Monday Year 25 Week 10 10/5/09

24 running tonight, some chasers, some fillers, a little of everything, I think.

Acamas - 4-year-old chaser gelding - MSW over a yielding course, which he isn't going to like but there's only two others in the race so he'll earn something. 2 58

Autochthoe - 2-year-old turf filly - well bred but really slow. She's running in a 45K NW2 claimer with four others. This will be her first earnings in three starts. 3 48

Con Tigo - 2-year-old turf router filly - First start, MSW in Brazil. Eight in the field, no placings. 4 40

Dreams of Venus - 2-year-old filly - I wanted to use her as a filler but someone else threw a sixth horse into the field. :/ 45K NW2 claimer, over a sloppy track. She's probably looking at a 6th place finish. 4 33

Earth to Mars - 6-year-old gelding that I just paid 1K for hoping he would turn out to like chasing but Mary Weather says no. So now I'll use him as a filler to get my money back. Running him in a 32K claimer with three others. Filler 4 26

Eris - 6-year-old chaser mare - 8 starts, 3 wins and one 3rd. She's running in a NW4 with three others in New Zealand. Don't think she'll like the wet going but the worse she can do is 4th. 2 70

Four Letter Word - 2-year-old gelding - Second start, NW2, five horse field. Filler
5 27

Gimme - 2-year-old gelding - Second start, 45K NW2 claimer, four horse field. Filler
4 16

Gremlin - 3-year-old dirt gelding - MSW, five horse field . Filler 3 47

Heap of Virtue - 3-year-old dirt router filly - Running in a soft stakes in Jamaica, six horse field, there's a chance she comes in fifth. 5 40

Loki First - 3-year-old dirt router filly - First start for me, trying her at a long route in a MSW, not really sure what she'll do. 2 57

Love Bites - 2-year-old dirt sprinter filly - Third start, came in third in a full field last out, SF of 56, trying her in another MSW, six horse field in Mexico. If I'm lucky she'll make the top five, but I have my doubts. 1 60

Nuclear - 3-year-old dirt router colt - I already feel bad for this guy. If I had more time last week I might have entered him in this race earlier, but I just entered and shipped him yesterday and than realized it was a 13 hour ship. :/ Won last out with a 71 SF so I thought I'd try him in a soft stakes. Vetted him yesterday and the vet said race him or exercise him. Six horse field in Panama, he would be third best except I don't know how much the ship took out of him. Just had the vet look at him again - he says he's at his peak so I guess he may have bounced back from the ship. This is a 200K stakes so I'm really hoping he can get up for something. 3 54

Orlando - 4-year-old chaser gelding - MSW at his longest distance, competitive field for maidens, I have no idea how he'll do. 3 63

Osamu Riku - 2-year-0ld dirt gelding - Second start, MSW, five horse field. Filler
5 33

Quiet Please - 3-year-old dirt sprinter filly - Four OTB placings in seven starts, running in a 25K claimer, almost a full field, others look more likely. 2 57

Reach The World - 5-year-old chaser mare - 8: 2-2-2 chasing, running in a starter allowance tonight with two others, she has a shot at winning it but there's one that looks better. 1 76

Rock Baby - 2-year-old all weather miler filly - First start, MSW, almost a full field, she might end up preferring dirt but this is the only way to find out. 3 47

Singing The Blues - 5-year-old chaser gelding - Second start chasing, won first time out with a SF of 83, running him in an allowance with at least one monster in the field. 2 81

Sun Beams - 2-year-old dirt sprinter filly - Third start, has a 1st and a 3rd, running in a NW2 where others look more likely. 8 35

The Darkest Noir - 2-year-old turf mile filly - I just purchased this filly off of the sales page for 2K. This is her second start. Her workouts were okay, put her in a NW2 with four others. I have a feeling she might prefer routes but wanted to have her earn a little money right off. 4 50

To The Stars - 4-year-old chaser filly - Second chasing start, came in second first out. running in a MSW with a full field. She might be in the mix at the end. 1 84

Violation - 4-year-old dirt router gelding - DTD - as much as I like him, he's been a huge disappointment to me. Very well bred but just never ran to his potential. Finally gelded him last week. He's running in a small sponsored 125K stakes with four others. 4 49

Yoshinobu - 2-year-old dirt sprinter gelding - Running in a 75K stakes with four others. Filler 4 42

Earnings for the night - $84,580 (inclues breeder awards)