Good luck, Derby Cat!

[letswastemoney]

I would love to own my own horse on my own without any partners and pick out whatever races I want. I think that would be anyone's best wish come true. You are certainly living the dream

[westcoastinvader]

Originally Posted by DerbyCat

Firefly looked great in the paddock, she was alert and her ears were pricked, her jock was given the instruction to stay near the lead unless two other horses wanted to duel for the lead. She did exactly what was asked of her but she tanked on the straight away - it was raining pretty good and the Tapeta gets real heavy with water on it (it felt much different walking on it today compared to yesterday, my feet sunk in and it felt really deep and heavy) but there really is no excuse. Steve (the trainer) expected much better from her and he's trying to figure out what to do next. He's going to work her later this week and try to get her to sit off other horses and then pass them at the end, we've got to get her so that she'll pass other horses in the stretch. I think we'll put her in a sprint next (maybe in two weeks) just to get her to be off the pace and then hopefully pass other horse, and we'll probably put some cheater blinks on her... but to be honest, we're really just waiting for the turf course to open back up in April - until then I don't think she'll be paying her own way

I have no major complaints (I didn't go into this expecting a win), she came out of it with no bleeding and she's in one piece - that's really all I can ask for at this point

DerbyCat

Best wishes for the future for you and YOURS!

I'd love to have a chance to be at the track next time.

I promise I won't try to wiggle in for a Winner's Circle photo or anything...

:-)



I just watched her race. What a beautiful color she is. I'm only a gambler and lifetime observer when it comes to horses, but I'm not surprised at all she tired in the stretch after viewing. Not a serious knock on William. He's one of my faves of the last year.

At least you can say the leading career jockey in North American history was the winner of your race....