Weeks 15 and 16 of the Photo Finish 2016 season were very successful for Otsego Farms. All nine starters finished in the money, although it must be mentioned that a couple of the horses benefited from small fields. No matter how you slice it, a record of 9-3-3-2 is noteworthy.
Seven year old veteran Shatterstar pulled off a win, and in so doing has fashioned a career record of 46-11-13-7 so far. Interestingly enough, his sire Nightwing had a career record of 46-11-13-5. Eerily similar wouldn't you say? Nightwing though, being strictly a GR1/GR2 type, has 5 times the career earnings.
Ettore Fieramosca, the 5yo sprinter who was picked up for $1000 last season picked up his 13th career win. He has had a record of 7-4-1-2 since being acquired by Otsego Farms and shows no sign of slowing down even though he is supposed to have a short career peak.
Rising stable star Astrapios, looks ready for prime time after demolishing the field in a 16F allowance. His time, an eye-popping 3:17.06 was a track record, the second in his last three races. The connections at Otsego Farms are ready to throw him into the deep end of the pool, saying that he'll face off against Sunshine's Pluto and even stablemate Refractor as soon as his next race.
Methy Bus, Warp Factor Ten, and Jack the Ripper all finished second with nice performances. Warp Factor Ten came out on the short end of a dead heat with Dark Knight's 4yo male Running Riot.
Fossett and 3yo filly Boudica both finished 3rd with Boudica's showing being attributable to a 3-horse field.
Juggernaut, finished 4th and now has a career record of 5-0-0-0. This colt has sound bloodlines (Jenny's My Gal x Shattered Record), but is maturing slowly. He has shown improvement though and we're not giving up on him. We think he'll break out in his next race, which will be at a minimum of 10F to 12F.
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