We had a season high of seven racers this weekend. We had hoped for an eighth, but Lady Katherine scratched due to a heavy track.
We entered the weekend very optimistic, but the results were disappointing.
Big Slick made the 20 horse field in the Dubai Juvenile, and based on his strong previous performance, we felt he had a good chance to hit the board. Unfortunately, he did not break well, and found himself in very bad traffic early on. Boxed in and trapped behind a badly fading filly, bro'Town from Chiknsmack, Big Slick was pushed all the way back to 14th place. To make matters worse, he also sustained an injury. Northern K D from Godolphin17 took home the $600,000 winners check.
Kid Flash ran at 8 furlongs for the first time and fared better finishing second in the Carbine Club Stakes. It was the 9th consecutive on-the-board finish for Kid Flash. The Lakeside Acres colt Maximize was the winner by 2 lengths.
Nova ran completely out of character finishing well out of contention in the Dubai Golden Shaheen. With no turns to contend with and her aggressive, front-running style, we felt she had an excellent chance to win this race outright. It was her first bad race in over a year, finishing 6th in a field of 13. Diabla from Snowbank Farm was the easy winner in world record time.
We may have aimed a little high in his first race at Otsego, but we felt that Candle of Life was up to the challenge of the $750,000 Gallery Furniture.com Stakes. He finished 1st and 2nd in his last two races, showing early speed and excellent stamina. However, like Nova he ran contrary to orders. Candle of Life quickly slipped to the rear and stayed there the entire race, finishing 8th. FDL's Bold N' Honorable, the 2/1 favorite, was the winner.
Coming back from injury, King of the Sea ran a nice race and finished 2nd in the Westchester Handicap. She's A Prize, the 4yo mare from Bonai Farms was the winner. Incredibly, it was discovered after the race that King of the Sea was injured again, this time for 29 days. This is a very talented horse, who can't seem to shake the injury bug this year.
Big Easy ran into some very tough competition in the Emirates Stakes. It was just a 5 horse field, but it included a pair of outstanding mares, Foxies Scenic Sheba, and Fly So High from Signature Racing Stables. The girls finished 1-2 with a stirring stretch run that was won by Scenic Sheba. Big Easy finished decidedly 3rd.
Night Thrasher finished 10th out of 17 in a 7.5 furlong Allowance. The distance looked a little long for him. We'll try him at 6 furlongs next time out. Sweet Tombi from Parklands won by almost 3 lengths.
For the week we were 7-0-2-1. Not good enough.
We entered the weekend very optimistic, but the results were disappointing.
Big Slick made the 20 horse field in the Dubai Juvenile, and based on his strong previous performance, we felt he had a good chance to hit the board. Unfortunately, he did not break well, and found himself in very bad traffic early on. Boxed in and trapped behind a badly fading filly, bro'Town from Chiknsmack, Big Slick was pushed all the way back to 14th place. To make matters worse, he also sustained an injury. Northern K D from Godolphin17 took home the $600,000 winners check.
Kid Flash ran at 8 furlongs for the first time and fared better finishing second in the Carbine Club Stakes. It was the 9th consecutive on-the-board finish for Kid Flash. The Lakeside Acres colt Maximize was the winner by 2 lengths.
Nova ran completely out of character finishing well out of contention in the Dubai Golden Shaheen. With no turns to contend with and her aggressive, front-running style, we felt she had an excellent chance to win this race outright. It was her first bad race in over a year, finishing 6th in a field of 13. Diabla from Snowbank Farm was the easy winner in world record time.
We may have aimed a little high in his first race at Otsego, but we felt that Candle of Life was up to the challenge of the $750,000 Gallery Furniture.com Stakes. He finished 1st and 2nd in his last two races, showing early speed and excellent stamina. However, like Nova he ran contrary to orders. Candle of Life quickly slipped to the rear and stayed there the entire race, finishing 8th. FDL's Bold N' Honorable, the 2/1 favorite, was the winner.
Coming back from injury, King of the Sea ran a nice race and finished 2nd in the Westchester Handicap. She's A Prize, the 4yo mare from Bonai Farms was the winner. Incredibly, it was discovered after the race that King of the Sea was injured again, this time for 29 days. This is a very talented horse, who can't seem to shake the injury bug this year.
Big Easy ran into some very tough competition in the Emirates Stakes. It was just a 5 horse field, but it included a pair of outstanding mares, Foxies Scenic Sheba, and Fly So High from Signature Racing Stables. The girls finished 1-2 with a stirring stretch run that was won by Scenic Sheba. Big Easy finished decidedly 3rd.
Night Thrasher finished 10th out of 17 in a 7.5 furlong Allowance. The distance looked a little long for him. We'll try him at 6 furlongs next time out. Sweet Tombi from Parklands won by almost 3 lengths.
For the week we were 7-0-2-1. Not good enough.
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