Bleh.  Only victory was a breeder award.

14: 0-3-3 for 43% OTB, and earnings of 24k.

It was pretty much a feast or famine night.

I had thought my 3yo AW route colt Always Strike Out had gone bellyup on me, after I'd purchased a starting berth for him in next year's Pegasus Cup.  He'd lost three races in a row, including two 7th place finishes, after being undefeated in his first five starts.  Then, tonight, he comes up the rail to ( Read more... )

Lots of small stakes fields today, so I came away with four winners, and four placed from a dozen starters.

Most notable was the 2yo homebred Quarter Horse route filly Portal Pass, who defeated her three rivals in a final prep for the Steward's Cup.

The top fig, however, came out of a match race, where 4yo homebred Paint route filly Sioux Rocket ( Read more... )

My Big Three ran their final preps before the Steward's Cup, and I'm really happy with the results.

2yo Steward-bred turf sprint colt Danny Pink celebrated his new headshot by winning the Grade 1 Bronze Horseshoe in South Africa, while running a career best 89 fig, despite winning easiliy.  He's my fourth Grade 1 stakes winner of the season, has ( Read more... )

One unplaced horse claimed for $500.

11: 3-1-1 for 27% wins, 46% OTB, and earnings of 28k.

I topped the winner's list tonight.

3yo homebred Standardbred Pacer Ancient Truth paced an 88 fig while third in the Grade 1 Big Blue Bucket Stakes, but his 5yo half-sister, Faster Pace, sizzled a 90 while winning her second stakes in her last three starts.  I might need to keep her around next season ( Read more... )

Two horses claimed today for 10k each, including the 2-for-2 winner.

11: 1-5-1 for 9% wins, 64% OTB, and earnings of 23k.

Steeplechasers dominated tonight's wins, with 3yo homebred filly Jetting Over winning her first stakes attempt.  Three others broke their maidens.

On the flat, 5yo homebred dirt mile gelding Take Nevada got his third stakes victory of the season.

The other flat winner was 4yo Steward-bred dirt sprint gelding Whirlwind Tornado, who sizzled an 88 ( Read more... )

With three-quarters of Year 44 over, my stable is still at a gollygeewow level of success.  As I have been all year, I'm second in wins (a stable record 649), third in stakes victories (already a huge record of 108), and fourth in purse earnings (already the second most ever, at 15 million ( Read more... )

Seven stakes runners with three winners, but two were the "wrong" horse that beat their lone rival in sponsored GPS match races.

The one legitimate winner, finally getting her first stakes victory, was 5yo homebred Arabian sprint mare Dark Krossing.

Seconds went to 4yo homebred Paint route colt Famous Contention and 5yo homebred Quarter horse ( Read more... )