We're in Monday at DE Park

Denise · Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 9:50 am Post subject: We're in Monday at DE Park

Centerofattraction, our nice maiden winner from Colonial, is stretching out to a mile and an 8th on the lawn at DE in CL25K, NW2life.
Now we do the anti-rain dance all weekend.

ZiaLand · Posted: Thu Jul 14, 2005 10:57 pm Post subject:

Good luck, Denise.

Laurie
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wilf · Posted: Fri Jul 15, 2005 3:09 pm Post subject:

Denise when is this? What an interesting condition on the grass, the racing secretary seems like a thinking horsemans dream, we only have one turf race a day up here at Fort Erie which is a great disappointment. Lots of luck. Wilf.

Denise · Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 8:19 am Post subject: Monday, Wilf

Unfortunately, the forecast isn't great, so we're keeping our fingers crossed.
Typically, racing secretaries don't like to write high level conditional claimers on the turf, even though many owners would appreciate them!
The guys at DE are terrific and put up interesting extras all the time.
There's a horse running at Ft. Erie on the 19th that I watch. And I, a 7 yo. gelding by Virgina Rapids. He's a half-brother to a horse we bought and raced, Withorwithoutyou. If you ever see him, I'd love to see a picture. It's a good, hard knocking family of winners. They have a couple of baby sisters, one of whom's a stakes winner in S. America.

monicabee · Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 12:09 pm Post subject:

I hope the weather cooperates! I'd like an excuse to go to Delaware Park sometime and tomorrow would be a perfect day to take off.

I'll cross my fingers too, Denise.
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Denise · Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 4:07 pm Post subject: Cool, Monicabee

Hope to see you there, if we're still on the lawn. They took the races off there today, so if it rains more, they'll definitely keep them off tomorrow.
I'll be the one wearing an oversized Camilla hat. Shocked

We saw one that was a howl for us turfers: they actually took races off the DIRT at Colonial yesterday and put them on the grass.
How funny is that?

Gerry · Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 4:13 pm Post subject:

Good luck Denise! Wish I was closer..Delaware is such a pretty track..fingers are crossed for you

madelyn · Posted: Sun Jul 17, 2005 5:16 pm Post subject:

Hey did anyone see Golden Man nail High Limit and get second in the Leonard Richard Stakes at DE Park? Where is Louis and why is he not proclaiming this horse's pedigree as the salvation of the Thoroughbred breed? This horse was racing off ONE DAY's rest...
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Denise · Posted: Mon Jul 18, 2005 5:44 pm Post subject: A good third

Dottie (Centerofattraction) finished a game third to two better horses on the dropdown in class, so we were thrilled. It was positively oppressive at DelPark today, over 100 degree index in heat/humidity, and she came out of it okay.
What a game, classy filly. She's still learning, and in her lone two turf tries so far, we have a first and third. Love those With Approval fillies! Very Happy

monicabee · Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 6:15 am Post subject:

I assumed they would be off the turf because of the rain and took a four hour walk with the dogs in the morning, after which I wasn't going anywhere in that mugginess.

It looked like a good effort for third, with a closi0ng finish. She's a useful midlantic runner if she can still fire in that kind of heat and humidity!
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Denise · Posted: Tue Jul 19, 2005 8:00 am Post subject:

Nobody was more surprised than we were that they were on the grass yesterday. The course was yielding, though Brisnet listed it as good.
She was very game the whole way. When the cheap speed went wing dinging out to a 15 length lead, our jock probably thought he couldn't lay her back far where she prefers to run, in the middle of the pack.
The chalk went by her in the stretch with a full head of steam, but she dug back in anyway for 3rd.
She'll get a nice long break now to recover. She's basically still learning how to be a racehorse, now that she's focused on turf. She's a very smart fillly.
I look forward to the fall in MD and NJ.