The dream came true!!!
 

I have to share this with you!!

My dream came true.....Just bought my first race horse!!!!

I bought him in an auction of horses in training...nearly one hour ago....

He is called Ojo de Agua (BRZ), and he is a Roi Normand (USA) colt, out of Paula Stein (BRZ), by Solstein (USA). He was bred by TNT Stud...which has some horses in the US, too...

He just turned 3 yo...

He has already 3 starts, with one 5th place (on his debut - dirt surface) and two 9th places (turf surface)....but he has potential, I think...he went out of the gate very late on both starts on the turf, which may be his preferred surface based on his pedigree.

Any insights are welcome!!..Specially about his pedigree!

Thank you very much for everybody who helped me, answering many questions I did this last month!

Congratulations on buying your first horse! Good luck with him!

Congrats man! You'll have to let us know when he's running and how he does

I wiil let you know!!

He will arrive here at São Paulo on friday....his next start will be in nearly 2 weeks.

By the way..i I bought him for $1,900 dollars

that's great--I know you have been anticipating this for a while. Good luck!

Congrats dude! Awesome! Please come on and share your experiences with us. I love hearing about how things go. We will all be rooting for you.

Congrats again on your first horse! May he be an awesome one!

Congrats! And best of luck!!!

Congratulations. What is that translated? Eye of Water?

Congratulations, We had a Brazilian son of Roi Normand win today at the River, Arteliaco. Be ready to be more washed out than the horse when he starts, it is nerve racking!

Hey Balls, your the race caller for Louisana, right?

Best wishes and good luck with your purchase!

Your horse is a just turned (1st of July) 3yo; are you intending to run him against US 3yos soon? He is, after all, probably not actually 3 yet, it is the equivalent to February for him age-wise and we don't ask Feb 3yos to face older horses. Come December, January, I can see it - after all, Einstein was still only 3 last winter when he won 4 and up stakes down in Florida.

Congrats man. You will have no other feeling than the one you will get when you are in the winners circle getting your picture take. Doesnt matter if it is a $5000 claiming win or a Grade I, the feeling is AWESOME. Keep us posted and good luck.

Major congratulations and good luck with the horse. Keep us updated.

Best of luck to you!

Fantastic! Best of luck to you and your horse!

Yes..that´s exactly the translation!

Hi Pedigree Ann,

Actually, i live in Brazil....and i intend to run here in Brazil...only against brazilian horses!

Thank you!

Thank you all for the wishes!

As soon as things start happening, i will post about them...

Great news,FMC! congrats.....now you are part of the Sport of Kings! Keep us posted on your story......and dont forget to alert us when a nice BRZ hits the States. Timm

No that's Travis Stone, i work at River Downs. We're both first year guys though.

I knew it was somewhere, you are over at trackchampion also right?

Yeah i dont post much anymore, just kind of listen to what everyone says.

Well, this place is pretty cool....LOTS of people from all aspects of the industry, so welcome

Thank you very much, i'm gonna be up at Arlington for their closing week on my way back to Seattle, get wait to get to chicago.

wishing you the best of luck to you with your horse. hopefully it's only the beginning!!

Hey man, I live in Cincy, I listen to the Track Guys every once in a while, I have heard you call in. I believe it was you that gave out that SAF G1 Winner back on Memorial Day.

I love River Downs, don't play there, but I like to go there...

That was me that gave that out!! 9 to 1, not too bad huh?? if you'd like to come up and watch a race from the roof, let me know, always love guests.

Made me very happy, he just galloped that day, Thanks, I owe you one...

I haven't followed the horse, but is he still around the River?

I may take you up on that, my dad has been going there for over 50 years, he likes to hang out at Jerry's Corner, that guy is pretty funny, my dad and him love to rip on each other...

bred to go long
 

http://www.pedigreequery.com/ojo+de+agua2

At a glance I would say that he has some very good traits
Raise A Native on the Sire side and Nijinsky II on the dam

Maybe too much French blood he may tend to surrender at the drop of a hat

teasing..

The numbers look pretty good but the numbers looked good for Zippy Chippy

ie.. I have no idea

I am very happy for you.. I wish I had the means to take the plunge

Actually, Luthier and Carvin represent the old-style French breeding that was known for staying like a mother-in-law (as somebody calls it).

Exclusive Native, sire of Affirmed, is a good staying source, Heathen and Janus were both middle-distance performeres and sires (10-12f); looks like Solstein was a miler in France. Don't have my research library with me here in Paris so can't say much more until I get home.

Thank you for the info!

Can you tell me what those numbers next to his name mean??

DP = 5-1-16-2-0 (24) DI = 1.40 CD = 0.38

FMC,
There's more than i can explain.
DP is the dosage profile.
DI is dosage index
CD is center of distribution.

You'll find the explanations at this site:

http://www.chef-de-race.com/dosage/review.htm

How exciting! Good luck to you and your horse. Keep us updated on how he is doing!

Thank you, DTS!

I will read that carefully!

FMC,
Good luck with your horse. As you can see, he's bred for classic distances.
It's up to you and your trainer to evaluate what he looks like on the track.
There are many different ways to build "works" into him.
Baffert and H Allen J, and many others use wind sprints (run short to build lung capacity). Others go with long gallops (muscle, endurance).
It all depends on how your horse responds. You can always mix up the tasks.
Then find a race that suits him and work toward it.
Best of luck!
DTS

Well...first update about OJO DE AGUA...lol

He arrived today from Rio de Janeiro...He is a very good looking colt!!

His former vet was talking with my trainer....Despite his 2 starts on turf were not very good, the colt was one of the best of his barn (according to his Stud´s jockey)....always with excellent workouts. And he is son of a top stallion, in a champion brazilian mare.

The problem is that they were suspecting the colt has a little problem (And TNT Stud sells his animal even if they have any small problems). The problem he may have is that his testicles goes up when he is running...causing pain.

I think he will make one or two starts...and we will observe if this is the problem, in fact...If this is really the problem, he may undergo surgery to remove one testicle...