Hosehead Racing LLC - Catching Fireflies

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Scav

70k?

I think those races are only for 50k now unless you are an IL Sire and Foal then you get to run for the full 100k.

And Block has a ton of good Fort Prado fillies for those races, I think Richie even has two or three of them right now down at FG.

Good luck with this filly though, not a huge fan of Nicks but none the less your at the dance!

I must be mistaken and thought they were restricted to IL breds and were for $125K? But know you are much more up on them than I am. I heard somewhere AP was going to run only Thursday to Sunday this summer?

[Scav]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

I must be mistaken and thought they were restricted to IL breds and were for $125K? But know you are much more up on them than I am. I heard somewhere AP was going to run only Thursday to Sunday this summer?

Read the fine print. It's sketchy, per usual CDI.

I three days a week May and June and Sept and then 4 days a week for July and August. Probably wrong cause don't really pay attention anymore considering it will be demolished a month after the old man dies

[Easy Goer Otis]

Once I get licensed in IL, I will join the ITHA and get more wired in to the issues.

It would be an absolute travesty to shut down Arlington. I hope it doesn't come to that. (I live 10 minutes down the road). But the state of Illinois has a lot of problems and this is just one of many.

My partner will outline his philosophy on Illinois racing this weekend when we spend the day at Gulfstream. As an IL-bred, the turf races with added homebred money are definitely on our radar screen. Especially with all owners living in Chicago. But there may be other attractive options/tracks to consider. No decisions have been made about her future schedule and we are focused on this next race. The result will certainly tell us a lot more about Flies.

Should be an interesting discussion.

Thanks again to all the well-wishes! It's heartening to know that folks will be rooting for her. The race drew some heavy hitters, so it's definitely an underdog story. But her recent performances and affinity for the GP turf track encouraged us to give it a shot.

Go Flies!

O

[TheSpyder]

Nice to get behind a fellow DT'r. I'll be watching and rooting.

Spyder from SC

[Easy Goer Otis]

Thanks, Spyder!

CFF installed at 5-1 on the M/L, 3rd choice behind Good Deed (3-1) and Jewel of a Cat (4-1).

I guess the oddsmaker gives her a decent shot at some black type, which is encouraging. She does have the 2nd high final pace figure on Brisnet Predicteform and Liam Durbin has her fair odds at 5/2 and his 2nd choice.

As I said before, nervous and excited. I hope she gets a clean break and we'll see what happens!

Go Flies!

Otis

[Easy Goer Otis]

The only thing we really learned about Flies today is that she can take a hip check!

She got bumped repeatedly at the start and pinched back which put her in a tough spot for a 5f race, where momentum is everything.

She did battle back and put herself in position for a stretch run, but tiring horses in front of her angled her 8-10 wide and she could not uncork a straight run.

Ralph was very positive after the race, saying she will win one of these things one day.

And then a few races later, a Value Plus (CFF's sire) won the G3 Canadian Turf. Congrats to Long on Value! Always good to see more black type for Value Plus.

What an amazing experience to be in the paddock before the race. Still pinching myself.

Looking forward to watching Khozan tomorrow.

Otis

[my miss storm cat]

Next time!

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Easy Goer Otis

What an amazing experience to be in the paddock before the race. Still pinching myself.

Wait till you get your picture taken!