• Night of Idiots was a solid 3rd today at Golden Gate Fields in an 11 horse field; the front runner in the race grabbled an early lead and never looked back, but she closed nicely despite another rough trip in traffic to get 3rd money for the 2nd race in a row.

 

 

 

  • Solar excellent today out of his impressive win in race 4 at Gulfstream Park on Saturday. He came into this race primed and loaded for a big effort dropping into a softer spot and he did not disappoint, sitting a perfect trip just off the early speed under an outstanding ride by jockey Emisael Jaramillo, taking over the lead at the 1/8th pole and drawing away to win by just under 2 lengths with the bulk of the field far behind the top two runners. Congratulations to all the owners of this nice horse, who has now posted a win, a 2nd and two 3rds in seven starts since claiming him about 6 months ago at Monmouth Park. 
  • Giuliana Vee runs on Saturday at Penn National on short rest. It’s a weak field at the right distance; trainer Mark Salvaggio feels she is doing well and didn’t want to pass this one up.
  • Life on the Edge at the farm in Ocala and couldn’t look or be doing better. Take a look at this video of her frolicking in her paddock at Davidson farm in Ocala. A bit grainy but you can see how happy she is and how well she’s moving. Thanks to Coty Davidson for the good care and this video. She will go back into training in Ocala next week and ship to Kelly Breen at Palm Meadows next month.

 

 

 

 

  • No Good Deed fine out of her race this weekend at Gulfstream Park, led to the stretch and stopped to a walk to finish 8th of 12 horses. It was an improvement from her debut when she broke slowly, made a move and then tired but in both races she ran out of steam late. The rider after the race said she did everything right but he felt she handled the turf in her debut better than the dirt today. Given that info. our plan is to try her back on grass next time at Gulfstream and there’s a couple of perfect spots for her at the end of February. Hopefully she’ll be ready for one of those.  
  • Rapstorerocks training well at Palm Meadows, there’s a race for him at Gulfstream right at the beginning of March.
  • New Found Treasure fine out of her race at Penn National, may sprint her next time
  • Magic Musketier has been turned out at the farm. 
  • Lisa Limon excellent at the farm in Kentucky, looking forward to a nice healthy baby in about 10 days.