Dutrow Filly - Four Races In 12 Days

[trackrat59]

Indian Tale, a 3-year-old filly by Tale of the Cat who ran four times at Saratoga over a 12-day period and most recently was eased while finishing last in an Aug. 18 starter allowance on the turf, has been placed on the stewards list. The Rick Dutrow-trained filly will not be eligible to race in New York until she has a public workout to the satisfaction of the stewards.

Dutrow and owner J.W. Singer LLC claimed Indian Tale for $35,000 on Aug. 7 from Carlos Martin and Flying Zee Stables. She finished second that day, beaten a head, in a 5 1/2-furlong dirt sprint originally scheduled for turf. That was her fourth career start, following a maiden win at Aqueduct last November, an allowance race at Gulfstream Park in April, and a stakes at Belmont Park in June.



http://www.paulickreport.com/news/ra...es-in-12-days/

[Calzone Lord]

Originally Posted by trackrat59

The Rick Dutrow-trained filly will not be eligible to race in New York until she has a public workout to the satisfaction of the stewards.

What a bunch of PC nonsense.

"to the satisfaction of the stewards" ... is this like some spinoff of a vets list?


She's by Tale of the Cat out of an A. P. Indy mare -- she's made over 80K in her first five dirt races -- she's run multiple Beyer's in the 80's as a 3yo filly.

I've heard more than one of these ladies mention about how they hope this horse "finds a good home" and doesn't end up in a kill pen.

It's a race horse -- it got bounced around in a soft turf race when it was eased. Big freaking deal.

[Rudeboyelvis]

He ran Reptilian Smarts back on short rest a ton of times - some horses can do that....I wouldn't read too much into it

[Dahoss]

I'm pretty much with you guys. At least he runs his horses. But, that 4th race might not have been the best decision. Easy to say that now, but feels like he went to the well one too many times.

[trackrat59]

4 races in 12 days? That's not excessive?

[MaTH716]

Originally Posted by trackrat59

4 races in 12 days? That's not excessive?

Maybe, but she ran first and second in the two prior starts while stepping up in class. It wasn't like he dropped her in for 20k and she was eased. It still was a starter allowance (where she caught a turf course that was labeled good). Was it excessive? Probably, but like Hoss said it's easier to say that now. I want to believe that it's a bigger deal than it should be just because it's Dutrow.