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Veiled Reference ran great last night at Charles Town, getting nailed on the wire after making all the pace. Chart of the race is here. She's come back fine and is busy now doing last minute Christmas shopping. It was tough to miss out on the stakes win (they're now reconsidering the definition of juggernaut in the dictionary), but it's impossible not to love how she performed. She showed great speed and heart and really moved forward off of that maiden win (ran a speed figure of 76 versus the 63 last out). She's still a little green, but she'll learn from this one that, yes, sometimes other fillies are coming after you. Plus, we'll help her out and get her the added distance that she needs. No more of these shifty little sprinters; she wants to roll off 12 second eighths, so that's what we'll dial up.

Enjoy the photo. It's kind of like the rejection letter from that college that you really, really wanted to get into. Blow it up, stick it on the wall and just let the anger build. Do I have that right? Probably not. Filly is heading into '08 the right way, so we'll look to get ours down the line. Have a great holiday, everybody.