E Major doesn't fire at AP

E Major raced poorly for the 1st time in his career yesterday in the 7th race at Arlington Park. After acting up in the starting gate she broke alertly and was in a good position down the backside while the leader and eventual winner was setting solid fractions of 22.30 and 45.70. However when she was asked to run leaving the turn she had no response. E Major finished 7th, 16 lengths behind Summer Flight who won the race by 3 in 117.41. She checked out okay afterwards and we are going to try to figure out exactly why she didn't run as well as she had in her first two races. Click for chart

Ships Cabin worked at AP, going a sharp 4 furlongs out of the gate, 47.80, which was 4th best out of 44 who worked the distance. He is pointing to a race on July 19th for his debut. That race is a 6 furlong Maiden Special Weight on the polytrack. Though he should be more effective going longer, it will be a good starting point. Ramsey Zimmerman (or as TC calls him "the retard") is scheduled to ride.

Rain Shower also worked yesterday at AP going an easy 4 furlongs in 49.40. She is looking at a $25000 NW3 LT race going 1 1/16th on the turf on July 25th. Rene Douglas is booked for the mount.

Kickin n Screamin went a really easy half mile in 53.60 yesterday at AP. It was her first work since her mishap in the paddock. She may run next in one of two spots. The first is a 18000 claimer going 1 mile on the polytrack on July 24th. The other is a 25000 going 1 1/16th on the turf on the 26th of July. Jose Velez should ride in either spot.

Carl S. worked a quarter mile this morning in company with three horses from other trainers barns. He did fine despite having a slight issue with the turn which is really tight for him at CDT considering his size. Cherie said that the time was 26.20 and he did it easily and cooled out well. the other 2 year olds are scheduled to work on Monday morning. Since the racing in KY has moved to Ellis Park, the starting gate schooling schedule has been cut back and there is no gate available on weekends. So we will be working most of the 2 year olds on Mondays and Tuesdays to coincide with that schedule change.