Racing!

Posted by Avram Freedberg

You can tell Spring is in the air. The racing schedule starts heating up and the level of excitement increases. No, we're not running in the Kentucky Derby, which is only a bit more than two months away, but we have three races to look forward to in the next two weeks.

First, is Ahvee's Destiny on Sunday March 6th. She's up against a tough bunch and a full race with fourteen scheduled to start at five furlongs on the grass at Gulfstream. Joe Bravo has the mount. He won with her in 2009 at Gulfstream and came in third in her first race this year. Unfortunately, she has very specific needs -- short sprint on the grass -- that she doesn't have much choice about whom to race against. So, we'll just have to hope she will run her best and that's her best good enough to take the top prize. If she doesn't run well, it is likely she'll be retired to the breeding shed. It's the tenth race at 5:25PM, so I'll have my I-Pad at a dinner for a Rabbinical school. That's going to be interesting! Nonetheless, we'll be rooting for Ahvee's Destiny.

Katy's Office Girl is pointing to a race on March 12th at Aqueduct at one mile seventy yards on the inner dirt track. She's had some minor problems which started with a little bleeding in her last race and included a fungal infection. However, she's fit and we're looking to get her to the outside for the stretch run and come home first.

Awakino Cat, the really nervous one, started to tie-up when he first arrived at Palm Meadows Training Center. However, he's settling in and has had two breezes with no ill effects. It's ironic that last year Linda expected him to perform poorly because of his penchant for tying up but he won 3 in a row and beat Ahvee's Destiny twice. Then, we bought him… and, of course, he tied up! It was scary when they had to van him off the track because he was so tight, he couldn't walk. Nonetheless, when he runs, he's often swifter than his competition. He's won ten of twenty-one. Let's hope he does as well for us! We're aiming for a five furlong Allowance race on the grass at Gulfstream on March 18th.

The others are all getting back into training. We probably won't see most race until May, but we can hope for faster progress.

Best,
A.

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