2 year old of Chucks (Joe the Dude) and an Austin K Smith horse (Wheemaway). Both Wheemaway and The Magic Bus have already worked together and we are looking for The Magic Bus to settle behind horses and finish strong. We should know where both 'Bus and 'Knight are at fitness-wise by 8am tomorrow.
Both Rochelle Rochelle and Gondorf are pointing towards their next starts.
BGR spoke to Arundel earlier in the week and all is well down in Kentucky with our foals and mares. Both foals are pretty close to being weened, especially Top Royelle's filly, she is a very large foal and has developed well. We actually nominated them to the Breeders Cup for a small fee as just in case we get lucky and have the opportunity to run in the BC, it beats coming up with 150k JUST TO RUN!
Congrats to our friend Don Bara who just won the last race at Arlington with his turf sprint warrior, Maneke.
Saturday, July 17, 2010
Thursday, July 8, 2010
Been awhile, Some Changes
Been awhile since our last blog entry, which doesn't mean there hasn't been some fireworks and some changes.
Appoint was sold to Chris Dorris and connections to solely run in Indiana. With us stabling at Arlington, and her three poor performances this year, the business decision was made to cull her from our roster.
Much to our surprise, we actually have a win at Arlington as Cool Clue technically won his first start here back in May, although we don't get a picture to remember it. July 4th the Illinois Racing Board gave sanctions to the leading trainer Nick Canani for a medication positive in May 6th race that Cool Clue finished 2nd in. This elevated us to 1st place and more drama as Cool Clue was claimed in his next start (3rd place finish on 5/28) by the Canani/Calabrese team. When he was run back, he actually won that race and was claimed out of that race by Mike Reavis. Because of the DQ from May 6th, Mike Reavis actually claimed a horse that is out of conditions.
Although it was bittersweet to see Cool Clue win off of the claim, looking back on the situation BGR made out pretty good on the whole thing.
Colonel Klink has continued to disappoint. With that disappointment comes the additional issues of not being able to race him because of the horse shortage at Arlington Park. We have entered him for two weeks and we were unable to get into a spot where he actually had a chance. Time is ticking with him though.
Gondorf has made three starts since the last blog entry. His 3 year old debut was decent only for him to come back and have an absolute horrendous trip in his 2nd start. He finished 2nd today to none other then the Calabrese/Canani combo in his best performance to date. He should be primed to break his maiden towards the end of July.
Big Shake arrived July 1st from Ocala and looked absolutely great. The only good thing about the heat down in Florida is that it keeps weight off horses. Shane Tripp has been a great addition to our team this year as every horse that has been sent up from him has looked amazing. Shake will hopefully be ready sometime in September.
Rochelle Rochelle made her Arlington debut towards the end of June and was affected by a rival's swishing tail most of the race. She finished good and we are looking for a route race the end of July or early August.
Mizz Liza has been working steadily for his 3 year old debut and has trained forwardly. She is slated for a start towards the end of July.
Surfer Rosa has also been working towards her debut and will be our first two year old to debut most likely the end of the July. The Magic Bus and Prospect Knight both continue to train and are slowly coming into their own.
The decision was made to keep Mr Mojo Risin down in Ocala with Shane as he just continues to grow and with that growth comes soreness. Albin has just gotten back to walking and we are hoping both horses will be ready for Tampa Bay Downs, starting January 1st.
Both broodmares are doing well with their respective pregnancies and both foals have been doing well. They are set to be weaned sometime around September.
Hopefully I will be able to post another entry with lots of good news towards the end of the month.
Appoint was sold to Chris Dorris and connections to solely run in Indiana. With us stabling at Arlington, and her three poor performances this year, the business decision was made to cull her from our roster.
Much to our surprise, we actually have a win at Arlington as Cool Clue technically won his first start here back in May, although we don't get a picture to remember it. July 4th the Illinois Racing Board gave sanctions to the leading trainer Nick Canani for a medication positive in May 6th race that Cool Clue finished 2nd in. This elevated us to 1st place and more drama as Cool Clue was claimed in his next start (3rd place finish on 5/28) by the Canani/Calabrese team. When he was run back, he actually won that race and was claimed out of that race by Mike Reavis. Because of the DQ from May 6th, Mike Reavis actually claimed a horse that is out of conditions.
Although it was bittersweet to see Cool Clue win off of the claim, looking back on the situation BGR made out pretty good on the whole thing.
Colonel Klink has continued to disappoint. With that disappointment comes the additional issues of not being able to race him because of the horse shortage at Arlington Park. We have entered him for two weeks and we were unable to get into a spot where he actually had a chance. Time is ticking with him though.
Gondorf has made three starts since the last blog entry. His 3 year old debut was decent only for him to come back and have an absolute horrendous trip in his 2nd start. He finished 2nd today to none other then the Calabrese/Canani combo in his best performance to date. He should be primed to break his maiden towards the end of July.
Big Shake arrived July 1st from Ocala and looked absolutely great. The only good thing about the heat down in Florida is that it keeps weight off horses. Shane Tripp has been a great addition to our team this year as every horse that has been sent up from him has looked amazing. Shake will hopefully be ready sometime in September.
Rochelle Rochelle made her Arlington debut towards the end of June and was affected by a rival's swishing tail most of the race. She finished good and we are looking for a route race the end of July or early August.
Mizz Liza has been working steadily for his 3 year old debut and has trained forwardly. She is slated for a start towards the end of July.
Surfer Rosa has also been working towards her debut and will be our first two year old to debut most likely the end of the July. The Magic Bus and Prospect Knight both continue to train and are slowly coming into their own.
The decision was made to keep Mr Mojo Risin down in Ocala with Shane as he just continues to grow and with that growth comes soreness. Albin has just gotten back to walking and we are hoping both horses will be ready for Tampa Bay Downs, starting January 1st.
Both broodmares are doing well with their respective pregnancies and both foals have been doing well. They are set to be weaned sometime around September.
Hopefully I will be able to post another entry with lots of good news towards the end of the month.
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