Horse by Horse News

• Rapstorerocks was in the far outside post in a 10 horse field today at Gulfstream Park, but was able to procure a nice stalking position and get a decent trip and simply stopped in the stretch to finish 9^th of 10 runners. No excuse really except not being as talented as these kind of horses. Now he’ll head up to Penn National for the summer in hopes he’ll fare better against softer competition.
• Life on the Edge is ready for her 2020 debut which will be this Sunday at Gulfstream Park. We (literally) made a total of 8 separate entries (dirt & turf, long and short, allowance and claiming) over the past week and finally a race went for her. She runs at Gulfstream and we are looking forward to her debut. She was ready ahead of schedule which is good news; like almost any horse coming off a layoff she’ll need a race or two to be at her best but it’s great to see she is training so forwardly. 
• Fire’s Finale is training well with Ron Spatz at Gulfstream Park, here’s a video of him going to the starting gate for the first time at Gulfstream Park is as good an education for the owners as it was for the horse. Note he walks calmly up to and into the gate. He’s seen a more primitive gate before at the training center but this was his first look at a much larger and more imposing racetrack gate and he handled it very calmly. He stood quietly in the gate with closed doors; some horses panic when the doors are shut in front of them, and came out (a bit slowly but fine) when the gate crew manually opened the doors in front of him. Each equine athlete (just like each human athlete) is different. Some are very nervous at first, some (like Fire’s Finale) take it all in stride. Now that he calmly handled this step, they’ll open the gate in front of him with the starting bell instead of manually (they don’t use the bell the first time(s) to not startle the horse or give them too much to think about). Training is a process with every horse (and every person), a few steps forward and now and then, a step or two back. With patience they will get to the races in their own time and have a shot to be the best horse their ability will allow. All the good trainers will tell you when someone asks “when will my horse be ready?”, “we let the horse tell us”.   
• Pango galloping towards his next start, he’s had some tenderness in his feet, trainer Ron Spatz took his shoes off and he seems to be much more comfortable now so probably not anything major. He could be entered next week at Gulfstream Park.
• Lookinlikeaqueen excellent, will breeze shortly, maybe tomorrow as we point for her next start at Gulfstream Park.
• Seven Seven training well at Overbrook Farm in New Jersey. He’s looks absolutely great, what a strong, handsome colt!
• New Found Treasure, Giuliana Vee and No Good Deed all good after their works at Penn National. All are ready to run. Like everyone else, we are just waiting for racing to resume in the northeast. The hoped for date for racing to return to Penn is towards the end of May, obviously subject to change.

 As usual, you can find updated entry information on your horses at Equibase or our entries page on our website.