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Sat Nov 09, 2024 9:34 am

Izvestia wrote: Sat Nov 09, 2024 12:19 am I hope he stays stateside, travelling overseas takes half the year to get over. Some don’t come back the same.
Chad Brown is allergic to racing horses outside of the US, so I think your wish will come true.
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Sat Nov 09, 2024 10:15 am

Northport wrote: Sat Nov 09, 2024 9:34 am
Izvestia wrote: Sat Nov 09, 2024 12:19 am I hope he stays stateside, travelling overseas takes half the year to get over. Some don’t come back the same.
Chad Brown is allergic to racing horses outside of the US, so I think your wish will come true.
I’ll hold ole Chaddy boy to that.
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Sat Nov 09, 2024 3:18 pm

Deterministic won the G3 Hill Prince at Aqueduct. Grass horse!
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Sat Nov 09, 2024 6:56 pm

Izvestia wrote: Sat Nov 09, 2024 3:18 pm Deterministic won the G3 Hill Prince at Aqueduct. Grass horse!
Really happy he has found a home on the turf and will now get some time off before a big 4 yo NY campaign. Love him and so well-trained by the Clements.
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Sat Nov 09, 2024 9:27 pm

Squeaky wrote: Sat Nov 09, 2024 6:56 pm
Izvestia wrote: Sat Nov 09, 2024 3:18 pm Deterministic won the G3 Hill Prince at Aqueduct. Grass horse!
Really happy he has found a home on the turf and will now get some time off before a big 4 yo NY campaign. Love him and so well-trained by the Clements.
Agreed. He’s a nice looking horse, and I hope he puts in another good year next year!
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Fri Nov 22, 2024 2:18 pm

West Saratoga, a Grade 3 winner who ran in this year’s Kentucky Derby, will be among the horses cataloged to the Inglis Digital USA December Sale, set to take place Wednesday, Dec. 4.


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Sun Nov 24, 2024 8:43 pm

Steel Valley Sprint: Epic Ride sitting on big race in second start since layoff
https://www.drf.com/news/steel-valley-s ... art-layoff

Even without Book'em Danno, this is a nice field. Epic Ride is grade I-placed, World Record is a grade II winner at the Spa, five-time stakes winner Valentine's Candy and the comebacking Glengarry.
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Mon Nov 25, 2024 6:32 pm

Valentine Candy (Justify) won the Steel Valley Sprint S. over Maximus Meridius (Maximus Mischief) and World Record (Gun Runner).
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Tue Nov 26, 2024 9:22 pm

Nutella Fella back in training

Nutella Fella, the 2023 Grade 1 Hopeful winner, is on the comeback trail.

Nutella Fella had his fourth workout of the fall last Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs, going a half-mile in 50 seconds. That was his second work at Tampa, which followed a pair of workouts at Saratoga, moves that trainer Gary Contessa called pedestrian.

“His first work at Tampa he went 37 and one, out in 48, 1:02 and 2,” Contessa said. “The other day he went a half in 50, out in 1:02 and 1:14 and 4. He’s doing really, really well.”

Nutella Fella, who won the Hopeful at odds of 54-1, suffered an ankle injury preparing for the Champagne in 2023. In his only start this year, Nutella Fella finished third on June 8 at Saratoga in the Grade 1 Woody Stephens, 1 3/4 lengths behind Book’em Danno. He emerged from that race with a re-aggravation of the ankle injury, which Contessa termed bone-bruising.

The first sprint stakes at Tampa in 2025 is the $125,000 Pelican on Feb. 8, but Contessa wasn’t committing to making that.

“I don’t want to feel like I’m pointing to a race,” Contessa said. “My goal for the year is to make him one of the top sprinters in the country.”
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Tue Nov 26, 2024 10:07 pm

Starine wrote: Tue Nov 26, 2024 9:22 pm
Nutella Fella back in training

Nutella Fella, the 2023 Grade 1 Hopeful winner, is on the comeback trail.

Nutella Fella had his fourth workout of the fall last Saturday at Tampa Bay Downs, going a half-mile in 50 seconds. That was his second work at Tampa, which followed a pair of workouts at Saratoga, moves that trainer Gary Contessa called pedestrian.

“His first work at Tampa he went 37 and one, out in 48, 1:02 and 2,” Contessa said. “The other day he went a half in 50, out in 1:02 and 1:14 and 4. He’s doing really, really well.”

Nutella Fella, who won the Hopeful at odds of 54-1, suffered an ankle injury preparing for the Champagne in 2023. In his only start this year, Nutella Fella finished third on June 8 at Saratoga in the Grade 1 Woody Stephens, 1 3/4 lengths behind Book’em Danno. He emerged from that race with a re-aggravation of the ankle injury, which Contessa termed bone-bruising.

The first sprint stakes at Tampa in 2025 is the $125,000 Pelican on Feb. 8, but Contessa wasn’t committing to making that.

“I don’t want to feel like I’m pointing to a race,” Contessa said. “My goal for the year is to make him one of the top sprinters in the country.”
https://www.drf.com/news/bahamian-moon- ... r-may-2023
Would be fun if he could stay in one piece. I was dubious about the Woody Stephens placement, but he didn’t embarrass himself there after a huge layoff.

It also added excitement to the game when his owner wrote an op ed complaining that his Hopeful Beyer was too low.
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Wed Nov 27, 2024 9:36 pm

'He's Thrived': Kentucky Derby Winner Mystik Dan Could Start In Malibu
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Sat Nov 30, 2024 11:03 am

Northport wrote: Tue Nov 26, 2024 10:07 pm
It also added excitement to the game when his owner wrote an op ed complaining that his Hopeful Beyer was too low.
Can you explain this? How is an owner ignorantly questioning something he doesn't understand adding "excitement" to the game?
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Sat Nov 30, 2024 12:44 pm

thinair wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2024 11:03 am
Northport wrote: Tue Nov 26, 2024 10:07 pm
It also added excitement to the game when his owner wrote an op ed complaining that his Hopeful Beyer was too low.
Can you explain this? How is an owner ignorantly questioning something he doesn't understand adding "excitement" to the game?
I'm fairly certain Northport was being sarcastic.
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Sat Nov 30, 2024 12:52 pm

Flanders wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2024 12:44 pm
thinair wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2024 11:03 am
Northport wrote: Tue Nov 26, 2024 10:07 pm
It also added excitement to the game when his owner wrote an op ed complaining that his Hopeful Beyer was too low.
Can you explain this? How is an owner ignorantly questioning something he doesn't understand adding "excitement" to the game?
I'm fairly certain Northport was being sarcastic.
I'm a little dense:-)
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Sat Nov 30, 2024 6:11 pm

Winterfell [Arrogate x Forest Fashion by Forest Wildcat] is now a stakes winner after winning the City of Laurel Stakes and 3 for 3 for Brittany Russell.
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Sat Nov 30, 2024 11:09 pm

CoronadosQuest wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2024 6:11 pm Winterfell [Arrogate x Forest Fashion by Forest Wildcat] is now a stakes winner after winning the City of Laurel Stakes and 3 for 3 for Brittany Russell.
Winterfell gets the right setup, comes from last to take City of Laurel
https://www.drf.com/news/winterfell-get ... ity-laurel
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Sun Dec 01, 2024 12:30 pm

Starine wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2024 11:09 pm
CoronadosQuest wrote: Sat Nov 30, 2024 6:11 pm Winterfell [Arrogate x Forest Fashion by Forest Wildcat] is now a stakes winner after winning the City of Laurel Stakes and 3 for 3 for Brittany Russell.
Winterfell gets the right setup, comes from last to take City of Laurel
https://www.drf.com/news/winterfell-get ... ity-laurel
Really happy for him-love this hard-trying gray son of Arrogate who has really blossomed under Brittany’s care when moved to the East coast. Wonder what’s next for him? Maybe a freshening then a big 4 yo season!
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Mon Dec 02, 2024 12:17 pm

Formidable Man (City of Light) won the Hollywood Derby (G1) over King of Gosford (Zoustar) and Donegal Momentum (Uncle Mo).
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Wed Dec 04, 2024 8:41 pm

Just Steel Back in Training After Preakness Injury
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Thu Dec 05, 2024 7:50 pm

The $1.45 million dollar Taif [Arrogate x Destine by War Front] will finally make his debut on 12/8 at Los Al in race 3
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