Quite a bit of action this week and I’ll pick up where I left off last week.\u00a0 I had enough E-cards to exchange for a sire share.\u00a0\u00a0 So I did that and obtained a share in a sire by the name of Danbird.\u00a0\u00a0 He’s pretty much one of the bottom of the barrel sires and was used to breed twice last year with only one actually racing and twice the year before.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There’s a little Danehill blood in the sire and the children tend to like the turf.\u00a0\u00a0 I had an open spot in the stable last week and activated Dancingduncankieth to fill that spot.\u00a0\u00a0 Eventually, I did a U-turn, spun her back to the farm and retired her.\u00a0 She was bred with Danbird and now we have a 2-year filly that has been named DUNCAN BIRD (a play on the sire and mare names) and will be racing this week.<\/p>\n
With only one horse at the farm eligible to be activated while three others are on extended rest, I pursued to acquire at least two more runners.\u00a0\u00a0 I took a shot and filed six claims on horses this week and ended up with three.\u00a0\u00a0 CREATIVE IMPACTS is a three year gelding with a decent bloodline of Creative Cause x Deep Impact x Sadler’s Wells.\u00a0\u00a0 He dropped from a $40k claimer to a tag of 4k following a career best speed of 94 at a mile.\u00a0\u00a0 He put a solid effort in this week at 7.5 furlongs, rallying from six back at the half to win by about a length and a half.\u00a0 He’s been running turf in all of but one of his 17 starts and that other effort was a second on the dirt.\u00a0 I think he has opportunity in the low end claimers and starter allowances and\u00a0 think the dirt may be an unexplored avenue that may be worthwhile trying.\u00a0 We’ll see what options are available when we race him.\u00a0 The claim cost 8 BP’s.<\/p>\n
KOKETTA ran for his first owner exclusively on dirt and won four times, ITM 11 times in 17 starts.\u00a0 For his second owner, he was moved to the turf and picked up 5 wins in seven starts and finishing ITM each time.\u00a0 Speeds have been a bit better on the turf for this 5 year old\u00a0 who has some good blood connections of Starspanglebanner x Northern Meteor x Kingmambo.\u00a0\u00a0 She won her start this week in a 6 furlong claiming race with a $3,000 price tag.\u00a0\u00a0 Sprints are her thing and I’ll be looking to keep her with the turf.\u00a0 Starter allowance races look like the best place for her but I may also push her up the claiming ranks.\u00a0 6 BP’s was the cost for this one.<\/p>\n
The third claim I won was for SHAUNS STORM, a five year old horse out of Coastal Storm x Tiznow x Gilded Time.\u00a0\u00a0 He’s been pretty much regulated to run in turf races.\u00a0 But things changed recently where he raced twice in dirt events at about a mile distance, took second in both with 101 and 99 speeds and I took that as a nice place to run him.\u00a0 I claimed him out of a $2,000 polytrack race that he finished third in, but under a stride (another surface he seems good at).\u00a0 So he can run on anything, maybe even a bed of nails, but we won’t try that.\u00a0\u00a0 A lot of options are open with this guy who may turn out to be a steal for 4 BP’s<\/p>\n
Now onto this weeks race results.\u00a0 Four horses made it to the starting gate.\u00a0\u00a0 MAKING MISTAKES ran for the first time for the stable and got into a mile starter allowance ($5k tag).\u00a0 He was the 2\/1 favorite in the race, which always gives the heart an extra hope for good results.\u00a0 He ran just off the lead in the early fractions and sliced his way to the second spot but could not catch the front runner.\u00a0\u00a0 Second place was nice and the 105 speed number was a career best.\u00a0 27 BP’s were awesome to collect and in the 9-horse field we gathered 2 sire cards, both flipping as G-cards.\u00a0 Picking up this horse turned out not to be a mistake after all.<\/p>\n
HALF LOCO has been around for a while and now has 5 starts for the stable.\u00a0 He’s hit the board four times with this week being the first win he gained for the stable.\u00a0 He was dropped into a $2,500 claiming race and galloped a 10.5 distance.\u00a0 He rallied from ninth at the half (in a field of 11) and had a very impressive stretch run, overtaking the leaders and pulling away to a 3+ length victory.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 The 3\/1 favorite delivered 15 BP’s and a set of 3 sire-cards.\u00a0\u00a0 The cards flipped to a F-card and 2 G-cards.<\/p>\n
LANDALUCE is a front running colt who I had set at 100 for his first three starts with the stable and that landed him a 2nd, 3rd and 4th. \u00a0 I changed the setting to 85 with hopes to relax him a bit on the front so he may have energy left for the drive to the wire.\u00a0 This week, he caught an off-track racing 7.5 furlongs on the grass.\u00a0 He\u00a0 sat back in third and looked to be following the new direction but could not fire up in the stretch, finished 6th.\u00a0\u00a0 His last two\u00a0 races have been on the turf and it may be time to go back to the soil.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 With the enhancement of new blood at the farm through the claims I made this week,\u00a0 I’m leaning towards giving him a bit of a rest on the farm.\u00a0\u00a0 He’s had 16 races since last June and this could help preserve him to earn some BP’s later in the year.\u00a0\u00a0 One G-card was the profit this week.<\/p>\n
Gelded PITTENWEEM made what will be his only appearance for the stable this week.\u00a0\u00a0 He also caught an off-track in the 8.25 furlong, $7,500 claiming race I placed him in.\u00a0 He was the third choice at 5\/2 odds, very competitive in my book.\u00a0\u00a0 He broke away last from the gate and found his late footing, surging after the leaders but coming two strides short of the winner, but second place does have value.\u00a0 20 BP’s worth of value.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0 There were three claims made on my runner so he leaves the stable with a G-sire card in his wake.<\/p>\n
A collection of 6 G-cards and 1-F are added to the handful from last week which gives a total of 4 F-cards and 10 G-cards.\u00a0 I’ve swapped G-cards upward to give me 6 F-cards.\u00a0 I’ve exchanged those too and now end the week with 1 E-card and 1 F-card.<\/p>\n
I spent 18 BP’s in the horses that I claimed and earned 62 through racing this week.\u00a0 The total on hand has climbed to 578. \u00a0 I’ve moved RESERVATIONS FOR ME from the farm to the stable to fill the open slot that was created when Pittenweem was claimed.\u00a0 I’ll be looking to make a move moving Landaluce to the farm for a rest and figuring out which of the horses I claimed to take that spot later in the week.<\/p>\n
Next week looks like four potential entries, with one being the newly bred 2 year old, Duncan Bird.<\/p>\n
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