The
January meet overall went exactly as expected for the two sad horses Zadie
Creek Stables has seen fit to race this year.
Both were entered in two races for the meet and both came in dead last
in all of them. The races were not very
full so both got money and points by default.
They will be in trouble if the races ever fill up though; they just can’t
compete with the real racehorses!
Average Joe has come back
from the meet in better shape than his stablemate. Oddly enough the races he was entered in only
had two other horses in each so he was able to place 3rd in both of
them. He earned a decent amount of
points and purse as a result, but he can’t be this lucky every meet. The goal set for him is very
unrealistic. But let it not be said that
he doesn’t give it his all! Joe doesn’t
have much natural talent but he does have a lot of try in him.
His
first race was the Chervil Sprint at Montgomery Park, where he crossed the
finish line very solidly last, 26 lengths 2nd place runner Hide The
Hootch of Salt River Stables. He ran a
PR of 54 which is quite impressive considering horses of higher potential have
run much lower, and without suffering minor injuries as he did. Issalyn better pray “minor” is the worst he
ever gets because if this horse misses a couple meets he will never meet his goals.
Joe’s
second race was the Fences Dash over at Olive Pink Racing Club. Poor horse really had to endure a lot of
traveling between these two races as one is in the Eastern division and the
other is a Western division race. Here
his performance was even better, and the 2nd place horse was not
nearly as good. Joe was still last but
crossed the finish line only five and a half lengths behind Steadfast of
Turning Colors Farm. He ran a PR of 67
in this race. Again might be a good
claims horse but shouldn’t be getting money and points in graded races like
this one!
Average Joe’s:
Progress: $45,900/$500,000
and 8/50 points
Project Runway was not as lucky
as Average Joe. She came home with less
money and fewer points because the races she ran in were just a little fuller. Runway was racing against three other horses
in her two races and as such came in 4th place in both. She’s off to a rocky start and there’s no
guarantee that she’ll even manage as well as she did this meet in the
future! Issalyn is expecting far too
much from her…
Runway
first ran in the Sunchales Distaff at Hipodromo Riachuelo, placing 4th
behind Privacy Statement of Thistle Bee Stables. Surprisingly (or perhaps sadly would be a
better word) she ran a PR of 50 yet crossed the finish line only three and a
half lengths behind Privacy Statement.
As poorly as that horse was running Joe could have beaten her if he put
in the performance of his second race in.
The two fillies were over 22 lengths behind the rest of the field, quite
the sight.
Her
second race was the Heritage Distaff over at Gallive Racecourse. Again with shipping the horses all over the
world, really Issalyn? Project Runway
performed very poorly in this race, coming in 4th place 13 lengths
behind On Your Left. She only ran a PR
of 38. That’s not too surprising
considering both races were 12F races, 2F out of her comfort zone. The poor girl was run too long, twice
over. No wonder she couldn’t put in a
better performance! Could more be asked
of her?
Project Runway’s
Progress:
$18,360/$500,000 and 6/50 points
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