Rampillion ok, Kickin In

Rampillion came out of her event filled 2nd place finish in good shape except for a small dime sized chunk missing from the quarter of her left foot. We will take her to BEC this week and treat her with hyperbaric oxygen and a special hydrogen peroxide solution, a combination that we have had great success with healing grabbed quarters with. I dont anticipate her missing much training time.

Kickin N Screamin has been entered for April 2 at Turfway which happens to be closing day. She drew post position number 4 of 12 in a $7500 NW3 claiming race going 1 mile on the polytrack. More on the race later in the week.

Rampillion on Friday night

Rampillion has drawn post position number one in the 7th race on Friday night at Turfway Park. The race is a maiden $7500 going six and a half furlongs on the polytrack and post time is 8:11 EST. We added blinkers for this race trying to get her to focus more in the early part of the race. Rampillion worked really well this morning in preparation for this race going a half mile in 48.20. Diego Rodriguez will ride.

Kickin third in comeback

Kickin n Screamin ran third today in the second race at Turfway. She was closer to the front than usual after breaking sharply from the outside post position. The pace was pretty slow even by Turfway standards and she moved three wide to get to the front at the top of the stretch. However she got a little tired in the lane and we had to settle for third, beaten a little less than 2 lengths. All in all it wasn't a bad effort and the fact is that she is a hard horse to have ready off of a layoff because you simply cant train her very hard. There is a good chance that we will wheel her back to run on April 2nd in race with the same conditions as todays.

Sumwonlovesyou is galloping a mile and a quarter everyday and is doing great.

Run Burgundy is going to go to Keeneland on Monday.

The two Smarty Jones two year olds are coming in to CDT this weekend.

Wednesday

Kickin N Screamin has drawn into the 2nd race on Wednesday at Turfway Park. The race is a $7500 Nw3 claiming race going 1 mile on the polytrack and she will be ridden by Hector Rosario, Jr. Post time is set for 1:37  Eastern and she is starting from post position number seven in a field of seven fillies and mares. While the morning line has not been set I would assume that she will be one of the choices.

Monday's race postponed until Wednesday

Kickin n Screamin's return to the races will be delayed by 48 hours with the announcement that the card at Turfway on Monday has been canceled. It was hardly a surprise considering that the first two Monday makeup cards failed to fill enough races and had to be scrapped. Her race had 7 in it so there is a strong possibility that she will get to run on the 18th.

Aldebutante was checked by Dr. Johnson today and he said that we could proceed to the next stage of her comeback which is to start riding her a little, alternated with aquatred treatments.

Sumwonlovesyou has started to gallop after having lots of jogging miles under her belt. If she continues to progress, her first work will be around the 20th of April.

Harold Carmichael and Redboard King are scheduled to ship to CDT next week to begin their racing careers as is Run Burgundy.

Missus Mayflower has improved her attitude and is allowing a lot more 'touching' of her. She can act like an Ice Queen when she wants to.

Rampillion is going to work on Sunday. We will choose a race to point for after her work.

Run Burgundy

Run Burgundy will be arriving at CDT on March 15th. We are pointing to a May start at Churchill Downs for him. Kickin n Screamin came out of her work in good shape.

Kickin N Screamin close

Kickin n Screamin worked six furlongs in 117 today at CDT. Though the work was missed by the clockers I had her going one complete lap around the CDT track in fractions of 25.4, 51.2, 103.3 and finishing up in 117 under Cherie. She returned to the barn out of breath by recovered quickly and appears ready to run on the 16th. We will probably work her one more time next week, most likely going an easy 1/2 mile before her race.

We will work Rampillion later this week, probably Saturday.

Sumwonlovesyou went back to BEC today to get new shoes put on by the blacksmith that has been working on her this winter. Ace (the blacksmith) reported via Bethani that he was pleased with her feet and he put aluminum shoes on her as opposed to the steel shoes she had been wearing during her recovery. She will be turned out for a quick little vacation till Saturday when she comes back to the track.