Older horses 2024

Mylute · Tue Apr 02, 2024 9:00 am

8 y/o entire Frosted Grace won the Oaklawn Mile (G3) last weekend.

The sire Mark Valeski has done very well with very little.

stelladaniella · Wed Apr 03, 2024 10:38 am

Cigar Mile winner Hoist The Gold is back at Churchill Downs after finishing 14th in the Saudi Cup in February. Worked this AM.

Danniwolfe · Sat Apr 06, 2024 3:47 pm

Bo Cruz won the Commonwealth after a very late scratch of Hear MI Song

Izvestia · Sun Apr 07, 2024 12:32 pm

Post Time won the now G2 Carter. He’s a MD-bred by Frosted, who appears to be a sprinter stallion.

Flanders · Tue Apr 09, 2024 1:35 am

White Abarrio had his first work since the Saudi Cup and is pointing to the Met Mile.

https://www.drf.com/news/white-abarrio- ... d-met-mile

stelladaniella · Mon Apr 15, 2024 2:12 am

Instant Coffee pointing towards the Oaklawn Handicap

https://x.com/bloodhorse/status/1779628 ... dsxu8Uujjw

Cigarillo · Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:49 pm

https://www.horseracingnation.com/news/ ... mpaign_123

I'm rolling my eyes at the public criticism of Junior Alvarado. Seems like something you don't air out publicly nor is he going to find a far better improvement in a jockey.

Tessablue · Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:28 pm

Cigarillo wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:49 pm https://www.horseracingnation.com/news/ ... mpaign_123

I'm rolling my eyes at the public criticism of Junior Alvarado. Seems like something you don't air out publicly nor is he going to find a far better improvement in a jockey.

Totally classless. Heaven forbid your jockey rides to win the race... and the horse was never going to be at his best going 10f.

Northport · Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:06 pm

Man I wish my biggest problem was my horse finishing 3rd instead of 2nd behind a runaway winner in a $12,000,000 race. When the horse that finished 2nd was last year's winner of said race. It seems like small time connections only have a warm and fuzzy story for a couple of races before they eventually have a less than popular hot take.

Which reminds me, Rick Dawson is still complaining on Facebook about Hot Rod Charlie's toe grabs.

Slewfan2 · Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:28 pm

Tessablue wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 8:28 pm
Cigarillo wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 7:49 pm https://www.horseracingnation.com/news/ ... mpaign_123

I'm rolling my eyes at the public criticism of Junior Alvarado. Seems like something you don't air out publicly nor is he going to find a far better improvement in a jockey.
Totally classless. Heaven forbid your jockey rides to win the race... and the horse was never going to be at his best going 10f.

Oh man, that’s ugly……I kind of hope Alvarado refused the mount anyway if he is still retained. I would never ride for that trainer again.

The worst thing is that Fincher tripled down on his shittyness. First he rips the ride, then he says he’s not sure if Junior will retain the mount, then he repeated that he should have been second….And he called Junior “the rider”…can’t even name him

Flanders · Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:05 pm

Northport wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:06 pm Which reminds me, Rick Dawson is still complaining on Facebook about Hot Rod Charlie's toe grabs.

Has he done right by the horse and retired him yet? I haven't seen any news about him in quite some time.

Northport · Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:24 pm

Flanders wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 10:05 pm
Northport wrote: ↑Tue Apr 16, 2024 9:06 pm Which reminds me, Rick Dawson is still complaining on Facebook about Hot Rod Charlie's toe grabs.
Has he done right by the horse and retired him yet? I haven't seen any news about him in quite some time.

I do a facebook creep every couple of months to see what is going on, last I saw they just did stem cell therapy. Im all for sound, happy horses, but all of this effort, time, and money to get a half decent racehorse back to run maybe run midfield in an 2025 allowance race before being officially retired is just wild. The horse is sound enough to be a lawn ornament or cover a couple dozen mares in a regional program, let’s just call it a day.

And he for real is still mad about the toe grabs thing.

Cigarillo · Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:50 am

https://www.horseracingnation.com/news/ ... scador_123

Yeah yeah yeah

Tessablue · Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:23 am

Cigarillo wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:50 am https://www.horseracingnation.com/news/ ... scador_123

Yeah yeah yeah

It's all very silly and you're supposed to show some decency to the guy who won you eleven million dollars and it's always disappointing when feel-good connections let you down, but I'm choosing to direct my outrage towards this:

Laurel River dominated a star-studded international field by 8 1/2 lengths, the largest margin since the Dubai World Cup’s inception in 1996.

I've seen this in multiple articles since the race, and I'm just... what?? It's objectively completely untrue. Are the authors of these articles all under the age of 15 somehow?

Cigarillo · Wed Apr 17, 2024 3:39 pm

Tessablue wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 10:23 am
Cigarillo wrote: ↑Wed Apr 17, 2024 9:50 am https://www.horseracingnation.com/news/ ... scador_123

Yeah yeah yeah
It's all very silly and you're supposed to show some decency to the guy who won you eleven million dollars and it's always disappointing when feel-good connections let you down, but I'm choosing to direct my outrage towards this:
Laurel River dominated a star-studded international field by 8 1/2 lengths, the largest margin since the Dubai World Cup’s inception in 1996.
I've seen this in multiple articles since the race, and I'm just... what?? It's objectively completely untrue. Are the authors of these articles all under the age of 15 somehow?

That's "journalism" in 2024 lol. I can understand overlooking a 1/2 length but Well Armed won by 14!

Squeaky · Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:39 am

Blazing Sevens makes his 4 yo debut after long hiatus since last July in AQU allowance Sat. https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... in-of-2024

Izvestia · Fri Apr 19, 2024 9:37 am

Squeaky wrote: ↑Fri Apr 19, 2024 7:39 am Blazing Sevens makes his 4 yo debut after long hiatus since last July in AQU allowance Sat. https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... in-of-2024

The regally bred Artorius is also entered in that race.

Flanders · Sat Apr 20, 2024 6:10 am

Undefeated Chilean Triple Crown winner, Kay Army, is shipping to the US on April 25th with the hopes he can make the BC Classic. He has won G1s on the turf(4) and dirt(1).

https://twitter.com/AndrewNJHawkins/sta ... 8158764366

CoronadosQuest · Sat Apr 20, 2024 5:22 pm

Kingsbarns wins the G3 Ben Ali Stakes over War Campaign

BaroqueAgain1 · Sat Apr 20, 2024 5:33 pm

In the Ben Ali, Smile Happy was entered as a new gelding. From a pre-race interview, McPeek said that if the gelding didn't help the hard-to-load-but-talented son of Runhappy perform better, they would have to retire him.
He loaded like a lamb....but then ran third from last, far from the front runners. Just had NOTHING in the stretch. You could almost see the thought balloon over his head: "You cut off my nuts. Why should i run for you?"

Will we soon see that retirement announcement from his connections?