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After a blissful week in England spent with family over Christmas, which was tremendous fun for all of us, but especially for Grace who got to hang out with her cousin Min, we hot-tailed it back to America and Maggie completed her final days at NYRA for 2017. I packed up the car and headed […]
Glad to report that our Fair Grounds string of horses has settled in very well in New Orleans. Sadly, Edge of Reality’s racing career came to an end when he sustained a fairly major suspensory injury at Fair Grounds on November 23rd. The Elkstone Group had the most wonderful 6-years with this horse who thoroughly […]
While our New York division doesn’t change locations for training, for the next six months we’ll be racing over at Aqueduct, which has seen many, many changes since we were over there last winter. NYRA, and especially Glen Kozak, deserve the applause for all of the work that has been done. When we left Aqueduct […]
October has been a very good month for our barn with a lot of strong performances and stirring wins. Freudie Anne’s year and racing career came to a close on the 20th of October and I just want to say a very special Thank You to her owners who entrusted her to me after she was […]
I’d like to start this blog by explaining that I served a 20-day suspension during the month of September for violating some complex rules of claiming horses in the state of New York. I could not be more apologetic to my clients or fans for the discrepancy. Please know that there was no malice or […]
What makes a good racehorse? Here are the four most important qualities to look for: 1. Soundness For a racehorse to give a trainer the best chance to fulfill its natural ability on the track, they need to be as sound as possible. Clearly, this is a major issue in all forms of equine competition, […]
My belief, and not necessarily the belief of Mr. Baffert and connections, is that Arrogate quite simply isn’t as good over the Del Mar surface as he is over any of the other surfaces that he’s run on. Del Mar is right on the edge of the ocean; it’s a track that retains a lot […]
A huge part of each summer, for those of us on the east coast, is the Saratoga meet – a seven week marathon in upstate New York at the most iconic racetrack in North America, in my opinion. This place has seen some of the most extraordinary equine performances, and we were lucky enough last […]
Having had a relatively consistent start to the year, winning races on a regular basis, we seem to have hit a little bit of a dry spell over the course of the last six weeks. Some unlucky trips and a couple disappointing circumstances losing a race or two in the stewards room over the course […]
Opening weekend at Belmont was a little bit tough for the barn to take with Birchwood Road being defeated by a nostril on May 3rd, which was his first start in New York and first start since the Fair Grounds. Tough start to the meet with five of our horses hitting the board but no […]