Hoovergetthekeys
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Hoovergetthekeys
Anyone see his race?? He is one of my favorites and was last today.
Hoovergetthekeys
I haven't heard anything about Buckle Down Ben since he came back after two years and ran some races. Is he still running?
Horse name Hoovergetthekeys
Activity type Workout
Activity date 10-20-2005
Track Golden Gate Fields
Surface Dirt
Distance 3 Furlongs
Workout type Breezing
Workout time 0:36.00
Track condition Fast
Apparently he goes for $25,000 claiming tags if his last race in any indication...shame I don't have that much money. I got a pasture with his name on it.
Asby, I don't have Buckle Down Ben workouts on my stable watch lately but I think he's still running.
Activity type Workout
Activity date 10-20-2005
Track Golden Gate Fields
Surface Dirt
Distance 3 Furlongs
Workout type Breezing
Workout time 0:36.00
Track condition Fast
Apparently he goes for $25,000 claiming tags if his last race in any indication...shame I don't have that much money. I got a pasture with his name on it.
Asby, I don't have Buckle Down Ben workouts on my stable watch lately but I think he's still running.
Horse name Hoovergetthekeys
Activity type Entry
Activity date 10-27-2005
Track Golden Gate Fields
Surface Dirt
Distance 1 1/16 Miles
Race number 3
Purse $17,000
Claim price $12,500
Race type Claiming
Post position 3
Jockey Alvarado F T
Race entry http://www.drf.com/entries/27/eGG27.html#3
Wow ok he was at $25,000 last time and they've already put him to half that. Poor horse. Seriously if I had the money I'd get him to retire him. If he doesn't do well in the race, I'm kinda worried cuz who knows what tag he'll run for next time. For those of you who would like to see this, I've created a bit of a scrapbook from googling 'Hoover': here is what I think (if I'm reading it right) is his Barrett's sales catalog entry for 2000 - http://www.barretts.com/catalog/CATOC200/pdf/13.pdf
here's a story of Hoover on the 2001 TC trail but getting knocked off: http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/triple ... F11%2F2001
here's Hoover upsetting the El Camino Real: http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/tc2000 ... repid=1024
http://horseracing.about.com/library/we ... 31001c.htm
here's a potential "showdown" between a then star Hoover against Takin It Deep: http://www.ctba.com/goldrush01/news3.htm and here's the results" http://ctba.net/01news/calbreds165.htm
one last one of him as a Gayle Van Leer purchase (he's at the bottom) and apparently the Barrett's must've been 1999 per these comments. http://www.gaylevanleer.com/winners.htm
Activity type Entry
Activity date 10-27-2005
Track Golden Gate Fields
Surface Dirt
Distance 1 1/16 Miles
Race number 3
Purse $17,000
Claim price $12,500
Race type Claiming
Post position 3
Jockey Alvarado F T
Race entry http://www.drf.com/entries/27/eGG27.html#3
Wow ok he was at $25,000 last time and they've already put him to half that. Poor horse. Seriously if I had the money I'd get him to retire him. If he doesn't do well in the race, I'm kinda worried cuz who knows what tag he'll run for next time. For those of you who would like to see this, I've created a bit of a scrapbook from googling 'Hoover': here is what I think (if I'm reading it right) is his Barrett's sales catalog entry for 2000 - http://www.barretts.com/catalog/CATOC200/pdf/13.pdf
here's a story of Hoover on the 2001 TC trail but getting knocked off: http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/triple ... F11%2F2001
here's Hoover upsetting the El Camino Real: http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/tc2000 ... repid=1024
http://horseracing.about.com/library/we ... 31001c.htm
here's a potential "showdown" between a then star Hoover against Takin It Deep: http://www.ctba.com/goldrush01/news3.htm and here's the results" http://ctba.net/01news/calbreds165.htm
one last one of him as a Gayle Van Leer purchase (he's at the bottom) and apparently the Barrett's must've been 1999 per these comments. http://www.gaylevanleer.com/winners.htm
Hoovergetthekeys
Enjoyed the articles immensely...thanks for sharing. I love this horse too.
Here's an update on Hoover:
http://www.drf.com/charts/27/cGG27.html#3
race #3, he finished 5th in a field of 6
Poor guy, the $12,500 tag and he almost finished last. Now what? He's a GSW at 3 in some Derby preps for pete's sake and cute too. He deserves better than this. We all know the odds of him making allowance company based on the current situation is slim, doing well in a top end claimer is unlikely and pretty darn sure he won't be in a stakes race again. Not sure why I latched onto him in particular but I really can't bring myself to pull him off of stable watch and I end up watching the downward spiral. Even if I had enough to do something about it, he's in California of all places and I'm sure it costs a small fortune to get a horse shipped cross country. If I'd realized Golden Gate had live racing on their website I'd have watched his race today. I don't guess you guys know anybody that would retire the ol' boy to better pastures do you? What do you guess he'd bring pricewise if he was in a $12,500 claimer with no takers?
http://www.drf.com/charts/27/cGG27.html#3
race #3, he finished 5th in a field of 6
Poor guy, the $12,500 tag and he almost finished last. Now what? He's a GSW at 3 in some Derby preps for pete's sake and cute too. He deserves better than this. We all know the odds of him making allowance company based on the current situation is slim, doing well in a top end claimer is unlikely and pretty darn sure he won't be in a stakes race again. Not sure why I latched onto him in particular but I really can't bring myself to pull him off of stable watch and I end up watching the downward spiral. Even if I had enough to do something about it, he's in California of all places and I'm sure it costs a small fortune to get a horse shipped cross country. If I'd realized Golden Gate had live racing on their website I'd have watched his race today. I don't guess you guys know anybody that would retire the ol' boy to better pastures do you? What do you guess he'd bring pricewise if he was in a $12,500 claimer with no takers?