Increasing PSR's breed optimism

In the midst of a tough year, any shred of good news is welcome.

The wins have come so sporadically, that our procedures and decisions has come into question. Initial concern had recently given way to widespread panic. An ill-advised sale of Kid Flash was only averted when he failed to attract enough attention to cover his reserve price of $75,000.

In short, Otsego Farms was desperate for something good to hang our hat on.

In this case, the good news is that in one single weekend, The Superheroes of Racing racked up their three best PSR's of the season.

1. Union Jack finished 4th in the Juddmonte International Stakes and, in a measure of the talent in that small but select field, scored our best PSR of the season at 114.
2. With a PSR of 113, Big Slick finished 2nd in the Haskell Invitational and collected our biggest purse of the year at $250,000.
3. Confederation won the Del Mar Handicap with a sterling 110 PSR.

Also, Doomsday registered a 105 PSR for our 10th best of the season. In all, four of our top ten PSR's were hit this past weekend.

This display of speed is most welcome and leads me to believe that the rest of the season could be more in line with what we expected.

In the words of the immortal Ben Grimm, "It's clobberin' time!"