It has been a mild Winter weather wise in the Mid-Atlantic region which has allowed us to train normally for the most part. We had a successful December with 3 wins and several other close calls and are looking to carry that momentum with us into 2012. Currently we have quite a few horses that seem to be sitting on big races and are looking forward to the return of others that have been laid up for various reasons.
Slumber Smarty was one of the December winners and she ran great Monday afternoon at Parx, finishing 2nd by less than a length in her first attempt against winners. She broke alertly from post 2 and quickly had the lead but was soon joined on the outside by another filly with early speed. Those two battled through the turn and down the stretch till passed on the outside by the favorite who was dropping in class and wound up with a perfect trip. Slumber battled on and held 2nd place, only losing by 3/4's of a length. We will probably look to try her in a starter allowance race next time out.
Lyle's Angel is training well and will be pointed for an allowance race later in January at Parx.
Cascades Comet ran a flat 4th on New Years eve at Parx most likely due to the fact that because of the lack of two turn races for PA bred maiden fillies we ran her at 7 furlongs. She was forced to chase a soft early pace which isn't how she likes to be ridden and after moving up to challenge at the top of the lane she faded in the stretch. She came out of the race in good shape and is pointing to a PA bred MSW on the 20th at Penn National.
Normandruth didn't fire in his latest race after some tough luck efforts. He has been raced hard since his return in October and we will freshen him a bit before looking to run him back in February.
Hippocrates Jones also has been raced quite a bit over the last 6 weeks and ran a dull 4th a few days before Christmas. We are going to give him 35 days before his next race on the 28th at Penn.
Lloydobler came in a few weeks ago from Gary Sciacca at Belmont. He needs a little class relief and we are entering him in a maiden 7500 race at Penn on Saturday and expect he will run well.
All Peace N Quiet ran 3 races in a 5 week period and also got a little sick at the end of the month. She is now doing well and we will look to run her soon.
Extradite has been training great since his brief layup last summer. The 3 year old PA bred owned by Crown Racing will start doing gate work soon and we are hoping to get him to the races in late March.
Southern Access is training really well and will be entered in a maiden 40 race on the 17th at Parx.
Angry Dragon has also been doing great and we are looking at getting her back to the races in a few weeks.
Cox's Event is entered at Penn National tomorrow night. This is our first start with him and we are expecting improvement from his recent form.
Target Practice is being entered to run at Penn National in a 4000 nw 6 months race on Saturday. He needed his last badly and should run well against the softer competition not to mention he has a great record over the track there.
Sweetjudyblue Eyes stumbled badly on the 31st in her first start for us. Kristina McManigell did a great job simply staying aboard her and she actually rallied to be in contention at the 1/4 pole before tiring from the effort. She is also being pointed to the PA bred MSW race at Penn on the 20th.
Speedy Train and Outta Jail were both a little under the weather during the holiday season but are back in good health now. The 2 fillies owned by Crown Racing are back on the worktab and will be heading to Parx soon to get gate work in. There is a realistic chance that they will both race in March if things continue to progress.
Midas Terms has been dealing with a foot issue that has forced us to slow down his training. He appears to be over the issue and should work this weekend weather permitting.
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