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Update 2379: One of my new duties as a groom, rider and whatever ... is to go back and feed in the evenings. As an exercise rider that's all you do, ride. Now things are different. No worries, it makes me appreciate more when I am riding. Anyway, the point of this missive was to say that when I was leaving feeding I noticed a horse van that looked familiar, Cooper's van, with Keith Cooper who had dropped off seven Fair Hill horses for trainer Chuck Lawrence. So now there are fellow Fair Hill people here, and we are planning an early dinner tomorrow evening.
Steve Haskin takes an early look at the Breeders' Cup Classic, which looks to have depth among 3yos and not so among older horses, with the possible exception of a European entry: Steve Haskin's BC Countdown: Classic Picture Looking Bright.
Update 2378: An update from Penny at timwoolleyracing.com:
Tuesday 8/28
I walked in the barn this morning with Grandma staring at me. What a lovely animal she is. I stopped and gave her a huge hug and a kiss on her cheek. Just looking at these horses gives me a sense of peace. What is it about horses that can reach where nothing else can? Then I walked to the back of the barn to see Luke in the Porta Pad rolling and getting good and dirty. He loves to get dirty and is very hard to clean with all of his white. It is very good for the horses backs when they get down and roll. Most of the time they will shake afterwards which loosens their muscles. Mass Romantic was out at the track with Tim and upon her return seemed happy. Gator Nation was causing a stir in the barn by being fresh. He is such a funny boy. Whip Smart continues to be in good form after winning her last race and hopefully it won't be long before she is in the winner's circle again. I believe Who's Happy is going to run on Thursday at Penn National on the turf. It seems like a tough race because it is for horses that are three years old and up. There are some tough horses in there that have run against Red Aspen. Happy is in top form and is well in herself so we feel we need to give her a shot.
Who knows? Anything can happen.
Down on the farm: Off to ride Little Bubble Gum tonight. Timmy M'Boy went out with her last night to canter and jog. He was brilliant. I purchased him from a friend when he was a yearling and he has been with me ever since. When I worked for Dr. Fisher at Fair Hill I rode his mother and his Aunt and Tim (Woolley) used to ride his grandmother. Just looking at him brings me such joy. Timmy has spent a lot of time giving other horses a lead even when he was in training he would do this. Bubble Gum was of course as cooperative as ever following Timmy around like a little trouper!
Update 2377: NoBiz is back in the entries, this time at Delaware Park on saturday: Nobiz Like Shobiz tops Kent Field at Delaware Park.
Update 2376: Some quick observations from Presque Isle Downs this morning. Weather is gorgeous. My hands were not made for stall mucking (six today and another blister). Anyone shipping horses here (we only have about 120 on the grounds by the estimate of one agent) ... do yourself a favor and bring stall mats! The track was closed today (apparently a tuesday thing) ... I shedrowed two while the others just hand walked. Races start on saturday, they take entries for saturday's races tomorrow, it will be interesting to see how the races fill. Anyway, a short morning this morning as there was no training on the track.
Update 2375: Plans are now developing for the next starts for Street Sense and Hard Spun. Both will run one more time before meeting Curlin, Any Given Saturday and older horses in the Breeders' Cup (assuming Hard Spun is pointed for the Classic): Hard Spun headed to Kentucky Cup, excerpt:
Trainer Carl Nafzger mentioned the Turfway race as one of several possible targets for Street Sense's final Classic prep, along with the Super Derby Powered by Youbet.com (G2) and Massachusetts Handicap on September 22 and Hawthorne Gold Cup Handicap (G2) on September 29.
"We all would like to hook Street Sense, but we'd rather do it at the Breeders' Cup," Porter said. "If he comes [to Turfway], I don't know where else we would go. I guess we'd just have to do battle with him there."
Good morning everyone.
Good morning Barbaro !
Posted by: Paul at August 28, 2007 10:47 AM