Xtra Heat's Little Boy

[byalip]

My all time fave, Xtra Heat's first foal Southwestern Heat, finally broke his maiden today at Laurel Park. He's now being trained by Tim Salzman, son of his mama's trainer John. Ain't that sentimental???!!!

Anyway, the race was a 30K MSW at 5 1/2 furlongs. Here in MD, we race fans all breathe a sigh of relief and are very happy about this. There is little else to commend the MD racing circuit.

[Thoroughbred Fan]

More importantly the full sister to Indian Vale broke her maiden in the first by 14 1/2!!! Nice 9f run by this girl!!!

[Bystander]

Originally Posted by byalip

My all time fave, Xtra Heat's first foal Southwestern Heat, finally broke his maiden today at Laurel Park. He's now being trained by Tim Salzman, son of his mama's trainer John. Ain't that sentimental???!!!

Anyway, the race was a 30K MSW at 5 1/2 furlongs. Here in MD, we race fans all breathe a sigh of relief and are very happy about this. There is little else to commend the MD racing circuit.

Great news, I bet your face hurts by now.

[Seattleallstar]

whos the dad

[The Indomitable DrugS]

Originally Posted by Seattleallstar

whos the dad

Gone West

[The Indomitable DrugS]

The horse ran a vastly improved race...going 5.5 furlongs, it led by 8 lengths after a 1/4 mile through 21 and change fractions, and won in hand by 13 lengths, in a solid 1:03 1/5th for 5.5 furlongs as the even money favorite.

Seems like the trainer change helped.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

The horse ran a vastly improved race...going 5.5 furlongs, it led by 8 lengths after a 1/4 mile through 21 and change fractions, and won in hand by 13 lengths, in a solid 1:03 1/5th for 5.5 furlongs as the even money favorite.

Seems like the trainer change helped.

Was he the grey running while Sumwon was in the Paddock? Ran over to the OTB and saw some horse winning with ease on the next T.V.

[The Indomitable DrugS]

He's a chestnut.

[Sightseek]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

He's a chestnut.

Lousy OTB feed
Might not have been the same race. I saw Southwestern Heat as a yearling at Taylor Made, he was built like a bulldog.

[byalip]

Originally Posted by The Indomitable DrugS

The horse ran a vastly improved race...going 5.5 furlongs, it led by 8 lengths after a 1/4 mile through 21 and change fractions, and won in hand by 13 lengths, in a solid 1:03 1/5th for 5.5 furlongs as the even money favorite.

Seems like the trainer change helped.

I've got a nice photo of Xtra Heat being led by Tim Salzman, Southwestern Heat's trainer. He's got some good stats going and learned well from his papa. They will do right by this colt, who seemed misplaced and mishandled when he ran a ChCh. The fractions were impressive, huh? And it looked like SWH takes the turns just like his mama...same with the fast start out of the gate.

[Mortimer]

yay

[byalip]

Finally...you deign to drop in.

Hey--don't laugh. This story made the national headlines on yahoo news.

[philcski]

Originally Posted by byalip

My all time fave, Xtra Heat's first foal Southwestern Heat, finally broke his maiden today at Laurel Park. He's now being trained by Tim Salzman, son of his mama's trainer John. Ain't that sentimental???!!!

Anyway, the race was a 30K MSW at 5 1/2 furlongs. Here in MD, we race fans all breathe a sigh of relief and are very happy about this. There is little else to commend the MD racing circuit.

Damn, fast time, too, 1:03.36. $40k 3YOs went 1:12.54 for 6 in the previous race...

Xtra Heat, of course, was one of my all time favorites too.