Barbaro Updates: 665
updates are now here.
Update 3940: Tonight it is the marquee race from the Del Mar meet, the Pacific Classic. We have Student Council in the race, who will be one of the favorites: Pacific Classic boasts a field that runs deep.
Found on Paulick Report.
Update 3939: Post race reports of some of the Travers contenders: Horses Come Back OK After Rough Travers.
Update 3938: Fairmount Park had a "paddock sale" yesterday. This is a means for horsemen to sell on their horses, and these sales usually coincide with the end of the meet. Sadly it is also an opportunity for kill buyers to pick up horses. It appears that many of the horses sold yesterday were actually placed outside of the slaughter pipeline: Urgent: Fairmount park paddock sale.
Update 3937: A busy morning this morning at Woodbine, and a muggy morning too. We had eight sets, four before the break and four after the break. Twenty four horses trained and all went relatively smoothly. The horses I rode all galloped nicely. No gate schooling. We had four workers, no problems. Altogether a decent morning's work.
We have a runner this afternoon, so I will go over and help out a little. Our two runners in the stake yesterday ran decently, finishing third and fourth. The winner won quite comfortably, and
came from the other side of our shedrow. So if we cannot win the race, its nice to see our neighbours do so!
Update 3936: Travers Reports:
TRAVERS: IT'S THE COLONEL BY A NOSE
Colonel John in a squeaker
Col. John Noses 'Mambo' in Epic Travers
Colonel John edges Mambo in Seattle in Travers
Congratulations to Michael Matz for his win in the King's Bishop: Visionaire Passes All in King's Bishop
Update 3935: Lots of good racing today. All marred by the fate of Sky Diamond.
Update 3934: Duke of Marmalade, who may be the top turf runner in the world right now, won the postponed Juddmonte Stakes that was moved to Newmarket due to the conditions at York this week: DUKE THE INTERNATIONAL STAR.
Update 3933: Another very pleasant morning this morning at Woodbine, although it looks like it is shaping to be a hot day! We had seven sets, four before the break and three after the break. Our last set went to the gate and then we galloped together (three two year olds) for a mile. All went very nicely. As did all the other sets.
We have a couple in the 2yo stake this afternoon, so I will go back and help out: Asmussen holding two aces.
The main racing focus will however be on Saratoga, with the Travers Stakes as well as some terrific racing on the undercard. We have Pyro in the Travers, as well as J Be K in the King's Bishop, which might actually be the better race. I will also be rooting for Tres Borrachos. Fun racing!
Update 3932: Jose Caraballo, Barbaro's jockey in his first two races, was extremely unlucky not to win the Grade 1 Personal Ensign yesterday aboard Lemon Drop Mom. They were beaten on the head bob on the wire: Ginger Punch Prevails in Ensign Thriller.
Big Brown had his first breeze yesterday since his Haskell win. Dutrow wanted to breeze on the turf, but his last minute request was denied: Big Brown breezes at Aqueduct.
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Good Morning All!
Happy day to all our animal companions here with us and those gone to a better place.
Enjoy,
Annie
Posted by: Annie in PA (now NJ) at August 23, 2008 12:27 PM