This week had another shot at stakes company in which we came up short but encouraged. I\u2019ll get the elusive stakes victory at some point even if it\u2019s by accident! This week wasn\u2019t as kind to me as last week. I did have some quality runners go but due to trainer experience I screwed the pooch on a few of these. Next week will be a much better week (I think); I have the likes of STRIKE PAY DIRT<\/b>, ESPIRI<\/b>, and NEW<\/b> MEXICAN MORN<\/b> coming back.<\/p>\n
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This week\u2019s Record: 31-2-2-1<\/b><\/p>\n
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Last Weeks\u2019 Watch List:<\/b><\/p>\n
AMERICAN CHAOS (AMERICAN PHAROAH x WILD AGAIN x RAISE A NATIVE)<\/b> \u2013 I think it\u2019s safe to say he doesn\u2019t want any part of the 7 furlong distance.\u00a0 He ran hard through the first two calls but couldn\u2019t sustain the pace for the final 3 furlongs and finished 9th<\/sup> by 9 lengths. We will cut him back to 5 furlongs and hope for some improvement.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n BECAUSE REASONS (SPEIGHTSTOWN x UNBRIDLED x GREEN DESERT)<\/b> \u2013 He just keeps running into some buzz saws. First it was his stablemate STRIKE PAY DIRT in which he finished a good 2nd<\/sup> to and this week it was mellown\u2019s<\/i><\/b> BROKEN PRISON<\/b> who beat him out in the stretch. Not sure if I should give him more distance or let him continue at the 6-7 furlong range.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n TWO STONES SALOON (NYQUIST x TAPIT x HARLAN\u2019S HOLIDAY)<\/b> \u2013 Originally a 30K claimer who ran a decent 3rd<\/sup> with allowance NW2L\u2019s in his first attempt. I brought her back to run against Allowance NW2x\u2019s going 7 furlongs and she took out the other 4 horses with relative ease winning by about 2 lengths and posting up a 94 speed fig. We are going to see if we can keep building her confidence up and drop her into a Starter Allowance in her next.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n NUMBER CRUNCH (ELUSIVE QUALITY x POLISH NUMBERS x EL PRADO)<\/b> \u2013 Not much running done by this guy going 6 furlongs in the debut as he\u2019d go on to finish 4th<\/sup> in a 5 horse field. There\u2019s some turf in his pedigree so we will give that a go in his next.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n WILD SAMURAI (WILDCAT RED x DEHERE x FIRST SAMURAI)<\/b> \u2013 First crack against stakes company and the jump up in competition might have been a bit steep as she\u2019d finish 7th<\/sup> by 4 lengths. Even with the 7th<\/sup> place finished I was encouraged by her performance as she managed to improve the speed fig to a 75.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n WINTER DREAM (SIYOUNI (FR) x MEDAGLIA D\u2019ORO x MALIBU MOON) \u2013<\/b> It was pretty clear the stretch out helped her in this one as she\u2019d pass her tiring rivals for a 5th<\/sup> place finish going 8 furlongs on the turf. She does have a very heavy dirt influence from the back end of her pedigree so we will give her a shot there in her next.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n SEGWAY (EXCEED AND EXCEL x MONTJEU x LEMON DROP KID)<\/b> \u2013 Cut the distance a bit in hopes it would help him out. It didn\u2019t, he\u2019d do about as much in this one as he did in his first finishing 11th<\/sup> by 10 lengths and only managing a 58 speed fig. I\u2019ll give dirt a shot in hopes that some of that LEMON DROP KID <\/b>blood found its way into his veins.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n IMPOSSIBLY DASHING (HONOR CODE x DANEHILL DANCER x DYNAFORMER)<\/b> \u2013 Gave her a shot on turf in her first due to the heavy backend turf pedigree. She showed she didn\u2019t really care for the turf running a 56 speed fig in an 11th<\/sup> place finish so she gets the switch to dirt going 6.5 furlongs. I learned a thing or two about her as she really enjoyed the dirt bumping up to 67 speed fig but pretty much walked after running 6 furlongs.\u00a0 Her next run will certainly be at the 6 furlong distance on dirt.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Studs:<\/b><\/p>\n GRAYCENTRATED (GRAYDAR x PULPIT x POINT GIVEN) \u2013 <\/b>Claimed for 12.5K I thought I had something by stretching her out with allowance company in her first few tries. I was wrong and after 3 tries at 9 furlongs with different competition I decided to give an extra furlong with 17.5K claimers which worked. She\u2019d go on to dominate that field and win by 5 lengths on an off surface which I know she\u2019s not a fan of.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n SUNDAY JAZZ (KING OF JAZZ (ARG) x ZENNO ROB ROY (JPN) x EASY GOER)<\/b> \u2013 She\u2019s not really a \u201clooker\u201d but she had a nice performance finishing 2nd<\/sup> going 5 furlongs against 10K 2-year old claimers.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Duds: <\/b><\/p>\n SHEER SPITE (SMARTY JONES x TALE OF THE CAT x LANGFUHR) \u2013 <\/b>She runs just like her name suggests. In two starts this year she\u2019s scored a 47 on the dirt and a 49 on the turf. Your guess is as good as mine as far as what to do with her. Maybe rest and bring back at 3 years old in hopes for improvement.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n DUDE CAN RAKE (HARD SPUN x MR. GREELEY x LEAR FAN) <\/b>\u2013 My bipolar relationship with HARD SPUN continues in the form of this colt. He\u2019s a hit speed figs of 55 and 54 in two starts with the most recent leading to an 11th<\/sup> place 9 length loss. I\u2019ll give him the old flip to turf to see if that helps out.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n AWKS ON FIRE (PYRO x CALEB\u2019S POSSE x HARD SPUN<\/b>) \u2013 I think I swung a little too high for her in her first race with me and she\u2019d go on to finish 6th<\/sup> by 9 lengths. On top of that she had been off for about 2 months and I ran her less than a week after I acquired her so I\u2019m thinking she wasn\u2019t as fit as the razor would indicate. She came from a good trainer so I\u2019m sure she\u2019s a quality horse, which means I\u2019ll chalk this up to her new trainer being the dud.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n PURPLER (MICROMANAGE x UNBRIDLED\u2019S SONG x SEATTLE SLEW)<\/b> \u2013 Another trainer dud on my part. I bought a race and forgot to flip it to local so she drew in a pretty decent crowd. She\u2019d end up finishing 5th<\/sup> by 5 lengths which wasn\u2019t all that bad. I won\u2019t make that mistake again as he gets to run against local NW2x\u2019s in his next.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n WAKANDA SOHO (SEBRING x UNBRIDLED\u2019S SONG x A.P. INDY)<\/b> \u2013 I saw some good improvement out of her on the switch to dirt, but she still finished 6th<\/sup> place which is why she ends up in the duds section. I gained some good knowledge out of the most recent race and will give her an opportunity at routing in her next.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n PERFECT PALACE (PALACE MALICE x GIANT\u2019S CAUSEWAY x ELA-MANA-MOU)<\/b> \u2013 Through 5 races he\u2019s been extremely tough to crack. He put up what I believe to be his best performance this week a 4th<\/sup> place finish going 8 furlongs. But 4th<\/sup> place isn\u2019t paying the bills so he\u2019s a dud this week. I think he legit wants 9 or 10 furlongs so he\u2019s probably going on the shelf until he can come back as a 3 year old.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n FOR ALL KINGS (DANZA x VINDICATION x UNBRIDLED)<\/b> \u2013 <\/b>His most recent saw him finish 8th<\/sup> by 7 lengths going a mile. However, he reminds me of another horse in my barn THE MARVELOUS ONE <\/b>who got better with more and more distance. I\u2019m thinking I\u2019m going to shut him down for the year and bring him back at 3 year\u2019s old to run in some longer distanced races.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n Next Week\u2019s Watch List: <\/b><\/p>\n STRIKE PAY DIRT (BERNARDINI x SMART STRIKE x WILD AGAIN) \u2013 <\/b>Broke the maiden going 6 furlongs at first asking scoring a 79 speed fig. He\u2019ll get an opportunity to stretch his legs here going 7 furlongs against NW2L Allowance runners.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n NEW MEXICAN MORN (SLEEPLESS MORN x ARCH x AWESOME AGAIN)<\/b> \u2013 After claiming him for 3K he\u2019s been a fun 4 year old to watch. He most recently won an 8 furlong NW5L against allowance 54K\u2019s in which he posted a 101 speed fig. Giving this stakes placed Colt a shot at stakes company this week as he\u2019ll run in the Tuff Enuff Stakes.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ESPIRI (IRONICUS x CHARM SPIRIT (IRE) x EXCELLENT ART)<\/b> \u2013 He\u2019s 2-2 in his career and after showing a nice closing kick is getting a stretch out to 7.5 furlongs in the Lirio Turf Juvenile.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n PROTON POWER (MACLEAN\u2019S MUSIC x TIZNOW x TAPIT<\/b>) \u2013 She ran a good 2nd<\/sup> against winners in her last and gets the opportunity to stretch out to 7 furlongs at the same NW2L 48K\u2019s.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n DANCING KAT (KITTEN\u2019S JOY x DANEHILL DANCER x MACHIAVELLIAN)<\/b> \u2013 Broke the maiden at first asking going 7 furlongs on the turf and we are running her back at 8 on the turf to see if she enjoys the distance.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" This week had another shot at stakes company in which we came up short but encouraged. 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