VERY BUSY WEEKEND AHEAD
After going for a few months with only a handful of runners, it all turns around this weekend with as many as ten runners likely to step out at Belmont over the two days of racing. Two of my acceptors SECRET VAULT and ALCEDO are engaged on Saturday and Monday and a final decision on which day they start will be left until later today.
On Saturday we start the day off with PRINCESS AMELIA and OUTSIDE INFLUENCE in the first race of the day. Both fillies have been in good form and both are set to run top races. PRINCESS AMELIA won well last start over 1200m and OUTSIDE INFLUENCE has been racing well at her two starts without winning however she gets her chance to break through when she steps up to the 1400m of tomorrows race.
My other acceptors for the day are SECRET VAULT, ALCEDO and STRIKEN. All three are close to their best however none are definite starters. The first two are engaged on Monday in races which look significantly easier and we may opt to save them until then. STRIKEN has drawn a very tough field for his return to racing however he has performed well in this company in the past. He is nominated for what is sure to be an easier race at Belmont next Wednesday and we will decide when we see the fields for that race just which way we will go with him.
Monday looks like being a very busy day if ALCEDO and SECRET VAULT don't start tomorrow. We start off the day with two runners in the first race, SALE TOPPER and FRIAR ALARM. Both horses have the chance to break through in this race and I both have trained on well since their last starts. We then have both SNOOKIE THE BOOKIE and BLACK HABIT resuming in 1300m races in race two and three. Both fillies last started when unplaced in the W.A. OAKS and both fillies ran top races in that race.Both fillies could run in the Belmont Oaks at the end of the month if I feel that they are forward enough for the race as it is one of the last opportunities that they have to gain some black type before they turn four. Both fillies appear to be well placed in these races.
As I mentioned earlier, ALCEDO and SECRET VAULT will be running on either Saturday or Monday. If they are saved for these races on Monday they should both run very forward races. ALCEDO has been plagued with hoof troubles all his career however we appear to have him back close to his best. SECRET VAULT has taken a while to regain her two year old form due mainly to a loss of confidence through some bad interference then suffering a life threatening bone disease. The vets and farriers have done a marvelous job to get both horses back to the track so now it is up to the horses to reproduce their best form. If they do they will both run top class races.
In the final race of the day we start the lightly raced yet promising ESTIARTE. This horse ran some top races during the summer and he should be in for a good campaign. The horse does not carry a lot of condition and has to be nursed through his races however he does show Saturday class ability.
All in all it will be a busy and hopefully a profitable weekend. Providing the horses run up to my expectations I will come away pleased. If we get a winner or two amongst them then that will be even better. The stable should start to have a few more runners over the next few weeks and I am sure that there are some nice wins to be had amongst them.
On Saturday we start the day off with PRINCESS AMELIA and OUTSIDE INFLUENCE in the first race of the day. Both fillies have been in good form and both are set to run top races. PRINCESS AMELIA won well last start over 1200m and OUTSIDE INFLUENCE has been racing well at her two starts without winning however she gets her chance to break through when she steps up to the 1400m of tomorrows race.
My other acceptors for the day are SECRET VAULT, ALCEDO and STRIKEN. All three are close to their best however none are definite starters. The first two are engaged on Monday in races which look significantly easier and we may opt to save them until then. STRIKEN has drawn a very tough field for his return to racing however he has performed well in this company in the past. He is nominated for what is sure to be an easier race at Belmont next Wednesday and we will decide when we see the fields for that race just which way we will go with him.
Monday looks like being a very busy day if ALCEDO and SECRET VAULT don't start tomorrow. We start off the day with two runners in the first race, SALE TOPPER and FRIAR ALARM. Both horses have the chance to break through in this race and I both have trained on well since their last starts. We then have both SNOOKIE THE BOOKIE and BLACK HABIT resuming in 1300m races in race two and three. Both fillies last started when unplaced in the W.A. OAKS and both fillies ran top races in that race.Both fillies could run in the Belmont Oaks at the end of the month if I feel that they are forward enough for the race as it is one of the last opportunities that they have to gain some black type before they turn four. Both fillies appear to be well placed in these races.
As I mentioned earlier, ALCEDO and SECRET VAULT will be running on either Saturday or Monday. If they are saved for these races on Monday they should both run very forward races. ALCEDO has been plagued with hoof troubles all his career however we appear to have him back close to his best. SECRET VAULT has taken a while to regain her two year old form due mainly to a loss of confidence through some bad interference then suffering a life threatening bone disease. The vets and farriers have done a marvelous job to get both horses back to the track so now it is up to the horses to reproduce their best form. If they do they will both run top class races.
In the final race of the day we start the lightly raced yet promising ESTIARTE. This horse ran some top races during the summer and he should be in for a good campaign. The horse does not carry a lot of condition and has to be nursed through his races however he does show Saturday class ability.
All in all it will be a busy and hopefully a profitable weekend. Providing the horses run up to my expectations I will come away pleased. If we get a winner or two amongst them then that will be even better. The stable should start to have a few more runners over the next few weeks and I am sure that there are some nice wins to be had amongst them.
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