Toccet02 wrote:TJ wrote:Toccet02 wrote:Silent Glory in this Sunday at Aqueduct, on grass as TJ speculated, mile and a 16th, 9th race. Going to go. Somehow.
Hi Toccet,
The race came up tough and Silent Glory drew the far outside post for his turf debut, which is not a good place to be. If Gary decides to let him run, he will have a lot to overcome in here to perform well. Gary has the favorite in the race as well (Extinct Charm) and named Castellano listed to ride, so don't be concerned if he doesn't run Sunday. On the bright side, Silent Glory worked very well for this race...he worked the same day over the same track as Contessa's other horse and Silent Glory worked much faster then Extinct Charm did....working 3 and 1/5th seconds faster! So maybe he could use the speed he showed in that work to break well and gain good position from his outside post? Past Performances are below, good luck! TJ
click on Silent Glory: http://www.garycontessa.com/entries-results/
Scratched...but due to spparent stomach-ache rather than post position. Gary really wanted to try turf. Theythink he'll be fine, but I'm nervous till I get confrmation.
In the meantime, my disappointed daughter Rachael wrote this with very little help from me:
"Oh, that's OK" the trainer said,
"relax and eat some hay. If you have a bug,
you'll run like a slug
So you shouldn't race today."
Hi Toccet,
That's really cute, you have a poet in the family....as long as it was just a minor case of colic (gas colic being the least severe form) all will be fine, they bounce back pretty quickly after minor treatment...so listen to the poet and relax:>) TJ