Another fine morning of training today at Monmouth Park, all horses doing well.  

 

 

Thanks to all the co-owners who joined our sold out group #53 and best of luck with Smarty Cat in her debut tomorrow!

The 2nd annual Kenwood picnic is Sunday at Monmouth Park, over 110 people have signed up, looking forward to food, drink, racing, friends and fun on what promises to be a perfect weather day, plus the New Jersey Thoroughbred Festival and tee shirt giveaway!

  • Smarty Cat doing super, couldn’t be coming into her debut any better. We don’t care about odds and neither does the horse, they run just as fast at 20 to 1 as they do at 2 to 1, but the fact she’s the very strong 2nd choice in the morning line over several horses who have already had a race or two and run well tells you how well she’s been training and how highly regarded she is. We’d ideally have preferred to run on the dirt, and if we get really lucky the race will get rained off the grass, but either way she’s ready. There’s one horse that will be less than even money and virtually unbeatable if she runs back to her exceptionally good effort at Saratoga, but Smarty Cat looks like she fits very well against the rest if she handles the grass and gets a decent trip. A first time starter always gives away an edge to the ones in here who have a race under their belt and you never know what happens in a debut (remember Life On the Edge stopped to a walk in her debut and won going away next time out for example) but we are looking for a good start to her career Friday.

 

 

  • Life On the Edge seems sharp and ready to run back now. We will work her this weekend again and assuming she does well are looking at allowance or stake company for her next start in 2 weeks (several options in the first few days of Sept.).

 

 

  • Start A Fire galloped strongly today, good out of a nice work, a MAJOR improvement over his slow work last week. Will get some gate work and a breeze this weekend and if all goes well will be making his debut in late September.  

 

 

  • Race did not go for New Found Treasure for Saturday at Monmouth Park, she’s ready to run whenever we can get something for her.

 

 

  • Giuliana Vee galloped strongly again today and is doing super at Monmouth Park. She should be ready to work in about 10 days, which would put her on track to debut in October. No problems with her shins (or anything else) since her return from the farm. She has a shot to be a very nice runner and being by Into Mischief, the leading sire in the world this year, if she has ability on the racetrack the sky’s the limit as far as her residual value.

 

 

  • Solar trained today and went very well, amazingly good after acting up in the stall when a big thunder storm hit Monday. He seems recovered from his fortunately minor cuts, bumps and bruises.

 

 

  • Rapstorerocks doing excellent, trained well again this morning. There’s two spots for him September 8th in the new Monmouth Park book, ideally he’ll run in the maiden special weight at 1 mile on the grass that day, a perfect spot for him as he’s bred to do just that.

 

 

  • Exchanging Ember good out of her work at Penn National. Mark Salvaggio was very pleased and plans to enter her this Friday for next Wednesday.   

 

  • Night Of Idiots back in training at Golden Gate Fields with trainer Jonathan Wong and doing well in the below video of her (the horse in front, galloping strongly) this morning at Golden Gate Fields.

 

 

Horse Workout Notification 
August 22, 2019

Night of Idiots (4-Year-Old Filly)
Date: August 22, 2019
Track: GOLDEN GATE FIELDS
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 51:20 Handily
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: All Weather Track
Rank: 10/13