Hosehead Racing LLC - Catching Fireflies

[Kasept]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Good luck with her and while you're down there if you have a taste for Italian food, Mama Mia's in Hollywood on the circle is excellent and as good if not better than Rosebud (and I'm talking of the one on Taylor St.)

http://www.miagrill.com/wp/

Let's not get carried away Sparky.

Mama Mia VERY good though. Bracciole when available is terrific.

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Kasept

Let's not get carried away Sparky.

Mama Mia VERY good though. Bracciole when available is terrific.

[Easy Goer Otis]

Thanks again for all the well wishes, folks! Much appreciated.

CFF worked yesterday 4f in 48:55 (6/20). Ralph said she worked good: "Look, she's a fast horse and she's going to work fast, which is exactly what she did"

Besides watching to see how she looks after the work, we still have to draw in! There are 26 nominated horses for the Turf Sprint. The priority is lifetime earnings. She has 3 wins in 5 races, but that's not enough to surpass some of the accumulated bankroll of experienced stakes mares (even though she beat them on the same track and distance last time out). Currently she ranks #22 on the list.

We'll see what happens. You never know! The good news is that she looks ready to run. We'll find a spot for her soon.

Dell: I appreciate the Restaurant recos! Grazie!

Steve: would be a thrill to meet you. I owe you at least a nice bottle of wine after tagging on to one of your P4 tickets a while back.

Cheers,

Otis

[Easy Goer Otis]

Just to clarify, I'm heading down to GP on FoY weekend. (Feb 21-22). She potentially runs on FoY day.

This weekend, I'm in St. Louis watching my son play volleyball!

Cheers,

O

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Easy Goer Otis

Besides watching to see how she looks after the work, we still have to draw in! There are 26 nominated horses for the Turf Sprint. The priority is lifetime earnings. She has 3 wins in 5 races, but that's not enough to surpass some of the accumulated bankroll of experienced stakes mares (even though she beat them on the same track and distance last time out). Currently she ranks #22 on the list.

Otis

Looking towards the future and being an IL bred, I'd take a long look at the Prairie State Festival at Arlington run during the middle of June. If I remember right the Purple Violet is a mile on the poly restricted to 3 year old IL bred fillies (oops just noticed she's a 4 year old) and the Isaac Murphy is 6f on poly but includes mares.

Easy $70K plus to the winner.

[senator L]

Nice horse and story! congratulations and good luck
in your stakes debut

[keithting]

You have a fine trainer there. He has done a remarkable job with that TVI horse - Speechify.

Good luck and enjoy the ride !!!

[Easy Goer Otis]

CFF drew in to the Ladies Turf Sprint. Pretty happy with the post draw (#2).

We'll be right next to the probable heavy favorite#3 Good Deed, a 6yo mare shipping in from the Fairgrounds (9 for 16 lifetime and $363k who runs Brisnet 100+ figs on the reg).

This will be quite an acid test for Flies. Her last out speed figs are 5th or 6th best depending on Brisnet or DRF, but she is still improving under Ralph Nicks' steady hand. I am hoping her first stakes race is a positive experience that she can build on.

I am nervous and excited for our filly, but know that she will go all out. That's the only way she knows how to run.

Go Flies!

Otis

[Scav]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

Looking towards the future and being an IL bred, I'd take a long look at the Prairie State Festival at Arlington run during the middle of June. If I remember right the Purple Violet is a mile on the poly restricted to 3 year old IL bred fillies (oops just noticed she's a 4 year old) and the Isaac Murphy is 6f on poly but includes mares.

Easy $70K plus to the winner.

70k?

I think those races are only for 50k now unless you are an IL Sire and Foal then you get to run for the full 100k.

And Block has a ton of good Fort Prado fillies for those races, I think Richie even has two or three of them right now down at FG.

Good luck with this filly though, not a huge fan of Nicks but none the less your at the dance!

[dellinger63]

Originally Posted by Scav

70k?

I think those races are only for 50k now unless you are an IL Sire and Foal then you get to run for the full 100k.

And Block has a ton of good Fort Prado fillies for those races, I think Richie even has two or three of them right now down at FG.

Good luck with this filly though, not a huge fan of Nicks but none the less your at the dance!

I must be mistaken and thought they were restricted to IL breds and were for $125K? But know you are much more up on them than I am. I heard somewhere AP was going to run only Thursday to Sunday this summer?

[Scav]

Originally Posted by dellinger63

I must be mistaken and thought they were restricted to IL breds and were for $125K? But know you are much more up on them than I am. I heard somewhere AP was going to run only Thursday to Sunday this summer?

Read the fine print. It's sketchy, per usual CDI.

I three days a week May and June and Sept and then 4 days a week for July and August. Probably wrong cause don't really pay attention anymore considering it will be demolished a month after the old man dies