Friday

Lots of things happening. We lost a tight race at Parx on Tuesday as Prospect Knight got nosed by Darley colt shipping in from New York. Prospect Knight ran another really good race, getting caught wide on both turns yet still closing ground in the stretch and galloping out well after the race. He is going to get a brief freshening and will return to full training on May 1st.

We shipped 7 horses North yesterday and will be sending the remaining Ocala horses up over the next three weeks. The weather forecast looks pretty good over the next 10 days in the Philadelphia area (outside of the storms currently rolling in) and it appears that Spring really is here after the dusting of snow last week.

Brad's Kitten had an easy work over the track at Parx today. He is being pointed to a claiming race on the 18th at Parx going 1mile and 70 yards.

Six Clicks also had an easy work at Parx this morning. We are looking at a few different spots for his next race. Probably going to go back to sprinting though a short field going a mile is a possibility.

Albin worked a good six furlongs over the grass at Classic Mile yesterday. He went in 115 and galloped out in 129 over a turf course that may have been a little less than firm after some heavy rains on Tuesday.

Mr Mojo Risin went a nice half mile in 49.30 on the dirt yesterday in Ocala. We may work him on the grass next week depending on the weather.

Surfer Rosa has been doing better lately, picking up some weight and her coat looks much better.

Lady Thief has settled in nicely at Southampton Training Center in NJ and will be starting her rehab work as soon as she is cleared by the vet.

Angry Dragon has done very well this week with her extra training and will be heading to Philly soon.

Wasabi Yacht has been galloping at the Training Center and is doing well.

Both Hemissesu and Red Baroness have shipped back to PA and will resume training soon at the training center.

Big Shake galloped strong this morning and is set to run next week at Penn National in a bottom level maiden claimer.

Cascades Comet has moved onto the next step in her rehabilitation and is being retrained using Parelli/Anderson methods in an effort to make her more manageable. So far she has done everything we have asked and we are pleased with her progress.

Fusachi Pretty has trained well since she has shipped in to our stable. She acts and has the conformation of a filly that will do better on the grass than on the dirt. We will be looking for a turf maiden race for her later in the month.

Lyle's Angel has put on some weight in the brief time that we have had her. I want to get her a little stronger but she is moving in the right direction. There should be a race for her at Parx or Penn towards the end of the month.

Slumber Smarty has shipped to PA and will resume training shortly with an eye of the upcoming grass season.

Rochelle Rochelle is training great and we my go ahead and run her back on the 18th in a starter allowance race as opposed to waiting for Atlantic City.

Mizz Liza is doing well and seems to have recovered completely from her last race mishap. Look for her in a maiden race soon.

Double Edged Sword is doing fine as he recovers from an injury at the training center.

Target Practice has resumed galloping and is back in full training. We are looking to get him back to the races sometime after the first of May.

Normandruth has shipped to the training center and will resume light training in a few weeks.

Sligolicious has also shipped out of Ocala and will try some swimming as we get  him ready for the turf season.

Hippocrates Jones is pointing to a race on the 18th at Parx and will work from the gate Sunday in preparation for that spot. I rarely work older horses out of the gate but I want to get him more involved in the early part of the race as he tends to lag back after the start and perhaps a sharp gate work will do the trick.

Beverly's Spirit has really excelled in her early training. She is scheduled to start going to the track next week.

We are looking forward to getting back to the racetrack and getting a lot of our horses out of "spring training" mode. After the OBS April sale the stragglers will be heading to Philadelphia, the three Chicago bound horses will head that way and we will wrap up the Winter season.