Kickin N Screamin set

Kickin n Screamin is ready for her race Thursday night at Turfway Park. She has post position number 4 out of 11 runners and is listed at 9/2 on the morning line. She will be ridden by apprentice Matt Straight who is a graduate of Chris McCarrons riding academy. PP's are here .

Today's Works

Rampillion went 50.20 from the gate in company with Comeback this morning at CDT. She broke alertly and worked head and head with the colt right to the wire. Rampillion has done very well in her training since she had a few days off due to an inflamed ankle.

Kickin N Screamin went a really easy half mile in 53.40 at Arlington Park. We weren't looking for much from her, just letting her stretch her legs a little before shipping to Keeneland on Saturday morning.

Kickin n Screamin

Kickin n Screamin is scheduled to work an easy four furlongs tomorrow at Arlington Park before shipping to Keeneland on Saturday. She remains on schedule to run at Turfway Park on Thursday, October 2nd.

Aldebutante is training lightly while we try to build her back up after losing weight during her Belmont trip.

Rampillion is going to work another half mile tomorrow at CDT. We are looking for something around 50 seconds. She is going to go in company with Comeback from the gate.

Aldebutante back in KY

Aldebutante is back in her stall at CDT looking a little tired and drawn from her shipping and racing experience. She will go back to the track on Monday and we are still pointing to the 16th at Keeneland.

Kickin N Screamin is going to ship from Arlington Park to Keeneland next Saturday. She remains on course to run next on the 2nd at Turfway.

Rampillion has been training fine and her ankle looks good. She worked four furlongs in 50.60 this morning with Ryan and did it easily.

Sumwonlovesyou is doing well also.

Aldebutante returns Thursday

Aldebutante is vanning back to Kentucky on Thursday morning. John reports that she came out of the race fine despite the eventful trip. Assuming all is well, we are tentatively pointing her to a race at Keeneland on October 16th going 7 furlongs. The race is on a Thursday and Keeneland takes entries for that day on Sunday. We will most likely give her a work over the polytrack though I don't see that it makes much difference in how they run over it.

Kickin N Screamin is doing fine and is still pointing to the 2nd of October at Turfway as her next race.

The vet checked Sumwonlovesyou's foot today and found that she has shed most of the sole of the injured foot. She is growing a new sole but it takes lots of time.

Rampillion still has a slight bit of pressure in that ankle though we are likely to start her back training if it improves just a tiny bit. She is sound on it and we are taking it slowly as a precautionary measure.

No Luck

We had no luck today as we first lost the turf, then lost our jockey, then had the MTO draw in and then we broke a step slow, then we checked, then we checked again, then we got bumped and then it was over. Racing is a very tough sport. It is hard to evaluate much off of this race as Aldebutante was pretty much screwed from the start and really had a chance to settle and begin a run. The positives are that she got through shipping, the holding barn, the paddock and into the starting gate with no problems and she certainly got experience during the race though most of it bad. We will bring her back to KY and evaluate her before we pick our next spot though Keeneland would be a strong possibility. I was at Keeneland for the sale and caught the race on TV with Bill Mott but I hope all that attended at least had an enjoyable experience despite our tough racing luck.

Rampillion still had a bit of fill in her ankle this morning and we will wait another day or two before resuming training.

Aldebutante is in, Rampillion is out

Aldebutante drew post position number 11 in Belmont's 5th race Sunday. The race which is carded for 6 furlongs on the turf is threatened by rain though we will run regardless of surface. Richard Migliore will ride and John Fahy will saddle the filly for us. I know Steve will be there with many of the local DT'ers and some out of towners so check the website to see what the plans are for meeting up. John had her over to the starting gate this morning to get acquainted with the gate crew there and she did great. She will jog tomorrow morning and school in the paddock in the afternoon.

Rampillion had a little swelling in her right ankle and will miss a few days of training which eliminates any chance of making the race on the 20th at Turfway. The vets don't think it is serious, she probably wrenched it which would be more of a sprain than anything. We will see how it looks after a few easy days and reevaluate it. She is not showing much lameness which is a good sign.

Kickin n Screamin came out of her race in good shape and will be pointed to a race at Turfway Park on October 2nd.

Aldebutante arrives in NY

Aldebutante arrived at Belmont this morning just after 7 am. John reported that she looked to have shipped well and was in good shape. We have confirmed that Richard Migliore will ride us in either spot that we land in. Mig is a friend and a veteran rider that will not only give us 100%but will also provide good post-race feedback.

Kickin n Screamin is all set for today's race at Arlington. We need a good trip in a pretty evenly matched field and hopefully leading rider Rene Douglas will provide that.

Aldebutante sharp from gate

Aldebutante broke sharp from the gate this morning under Diego Rodriguez in her final work before her first start on Sunday. She was timed in 35 for three furlongs and galloped out very strong afterwards. After the work she cooled out quickly and we are working on transportation plans to get her to Belmont later this week. She is going to trainer John Fahy's barn at Belmont and will run in John's name as trainer and he will saddle her since I will be busy at the sales this weekend. We have reached out to Richard Migliore and he will definitely ride her if we wind up in the dirt race though my preference right now is to try her on the turf. They will let us know tomorrow if he can be freed up from any commitments in the turf race.

Aldebutante returns to CDT

Aldebutante worked from the gate this morning at Churchill training center, going five furlongs in 103.20. She broke a bit slow from the gate, which Cherie blamed herself for, and went nicely without company. We were hoping for 102 and if she had broke a little sharper she would have probably shaded that. Aldebutante cooled out quickly as though the work had little effect on her. We will work her four furlongs on Tuesday and ship her to Belmont sometime later in the week. We will also do a little more gate schooling with her though that was the only time she has broken slow for us. Once she gets to Belmont she will not need to do much, maybe a little schooling in the paddock.

Rampillion...

Rampillion worked well this morning though the clockers apparently missed a lot of the work, giving her a 38.20 clocking despite her working four furlongs and galloping out fast enough to get credit for another eighth. She broke off outside of Graphite Halo and was going a a good clip passing the 1/2 mile pole. They stayed together through out the work and both galloped out strong. She will work another half mile out of the gate next week, probably on the 6th or 7th.