Horse Racing questions and answers

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by army mule Turf paradise

race 7 # 4 yourinthearmynow (10-1) 3rd 6.80
By Liams map turf paradise race 8 #2 Saline River (3-1) winner 4 , 2.20, 2.10
And my horse Turf way park race 4 #2 sweet voyage (6-1) Winner! 10.54, 5.38 , 3.90


[COLOR=rgba(77, 76, 76, 0.9)]Sweet Voyage Wins Well at Turfway
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Congratulations! Sweet Voyage dominated this evening at Turfway Park to break her maiden. She was NOT claimed.
Away on top, your filly found herself in a perfect spot in third early behind a pair of dueling leaders. She ranged up ominously entering the turn for home, cruised to the lead approaching the stretch and poured it on from there to win convincingly despite struggling with her leads.
Sweet Voyage clearly appreciated the added ground, and while the competition this time was admittedly not the strongest, hopefully she can build on today’s run moving forward

That's great Batt. Congratulations. She just needed to find her level. They did a good job doing that.

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Straight no chaser made it! Pretty cool video clip and shows some behind the scenes stuff.

https://x.com/thesaudicup/status/188...WPowu5mgycfD-w

That's great.

[str]

Looking for a winner guys??

Did you use Batts horse Sweet Voyage?

Off the double drop, two turns which equals slower horses for maiden claimers usually. She was live.

[JBEX]

[QUOTE=batt33;31397748]

by army mule Turf paradise

race 7 # 4 yourinthearmynow (10-1) 3rd 6.80
By Liams map turf paradise race 8 #2 Saline River (3-1) winner 4 , 2.20, 2.10
And my horse Turf way park race 4 #2 sweet voyage (6-1) Winner! 10.54, 5.38 , 3.90


[COLOR=rgba(77, 76, 76, 0.9)]Sweet Voyage Wins Well at Turfway
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Congratulations! Sweet Voyage dominated this evening at Turfway Park to break her maiden. She was NOT claimed.
Away on top, your filly found herself in a perfect spot in third early behind a pair of dueling leaders. She ranged up ominously entering the turn for home, cruised to the lead approaching the stretch and poured it on from there to win convincingly despite struggling with her leads.
Sweet Voyage clearly appreciated the added ground, and while the competition this time was admittedly not the strongest, hopefully she can build on today’s run moving forward

congrats on the impressive win ! hopefully they'll find a good path forward for her so she can have continued success

[batt33]

Straight no chaser made it! Pretty cool video clip and shows some behind the scenes stuff.

https://x.com/thesaudicup/status/1889753500168376728?t=Z8omziz4pkcvIvCthQI2zQ&s=09&fbclid=IwY2xjawIaIGJleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHfeOyoAqrOb2OGHdKTCagofhyasqSIYXr4DnON6Cs3yz_UXdaIt_lPzoUQ_aem_8P0gbGjBWPowu5mgycfD-w

[batt33]

along with your ownership interest be nice to have another LM (caldera)for the sire future bet ..baffert's will be tough also(another sire future) and my other would be ww's #8 touchy ..think he's going to really have to step up his game as imo this is a solid field ..even a good effort,short of a win,would be a positive going forward





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I agree 100%! Always rooting for our sire bets!

[batt33]

[QUOTE=batt33;31397591]by army mule Turf paradise

race 7 # 4 yourinthearmynow (10-1) 3rd 6.80
By Liams map turf paradise race 8 #2 Saline River (3-1) winner 4 , 2.20, 2.10
And my horse Turf way park race 4 #2 sweet voyage (6-1) Winner! 10.54, 5.38 , 3.90


[COLOR=rgba(77, 76, 76, 0.9)]Sweet Voyage Wins Well at Turfway
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Congratulations! Sweet Voyage dominated this evening at Turfway Park to break her maiden. She was NOT claimed.
Away on top, your filly found herself in a perfect spot in third early behind a pair of dueling leaders. She ranged up ominously entering the turn for home, cruised to the lead approaching the stretch and poured it on from there to win convincingly despite struggling with her leads.
Sweet Voyage clearly appreciated the added ground, and while the competition this time was admittedly not the strongest, hopefully she can build on today’s run moving forward

[JBEX]

Thanks JBEX! Here is a Video discussing the MHR' Horses starting today thru the weekend Sweet voyage is first and the Caldera review starts at the 22 minute mark.
https://cdnb-media.myracehorse.com/b...9378866858.mp4

along with your ownership interest be nice to have another LM (caldera)for the sire future bet ..baffert's will be tough also(another sire future) and my other would be ww's #8 touchy ..think he's going to really have to step up his game as imo this is a solid field ..even a good effort,short of a win,would be a positive going forward



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[batt33]

thanks batt..bol to SV tonight


R7 turf paradise @ 5:45
R4 turfway @ 7:25









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Thanks JBEX! Here is a Video discussing the MHR' Horses starting today thru the weekend Sweet voyage is first and the Caldera review starts at the 22 minute mark.

https://cdnb-media.myracehorse.com/blog/video/RacePreview21225_1739378866858/MP4/RacePreview21225_1739378866858.mp4

[JBEX]

by army mule Turf paradise race 7 # 4 yourinthearmynow (10-1)
By Liams map turf paradise race 8 #2 Saline River (3-1)

And my horse Turf way park race 4 #2 sweet voyage (6-1)

thanks batt..bol to SV tonight


R7 turf paradise @ 5:45
R4 turfway @ 7:25








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[Madison]

Looking for a winner guys??

[batt33]

Very nice. The camera person was better but still trying to watch and record. Lol. Hard to do both.

Nice easy work. Looks great. Worked him with Blinkers. That's interesting. Probably just getting him used to the new equipment change. You don't see that all that much. But he's the coach for a reason right?

Haha yes better with the camera today!

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by army mule..turfway park R2 #2 colonel caliente (12-1) @ 6:25

by army mule Turf paradise race 7 # 4 yourinthearmynow (10-1)
By Liams map turf paradise race 8 #2 Saline River (3-1)

And my horse Turf way park race 4 #2 sweet voyage (6-1)

[JBEX]

by army mule..turfway park R2 #2 colonel caliente (12-1) @ 6:25

[JBEX]

This is all exactly correct from my point of view JBEX. 5 1/2 F. in mid summer as a baby is one thing. 5 1/2 as a 3 yr. old is another. It is a red flag in my eyes . Same with the blinkers as a firster.
It would be great to see a totally different effort next time. I hope that can occur. We'll see.

will keep an eye out

Thank you for that. We do need to see the whole picture. And while all of them cant be stars, the one constant is the efforts that always seem to be there. That is very commendable. You don't see it to the degree all the AM's seem to display it very often.

yes all efforts should be acknowledged..I think this one needs a drop to a level 3 track..consider parx a level 2..penn,charlestown etc ..maybe even presque isle as the AM's seem to run ok on artificial surfaces..interesting to see if that's where he winds up eventually




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[COLOR=rgba(77, 76, 76, 0.9)]Straight No Chaser Update
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Straight No Chaser bounced out of yesterday’s work in great order and remains scheduled to ship tomorrow. Since he will have the next few days off of training, Dan opted to send Straight No Chaser back to the track this morning to jog. Click here to read today's TDN article on our Champion.

https://youtu.be/mRy_EY6amSI

Looks good. Love seeing the Bellboots. Those rubber circles around the front feet. For those that don't know, they are there to protect against the back hoofs overextending and the back toe grabs of the shoes hitting the back bulbs of the front heels and tearing a layer of skin off.
That often happens if the horse is really felling good and full of himself and maybe jumping around somewhat with pent up energy.
It's like tearing a fingernail or skinning your thumb right at the tip of the thumbnail. Hurts like crazy when something touches it for a couple days until it toughens up. Smart move from a smart trainer.

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Caldera had his final work for the Sunland Derby yesterday morning, covering five furlongs in 1:00.60 at Oaklawn Park. He looked to be striding out well, per usual. Your colt will ship to New Mexico on Thursday.
https://cdnb-media.myracehorse.com/blog/video/CalderaOP20250210hq_1739302920754/MP4/CalderaOP20250210hq_1739302920754.mp4

workout below

https://cdnb-media.myracehorse.com/b...9302920754.mp4

Very nice. The camera person was better but still trying to watch and record. Lol. Hard to do both.

Nice easy work. Looks great. Worked him with Blinkers. That's interesting. Probably just getting him used to the new equipment change. You don't see that all that much. But he's the coach for a reason right?

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by army mule..2nd place finish at parx today(1-2 won easy) ..long time runner vs bottom level maiden claimers




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if I find ones post race that ran poorly will post that also..not just the good results

Thank you for that. We do need to see the whole picture. And while all of them cant be stars, the one constant is the efforts that always seem to be there. That is very commendable. You don't see it to the degree all the AM's seem to display it very often.

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the distance thing I would have never thought of but got me thinking why run a 5.5f race at this stage .. who benefits from the shorter distance ..could understand for a mcl race as horses are settling in to where they belong for a tag but not for msw's ..seems if anything that making it a longer sprint would suit the needs of the horses better..obviously there is a reason and it's wasn't written of nowhere..if I had to render a guess it's probably the type of horses you get at tampa vs gulfstream

even with the 2nd place finish a lot of red flags between the blinkers,distance chosen and ultimately the style in which he ran .. with all the good one's we've followed really wanted to see this one excel but it's not out of the question he won't ..conditioner one of the best and st elias (big time) has part ownership so sure they'll choose the best course for him..the latter was also the owner of army mule during his racing career and maybe still have a piece now

This is all exactly correct from my point of view JBEX. 5 1/2 F. in mid summer as a baby is one thing. 5 1/2 as a 3 yr. old is another. It is a red flag in my eyes . Same with the blinkers as a firster.
It would be great to see a totally different effort next time. I hope that can occur. We'll see.

[batt33]

[COLOR=rgba(77, 76, 76, 0.9)]Straight No Chaser Update
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Straight No Chaser bounced out of yesterday’s work in great order and remains scheduled to ship tomorrow. Since he will have the next few days off of training, Dan opted to send Straight No Chaser back to the track this morning to jog. Click here to read today's TDN article on our Champion.

https://youtu.be/mRy_EY6amSI