4th and claimed, new entries

Bullion was an honest 4^th today at Oaklawn Park. Broke perfectly, had a dream trip outside of 2 battling horses and just couldn’t sustain his bid while trying hard the entire way. It was a contentious 12 horse field and he never gave up, so not a bad effort, but that said he was favored in here and we had expected a better finish so not a bad thing at all to see him claimed from us as expected.

Lots of upcoming race dates for your horses, read below and look here.

Race went today for Giuliana Vee, she runs February 1^st at Penn National and is doing really well.
Rapstorerocks runs next Wednesday at Gulfstream Park, the usual overflow field. Gets the #1 post with top rider Luis Saez
New Found Treasure also runs next Wednesday, she’s at Penn National in a 7 horse field and is training well. This filly has had a win and four thirds in eight starts for us and always tries hard.

Looking forward to our season kickoff event on January 31st. Everyone attending in person will receive a discount on our next group that will be detailed at the meeting

Finally, you’ve heard-read us on many occasions criticize our industry for not putting the welfare of horses and owners first. That said, some of racing’s harshest critics (many of whom are well-intended) are grossly misinformed about basic facts pertaining to the lives-lifecycles of horses. Injuries-deaths at a racetrack, as sad and painful as they are, do not exist in a vacuum. The fact is in the wild the percentage of injuries-deaths are MUCH higher than at a racetrack, a training center, a farm, or almost anywhere else under human care. To understand why race horses get injured and are euthanized you need to understand the physical makeup of horses in general. There is little difference between a race horse taking a bad step on the track and a horse in a pasture or in the wild taking a bad step. The result is the same. According to the BLM (Federal Bureau of Land Management), 50% of wild horses do not make it to year one. Another 25% don't live to year two. In other words, in the wild 75% of all horses die, most from illness and injuries, before their 2^nd birthday. So when people outside the gates of Santa Anita hold up signs saying “one death is too many”, it’s frankly total nonsense from people who do not understand that nature of this magnificent, but highly fragile breed. None of which is to absolve our industry of the responsibility of putting the welfare of the horses first and foremost, but no matter what anyone does, horses are going by their nature to get injured and die frequently; in the wild, on the farm and yes, at the racetrack.