ocala happenings

Veiled Reference is scheduled to work another half mile this weekend down in Ocala. I chatted with Bo Yates this afternoon and we've left it that the filly will stay down there for a few more weeks before shipping up to Tim Woolley at Fair Hill. She'll work an easy half mile next out and then do a little something from the gate the following week. Those two works should have her fairly on top of a race, maybe something like 3-4 weeks off depending on how she takes the ship north. The filly is doing well and taking her work in stride. It will be good to check her out once she does arrive on the scene.

Be sure to tune into the Colonial Turf Cup on Saturday from Colonial Downs. It's a fairly wide open spot and a good opportunity to play against a colt, Circular Quay, that will take more money than he really should. I'll shop around and see what the tote board looks like. With NYRA running all of these turf sprints these days, it's nice to get an afternoon with a number of route races on the grass. The Colonial and Arlington cards are worth having a look at on Saturday.

Nautical Agent seems set to run back next week. We'll enter over the weekend and see how the races shape up. Race would go later next week.