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Originally Posted by Indian Charlie
First a disclaimer for people who haven't figured out yet that I'm probably the biggest fan of Indian Charlie (the horse version) in the world. I follow his progeny fairly closely.
That out of the way, two of the very impressive recent maiden filly winners he's had, Puskita and Indian Way, somehow ended up in the same race at Delaware Park on the 23rd.
Indian Way's debut was at SA back in April. She hopped at the start and was off real slow. She was about ten back early on and then went seven wide while rallying up for third.
She made her next start about a month later and got away cleanly. She was up near the lead and drew off as they turned for home for an easy five length win in about 114.3, over a ridiculously fast track.
I don't expect this one to be around very long as she's trained by Harty.
Puskita debuted May 25th at Pimlico off of only two published works. In what I felt was a stunning debut, she pressed just off the pace and drew off to win by 15 in 110.3, over a pretty slow track. She only got a 96 BSF for that performance, but man, she looked like a freight train coming down the lane!
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Indian Way is in Tony Dutrow's barn now. I don't know how she ended up in his barn. Mercedes Stable still owns her. Indian Way ran huge at Hollywood Park. Most people consider that race to easily be the strongest filly maiden race of the meet. The 2nd, 3rd, and 4th place finishers are all decent horses and IW blew them away.