6-1, now 7-1

8-1 is a nice price for one of our horses....the 1 looks tough, using Ramp mainly with the 1-4-7.

the 7 and 11 are taking money . you figured they would since they'll be near the front early if they have their way . 11 has blnk on tonight. the 9 will be on the lead in the first turn . so 9, 7, 11 and then #2 i'm guessing early stalked by # 1 . good luck .

up for second, nice run!!

Nice 2nd, Congrats DT stable and Chuck.

she looked like she needs a bit longer, strong at the finish. congrats on the place.

A very good hard trying effort. She earned her money today and should breakthrough against similar next out.

Great job Chuck and company!

Paul

solid place . well ridden . good race . congrats all .

Agreed. I like how she turned away the late chargers for place.

Congrats!

Real nice! Seems like something she can improve on.

2nd best
 

Nice effort.
Second best and seems to have been placed and ridden real well tonight.
Hopefully next time in the winners circle.
Glad to see her pick up 20% of the purse for Team Simon and Dee Tee.

PSH

altho she might need more distance, i'm glad it was only 6f of battaglia this evening...

Didn't see the race....but, congrats to Chuck & the crew!

Will check out the replay on Calracing if it's up.

I will take that sort of exacta any day.

Nice finish for first out too.

Nice effort
Congrats to Team Simon for having her ready

Great 2nd place, nice effort!!!!!! A good start to 2009!:D

Great job, Thanks to everyone.

I thought she ran well. Diego said she wanted to go a little earlier than he wanted and he wanted to get her off the rail and she may have been a little confused turning for home. But she responded in the stretch and ran on to be second. He also said that he thought she may run a little longer. In my mind she got very little out of her last race and this was a pretty solid effort. TC said on first glance she looked to be ok afterwards.

11th race - Turfway Park - January 02, 2009

11 Black Mystic 10.00 5.00 3.60
2 Rampillion 11.00 7.40
3 A J's Gal 11.20


$2 Daily Double 1-11 19.80
$2 Exacta 11-2 132.60
$2 Superfecta 11-2-3-8 42,580.00
$1 Super High Five 11-2-3-8-4 0.00
$2 Trifecta 11-2-3 2,218.40
$2 Pick 3 5-1-11 (3 correct) 352.20

I liked the trip and her placement but especially a game effort in the lane after being near a solid pace. Team Simon put her in the right place to succeed and learn. :$:

Very uplifting on a cold night. Congrats to all the connections

Yeah, it looked like that. Wasn't enough of a difference to get her up for first but might have got her a little closer. Very encouraging finish. Nice work by Team Simon.

Great news!

Congrats to all of you. :)

thought she showed a lot of heart down the stretch to get up for 2nd. very nice effort and start to 2009.

Great way to start 2009. Nothing but checks...

Just watched the replay on Calracing, nice effort and fits well at this level. She may like it longer.

a gutsy effort by the little horse tonite at TP. She ran a strong race from the 1/4 pole home, while being covered up early on. As Riot said after the race " The light bulb may have come on for her tonite ". Very nice ride by Diego and a great job by Team DT getting her ready. Only 4 partners on hand but many family and friends in tow made for another really fun nite. 1$ beers on Fri. nites always brings a great crowd to the Florence track. Hopefully we can do it again in about 3 weeks. Congrats to everyone involved.

GREAT job team simon! good ride and great effort from Pills! 2009 off to a pretty nice start for Dee Tee!:tro:

Just got back from OTB

I thought she looked great in the post parade. Thy didn't have the audio on for Turfway. I think the harness people only wanted to hear their races.. anyway.

It looked like maybe the other horses were going to gather her up late and she took off after the winner.

Not bad at all.

It was fun tonight - never have been at Turfway, boy, it was packed until the end! (those $1 beers I guess). Serious smokers, gamblers, and beer for everyone!

I thought Rampillion looked really good in the paddock, almost like she's growing a bit in her hind end, and was well-muscled. She calmed down and got serious as soon as TC saddled her. Down the straight she really seemed like she had the 11 in her sights. I thought she was a bit proud of herself when she came back, too (but hey, I anthropomorphize :D )

Thanks TC & Chuck! Nice start to 2009!

Congrats all !!!

Nice 2nd Team Simon, thanks for all the hard work.

Mike Battaglia had the 11 as his #1 pick for the race. And Black Mystic added blinkers for the first time which probably helped her win. I think that Mike will think twice next time when handicapping and a DT horse is in the line up. ;-)

Watching the race again, I saw Ramp with a great deal of energy and determination throughout the race but even more so in the last furlong. :-)

That was a great effort. Anyone able to get any pics?

no one that i saw was taking pics---you and john where not there:(

Post race info...

Rampillion came out of the race in perfect shape acccording to TC, and jockey Diego Rodriguez told Chuck she did everything she was asked.

Rodriguez said she was eager early and wanted to go, but grudgingly followed his direction to be patient. The apprentice rider also said 'Pills' was unaffected by taking poly residue in the kisser and was especially game once the real running started the last 3f. He also believes she will be happy to stretch out.

All in all a very satisfying performance after a wasted start at the end of the Churchill meet. Supporters of the Lime and Royal got back $11.00 and $7.80 for their PL-SH punts.

Chuck will shop for a spot for a next start for Rampillion in about 25-30 days.

Does anyone have a Beyer figure for Rampillion?

Thanks

Looks like a 54. (Winner got a 56 a she was 3+ lengths back.)

Race replay is available thru Calracing.com, though I have not been able to figure out how to post a link to the video. :(

Thanks