5/30: KNS #3 for AP 4th
 

In the 2nd part of today's ongoing series of updates/good news, Kickin N Screamin indicated that she is ready to run with a :49.0 half mile over the Arlington Polytrack Saturday.

Chuck is watching for a spot for the 6 year old Chester House mare.

may 30th
5 k claiming
7 furlongs

This gives me a valid excuse to either go by myself or tell the Mrs she's going to the track again next w/e :tro:

Is that race confirmed, or when do they draw?

Thanks in advance!

Draw Wednesday

This seems like a step down for her - is this just the state of racing and what is available? Are we trying to build her confidence with a win? Are we hoping someone claims her?

IMO, a 7.5k N3L at TP to an open 5k at AP is not necessarily a step down.

Chuck or Steve may say otherwise, but as soon as you loose that "Lifetime" tag on a race, the competition gets much tougher, even at a slightly lower claiming price.

Lets see how deep the race is, before you worry about a claim. ;)

ah ha - thanks for the clarification - I keep forgetting about the conditions and moving through them.

they are using kicken's race, they draw in 60 mins, colonel klink will also be running

Chuck entered this morning... we'll get notice pretty soon. This is an appropriate spot for KNS. She can win at the level, and may or may not be viewed as a worthwhile claim. She's been great for us of course, but being inconsistent and unpredictable, she likely isn't going to be seen as a viable claim. Best to run her in races she can win. And of course, having a horse like her makes it possible for us to do fun things like we did at Atlantic City.

Just as an added beni, weather is predicted to be perfect for this w/e.

4th (2:21)

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7 Furlongs (All Weather Track) | Fillies and Mares | 3 Year Olds And Up Claiming ($5,000) | Purse: $10,500

1 Powder River Baird E T 122 $5,000 L
2 Island Miss Alvarado J 122 $5,000 L
3 Kickin N Screamin Thornton T 122 $5,000 L
4 Irish Accent Sanchez D 122 $5,000 L
5 Eternal Sunshine Geroux F 122 $5,000 L
6 Light Sleeper La Sala J 122 $5,000 L
7 Michalina Riggs T 122 $5,000 L
8 Thanks Lord Karlsson I 122 $5,000 L
9 Cart Martial Straight M J 117 $5,000 L

A very good group seems likely to for Saturday at Arlington with KNS in the 4th and Bob Gary's Colonel Klink in the 11th...

Hoping any and all will try to get to the track...

11th (5:59)

1 1/16 Miles (Turf) | Open | 3 Year Olds And Up Maiden Special Weight | Purse: $29,000

1 Sacred Land Karlsson I 124
2 Dr. Don Wade L 119 L
3 Conte Ridge Silva C H 124 Blk-On L
4 Uno Pecador Alvarado J 119 L
5 Cannon's Call Sanchez D 119 L
6 Colonel Klink Thornton T 119 L
7 Gamblers Reward Graham J 119 L
8 Sweepy Bluff Riggs T 119 L
9 Laugh Emigh C A 119 FTL

Kickin and Klink will be running on my 21st birthday!! :)

:rolleyes: ;)

Greatest and best looking avatar evah:tro:

time to put my twin spires to the test. altho it IS tempting to come up....nah, ain't gonna happen. :(

hoping for two wins for your b-day present!

Won't be attending.....instead,
 

will be patching the hole in the pool :mad: 2nd time in two years.....hopefully the race will be on Capital OTB TV 12.

Great, we are racing, that's why we all did this. Let's put her where she can win, who wants to run second? Isn't that why we all invested, to enjoy racing and the experience. Wish I could be there but, I'll have have to enjoy the race on the internet. Hope everyone in attendance really enjoys the race. Win or lose, were owners????

if not AP is pretty good about getting their races up shortly after they go official

http://www.arlingtonpark.com/video

Hasn't Powder River run against her before??

There's a horse in this race, Irish Accent, that is a sad story. She is an 8 year old who was bred and owned by a neighbor of mine and her niece. Sheila Meehan was in her 50's and I met her when I moved here about 5 years ago. A single lady, she was a school teacher and had mild physical handicaps and a lot of health issues it turned out. She loved horses and racing and owned a few with her niece and her brother. Irish Accent was moderately succesful for them a few years ago and then she was claimed by the current connections. Sheila really wanted to get her back as she had bred her and wanted her in a good place to retire. Well Sheila got cancer and died a few months later ( about a year ago). Meanwhile....the new owner/trainer have been running this poor thing weekly sometimes ever since. It's obvious she has nothing in the tank and shouldn't be racing anymore. I've been thinking of just claiming here and trying to find her a home, but it's easier said than done...we'll see..

:( hopefully there will be a happy ending..

What a sincerely kind thing to do Bob..

well..I haven't done anything yet:o

One nice thing for DeeTee is that KNS landed in one of those rare AP races this year without a horse from any of the following barns:
Robertson
Janks
Stidham
Catalano

Considering those four barns are all winning at least 33% of their races at the meet so far, I think it bodes well for you guys that you avoided all of them.
Best of luck to KNS.

Pool Party ? :D

M/L
1 1 Powder River (KY) 6/M L $5,000 E T Baird 122 J C Lynn 6/1
2 2 Island Miss (FL) 7/M L $5,000 J Alvarado 122 O L Rainwater 8/1
3 3 Kickin N Screamin (KY) 6/M L $5,000 T Thornton 122 C Simon 9/2
4 4 Irish Accent (IL) 8/M L $5,000 D Sanchez 122 H Gracia 20/1
5 5 Eternal Sunshine (KY) 6/M L $5,000 F Geroux 122 C Dorris 10/1
6 6 Light Sleeper (KY) 4/F L $5,000 J La Sala 122 L Rivelli 2/1
7 7 Michalina (KY) 5/M L $5,000 T Riggs 122 T Gore 10/1
8 8 Thanks Lord (IL) 6/M L $5,000 I Karlsson 122 F J Kirby 10/1
9 9 Cart Martial (IL) 4/F L $5,000 M J Straight 1177 C Dorris 3/1

Hole in the pool = no water :rolleyes: and I hope it's in the same place as two years ago.....if I'm lucky :wf

Took a quick look at her lifetime PPs and didn't see anything.

I hope all goes well for this poor horse. Claiming her would probably garner you boat loads of karma points with the racing gods...:)

fill it with dirt. you'll never patch again! :D

PP's
 

Link to Bris PP's

http://www.brisnet.com/cgi-bin/brisw...7/summary.html

KnS schooled the paddock today and she was on her best behavior, prancing around like she owned the place. She looks really good, anyone heeing and hawing if they are coming, should side on coming :)

Hemming and hawing.

:wf :wf

whatever the f, people should get their asses out here :)

Thanks :) she beat Light Sleeper easily last year when they met..... the #9 & #2 look like her main danger.

lol