Fine effort, nice horse

  • An absolutely huge Kenwood Racing debut for Solar today, a very good 2nd at Monmouth Park, beaten by a nice horse from Belmont and well ahead of the rest of the field. Moving from maiden $20,000 (the race we claimed him from last time) to winner’s $40,000 (one of the toughest moves you can do); he showed himself to be a real bargain buy with his race today. We said coming into this he hadn’t taken a bad step since claiming him last month and we were confident he was sitting on a big debut effort and he gave us just that. Obviously would have loved to get the win here but have to be very pleased indeed with this. A horse with a future purchased at a value price. Worth noting our old friend Federal Dominance was in the same race as Solar today; claimed away from us for $30,000 last time out he sat right next to Solar for the first part of the race and faded badly, finishing a well beaten 7th. Very very rarely do horses claimed from us do better for their new owners. Claiming is a tough thing for many owners to wrap their heads around (understandably), but the key to success is running in the right spots. When a horse is claimed from us, it’s usually well sold.