Sweetnorthernsaint Back
 

Very excited about this. Think he has a real big future ahead of him and a gelding to boot....How long till Pletcher tries to get his mitts on him?

8th (4:37)
7 Furlongs Dirt Open 3 Year Olds And Up
Allowance Optional Claiming 28,000 - 32,000 - Purse:$36,000
Post # Horse Jockey Weight Claim Price Equip. Med.
1 It'sallaboutyoulou Kobiskie D 120 0 Blk-On LA
2 End of an Era Bocachica A 109 28,000 LA
3 Terrific Tom Castillo O O 120 0 LA
4 Sweetnorthernsaint Dominguez R A 117 0 LA
5 Ten Across Napravnik A R 116 28,000 LA
6 Pine Brook Belmonte L A 120 32,000 L
7 Honorable Man Hamilton S D 120 32,000 LA
8 Parado Napravnik A R 120 32,000 LA

Where is this at? Delaware? Laurel/Pimlico?

Welcome back... maybe you become the next Perfect Drift...

there is the understatement of the year:D

Laurel......

is that today?

The 19th. Thurs.

Quite an interesting spot to bring him back, racing kinda ends at the BC until mid December so I see no reason to bring him back now, maybe they are considering the Cigar Mile and want to see what they have under the hood as of the 19th, otherwise, what races could they be pointing to in November/December? There isn't many...I actually think he is going to be a REAL good 4 year old, like Whitney winner good. His sire throws horses that get better with age and routing. Given his connection, his price will always be somewhat fair in the bigger races that draw Frankel, Pletcher, and Zito into.

Scavs, Steve might be able to find out from Trombetta about this but I'm thinking why not take a swing at the Strub series out west?

Trombetta doesn't necessarily send out West, but that starts in January doesn't it, or does it start in December?

If it is December then it makes sense.....I find it hard to believe that Trombetta would ship back in forth between races (think LITF with all those trips to NY and Calder from Cali) and I am guessing that SNS is being considered as a Classic horse for next year... can't wait to hear from Steve what their overall plan is, but this start puzzles me a little, given the time frame.....

Dec. is the start.

Remember Schosberg sent Attila's out there for it, and he basically never shipped either. If you have the horse, you go where the cash is.

There is money in NY also
 

so I don't think that is the reason, what I question is where does Trombetta winter?

Maryland with a few ships to NY now and then.

Maybe Trombetta is sick of the cold and he wants to work on his tan in Cali and will ship out there and stay there for a while :)

If I had to guess, they are seeing what is under the hood right now and possibly take a chance in the Cigar Mile, then some stake race at Calder and then get ready for the older horse races at Gulfstream/Oaklawn/Fairgrounds, my guess though, and I don't know that much...

I'm glad to see this one back. I was beginning to wonder if he was going to come back...

I'm sick of the cold already, and its October.

I went to the Met game last night and luckily it was really nice out. Tonight they will freeze their ass off.

it was 35 degree yesterday and like 40 today, it is comedy for October

I really hope they don't run this one on those death runways out west. Probably best to save him for GP and maybe make a run at The Donn.

Especially if he has problems with his feet, which I think Trombetta said once

I didn't doubt he'd come back. He's gelded and he's been working pretty consistently in the last month or so.

i don't know squat about those other 7 horses. any chance he gets beat in this spot?

And I thought that it was bad here in NC...

From DRF....
 

Sweetnorthernsaint entered at Laurel
By DAVID GRENING
Sweetnorthernsaint, who finished seventh as the favorite in the Kentucky Derby, will return to the races next Thursday in a third-level allowance race at Laurel Park. The seven-furlong race will be Sweetnorthernsaint's first start since he finished second to Bernardini in the Preakness on May 20. Sweetnorthernsaint drew post 4 in an eight-horse field and will be ridden by Ramon Dominguez.
Following the Preakness, trainer Michael Trombetta gave Sweetnorthernsaint 60 days off before returning him to training at Laurel in early August. Sweetnorthernsaint, owned by Joseph Balsamo and Ted Theos, has worked several times at Laurel, including a six-furlong move in 1:11.60 on Tuesday.

"I wanted to try and get a race back under him at our home track before the logical thing happened that you wind up having to travel," Trombetta said. "He's been training good here. His last work he turned in a pretty solid one, so it's time to go ahead and run."

Sweetnorthernsaint won the Illinois Derby by 9 1/4 lengths in April, a performance that eventually sent him off as the lukewarm 5-1 favorite in the Kentucky Derby. Sweetnorthernsaint didn't have the best of trips in the Derby finishing seventh, 13 lengths behind Barbaro. He came back two weeks later and got caught in an early speed duel before being swallowed by Bernardini in the stretch.

Trombetta said he has no specific goal in mind for Sweetnorthernsaint this fall.

"To be very honest with you, I haven't looked a day past Oct. 19," Trombetta said. "I just want to get back to the groove and get him back to the races."

Sweetnorthernsaint entered in overnight stake at
Delaware Park on Saturday



Delaware Park - November 11th, 2006 - Race 8
Odessa S. - Grade:
Estimated Local Post Time: 3:29 PM
Race Type: Stakes
Breed: Thoroughbred
Age Restriction: Three Year Old
Purse: $54,000
Distance:One And One Sixteenth Miles
Surface: Dirt
Post Horse Name Age Sex Weight Jockey Name
1 Master of Disaster (FL) 3 Colt 122 Mario G. Pino
2 Tactical Brush (KY) 3 Gelding 122 Jeremy Rose
3 Cavallo Pazzo (KY) 3 Gelding 116 Ramon A. Dominguez
4 Starcastic (NY) 3 Gelding 120 Stewart Elliott
5 Belongs to Joe (MD) 3 Colt 120 Joseph Rocco
6 Berrytime (NY) 3 Colt 116 Alex O. Beitia
7 Sweetnorthernsaint (FL) 3 Gelding 122 Ramon A. Dominguez


I think Starcastic is 3 for 3 lifetime beating up NY Breds and
Master of Disaster is a decent 3 year old from Steve Klesaris stable.
Looks like a decent race SNS for his second start off his Triple Crown
break.

Thanks Saucon.

Good stuff, thanks. He should destroy this field if he's right.