• Solar ran hard and well today at The Meadowlands, finishing 3^rd, beaten a nostril for 2^nd, Went right to the front, set an honest pace, battled hard when challenged turning for home and repelled that runner, the heavily favored winner went by everyone but he continued to fight and just missed 2^nd in a long photo. It was a nice ‘bounceback’ from last time when he got a deep cut during the race and finished 6^th with an obvious excuse. He’s been 2^nd and 3^rd now for us in 3 starts and is a solid runner. “I was very happy with (the effort), I’d like to run him back in the same race again (at The Meadowlands) if we can towards the end of the month”, Kelly Breen
• Annie’s Candy is good out of his race at Fresno, closed with a rush from off the pace to finish 3^rd, beaten a nose for 2^nd and ½ length for the win in a 4 way photo. The distance was just too short for him and it showed, as he was flying late. He’s an honest horse who almost always gives his best.
• Start A Fire  got in the race we wanted at Laurel Parkand runs tomorrow (Saturday). The horse is doing just fine and this is a realistic spot in terms of class and especially the distance. We are hoping for a decent debut here as he begins his career.
• Giuliana Vee and Rapstorerocks both will breeze next week, probably Tuesday Monmouth Park. There are spots to enter Rapstorerocks in the middle of October at Laurel if nothing comes up sooner. He’s ready to run now. We will know more about Giuliana Vee after her work next week but she’s close to her debut, maybe 2-3 weeks away if all keeps going well.
• Night Of Idiots excellent out of her race, a good 3^rd off a layoff at Golden Gate Fields. With this one under her belt and a switch to dirt next time she should be tough to beat.
• Life On the Edge doing well; should be a couple of spots for her next week
• Magic Musketier ready to run, had a nice little maintenance work. There are races for him next week at both Santa Anita and Fresno.
• Starring John Wain had an excellent workout at Los Alamitos. He’s ready to run, there are races for him at Santa Anita or Fresno also.
• New Found Treasure is fine. There’s a race for her next week at the Meadowlands which should be a good spot.
• No Good Deed will ship into trainer Ron Spatz at Gulfstream Park early next week most likely. 
• Shake It Up Baby training at T-Square Stud and doing fine
• More Ice is back in training at Los Alamitos and doing well.  “He didn’t lose much (fitness) at the farm. Maybe work 3-4 times and look for  a race”, trainer Jerry Hollendorfer.
• Bullion is doing well with Steve Asmussen in Kentucky, training at Ellis Park and Steve is looking at Texas or Louisiana circuits for his next start
• Lisa Limon doing excellent. Hip #s for the sale are out and she sells Sat. Nov 9^th, hip #1533 (below). Her covering sire, Liam’s Map, has TWO horses in grade 1 stakes this weekend at Belmont; Wicked Whisper and  Alpha Sixty Six. Even a placing for one (or both) after Basin won the Grade 1 Hopeful stakes would be huge.

Finally, see the article from Thoroughbred Daily News just below on champion Midnight Bisou, Midnight Bisou a “Game Changer”. She was purchased for just $80,000 at OBS April, and what her buyer explained (see below), says what matters and how we and other savvy buyers approach a sale better than anything I’ve seen. People spend millions for horses that can’t run, and overlook horses like this for very affordable prices. It’s NOT about a prestige pedigree or a fast work time, it’s about buying the right individual folks. Hard to fathom for many people, but the facts speak for themselves time and again.