We're a third of the way through the season and patience is starting to wear thin for a few horses who have not performed up to expectation. This weekend will be the acid test for four horses who are fighting to maintain a stall here at Otsego Farms.
4yo colt Azrael has been on the bubble for a few weeks now. In fact, he found himself on the sales page a week ago, but gathered no interest, so he was brought back on board for one more chance. He's actually a decent racer who has recently spun off a couple bad showings. If he performs well today, he'll stick around for awhile longer.
3yo colt Trebuchet, is surface picky and has shown mediocre ability so far. He is a product of the War Machine x False Demon pairing that has been disastrous so far. FD was acquired because of her seemingly perfect compatibility with stud War Machine. Unfortunately, two tries produced Trebuchet and Anck Su Namen, who was so disappointing that she was shipped out after just one race.
4yo colt Mocha Milkshake has a slightly longer lease because of his late maturity. A big, strapping black colt by Memcay, out of Gourmet Girl, MM has actually performed fairly well with a record of 6-1-0-2, He's not progressing much though and owner Jim Webber has mentioned his name a few times as a potential sale candidate. Trainers say that he may not mature until age 5, and that fact has stayed Webber's hand up until this point.
3yo colt Samurai Jack is a sentimental favorite at Otsego Farms. He is out of Affirm Gal by Union Jack, a couple of favorites in our breeding system. He is also named after Webber's fantasy football/baseball teams for the past 20 years, the Samurai Jax, but even that will not be enough to save him. A bunch of PSR's in the 60's has put a target on his back.
Odds are that at least one of the aforementioned horses will hit the sales page today, with Mocha Milkshake being the least likely.
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