Horse by Horse News

  • Pango was entered yesterday for Friday at Gulfstream Park and the race went.
  • More really good news with Fire’s Finale, who is training exceptionally well at Gulfstream Park. He worked this morning and again we’ll let trainer Ron Spatz (exact voicemail transcription) give you the report…  “Good morning Robb I went ahead and breezed Fire’s Finale this morning before the rains came, we got a good track to work on.  I went from the ¼ pole to the wire in company with the other colt he worked with last time. They went 23.3 and on the gallop out I got 37.2 and he has a very big stride and some talent. My riders said they had to keep a little hold of him this time to keep him even with the other horse, last time it was the opposite. So he’s certainly making progress and everything else is ok. This colt is getting a little ahead of himself with these breezes, he still has work to do at the gate so that’s what we’ll focus on the next few weeks”.  It’s obviously still early in the process and no guarantees, but so far it’s all good news with this horse. He came into this with the pedigree and the conformation to make a very nice horse and it seems after a couple works he has a good mind and the desire to be a racehorse. We certainly have reason to be looking forward to his debut, which could be towards the end of June or in early July if all keeps going this well. Ron took a photo of him heading for the track this morning (see photos), he’s a much better trainer than he is a photographer but you can see the horse is thriving.
  • Nice morning photo of Lookinlikeaqueen on her way to the track at Gulfstream Park (see photo).  She had an absolutely super work Saturday morning, in the words of Ron Spatz “Lookinlikeaqueen worked like a queen, she went 48.3 and a decent gallop out. I was very happy with her breeze; scoped her, no blood or mucus. Onward and upward”. While it was one of the fastest works of the day, that means very little, what matters is how she did it. Ron’s words above are the real good news, not the workout time. We have several spots for her coming up at Gulfstream, most likely one on May 23rd with a nice purse or perhaps one the week before.
  • New Found Treasure, Giuliana Vee and No Good Deed all well at Penn National. New Found Treasure had an excellent easy work (below) and No Good Deed and Giuliana worked together (below). Take a look at the excellent photo Mark Salvaggio took of them coming to the wire head to head! Like everyone we are waiting for racing to resume in the northeast. The hoped for date for racing to resume at Penn is the end of this month and we’ll have them ready to run in whatever race comes up for them.
  • Seven Seven training strongly at Overbrook Farm in New Jersey. He’s looks absolutely great, what a strong, handsome colt, take a look at the photo trainer Rory Huston took of him and also at this short video Rory took.
  • Rapstorerocks arrived safely at Penn National Wednesday (see photo) and is already training. Mark Salvaggio likes what he sees so far and thinks he has a shot to do well there this summer. He should be ready to run when racing resumes towards the end of May. 
  • Life on the Edge good out of her race at Gulfstream Park last Sunday.  It was an honest effort in a tough starter allowance event and the race should do her a world of good fitness wise. Off this she should be ready for a big step forward next time, probably towards the end of May.

As usual, you can find updated entry information on your horses at Equibase or on our entries page.

General News

  • Lisa Limon in foal to top young sire Palace Malice, checked again and in foal at 29 days which is great news. She and her foal by Liam’s Map are both doing excellent.

 

Horse Workout Notification
May 9, 2020

Lookinlikeaqueen (4-Year-Old Filly)
Your comments for this horse were: Claimed 3-13-20 GP
Date: May 9, 2020
Track: GULFSTREAM PARK
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 48:77 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 18/139

Horse Workout Notification
May 8, 2020
New Found Treasure (4-Year-Old Filly)
Your comments for this horse were: Claimed July Mon.
Date: May 8, 2020
Track: PENN NATIONAL
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 50:90 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 40/56

Horse Workout Notification
May 7, 2020

No Good Deed (3-Year-Old Filly)
Your comments for this horse were: OBS JUne 2019 purchase
Date: May 7, 2020
Track: PENN NATIONAL
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 48:30 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 3/13

Giuliana Vee (3-Year-Old Filly)
Your comments for this horse were: KRP Racehorse, purchased OBS MArch 2019
Date: May 7, 2020
Track: PENN NATIONAL
Distance: Four Furlongs
Time: 48:30 Breezing
Track Condition: Fast
Surface: Dirt
Rank: 3/13