Then there was that time in December 2009 where I stood in the freezing cold while a local bloodstock agent, who shall remain nameless, in her early 70s (but looks like in her 40s) explained the intricacies of a broodmare's vagina and how the birthing process works. Seemed pretty normal at the time but what would my friends thing. Plus, Freud would have a field day with me.
But then last weekend I was out doing the farm tours for the Emerald Racing Club and I walked by a white bucket with the word "placenta" on it and thought nothing of it. And then I stopped and I thought "I just walked by a white bucket with the word placenta on it and thought nothing of it. Am I out of touch with reality? Shouldn't I be concerned that there was a bucket of placenta laying around?"
Such is the life of the addicted horse industry man.
Well, let's get to racing and the positive things in our sport for this week:
(1) Harbor the Gold on the Attack - This stallion just simply gets better and better. He is, like me, aging extremely well. After a weekend in which one of his offspring shockingly did not win the Emerald Derby, he makes a comeback winning both Stakes Races last weekend with Trackattacker winning the Lads and Pippa Bou Peep winning the Shinpoch. Not only that, Harbor the Gold finished one-two in the the sub-feature with Trick or Retreat and Stikine Slough. Also, another Harbor the Gold filly, Val de Saire, got 3rd place in the Barbara Shinpoch Stakes.
(2) Washington-Bred Winners - 18 of the 23 thoroughbred races were won by Washington-breds this last weekend. That is an outstanding 78%. It was also accomplished by a variety of different sires (noted below). Go Washington.
(3) Mile Nominations - The nominations and weights are out for the Longacres Mile. I will be at the Longacres Mile draw tomorrow and tweeting the Post Positions as they are announced. You can follow me @WilliamPBrewer on Twitter if you would like live updates. It appears that Stryker Phd is the likely favorite for the race. I will have my rankings of the contenders posted here on Thursday. Come out on Sunday and let's raise the handle.
Commander-123
Stryker Phd-121
Title Contender-121
Handsome Mike-120
Rock me Baby-120
Blue Tone-119
Prohibition-118
Boyett-117
Dry Summer-117
Floating Feather-117
Mr. Bowling-117
Disruption-116
Dontmesswithkitten-116
Jebrica-116
Mysterious Soul-116
Scat Daddybaby-115
Shooting Jacket-115
Twistgrips-115
Downtown C.T.-114
Go for Guiness-114
I Keep Saying-114
Mike Man's Gold-114
Assessment-113
Dare Me Devil-113
Perfect Night-113
Home Run Kitten (3yo)-112
(4) Emerald Distaff Nominations - A smaller group of nominations with the presence of Stopshoppingdebbie. Will be interesting to see if Scarlet Strike and Wando Woman show up in the race. Still have a huge soft spot for Blueberry Smoothie.
Stopshoppingdebbie-124
Scarlet Strike-119
Goin to the Window-118
Wando Woman-118
Blueberry Smoothie-117
Madame Pele-116
Castinette Dancer-115
She's Stella Marie-112
Inquiry Miss-110
Cheeky Stone (3yo)-109
(5) WTBOA Yearling Sale - The WTBOA Sale is on Tuesday August 26th at 2:00pm. Plenty of good updates provided by Sue Van Dyke for these horses which you can get here:
http://www.washingtonthoroughbred.com/Sales/2014%20Summer%20Sale%20Updates.pdf
Obviously another strong update this weekend for Hip No. 16 who by Lucky Pulpit out of Eclatante making him a half brother to Trackattacker. You can read more about the Eclatante family here:
http://militaryhawk.blogspot.com/2014/06/broodmare-of-week-eclatante-sponsored.html
An update for Hip No. 22 as her half-sister Val de Saire (which is either an area in France near Normandy or is French for Will is dreamy. Look it up.) finished 3rd in the Barbara Shinpoch on Sunday. Here is a picture of her from the Washington Thoroughbred website provided by Blue Ribbon Farm:
Very pretty.
Hip No. 31 got an update when Private Boss finished third in the Lads behind Trackattacker. Hip No. 31 is a filly half sister to Private Boss by Yes It's True out of Irene's Bonus Baby.
(6) Claudia's Cahill - This was a cool victory as both Candi Tollett and John Parker get a win with a horse that was named after bloodstock agent to the stars (but not George Steinbrenner) Claudia Atwell Canouse. By, obviously, Cahill Road, Claudia's Cahill is out of the Free at Last mare Mizzo.
(7) Leadership - Nice win by Leadership in the Friday night feature. It seemed that the only way this horse would win is if got away from Bud Fox Stables.
(8) Stallion Earnings of Washington-breds to Date:
Harbor the Gold $733,860
Matty G $290,745
Cahill Road $279,051
Private Gold $276,016
Raise the Bluff $226,808
(9) Broodmare Sire Earnings of Washington-breds to Date:
Basket Weave $340,288
Slewdledo $233,577
Demons Begone $214,081
Game Plan $152,379
Free at Last $126,379
(10) Stallions with Washington-bred winners - Harbor the Gold lead with 4 winners this last weekend. The only other stallion with more than one win was Cahill Road with 2 wins. The love was spread around with other rest of the winners coming from a variety of different stallions: Polish Miner, Devine Cozzene, Peachinatthebar, Jimalator Cat, Tribunal, Grindstone, Nacheezmo, Nationhood, Waiting Game, Matty G, Devil on Ice, and You and I.
Happy Mile Week and Always Love Your Animals,
Will
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