I saw Samyn, who rode him, right after the race and he told me the horse never showed them anything like that in the morning.

There were a few very impressive first out maidens at that Belmont meet..

The Kelly Kip Maiden Race: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hWHLVsSiULY

Lawyer Ron. After trying every distance on turf and synthetic and dropping him to claimers he finally woke up on the dirt.

i think he got an extra boost at saratoga from my hand!

He heard italian was good.

Is it too late to toss Adriano?

Kelly Kip never showed that much before his first race, not to mention he was by a no name sire and was a Hobeau homebred. Had he shown more he still would have most likely started in a maiden claimer. When he shipped in I had no stall for him so he wound up in Rusty Arnolds ponys stall for awhile.

Kelly Kip sure did love a wet race track ... kind of like almost every horse ever associated with Cannon or any of the Jerkens.

He won his debut in the slop with a 104 Beyer. The second time he caught a sloppy track he won the Sanford Stakes by double digit lengths with a 107 Beyer .. that year's 2yo champion Boston Harbor was 2nd and Say Florida Sandy 3rd.

His 3rd time in the slop he went 6fs in 1:14 and change at Saratoga with a 120 Beyer as a 3-year-old.

His only career loss on an off race track came in the Bold Ruler where he was 2nd beaten a head with a 112 Beyer. It was his 2nd to last career start at the tailing point of his career and his final numbers were as follows: 92-92-100-112-73

:eek:

6 furlongs in 1:14 in change will give you a 120 beyer??

6.5f

My bad