Monthly Archives: November 2010

Churchill Fall meet comes to a close

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The Churchill Fall meet is over with success for the stable. We are now at 41 wins for the year and over $1,100,000 in earnings.

 
Since the fall meet is so short (especially this year with the Breeders Cup, plus the two days with strictly 2 yr. old races) leaving only 16 days of racing, normally I would be glad to win one race. This year we have had three wins, one second and two thirds out of 14 starts. Yahoo!
 
One of our Indiana Breds, WHISTLIN' JEAN won a three horse photo and in the same breath we also ran third in a three horse photo.  Losing a race in a photo is always frustrating as you ran a winning race and due to some circumstance you get beat in a jump or head bob.
 
On Thanksgiving, as it poured down rain all day we gave thanks when RIGAMARO was moved from second to first due to a disqualification. That was her second win in a row at Churchill and also put her over $100,000 in earnings for this year (which is the only year she has ran). I think she was only one of two horses that won two races at the Churchill fall meet.
 
Penny also tied with WinStar Farm as second leading owner of the meet with number of wins (3) behind Ken and Sarah Ramsey which have a couple of hundred horses. Obviously it was a very good meet from our standpoint.
 
Now we will stay stabled here at Churchill and run a few at Turfway, Mountaineer and some Penn National while waiting to ship to Oaklawn sometime between Christmas and New Years. Most of our employees are Louisville based, so we try to stay in the area for Christmas as most have family here.
 
We hope to boost our numbers before the end of the year.
 

 

5 Days to go!

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Only 5 days to go. Big weekend. Purses have gone up 26% since the beginning of the meet. I guess this is due to Breeders Cup betting. Still opportunity to claim one.

Big Football weekend. Ohio State hosts Michigan. Alabama vs. Auburn. LSU @ Arkansas

Have a Great Thanksgiving!  Gobble Gobble

A New Milestone

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The Breeders Cup is over. We did pick better Friday than Saturday. Obviously we didn't have the pick 6 or we would be writing this from Hawaii. We were really rooting for Zenyatta. Blame had a good trip and Zenyatta really didn't. It seemed that she really didn't get a hold of the track the first quarter and dropped out the farthest I have ever seen a horse of this caliber, losing contact with the field. To make the run she made, was remarkable. Just a shame she couldn't get up in time to win. Still a great race and one we will be talking about for years to come.
 
We have done pretty well since the Breeders Cup at the Churchill meet. We have ran two and won two. WHISTLIN' JEAN an Indiana Bred 3 yr. old filly won a $50,000 claimer and paid $55 to win.(by Pure Prize out of Just A Broad)
 
Today we won a 3 yr. old maiden special with RIGAMARO, who is a Kentucky Homebred.(by Stormy Atlantic out of Dearfriendofours) She paid $9.40 for the win. She was making her 10th start and hit the board almost every time in her previous starts. Some may call her a professional maiden, but she has gotten beat by some pretty good horses. A couple have been stakes winners and/or graded stakes placed. This took the stable to 40 wins this year. A new milestone.
 
The sales seem to be going well. They seem to be up a little from last year, which is good. There are some racing aged prospects that are coming up in the sale which should be a reasonable buy for continued racing. Looking for some fresh horses to finish the year and take on to Oaklawn for the winter.