Horsies

Katy's Office Gril displaced her soft palate in yesterday's race where she finished fifth. The jockey heard her making some gutteral sounds and Linda had her scoped after the race confirming the displacement. Linda will be looking for a turf race for Katy. She does perform better on the grass. So, between having a reason for her poor performance and the beginning of turf racing season, we have reason to be hopeful.

Awakino Cat turned in a sparkling bullet breeze this morning after his abysmal showing in the Gulfstream Stakes race 10 days ago. Let's hope this bodes well too.

Remember, the horse racing business is dependent on hope. It's what dreams are made of!

Best,

A.

Katy today

That winning combination of Katy's Office Girl and Cornelio Velasquez tries again today at 1 mile 70 yards at Aqueduct in the 8th race. She's 4-1 in the Morning Line, the third favorite. She'll have to run better to beat this bunch!

A.

Very fast race

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Both our contenders were off to good starts. Joe Bravo got Ahvee's Destiny off in 3rd place but let her fall back. She doesn't like to be surrounded by horses in front of her and outside of her. Near the end you could actually see her bear in from fear of another horse coming towards her from the outside.

Alex Solis rode aggressively on Awakino Cat and took him very wide coming into the stretch. Solis said he was having breathing problems, so he seems not to be in top shape yet. This was his first race since last summer.

It was the first time we had two horses in one race, though as it turned out they weren't actually "in" the race with Ahvee finishing 6th and Awakino finishing last. Well they both looked marvelous… simply marvelous in their silks and her blinkers. Sometimes looking good is most important… just not usually on the racetrack!

Shabbat shalom. Have a nice weekend.

Best to all,
A.

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Go Katy!

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Katy's Office Girl will compete in tomorrow's 8th race at 1 mile 70 yds on the dirt at Aqueduct. Cornelio Velasquez is the jockey. He's never won when riding any of our steeds. Maybe tomorrow will be different. Unfortunately, Ramon Dominguez, who has won with Katy and knows her best will be riding in Florida tomorrow.

Katy doesn't like to run until very late in the race. She seems to dislike being in a crowd, preferring the outside route to the rail but she comes out of post #2 tomorrow. When she makes that big run late, it can be very exciting. Let's hope for the best.

Ahvee's Destiny was to be entered in a race at Gulfstream today for Wednesday but it did not get used. They say they'll put in back on tomorrow for next Thursday. It's out of our hands. Meanwhile, she ran a bullet breeze this week, 1st out of 16, I believe. She's ready… at least in the morning. But the weather has played havoc with her racing schedule.

Awakino Cat is pointing to a race at Gulfstream for Friday. He's been putting in OK breezes. At least he's not tying up. Could be an interesting week.

Have a nice weekend!

A

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It's off the turf, so Ahvee's Destiny scratched

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Boo!

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