15 Days till December

Jelly Donut ran a pretty good race today when running 2nd in his first turn around 2 turns.
http://www.equibase.com/static/chart/pdf/PRX111511USA1.pdf
He should continue to progress as he matures and distance will not be an issue for him.

All Peace N Quiet came out of her first race since January in good shape. She is also a horse that needs to go 2 turns to be effective. We will be looking to stretch her out in her next start.

Mustang Island is entered at Aqueduct Thursday with my friend Joe Aquilino training him. As usual we are sweating out the rain and hopefully he gets a chance to run in the starter allowance race going 1 1/16th on the turf.

Fusaichi Pretty had her first timed workout since July yesterday. She went really well covering a half mile in 49.3 under a slight hold.

Normandruth worked an easy half mile this morning and is on target for his next start on the 26th at Parx.

Hemissesu has been entered in the 1st race at Parx on Sunday. This will be her first start and she drew post 1 in a field of 7. The distance of the race (5 1/2 furlongs) may be a tad bit short but his will be a nice starting point for her. http://www.equibase.com/static/entry/PRX112011USA-EQB.html

All We Are Saying was entered in a race today that didn't fill. We will enter her for a maiden special weight race for the 22nd for her debut.

Lyle's Angel is also going to be entered in that same maiden special weight race going 6 1/2 furlongs.
She worked well this weekend and we are going to be adding blinkers for her next race.

Target Practice had his 2nd work off of the layoff and did well once again going 104.3 yesterday at Westampton. He will work again next week going 5 furlongs again and will be ready to run again soon.

Red Baroness went another nice half mile this week and continues to progress.

Midas Terms is training well and is scheduled to run at Penn National on the 22nd in a maiden 7500 race going 1 1/16th.

Cascades Comet ran a bang up 2nd at Penn last week in her first two turn try. She is being pointed for a PA bred maiden special race on the 30th.

Outta Jail and Speedy Trial progressed a little too fast and we are just jogging them this week though we have also been doing some gate schooling with them as well.

Angry Dragon got clipped this week and there probably aren't too many sheep who had thicker coats! She is training ok but hasn't quite shown the same spark she had before getting sick.

Slumber Smarty popped an abscess out of her hind left foot on Monday. She was noticeably off behind for a few days and got a lot of relief once the abscess had broken through. She should be back to regular training on Friday.

Cozmaya is going to Ocala to be turned out for awhile.

Who We Gonna Call worked a very nice four furlongs this morning. He is being pointed to NW2x allowance races on the 25th and 26th at Parx and Penn National. 

The last supper has arrived for Hippocrates Jones. The date is November 23rd. The place is Penn National. The race is a 5000 nw2 going 1 mile and 70 yards.

One Time Richie is really doing well as is Extradite.

Beverly's Spirit has plateaued a bit in her training and we are working her lightly as to not have her go south on us.

Goonsquad worked well this morning and is a work or two away from her debut.

Southern Access went an easy 5 furlongs on Sunday. She is also a work or two away from making her initial start.

Normandruth's semi-annual victory party

Well it took close to 24 months but Normandruth finally made it back into the winners circle. Rallying from far back behind a fairly ordinary pace setup, Norm and jockey Jose Flores split horses in the stretch and caught the leader about 100 yards from the wire at Parx yesterday. Congrats to my co-owners Crown Racing and Ashley Sooknanan on the nice win. Assistant trainer Sue Ditter, groom Gloria Avalos, blacksmith Joe Williams and vet Dr. Steve McBride did a great job in getting him ready to run again after a multitude of physical issues. We are hoping to run him back on November 22nd at Parx in an entry level allowance race going 6 1/2 furlongs at Parx.

Lyle's Angel ran a decent race off of a brief layoff to be third in the race after Norman's victory. Sent off as the 3-5 favorite, she was bumped at the start by the horse directly outside of her and lost position going down the backside. The winner, a first time starter by Empire Maker, went wire to wire and the runner up sat a good trip in 4th while we were a little too far behind in 8th. Lyle's Angel had missed a little time after getting sick following her 2nd place finish at the end of August and was coming into this race with only 2 workouts since that race. She got a little tired at the end from having to work so hard making up ground but she came back in good shape and should improve off of this race.

Hippocrates Jones is in the 6th race at Parx on Saturday. He is listed at 5-1 coming out of post 10 in a field of 12 with Kristina McManigell riding. He has hit the board in three straight races and hopefully will get a solid pace to close into.

Hemissesu got sandwiched between two horses leaving the gate this morning but gathered herself up and finished the work up well, going 36.54 which was good enough for the 3rd fastest work of the day for that distance.

The 2nd fastest work was turned in by Goonsquad who went in 36.45 from the gate. She will have one more work next week after which we will start looking for a race for her to make her debut.

Jelly Donut worked in 50.35 on Monday morning. He was a bit under the weather late last month and this was a nice move for him. We are looking at a race on the 15th at Parx going two turns for the first time.

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