At one point this week spinsanta2 was running at 43% wins to starts.\u00a0 Then I made the mistake of bragging in the chatroom and boom, down to 35%.\u00a0 With just 17 starts the numbers are going to be volatile and overall it was a decent week but still.\u00a0 Keep your mouth shut in chat!<\/p>\n
Tale of Six Crowns went into the auction before last week\u2019s column.\u00a0 He ended up selling back to roxyken\u2019s thechallenge2 stable for $18,332.\u00a0 You may remember that I picked him up in a $4k claim.\u00a0 Didn\u2019t do bad on the money side but still out 8 bps.<\/p>\n
Ballingry<\/a> started off the action this week, making his second start for the stable.\u00a0 He of course was picked up for the high sum of $28,000 in auction and won his first start for me on 3\/3 in a Japan-local allowance.\u00a0 The three year old ran back in the same conditions (open allowance 4.5f turf, 3yo only) on 3\/14 and he was a winner again.\u00a0 He nabbed 25 bps for the stable this week for a total of 65 in two weeks.\u00a0 He\u2019s entered again in another race under the same conditions soon.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Harry Parker<\/a> is an Idaho bred that I claimed from\u2026.roxyken (sorry!) on 2\/17 for $7,500.\u00a0 He had 37 starts with a 10-8-4 record.\u00a0 He had run a few races with the local tag but not many and he was the favorite in the race I claimed him out of.\u00a0 Harry exited the same race as another spinsanta2 horse, Funny Mambo.\u00a0 Funny Mambo actually won the race and Harry was third.\u00a0 His record also indicated that he could run dirt and turf, sprints and routes.\u00a0 I entered him in a local-bred open allowance going 9.5f turf.\u00a0 The race attracted eight runners and Harry ran an ok fourth, earning 10 bps.\u00a0 He stays another week.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Marimacho<\/a> is another name you might remember.\u00a0 The PA-bred filly ran 3\/1 in a local bred claiming race on dirt where she finished 2nd<\/sup>.\u00a0 She ran back on 3\/15 in a turf claimer going a 13f against an eight horse field where she finished a well beaten 4th<\/sup>.\u00a0 That was good enough for 10 bps, bringing this auction purchase\u2019s earnings up to 40 bps.<\/p>\n Wonderlights<\/a> is a four year old from Japan.\u00a0 He made his first start for this stable on 3\/3 in a local bred allowance.\u00a0 He seemed to have a bright future, winning the race with a 100 speed.\u00a0 Sadly there were no suitable local bred races to send him back in so on 3\/17 he ended up in an open allowance in Turkey.\u00a0 He ran close to the same speed (a 98) but it was only good enough for 7th<\/sup> place.\u00a0 He\u2019s currently little groggy so there\u2019s some question as to whether he\u2019ll have more options available in the future.\u00a0 If not he\u2019ll be sent back to auction.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n A new face in the stable is The Countdown Ploy<\/a>.\u00a0 She\u2019s a 3yo filly by Savabeel, one of my favorite sires in New Zealand.\u00a0 I found her in a $4k NW4L claim in Indiana where she was a short priced favorite.\u00a0 She won that race by over two lengths and would be an easy moneymaker without the local tag.\u00a0 I probably didn\u2019t look at her dam before putting in the claim but she was produced by a Montjeu x Kingmambo mare who has produced nine foals (The Countdown Ploy is her youngest).\u00a0 She\u2019s got one grade three winner and three listed winners to her credit but all the rest of her foals have won at the allowance level.\u00a0 I think this filly could turn out to be a very good claim long term.\u00a0 She\u2019s not particularly fast but she\u2019s young and she\u2019ll have opportunities to run in local championships races eventually, maybe getting her dam another stakes winner.\u00a0 First things first though, send her to New Zealand to run in a local bred allowance for 3yo fillies going 4.5f on the lawn.\u00a0 The race attracted two other player owned horses and a CPU filly and our girl won handily.\u00a0 That nets 40bps easily paying off the 8 she cost and the New Zealand world is her oyster.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n The first ever starter for spinsanta2 \u2013 way back on 2\/24 was Pine Grove RCH<\/a>.\u00a0 That day he finished 4th<\/sup> in a 4.5f dirt claimer for California breds, earning 10 bps.\u00a0 He ran back on 3\/17 in a 7f local bred claimer on turf where he ran a creditable 2nd<\/sup> with a 96 speed which added 20 bps to his total.\u00a0 Not bad for a cheap auction horse!<\/p>\n <\/p>\n