It has been a very busy time these last few weeks with Monmouth opening and shifting horses and people to new places. This past weekend we had an unfortunate death in the family as Paula's step father passed away, not entirely unexpectedly but it is still unsettling when it actually happens.
We want to offer belated congratulations to Rake Stables for Bourbon County who broke his maiden in impressive fashion by 14 lengths over MN breds at Canterbury Park last weekend. Bourbon County always showed a lot of talent though his physical stature did not allow him to be rushed to the races, Dr Rake was patient enough to allow us to let him to develop and mature enough to show what he can do. His patience was rewarded and the 95 Beyer figure that he received shows that the talent is actually there. We want to wish Bourbon County, Dr Rake and the Bernell Rhone stable the best of luck when cleaning up the MN bred stakes this summer at Canterbury!
Unfortunately there is a bit of bad news as Coax Liberty who is a stakes winning, graded stakes placed mare owned by Copper Penny Stable has been retired after suffering an injury last week. She had made great strides and had recovered completely from an old, unrelated injury suffered last summer and we are all disappointed that we wont get a chance to campaign her this season. On a positive note she will make a terrific addition to the Copper Penny broodmare band as she is well made, interestingly bred and amply credentialed.
Some other good news involves quite a few horses closing in on or making their returns to the races as well as some nice debuts to report on. Small Town Talk has had 3 solid works as he moves closer to his return to the races after some nagging foot issues. Tentatively we are pointing to the series of older horses two-turn stakes at Monmouth Park where he had quite a bit of success last year. He is training phenomenally right now.
Lyle's Angel ran really well this past Sunday at Monmouth Park finishing a fast closing 2nd in a $40000 claiming race off of a 15 month layoff. Dr Rake's patience (and mine) was really tested with this filly as virtually every time she looked to be peaking and ready to run something else cropped up setting her back. Lyle's Angel cooled out well afterwards and we are hoping to knock off a couple races with her this Summer to try to make up for lost time. My assistant Susan Ditter and vet at Penn National, Dr. Kate Papp did a really good job nursing her through her latest maladies.
Malibu Murmur is entered to run this Friday in the 7th race at Monmouth Park which is a $25000 nw3 claiming race on the grass. She ran 3rd in a starter allowance race in her last at Atlantic City which was her 1st race after a brief layoff since the Winter. She has trained well and hopefully can workout a good trip under Pablo Fragoso.
Pennypennypenny made her debut at Penn National on Preakness day and ran a nice race finishing 3rd in a maiden special weight event. She should improve with more experience and possibly a move to the grass as there is plenty of turf in her pedigree. She has come a long way from the Timonium fall yearling sale in 2011 where she showed up unshod, with no xrays or scope report nor was she even prepped for the sale. I figured for the upset price she was worth a shot and it looks like she is going to be worth considerably more than that.
Midas Terms is back breezing again after sustaining an injury last fall. He has had five easy works and will start to more serious training as we are looking to a late June return for him.
All Peace N Quiet has about five weeks training in since coming back from an injury suffered when breaking her maiden by 12 last Fall.
Ciampini is also breezing after being out since last Summer with a mysterious, more or less unsolved injury. He has had 4 solid 1/2 miles and will work 5 furlongs this weekend at Monmouth Park.
Sweetjudyblue Eyes has also trained solidly since her return from a freshening and will be back in the entries shortly.
Frosty Merry Eri may be retired as she has not shown much in her two starts and may benefit from another career outside of racing.
Made to Love Her is training really well after missing some time with an infected leg that needed to be flushed surgically. Unfortunately the overuse of antibiotics in equines has led to "super bugs" that traditional broad spectrum antibiotics don't seem to be able to handle regardless of how quick you are on top of infections. The good news is that she is fine, showing no after effects and is a fresh, sound filly entering the summer season.
One Revolution raced greenly after breaking slow in her debut at Pimlico during Preakness week. She will surely improve with the race under her belt and we are considering several spots in the coming weeks.
Southern Access raced in dull fashion last out which is just not her. We are freshening her up a bit and will look for something for her later in the Summer.
Pleasantly Miranda is a late developing filly and is still experiencing growing pain though she has physically matured quite a bit over the last few months. Look for her at Monmouth/Delaware in a few weeks.
Frosty Whirl has finally turned the proverbial corner after seemingly endless minor issues. He is very frustrating to deal with but I believe that in the end he is talented enough to deal with it.
Oklahoma Den ran an improved 4th at Monmouth last weekend, tiring just a bit in the deep stretch. He seems to improve with each race and hopefully we can draw in this Sunday at Monmouth in a maiden 20000 turf race.
Tango Master and Nose First have been doing serious gate work as we get them ready for their career debuts. Tango is a much better student as Nose First needs additional schooling which is unusual considering how laid back in general he is.
Mustang Island is prepping for Penn's cheap turf race season to gear up and will be seen in the entries soon.
Latent Charm will be rejoining the stable this week. Looking forward to her getting back to the races.
I Can See Russia made up a lot of ground 1st time out and will run back in a week or so. She should also benefit from the experience.
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