like mother, like daughter?

A feature piece from a few months back in the Mid Atlantic Journal on Chris Grove. He's a solid trainer on the northeast circuit, but I point it out mainly because he used to gallop G. O'Keefe, the dam of Mass Romantic, for trainer Don Barr. Apparently, the mother required a bit of extra attention, much like her daughter seems to appreciate now at Fair Hill. She gets to hack around in the fields every so often these days and enjoys a more varied training program than she would get day in and day out at the racetrack.

She's just started back from her recovery time down in Ocala and should get into the program in earnest in another few weeks. We'll see how she progresses through the summer. That's her from earlier in the year at Gulfstream Park. She's very nicely developed up front, though her back end is still on the light side. Her sire's (Not For Love) offspring typically balance out later in the 3yo season (the ones with her body type, anyway). We'll keep our fingers crossed that she comes along true to form.