Horse Racing questions and answers

[str]

What a great response STR thank you for sharing your wisdom. EZ would
agree..

Do you miss the smell of the turf, hot summer days at SAR stuff like that ?

“ Horse players are some of the greatest people on earth” boa12 2024

Indeed Lester. I loved B12's quote above.

I never ran a horse at Saratoga. Why? Back then, it was a real haul to go there. I was not going to ship in for race day running from Md. I felt it was excessive especially in the heat of the summer. I did not really have a horse that would be rock solid in a race without running it over it's head as the quality of animal was simply better there. just as it is today. Meaning, a 50k claimer in Md. would need to run for 30k most likely and that did not seem like a good business decision to me. While the purses were higher there, nothing like what they are today.

I ran at Aqueduct and Belmont a couple of times but mainly stayed where I had the best chances of running real well.

Oh man, what do I miss? So many little things Lester. I hate to list some for fear of not listing others.

But the smell of ocean air at Monmouth.

The geese flying in every morning around 8AM to the Laurel pond.

Standing outside in the morning when it was single digits and the rider with a beard comes back from the gallop with icicles hanging off his beard.

Delaware Park softball league games at 6pm after the races. Teams like ours, The Reem Team( named after Harry Reems with the Rolling Stones Tongue on the front of the tee shirt.) We were young. Lol.

My help going out into the infield the morning after the Preakness and finding bags and bags of pot to smoke that was left behind before the cleanup crews showed up.

Talking to Russian , Japanese, German, Italian, etc. Trainers that were in Laurel for the DC International through their interpreter, in the mornings while training. That was surreal for me.
That race was a famous but now defunct race that the Breeders Cup replaced.

Most importantly, the people. All of them. I do miss that probably the most.

Great memories Lester. I'm a lucky guy.

Thanks for the question.

[str]

[COLOR=rgba(77, 76, 76, 0.9)]Wednesday Update
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Straight No Chaser had his first day back on the track this morning following Monday’s breeze and couldn’t be doing any better. He ended up only jogging this morning over the training track and will gallop tomorrow over the main track.

Enjoy as Joe Moran, Head of Bloodstock and Racing who is onsite in Riyadh provides another video update as well as a check-in with trainer Dan Blacker and his feedback on how today went.

https://cdnb-media.myracehorse.com/blog/video/MyMovie172_1739945688827/MP4/MyMovie172_1739945688827.mp4

[str]

https://www.blackpast.org/african-am...ehorse%20owner.

I never had the pleasure of knowing her. Wish I had.

[str]

Talk about being old... in the video you can hear them talk " sounds like "Cheryl white" I remember her... I was a young one ... she was America's first female black jockey.... I used to watch her race at Fresno.... found this article. okay next post.
Moonlit Courage breezed four furlongs in :49 flat from a hand opened gate at Santa Anita Park Tuesday morning. She worked under her usual breeze rider, Jessica Pyfer (pink cap), while in between stablemate Eastwick and How My Heart Works ’22. She broke well in between horses, but simply was not as quick as Eastwick and settled about two lengths back while inside of How My Heart Works ’22. In the turn, Jessica asked Moonlit Courage to pick up the pace, and she did it willingly to get on even terms with Eastwick. Note that because of where the gate is positioned in the mornings, the breeze itself ended on the turn and in the stretch that was gallop out.



https://cdnb-media.myracehorse.com/b...9977523637.mp4

The last step is breaking with the bell ringing. This is stuff you do during the learning process. Opening the doors by hand.

I can never get enough of going to the gate in the mornings. Would be on the list of things I miss about training.

[str]

another side of the game...

.[COLOR=rgba(77, 76, 76, 0.9)]Community Adjusted Foal Update[/COLOR]Earlier this week we caught up with Community Adjusted and her Quality Road filly. As the filly has grown, the farm has noticed that she’s wanting to toe in a bit in her front legs. This is no cause for panic, and is not out of the ordinary for young horses by any means. In an effort to straighten her out some, a blacksmith came out to the farm and applied Equilox to her feet. Equilox is an epoxy-like adhesive that is used to build extensions on the hooves to help straighten and correct the developing faults. The hope is that as they grow, the extensions will help correct the underlying faults without any other intervention. Your foal had them put on laterally in both front legs and her left hind. These extensions will typically stay on for four to six weeks. We will reevaluate once they are removed.

Another thing that was nonexistent or in it's infancy back in the day. The next step forward in corrective shoeing.
Good stuff Batt.

[batt33]

[COLOR=rgba(77, 76, 76, 0.9)]Wednesday Update
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Straight No Chaser had his first day back on the track this morning following Monday’s breeze and couldn’t be doing any better. He ended up only jogging this morning over the training track and will gallop tomorrow over the main track.

Enjoy as Joe Moran, Head of Bloodstock and Racing who is onsite in Riyadh provides another video update as well as a check-in with trainer Dan Blacker and his feedback on how today went.

https://cdnb-media.myracehorse.com/blog/video/MyMovie172_1739945688827/MP4/MyMovie172_1739945688827.mp4

[batt33]

https://www.blackpast.org/african-am...ehorse%20owner.

[batt33]

Talk about being old... in the video you can hear them talk " sounds like "Cheryl white" I remember her... I was a young one ... she was America's first female black jockey.... I used to watch her race at Fresno.... found this article. okay next post.
Moonlit Courage breezed four furlongs in :49 flat from a hand opened gate at Santa Anita Park Tuesday morning. She worked under her usual breeze rider, Jessica Pyfer (pink cap), while in between stablemate Eastwick and How My Heart Works ’22. She broke well in between horses, but simply was not as quick as Eastwick and settled about two lengths back while inside of How My Heart Works ’22. In the turn, Jessica asked Moonlit Courage to pick up the pace, and she did it willingly to get on even terms with Eastwick. Note that because of where the gate is positioned in the mornings, the breeze itself ended on the turn and in the stretch that was gallop out.

https://cdnb-media.myracehorse.com/blog/video/IMG7611_1739977523637/MP4/IMG7611_1739977523637.mp4

[Easy-Rider 66]

I will take a look!

cool any questions hit me back. You need to have a free account to access the redboard room. They do have limitations on how much you can check out the data after the race is run.

[batt33]

another side of the game...

.[COLOR=rgba(77, 76, 76, 0.9)]Community Adjusted Foal Update[/COLOR]Earlier this week we caught up with Community Adjusted and her Quality Road filly. As the filly has grown, the farm has noticed that she’s wanting to toe in a bit in her front legs. This is no cause for panic, and is not out of the ordinary for young horses by any means. In an effort to straighten her out some, a blacksmith came out to the farm and applied Equilox to her feet. Equilox is an epoxy-like adhesive that is used to build extensions on the hooves to help straighten and correct the developing faults. The hope is that as they grow, the extensions will help correct the underlying faults without any other intervention. Your foal had them put on laterally in both front legs and her left hind. These extensions will typically stay on for four to six weeks. We will reevaluate once they are removed.

[batt33]

T-graph lets you look at the data after the races are run in the redboard room. Also they have free races of the week at times and Jerry Brown gives the data away for free every Christmas week. They also have a message board as well.

I will take a look!

[batt33]

race cancelled Batt due to inclement weather in KY

figures...

[Easy-Rider 66]

Hopefully I will get to watch it!

race cancelled Batt due to inclement weather in KY

[batt33]

Average Ragozin figures

Class of race Typical winning figureGrade 1 stakes –1 to 1
Grade 2 stakes 2 to 5
Grade 3 stakes 4 to 7
Grade 1 stakes (turf) 2 to 3
Grade 2 stakes (turf) 4 to 5
Grade 3 stakes (turf) 6 to 7
$35,000 stakes at Calder Race Course 9 to 10
Grade 1 stakes (2yo) 5
Triple Crown race 2 to 3
Grade 1 Triple Crown prep 3 to 4
Grade 2 Triple Crown prep 5 to 6
Class of race Typical winning figureGrade 3 Triple Crown prep 7 to 8
2yo maiden special (Saratoga Race Course) 9 to 14
2yo maiden special (Monmouth Park) 13 to 18
NW1 allowance (Belmont Park) 9 to 10
NW2 allowance (Belmont Park) 8 to 9
NW3 allowance (Belmont Park) 7 to 8
NW1 allowance (Hawthorne Race Course/spring) 11 to 13
NW1 allowance (Hawthorne Race Course/fall) 12 to 14
$50,000 claimer (Santa Anita Park) 8 to 11
$25,000 claimer (Santa Anita Park) 11 to 13
$25,000 claimer (Hawthorne Race Course) 13 to 15
Average Ragozin figures

[batt33]

by army mule..turfway R6 #2 lalily (5-1) @ 6:45

could see her being on the lead by herself in which case like her chances




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Hopefully I will get to watch it!

[batt33]

Are you familiar with the sheets BATT? They, like most publications, do have their flaws but it is a different and in many cases good way to help gauge the horses performance.

No not so much , Just what I read.... or MRH passes along

[JBEX]

by army mule..turfway R6 #2 lalily (5-1) @ 6:45

could see her being on the lead by herself in which case like her chances




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[JBEX]

And there it is JBEX. The little, subtle things that you can take away from a publication. That is such good information to help make a decision.

the male influences in the female family for caldera going back at least 4 generations are phenomenal..this is a deep pedigree on the bottom

[lesterdymond]

What a great response STR thank you for sharing your wisdom. EZ would
agree..

Do you miss the smell of the turf, hot summer days at SAR stuff like that ?

“ Horse players are some of the greatest people on earth” boa12 2024

[str]

OK STR check out the site sometime if interested. Last time I checked T-Graph much better site than Ragozin as far as info provided.

I will EZ. I'm not so sure Len Ragozin is still alive. If so, he is really up there I think. I know King T. is 93 and they were together in the late 70's.
Can't wait to see King again this year at the horseman's reunion at Laurel Park. Think it is April 13th?? He is incredible. I like him so much even though every time I went head and head with him for a training title, he beat me. The last day twice! Talk about tough to pass late. Lol.