Hosehead Racing LLC - Catching Fireflies

[Easy Goer Otis]

FYI. Nick Caruso is debuting our Stephen Got Even filly in a MSW $28k at Penn National (R4 7:22pm) on Friday night. Her name is Mistevious.

She was bred by Adena in Ontario out of an unraced El Prado mare, who has produced two sturdy in-the-money types:

Thunder Ball (Golden Missile) 55-8-9-10 $292k
Grand Mast (Mizzen Mast) 38-6-8-9 $140k

This is a 6f race with a dozen entrants. She may need more distance than 6f per her breeding. But it looks like her sibs were pretty adept at sprinting on the dirt, so who knows? She drew the 5-post, which is okay with me. ML odds are 12-1.

Looking forward to finally getting her in the gate. Hoping it's a positive experience for her!

Cheers,

Otis

[Danzig]

Good luck with her!

[Easy Goer Otis]

Thanks, Danzig!

Some interesting FTS in this race from sires like Tale of the Cat, Majesticperfection, E Dubai, and Include. A deeper field than one might expect at Penn National on a Friday night in January.

Cheers,

O

[Easy Goer Otis]

Dream Mover made his 3yo debut today at Kempton (UK). Coming back after a serious throat operation to repair a wind issue. Very pleased to see him finish 2nd and driving. A little slow to respond when the question was asked, but he almost got there.

Video here:

http://www.thejockeyclub.co.uk/video...69993/15294744

Only snorted once and was not breathing too hard after. Kudos to the vet, and to Marco Botti on an excellent training job.

Otis

[Easy Goer Otis]

Hosehead Racing picked up its first graded stakes win today in South Africa, as Madame Dubois bested 13 other fillies to win her prep for the G2 Guineas in a couple weeks. I will be heading down to Turffontein to root her on.

https://twitter.com/RacingGuru/statu...86955448877057

Hoping Catching Fireflies has the same kind of run later today.

Cheers,

Otis

[jms62]

Originally Posted by Easy Goer Otis

Hosehead Racing picked up its first graded stakes win today in South Africa, as Madame Dubois bested 13 other fillies to win her prep for the G2 Guineas in a couple weeks. I will be heading down to Turffontein to root her on.

https://twitter.com/RacingGuru/statu...86955448877057

Hoping Catching Fireflies has the same kind of run later today.

Cheers,

Otis

Congrats. You must be making money hand over fist on your partnerships.

[Easy Goer Otis]

Thanks, jms. As I am carrying a number of juveniles on the books, these trips to the winner circle are definitely necessary to stay in the black. The young ones that have raced have all won, except for Mistevious (whose second race happens next week at Mahoning Valley).

The jock on CFF did exactly as instructed (take her back and make a late run for a placing). Unfortunately, every other trainer had the same idea. Might have been better off letting her chase Lady Shipman, who put in fairly soft fractions. But in the end, CFF did not bring her "A" game and it was not her day.

Cheers,

Otis