RAPID FIRE random thoughts!

I sold Jackhammer to Smokey's Stable a couple days ago.  He is a supremely talented two-miler who was overshadowed in my stable by Le Chiffre.  His racing days are dwindling and there is no room for him as a stud.  He will certainly produce some distance foals for Chris in the future. 

Have you ever heard the song "I Wanna Be Where You Are" by the young Michael Jackson?  I hadn't heard it in years and now I'm stuck on it.  Here is a link.  song

I have a couple lightly raced 3yo's on the sales page as BUY NOW's for $1.  They are both worth a look, but I would pay particular attention to Give Me Danger.  He is a late-maturing type (age 3-4) and has steadily improved in his 3 races.

If you like board games, I suggest you watch the Table Top video series that is hosted by Wil Wheaton.  The videos are quite funny and interesting.  This link is for the game Shadows Over Camelot, which I recently purchased.  Check it out... game

I'm going to Mackinac Island (pronounced MACK-in-naw) in a couple weeks with a bunch of family members.  Ever been there?  It's an island in the straits between the Upper and Lower Peninsula in Michigan.  Very historic.  See for yourself... mackinac

I wish there were more 16F races.  The aforementioned Le Chiffre could probably compete well at 12F, but since he maxes out on stamina and kick, he really is better suited at 2 miles.  Unfortunately, that means he gets only about 8 starts per season and about half of them are GR2 races.  I'd like him to win an Eclipse for best older male, but even though he might go undefeated, he will certainly finish down the line earnings-wise.  He just doesn't get to race enough.

A tag line for my stable has always been "Superheroes of Racing".  In that regard, at the moment I've got 16 horses that were named after superheroes.  Since I'm a voracious reader, eight more were named after book or movie characters and objects.  Currently however, song titles are responsible for the most names in my stable with 17.  I need to get back to my roots so I suspect I'll have a rash of superhero names coming out next year...

You ever watch Bully Beatdown?  There is something deeply satisfying about this show.  Watch here.  beatdown

I'm dying to see what 2yo colt Tesseract can do, but because he has a Dislike on hard dirt and a Poor on hard turf, the guy has scratched in both of his career entries.  He's a front runner type with good acceleration, good speed, and he likes distance, which I didn't expect with Kostya x Domino.  I need a race where the going is bad!