I was starting to wonder...

Otsego Farms broke out in weeks 11-12 with a record of 12: 4-3-1-2 and earnings of $2.1M.

The 8yo super-veteran Shatterstar won his 16th career race and first G2 since he was a 3yo.  With a career record of 54: 16-15-7, he has moved into second place on the all-time Otsego Farms win list, trailing War Machine's 19 wins, and surpassing Union Jack's 15.

"Keep an eye on 3yo colt Epic Journey.  He's about to bust out.  I predict he'll win his next race", quoted Otsego owner Jim Webber on May 27th in the Photo Finish Forum.  EJ came through in a big way by winning the G2 Aami Vase this past weekend.  He was boxed in quite thoroughly until the final furlong when he found space on the inside and cruised past the competition for the win.

Methy Bus went back to 12F to find his mojo and did so in convincing fashion, winning the G2 San Luis Rey Stakes.  Leading from wire-to-wire, Methy Bus bounced back from a couple poor races with this commanding performance.  With his long-peak, it is entirely possible that he'll be back next year as a 7yo.

In a miniscule 4-horse field which included the flashy FDL colt Heat On Mars, Refractor reined supreme in winning the 12F $1,500,000 G1 Caulfield Cup.  For just the second time in his last 19 races, Refractor went less than 16F, but did so in impressive form.  Strangely, the handicappers put just 114 lbs on Refractor; the lowest weight in his career.  Heat On Mars was obviously slowed by the 126 lbs he carried, but we'll take this win and perhaps try Refractor at 12F again in his next race since the 16F field is so crowded with talent at the moment.

Alphabet, who was hampered by a 29 lb weight disadvantage finished 2nd this week.  Other second place finishers were Crackerjack, who picked up $500,000, and Boudica, who forestalled her departure with a nice performance.

Two year old's Big Bang and Tricky Woo both looked horrible, starting extremely slowly, trailing the fields and finishing well back.  I knew that Tricky was going to be a slow starter, but I was very disappointed to see Big Bang follow suit.