Cal Flag gets loose; Is OK.. Blaha, Unstable, Joe the Dude on hand..
 

Dumps rider and comes up stretch wrong way to backstretch...

Wow, that sounds scary Steve.

UPDATE: Actually stopped once off the main track chute when confronted by a pony. Aaron Gryder (!) happened to be standing by and gathered Cal Flag and walked him back to the Koriner barn. He's fine...

Was standing by David Hofmans when Flag got free. As he steamed by, he ruefully said, "Well... There goes my pace." Hofmans had another great line while passing out Desert Code Breeders' Cup hats to a few friends. "You know Desert Code is undefeated in the Breeders' Cup."

Dave Blaha, Jonathon Bowerman and Joe Kauffman all make the Clocker's Corner scene at Santa Anita today... Kind of an advance party for the slew of DTers seemingly headed this way. Another beautiful morning in SoCal too.

Copy, repeat about 350 out of 365 days a year...

See you Friday Steve

Spectacular morning at the Great Race Place. A few photos:

http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/...7%3A1050343143

It is so beautiful there! Thanks for posting your photos.

Was that Careless Jewel with her head cranked to the side?

whew, thank goodness -- i thought it said Joe The Dude got loose!

I believe so.

Gunna get a few overcast morns coming up (I think.)

good shots, thanks for posting. :tro:

That is one smart horse.:{>:

Definitely more people on hand this AM. Took a while for the sun to burn thru the clouds. Photos for Thursday AM below. Have not had time to add captions:

http://www.kodakgallery.com/gallery/...w_photos_album

Looks great. Thanks for the pics Dave. I like that the horses wear their saddle cloths with their names on it, makes it much easier to figure out which bay horse it is! I think it was Colonel John in the second set of pictures, maybe #26 - he looks GREAT. Kate Miller was right- Goldikova doesn't look like much right now.

Have a great time. Looking forward to more picutures and updates!

I think if you talk to anybody who was at last year's BC, Goldikova looked like crud there as well.