We'll see how Nautical Agent handles a 7:20pm EST post tonight, her first time racing in the evening. Usually, she's two martinis deep at that hour, so it's anyone's guess as to how she'll take it. It's a full field, 12 or 13, but a decent lot of them have no chance and it's really more like 4 or 5 that are logical players. She's one of 'em, so we're in with a shot.
Down at Fair Hill, Fortuna is galloping, galloping, galloping along. The timing was too quick to come back at Delaware in the spot we want for her, so we'll just sit tight and wait for it to cycle back in another week. They wound up splitting it this week, so at least we'll have knocked off two fillies likely to target the same race. I only spotted one dropper that would have been super tough.
Mass Romantic, also in the barn at Fair Hill, is logging on the miles before doing some more serious work in preparation for a return. She's taking everything in stride as she always does and seems happy with the program. That works for me.
Finally, Veiled Reference is set to have her final work down in Ocala today or tomorrow. Bo Yates will breeze her from the gate (maybe a half mile) just to remind her of the program (she was schooled at the gate earlier in the year). That move should have her nicely set-up to ship north, work a few times at Fair Hill and then target a race to get things rolling. I'll catch Bo in the next few days to touch base.
Big day at Saratoga tomorrow. A truck-load of Graded races and some guaranteed pools. Catch it on ABC at 4pm EST. I'll have a look and share any inspiration. Depending on how things go at Colonial with Nautical Agent, it might be me that's a few martinis deep later on, so keep that in mind.
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you need to add a grey horse to your stable
fortuna is a dark grey, just about black. i'll keep my eyes open for another one (hopefully more sensible) at the upcoming sales. i've got you down for 10%. very generous of you.
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