So I\u2019m a little behind on the Chronicles, mainly because of the holiday. But I achieved at least one feat in the ESR Queen of the Turf challenge a couple weeks back where I had all three of my horses take up the bottom 3 spots in the two races I participated in. I also had quite a few 2 year olds break their maiden over the last couple of weeks. For this week\u2019s write up I won\u2019t be using the previous watch list and instead will just highlight my best and worst of the last two weeks.<\/p>\n
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PSALM OF WAR (WAR CHANT x PLEASANT COLONY x AFFIRMED) \u2013 <\/b>First time against winners and this 2 year old colt proved to be pretty tough. He\u2019d stalk the pace from fourth place before making his move at the top of the stretch and running on to victory. He\u2019d post an 89 speed fig and will likely have his first race as a 3 year old against stakes runners.<\/p>\n
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CANDY PAINTED (CANDY RIDE x A.P. INDY x SADLER\u2019S WELLS) \u2013 <\/b>Got a cut in distance and a surface switch after the routing debut on dirt proved to be a little too much for him to handle. So this week he ran 6.5 furlongs on the turf and wired the field scoring a 77 speed fig in the victory. He\u2019s probably done till February of the new year.<\/p>\n
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IRISH PADRE (CARAVAGGIO x MACHIAVELLIAN x SLEW O\u2019 GOLD) \u2013 <\/b>He\u2019s been surprising good since making the switch to dirt. This week he went 6 furlongs and stalked the pace to victory at odds of 12-1 against NW2L Allowance fillies this week. He scored an 84 speed fig in that race and is another who may open up the new year against stakes company.<\/p>\n
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INTO MALICE (PALACE MALICE x INTO MISCHIEF x CARSON CITY)<\/b> \u2013 Claimed the graded placed MISCHIEF MAKIN MEL <\/b>for 3K and decided to retire him and hemare. The breeding would produce a filly who\u2019d run 5 furlongs on the dirt in her debut and wire the field winning easily with a 78 speed fig. \u00a0Allowance rivlas are likely in her future.<\/p>\n
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ALY\u2019S SONG (MORE THAN READY x UNBRIDLED\u2019S SONG x ALYSHEBA)<\/b> \u2013 After consistently losing ground in the stretch on the dirt I gave her a switch to turf and it worked wonders for her. She\u2019d go on to post a career high 81 speed fig as she\u2019d wire 24K allowance NW1x\u2019s. I don\u2019t really think she\u2019s ready for any type of stakes runners as of yet so she\u2019ll hang around in the allowance ranks.<\/p>\n
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TEMPERANCE GOLD (BAYERN x MEDAGLIA D\u2019ORO x KRIS S.)<\/b> \u2013 Project dirt has turned out to be very successful as she\u2019s now won her 3rd<\/sup> consecutive race routing on the dirt. She\u2019d win 150K NW5L Claimers this week on an off track and posted a career high 102 speed fig. She\u2019s going to get a bump up to allowance runners in her next which will likely be her last race of the year.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n YUKON JAK (MORE THAN READY x A.P. INDY x UNBRIDLED<\/b>) \u2013 Showed speed through the first three calls in his debut going 7 furlongs but couldn\u2019t sustain it down the stretch which led to this week\u2019s cut in distance. He\u2019d run 6 furlongs on the dirt and wire the field easily by a length and a quarter. Another who is probably done for the 2 year old season but will come back early in 2019.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n ARMORED SAINT (EL KABEIR x SAINT BALLADO x ELUSIVE QUALITY)<\/b> \u2013 Second try on the turf with a small cut in distance gets the gal over the hump. She\u2019d stalk the pace going 5 furlongs against maiden 22K\u2019s and get up for the victory with a 71 speed fig. Allowance is the next step.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n CHARISMATIC HERO (SOCIAL INCLUSION x HERO\u2019S AND CROOKS x CHARISMATIC)<\/b> \u2013 Came back after a little 6 week break to run 4.5 furlongs against local allowance Florida breds. It wasn\u2019t his best speed fig but he did enough to seal a victory with the 88 speed fig.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n PROSPECTTHIS (OPTIMIZER x PACO BOY x BARATHEA)<\/b> \u2013 Struggled with distance in his last two going 6.5 and 7 furlongs so I made the obvious cut to 5.5 this week. He caught a small field but won convincingly wiring the field by a length and a quarter posting a 80 speed fig.<\/p>\n \u00a0<\/b><\/p>\n Duds: <\/b><\/p>\n HETFIELD (CARAVAGGIO x SADLER\u2019S WELLS x KRIS S.) \u2013 <\/b>Back to back 5 length losses going a mile means this gal is getting cut to turf sprints in her next. I\u2019ll try to get her into one more race before the years end. On the upside she did run an 80 speed fig which means she\u2019s got some type of talent\u2026 Right?<\/p>\n <\/p>\n TURN N BERN (BERNARDINI x DANZIG x KRIS S.)<\/b> \u2013 Struggled once again going a mile on the dirt posting his second consecutive 75 speed fig in an 8th<\/sup> place 5 length loss. I think a switch to turf is in\u00a0 his future as I don\u2019t really believe he wants to go less than a mile yet.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n MIND HEIST (GHOSTZAPPER x STORM CAT x FORTY NINER<\/b>) \u2013 Ran a good 3rd<\/sup> in her debut and I thought she\u2019d relish the extra distance. My assessment was incorrect as she\u2019d never fire going a mile finishing 7th<\/sup> by 9 furlongs. It was less than encouraging to see her speed fig only improve from a 70 to a 71 so maybe a surface switch is in her future.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n BLUE EYED CHARLIE (BLAME x SEATTLE SLEW x DEPUTY MINISTER)<\/b> \u2013 She improved slightly on the speed fig but the ending result wasn\u2019t nearly as good as the debut. She ran a mile for the second time this week and lost ground once again at the top of the stretch. The encouraging part was she made a nice little move between call 2 and call 3. After this weeks 5th<\/sup> place finish I\u2019m going to cut the distance to 7.5 furlongs.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n DEFINITIONOF CRAZY (PIONEEROF THE NILE x DANZIG x FORTY NINER)<\/b> \u2013 Has been less than impressive in each of his starts on turf and dirt. Both have resulted in 7th<\/sup> place finishes and 71 speed figs leading me to no clues on what this guy actually wants to do. Purely a guess on my part but seeing as though both his tries were at 6 furlongs and he was never really involved I\u2019ll give him a go at routing.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n IMPOSSIBLY DASHING (HONOR CODE x DANEHILL DANCER x DYNAFORMER)<\/b> \u2013 Utterly disappointed with this filly as she\u2019d try going 5 furlongs on the dirt which would result in her 4th<\/sup> off the board finish. This week\u2019s 5th<\/sup> place finish against Kentucky locals may garner her a drop to high level claimers.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n <\/p>\n Next Week\u2019s Watch List: <\/span><\/b><\/p>\n RHYTHYM SHOOTER (I AM INVINCIBLE (AUS) x DUBAI MILLENIUM x SWORD DANCER) \u2013 <\/b>He\u2019s 3-3 including a stakes victory in the Alba Sea King Turf Juvenile. All three of his turf sprints have been at 5 furlongs and he\u2019ll get a bit of a stretch to 5.5 this week in the Deep Delight Turf Juvenile.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n STRIKE PAY DIRT (BERNARDINI x SMART STRIKE x WILD AGAIN)<\/b> \u2013 After posting a 91 speed fig in a 7 furlong sprint he\u2019ll be trying his hand at stakes company in the 6 furlong High Bidder dirt sprint.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n THE MARVELOUS ONE (ITSMYLUCKYDAY x A.P. DELTA x STREET HERO)<\/b> \u2013 He\u2019s run 9 times this season with 2 victories and a show all on the dirt. He\u2019ll be trying turf for the first time this week and we will see if that helps or hurts him.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n STREET LIFE DREAM (STREET SENSE x GIANT\u2019S CAUSEWAY x SEATTLE SLEW)<\/b> \u2013 Ran a 75 speed fig going 6 furlongs in the debut picking up 3 spots and 4 lengths for a 5th<\/sup> place 2 length loss. He\u2019s getting more distance to run at this week as he\u2019ll go 7 furlongs on the dirt.<\/p>\n <\/p>\n AFTERNOON APPROACH (DAWN APPROACH (IRE) x MEDICEAN (GB) x REDOUTE\u2019S CHOICE)<\/b> \u2013 Came up just short in his dirt debut going a mile against maidens and will be running under the same conditions this week as well.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" So I\u2019m a little behind on the Chronicles, mainly because of the holiday. 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