KNS Rally Propells Dee Tee to First Win
 

DEE TEE GETS FIRST BARN WIN AS KICKIN AWES IN CHICAGO

In dramatic style, Kickin N Screamin provided Dee Tee Stables with its' first victory as a racing concern Saturday, closing from 16 lengths back after a half mile to win by a length at the finish. The 5yo daughter of Chester House, sent off as 4th choice at 7-1, lagged early as Jose Velez bided his time and saved ground around the first turn as instructed by Chuck. The leaders made the half mile in a solid :47.3 and three-quarters in 1:12.0, which found Kickin 16.5 lengths back with little more than a half mile to run.

From there, Velez began to motivate KNS and ease her outside for the turn, and she responded with a relentless sustained run that pulled her to within 2 lengths of On a High Cloud (2-1) with an eighth of a mile to go. Once straightened for the drive by Velez, Kickin N Screamin again showed the late action that she displayed in her first Dee Tee start at Tampa and pulled away to hit the wire a widening length in front while finishing in a sharp :31.3.

The joy and delight from throng of Dee Tee partners and DTers in attendance was visible in the winner's circle and trophy (!) presentation, (not the least of which might have been brought about by the $16.80 win, $137 exacta and $680 trifecta mutuels). The victory comes in the 11th start for Dee Tee as a stable, and pushes the group's record to 1-4-1-1 dating back to April 2007 through the efforts of Sumwonlovesyou (6/0-3-0-1) and KNS (5/1-1-1-0).

The opportunity to get to the winner's circle today is of course thanks to Chuck, and this particular victory goes in no small part to assistant trainer T.C. who has worked with Kickin N Screamin from the time she was acquired last fall at Keeneland.

Everyone with any tie to Simon Racing, Dee Tee Stables and DerbyTrail.com shares in this win today as it has been a team effort in so many ways. I can't accurately relate what today's result means to me personally either, and won't try right now... Suffice to say that I think we collectively accomplished something a lot of people thought we could not do, and there is an extra measure of satisfaction in that.

Here is the link to the chart of the race:
http://www.drf.com/drfPDFChartRacesI...=20080517&RN=4

We will be getting win photos for everyone involved in Dee Tee and likely something else to commemorate the win.. Thanks to everyone for their support and enthusiasm.. Hope the day was special for those that had hoped to be a part of winning a horse race with their own horse.

Steve and Chuck

Congrats Steve, Chuck and the entire Dee Tee partnership...great job.

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Congrats , Sorry I couldn't be there.

you have NO idea. this win was huge for me, personally. no doubt for everyone involved.
i have it taped so i can watch it often, called the folks. my oldest had a blast at the track today.


steve, thanks so much to you, chuck, and everyone who has had a hand in getting this crazy project off the ground and running. we have achieved quite a lot in a short time, and i really and truly appreciate it-and am so glad i got this opportunity.

me too. i'm pea green with envy! and surprised the few neighbors didn't call 911 from me yelling and screaming.

WOW>>>> I just got a chance to check the results....and WOW... Thanks for the fine write up Steve. Thanks to Chuck (Team Simon) and Steve for putting all this together.... Not Only did I cash a win ticket... I had the Pick three (race 2-4)... Thanks again for letting a ""little guy"" enjoy the Sport of Kings !! Go Team Simon & DT stable !!!!!

Congrats guys. . .

Steve and Chuck and Team.

Thanks so much. I know I can't express my gratitude and excitement enough today.
This has to be one of my biggest thrills. I wish I could have been there. Hopefully next time.

Thanks to all.

Leo

Wow ... a lot of the regulars at the OTB we go to know that my brother and I are involved in the ownership of the horse and were really rooting for KNS and congratulating us after the win .... it was a tremendous feeling .... the payouts weren't bad either .... thanks to all for making this happen !!!

Just awesome! Thanks to Chuck and Steve for making this possible.

Off to watch the replay AGAIN...

Roll Dee Tee!

Here's a link to the winner's circle photo. just click on the 4th race from today.

http://www.fourfootedfotos.com/arlin...ircle/may.html

Congrats again on the first win!

Thanks for posting that.

Thank You, for a real good time!

you're quite welcome (one of these days I'll be in on one of these with you... someday down the road). Wish I'd have put on here my picks for AP today (although it probably would have jinxed it). Could have hit the early pick four with a $1 ticket and had the 5-1 shot in the first too.

Congratulations on a nice win!!

Just got home from celebrating Kickin N Screamin 's victory. Karen & I watched the race from the Gloversville OTB, the only tv in the joint had a four screen split with the Arlington feed in the upper right corner. The people there must have thought I was nuts from screaming so much when she made her move. Finally cashed the $20 win play that I've been using the first ten times our DT runners have raced. Had the exacta and even covered place & show. After the race, went to the Village Pizzeria in East Galway where fellow DT partner; Ralph the Bartender was working and watched the Preakness. Cashed the exacta in that race too along with the Pimlico Speicial / Preakness double. Looking forward getting the "winner's circle" photo and once again A GREAT BIG THANK YOU TO STEVE, CHUCK & EVERYONE ELSE FOR MAKING THIS POSSIBLE, it's been a great ride and looking forward to next time.

Congrats everyone. :)

Just check Calracing.com and the video isn't available :( and where else to view it?

Love that avatar...where can I get one like that! :)

I viewed it at the Arlington Park website...for some reason didn't have the entire race...cut off the last 2 seconds.

Yeah just found that, sound didn't work at first...but then it did. The best part got cut out though. :mad:

LOL, people thought I was nuts taking pictures of the TV, but I couldn't help it!:p

That's great! :) did you take the photo at the Herkimer OTB?

looks good

no, Herkimer would have had a 4 way split screen for Arlington at best, made the drive to Vernon Downs so I wouldn't miss a thing!

Gloversville had the "four way" split, wished I had thought of going there or Saratoga gaming, probably would have saw the whole race there.

not only did i take pics off of my tv, i also videoed with my phone so i can show it off at work!

Steve & Chuck,

A big congratulations to you & also a big "thank you" for allowing all of us to enjoy the DT horses so much over the past several months. Although I don't personally own a part of any of them (yet), I was able to catch KNS today at that great price & have followed all 11 DT races from the beginning. My heart was pounding when she was coming down the lane. I owe you guys a round & hopefully I can pay up sometime this summer at Saratoga. Great job!!!

Simply put: A TRUELY AWESOME DAY!!! Maybe something more profound tomorrow. :D And hopefully some decent photos upon my return to VA.

Big thanks to Scavs for arranging the promo seats. And of course huge thanks to Steve, Chuck and Team Simon.

Congrats DT nation.

What an amazing and fun day today. I wasn't sure what to expect with her as I used her and Dini's horse and she came roaring off the turn in what was a good ride by Velez, it is VERY hard to win how she won today, at that distance, can't wait to go to the barn tomorrow and go nuts with her.....Maybe we can get her addicted to winning :)

Thanks to all that came out today, I had a great time with everyone, didn't help that I was unconscious until Tom Archdeacon decided to put me on tilt but all is well, and I can't wait till TOMORROW.

Chuck Simon - 2/2-0-0

GOTTA LOVE IT!!!

Just watch the Arlington Park replay and KnS was Awesome! Congratulations Dee Tee, Steve and Chuck, great job and great photos. Would haved loved to have been there.

Just got home from the great Arlington Park. What a great day!! Thanks to all for making this happen. She looked great.

United Airlines frequent flier ticket processing fee $5
Rental car for 9 hours $28.66
Winners' Circle photo: PRICELESS

Will have pictures posted tomorrow. It was great to meet new DTers and Scavs - you are the man, what a host. Thank you for everything

all the other races they show 99% of the horses crossing the wire with the winner's gallop out

our race they cut if off right after KnS gets the lead :confused: WTF

man.. she was out of the picture then she was there and then she was gone.

:D

I noticed that a Chester House won the 5th race as well.

Did anyone hear how Dooley introduced KNS to the winner's circle? "A 5yo daughter of Arlington Million winner Chester House..." Thought it was cool and that he must tie any Million-winning sire to their progeny...

I sent a message to them to ask they fix it....we'll see.

edit: Got an e-mail back saying technical will look into it....let's see.

Spyder

Well, we can't complain too much, at least they got the starting gate out of the way.

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Thanks Steve and Chuck. Great work!
Especially happy for Chuck to get his share of the pot as he has been carrying our Dee Tee horses....

Paul

no Tom, THANK YOU ! for the Great seats and being a wonderful host!