So I think it's worth trying, and if nothing else he'll get a little battle-tested and a little more experienced. He'll either regress or go forward to bigger and better things. |
That is the race I've been pointing for. |
The bottom line is that since barn 14 was no longer a security barn and he would have to be moved on race day anyhow, I thought it would be a better situation in Barn 5. Since there were three stalls available there, it worked out perfectly. |
The horse is doing very well clinically and has progressed remarkably well ... We feel it is in Alex's best interests to miss the Breeders' Cup races, |
The work was faster than what I was hoping for. But I thought that was a good sign because it means we're more forward than I thought we were. |
There are a bunch of different spots that weekend. We're definitely further along than I thought we were, which is good news. |
There are a couple of races that weekend for us to look at, ... If we can get a prep in, I wouldn't want it to be any closer than two weeks before the Breeders' Cup. The 14th or the 15th would be an ideal scenario. It's just a matter of figuring out if he's ready to do it, and, if so, what race we want to go in. |
We expected this kind of performance. I wasn't surprised he was that far back, but when he got rolling, it was a lot of fun. |
We will know more after he starts galloping, |
We're not going to put the cart before the horse. We'll nominate him to a lot of things between now and the end of the year, but our focus is getting him back into a routine and then a work schedule. |
When I saw him this morning, he said 'hi' to me, and I said 'hi' to him. |
When we started jogging him, he was ready to turn around then, so we had to go real easy with him. He didn't want to come off the racetrack a few times. He had been walking for two and half to three hours a day, and then we started to jog him, but I'll know more as to how much fitness he's maintained once he starts galloping on his own, and once we get a breeze underneath him. But he looks really good. |
You can't make that big move when you normally make it, because you won't get to the finish. |