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Long may this mild winter last! January and February have been very straight forward for training horses in New York. The weather up here during this time of the year can be incredibly unsettled and we’ve had times where we’ve lost the majority of a week of training due to polar vortexes. So, it’s always […]
It’s always tough when you lose a horse that has become part of the family. When Locally Owned got claimed at Saratoga this past summer it was always Jay Provenzano’s and my intention to claim him back as soon as we could, which is exactly what we did in September. After a few starts back […]
Each November as the month draws to a close, it brings with it the end of turf racing in New York. As a barn with a large number of grass horses, it’s a sad time of year for me personally as I send these horses off on their much deserved winter holidays. For them, it’s […]
Having had Saratoga end on a rain sodden long weekend, we were a little unlucky to get Ocala Dream and Dynadrive in the Bernard Baruch on ground that had completely fallen apart on September 5. Although Ocala Dream ran a respectable fourth, neither of them really appreciated the ground. After the race that very same […]
From a global horse racing perspective, Saratoga is one of the toughest places to compete. To have had as much success as we’ve had with the limited number of horses that we train has been a real testament to my whole team and the effort they’ve put into getting these horses absolutely spot on to […]
The closing 10 days of Belmont yielded a big price winner in Dynadrive. The half-brother to Tell Your Daddy was sent to us by Flying P Stable to see if we could resurrect him back to the level he’d shown previously in his career. Certainly, getting back to running ten furlongs at Belmont Park with […]
The final two-year-old sale of the year that I personally attended was the Timonium Sale, where we were very pleased to pick up two more colts and a filly. These three have gone out for a brief break after the sale process. They will get 30 days in a field and then a couple of […]
April was a productive month both in sales and on the racetrack. We were delighted to pick up three horses from the OBS April Sale: a Cairo Prince colt for Rainbow’s End Racing and Mike Lyden; a Pennsylvania-bred Classic Empire filly purchased from Top Line Sales for VinLaur Racing; and a Gun Runner colt for […]
As a trainer who gets sent a rather large percentage of turf horses each year, March is always an exciting month because we begin to see the plans for the upcoming New York turf season start to finalize. April will bring a number of our horses back to the track as well as some exciting […]
November through the first of April is the time of year where I split my time between New Orleans and New York. The New Orleans division is much smaller than the one in New York and is made up predominantly of younger horses and turf horses. The Fair Grounds presents an opportunity for some of […]