Saturday Update

Richwood Silver ran a nice race last night at Turfway, finishing a good second in an allowance race to a 4/5 favorite. She broke a step slow, which is a old habit that hasn't been an issue in a long time, yet got to the lead without too much trouble and held well when passed in deep stretch.

Comeback is in to run in the 7th race at Turfway on Wednesday afternoon. He is number 8 in an 8 horse field going 1 mile on the polytrack. He has trained well, going a half mile in 50 under wraps on Wednesday, and should be tough on the 4th.

Appoint ran 9th today at Oaklawn after breaking out and bumping the filly outside of her at the start again. She doesn't have sprinting speed and again trailed before making up some ground in the stretch. We will look to stretch her out next time before heading over to Indiana Downs in April.

Graphite Halo ran a good third last Friday night at Turfway. She was hung a little wide on both turns but finished up well and the race was much better than what she had shown in New Orleans. She came out of the race in good shape and will run in a similar spot later in March.

Albin started galloping this weekend after proving to be too much to handle while just jogging. He has grown quite a bit the last three months and has filled out considerably. We are pointing to a polytrack race at Keeneland sometime in April for Albin.

Reports from the Fair Grounds have Colonel Klink training well and pointing to a maiden turf race on the 14th of March. He worked an easy half in 50.80 earlier this week.

Shades of Hope has done well since his arrival from Ocala. Bill Recio had been training him in blinkers which we have continued to do since he has been here. We will work him with some company on Tuesday or Wednesday.

Sugarland Star worked another good half mile in 50.40 this past week. Her progression has been slow but steady and she is starting to put things together.

Operetta Italiano worked a nice three furlongs in 37, galloping out in 50. She has also been a little slow to come around but has made a lot of good progress lately.

Carl S. is doing well since his third place finish at Turfway on the 18th. He will work on Monday if the weather cooperates.

Kickin n Screamin worked well again on Wednesday, covering five furlongs in 102.80 which is a good move for her. She is being pointed for a race on March 16th at Turfway.

Fading Light has also been training well in preparation for her return to the races on March 14th at Turfway.

Rampillion worked in sharp fashion on Wednesday, going a half mile in 48.40 in her first work since her disappointing last race. Her blood work came back today and showed her red counts to be back to normal levels. We will work her again next Tuesday or Wednesday and look for a spot afterwards.

Cool Clue continues to impress in his training. He worked five furlongs this past Wednesday at CDT going in 101.80 without much pressure. Being a late April foal still has some baby fat that we are working off of him but he is looking like a really nice prospect for the summer.

Inki Blandford worked really well yet came out of the work with a minor health issue and will miss a week of training.

Sumwonlovesyou and Posse Valley both continue to move forward while recovering from injuries that have had them off for a considerable amount of time.

Normanruth had a nice work on Wednesday but came out with a bruised foot which we are treating.

Campaneris is training along at BEC and is doing nicely.

Jacques Sparrow is doing great at BEC on the Aqua Pacer. His leg has healed very well and looks great.

Basketwoman is also doing very well and will return to the track soon.

We have some new faces around the barn. The first crop of two year olds have arrived. Big Shake, Chief Paleface and Mister Monsieur are all at CDT and are now 'officially' in full training.

Top Royelle sustained a suspensory injury and has been retired and will be bred to Dehere.