Pedigree Query

The stalls are done with wood shavings at Les Bois -- or at least all the ones for this particular trainer are. I've never really looked at the other stalls.

As for who pays for it, I have no idea. But I'll try and find out.

Yeah, he did pretty good. He definitely improved off his first start. In the trial, he busted out to a huge lead and just stopped down the stretch. This time, he paced himself better (I think the change in jockeys helped) and they used a tongue tie which seemed to help his breathing. I wasn't at the...

Pee Wee's first race is tomorrow. It's a trial for a Stakes Race in July. He only has to beat one horse in his trial, so absent a major problem, this should mostly be just about see how he races. My boss probably as other ideas, but all I'm really hoping for is that he gets to run his race and comes...

Today was Pee Wee's last work before the race next Saturday. He worked 4 1/2 from the gate with two other 2 year olds. After last week, the trainer said he was just going to Pee Wee roll today and he did. He broke like a rocket and they let him run. He was about a length in front at the turn and one...

A. P Wild worked again today. 4 1/2 furlongs from the gate in 56.74. He worked in company and broke like a rocket. He was two lengths ahead about 4 jumps out of the gate. Then the jock tried to slow him down to let the other horse catch up. The jock was standing straight up in the irons to slow him ...

Here's a couple pics from this morning. He worked 4 furlongs in company. Not sure of the time yet, but it wasn't blazing. The training is working him pretty slow right now, so the jockey had a pretty good stranglehold on him this morning. http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w15/rika-sue/PeeWee6.jpg h...

I'm going to see if this will work. Here's a couple pictures of A. P Wild. They aren't great, but I hope to get better ones tomorrow. http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w15/rika-sue/PeeWee3.jpg http://i172.photobucket.com/albums/w15/rika-sue/PeeWee1.jpg [/img]

Thanks for the welcome. PeeWee is working 41/2 from the gate on Saturday morning, so that's the next step. Apparently in his last schooling trip at the gate, he took off like a rocket when the doors opened. The current plan is for him to run in mid-June in the trials for a stakes race to be held on ...

I'm a long time lurker but very infrequent poster. But I thought I would share some news. My boss bought an interest in a 2 year old colt that will be racing at Les Bois in Idaho this year. Since he knows what a fan I am, I've been able to go along for the ride. I've been out to the track twice to w...

If you took any allowance winning son of Thunder Gulch and bred him to the mares PG got you would have the same amount or more "big" horses. His percentage of SWs will never cut it, even giving time for them to mature. In the coming years he won't be getting the quality mares he's started with and ...

[quote="casallc"]Point Given is 7th on the Second Year sire list. At $50,000 his stud fee is still $10,000 higher than any other horse on the list. A mistake was made by placing his stud fee so high, stigmatizing the horse for years to come. At $50K there could be a little room for profit ...

I could be wrong, but I thought Point Given stood for $125,000 his first year and then dropped to $75,000 for 2003 and 2004 and has been at $50,000 since. It's not a big issue in the grand scheme of things but that's what I recall. I agree that Point Given seems to have been overvalued during his fi...

I am, as they say, a first-time poster, long-time lurker. :D A few months ago, there were a couple of discussions about Point Given as a stallion and it seemed the general consensus was "great racehorse, lousy stallion." Since that time, he's turned things around a bit. He's the leading second-crop ...