zigging and zagging

Mass Romantic will run on Saturday down at Laurel Park. She's in the last race of the day and drew a nice outside post. Post time is around 4:30pm. Let's hope that she's in the mood for some running. Was tough enough getting a race for her, I'll say.

Finding a spot for Veiled Reference has not been as easy either. We scratched out of the Laurel race tomorrow due to another bad inside draw against a tough field. Then we were excluded from a Saturday race down at Charles Town (your typical closed shop, if you know what I'm saying; we need Taft-Hartley for horses). So, now we're looking at another race at Charles Town on Sunday, against the boys, which isn't ideal, but seems the best option at this point. Philly Park doesn't have much that makes sense (3/4ths or 1m 70 later in the month) for setting her up for a stakes run in December (at 7/8ths), so I figure that getting the race over the track (even against colts) is better than a wasted run against tougher elsewhere. Tim is enthralled with the approach, as you might imagine, but seems to see the logic. For all I know, she might get excluded again and the whole exercise rendered moot. Maybe we'll just set her free in the backyard or something. She's doing fine, anyway.

Nautical Agent is being, well, Nautical Agent at the Overbrook Training Center in Colts Neck, NJ. Have to get back on to Doug, but we're still shooting for a race on the 25th at Philly Park. She just goes with the flow, which is nice. Yes, it sometimes means that she's more interested in showing off her new dance steps than chasing down other horses, but I've learned to take the good with the bad in this business. I will get down to visit her soon.

Still doing due diligence on those weanlings we saw earlier in the week. I'll post more (pics, too) as that whole deal shakes out.