Friday Week 1 Year 27

26 running tonight to finish off the first week back from break. A few 2-year-olds that I have hopes for, some old favorites and some I'm still trying to figure out!

Barrier - 2-year-old turf sprint colt - Winged homebred running in a 15K MSW with a full field at a short sprint. There's some speedy babies in this field, hope he can hold his own. 4 55

Be All - 4-year-old filly - Basically an all purpose filler, running in a 12K starter allowance, four horse field. Best speed figure is a 44. 3 43

Best Be There - 3-year-old dirt sprint colt - Homebred with two wins out of five starts, his other finishes were all fourths. Tonight he's running in a 100K listed stakes, five horse field. He might have a chance of hitting the board. Best SF is 66.
4 59

Brighter - 3-year-old dirt mile filly - She's running in a 100K listed stakes, five horse field over a sloppy track which she should like. There are two that will be battling for first and second in this race and than the rest is up for grabs. She has a shot at coming in third. Best SF is 62. 3 58

Cartoon Moon - 3-year-old dirt sprint filly - A $10 AJ purchase that hasn't raced since the middle of last year. She's well-bred but has been disappointing on the track. This is her first start for me, running in a 25K maiden claimer with a full field and a 10K purse. Her best SF has been a 45. 4 47

Coffee in Bed - 3-year-old AW mile filly - Homebred that hasn't preformed as well as I would have liked. She's trying AW for the first time tonight in a 25K MSW, that I sponsored, five horse field, including stablemate Sambora. Best SF (on dirt) is 61.
2 49

Discordant - 4-year-old turf mile filly - Another well-bred $10 AJ purchase that hasn't lived up to her breeding. This is her first start for me, running in a 15K MSW, seven horse field. This is her first start at a mile which may well be too long. Best SF is a 51. 6 38

Firey Diary - 4-year-old dirt filly - Another $10 AJ purchase racing for me for the first time tonight. This is her first time at a sprint in a 20K maiden claimer with a full field and a 20K purse. After this she'll go into the filler ranks if she still does poorly (expected). Best SF is 47. 12 13

Its All in My Head - 4-year-old turf filly - A filler for the turf, running in a 25K sponsored NW2, five horse field. Best speed figure is a 52. 5 32

Joyful Bliss - 4-year-old turf filly - A not very good homebred running at a mile for the first time in a sponsored 100K listed stakes, five horse field. She'll be last but still earn her keep. Best SF is 38. 5 38

Lie Low - 3-year-old dirt mile gelding - Homebred that has earned something in four out of five starts, though he's still a maiden. Tonight he's running in a 15K MSW with a full field. This is his first start at a mile. Best SF is 53. 6 43

Loki Past - 7-year-old dirt route gelding - Hard knocker with four wins and four seconds in eleven starts. Also just tested "potential" for chasing. Coming off of a win in a starter allowance at the end of last year, tonight it's another starter allowance for 12K, six horse field. This will probably be his last race before taking on the jumps. Best SF is 72. 1 67

Magic Mountain - 4-year-old turf route filly - Still a maiden but this wellbred filly tries hard and has been graded stakes placed. Tonight she's running in a 15K MSW, five horse field where she has a shot at breaking her maiden. Best SF is 57. 4 46

Milewalker - 5-year-old dirt route gelding - $10 AJ purchase running in a 15K MSW, four horse field. Only had one previous race at a mile with a SF of 52. 3 48

Nailah - 4-year-old dirt mile filly - Yet another $10 AJ buy, trying her first start on dirt and her first start for me. She's got sort of weird breeding so I'm starting her in a 22.5K maiden claimer, five horse field and a purse of 10K. She's been run on AW and turf (though her sire and dam are both dirt). Her best SF is 44 (turf and AW).
1 60

Night Melodies - 3-year-old turf mile filly - This is her first try at a mile also, she's been running in sprints where she has three 4ths out of four starts. Seems to be closing at the end so thought I would try stretching her out, her dam did well in routes. She's running in a 20K MSW, nine horse field. Best SF is 52 (sprint).
6 43

Night Race - 4-year-old turf sprint filly - She has three wins and a second in eight starts. She really belongs to Bryan Doolittle who gave her to me when she was 2 just to race and breed once. Would love to have her at least be stakes placed. She's in a tough 100K listed stakes, six horse field. Best SF is 67. 2 63

Nitric - 2-year-old dirt sprint colt - Winged homebred running in a 15K MSW, eight horse field. Had some decent works, he has a chance of getting up there at the end.
4 50

Notch - 2-year-old dirt sprint colt - Another winged homebred with some nice works. He's running in a 65K listed stakes, eight horse field. There's at least two with better or equal workouts. 4 54

Palm Beach - 4-year-old turf route filly - Usually a filler that earns her keep pretty well. She's running in a 25K MSW, four horse field. She has a decent shot at breaking her maiden in this race. Best SF is 57. 2 54

Sambora - 3-year-old AW mile filly - This is only her third start. Came in second last out in her first AW try at a route. So sponsored this race to try her at a mile. 25K MSW, five horse field including stablemate Coffee in Bed. She also had decent dirt works, her sire has offspring that have done well on all three surfaces so still trying to feel her out. Best SF is 50 (AW). 1 53

The Darkest Noir - 4-year-old turf route filly - I was thinking of trying her on AW but decided to put her into this sponsored 25K starter allowance, four horse field. I'll try to give her an AW workout inbetween races. Has two wins and a second place finish in eight starts. Thought she would be a chaser as her sire has produced some but she didn't. Best SF is 61. 1 65

The Move Man - 5-year-old dirt route horse - $10 AJ purchase, has one start on the wrong surface and distance. Tonight he's in a 15K MSW, five horse field. 5 32

Twice Raised - 3-year-old dirt sprint filly - Stewardbred - Broke her maiden last out, has hit the board in four of five starts. Tonight she's in a 100K listed stakes, six horse field. This should be a very competitive race, hoping she can at least hit the board. Best SF is 65. 5 52

Unwritten Story - 3-year-old dirt route filly - Winged homebred has a record of 4: 1-1-2 and is running in a 15K NW2 over a muddy track, which shouldn't bother her, eleven horse field. This looks pretty tough for a condition race, lots of fast ones in here. Hope she can do well. Best SF is 72. 1 72

Vertical - 2-year-old dirt sprint colt - Winged homebred with some fast works. He's one of my favorites out of this crop, I like his name and I like his breeding. His first start is in a 75K stakes, ten horse field. I think there's one or two that have better or as equal works. 2 62

Earnings for the night - $127,250 (Includes breeder award for Unwritten Story)