Posted by Avram Freedberg
As you know, Ahvee’s Destiny did not race in Kentucky. She was in a race but she chose to tour the beautiful Keeneland oval, rather than race competitively. Hopefully, she will show up and race at Pimlico on May 14th, the day before the Preakness.
In the meantime, Hear the Footsteps will run in his first race on Kentucky Derby day. However, he’ll be running at Belmont, not Churchill Downs. He may be one breeze short. However, we need to see how he runs because, if he runs well, he will be entered in a NY Stallion Stakes race on May 23rd. He’ll be going 6 furlongs on the Turf.
Katy’s Office Girl will be going in her first race on Sunday, May 2nd, also 6 furlongs on the Belmont turf (Do you see a pattern developing?) against New York breds.
The following weekend will see Conseated Lady return to the racetrack on May 8th. Can you guess the distance and surface? It’ll be in a $25K claiming race but I doubt anyone will claim her after her last two awful performances.
Then, Holy Blitzer, a winner of a cheap claiming race, will return at a much higher level in an allowance race at… that’s right, 6 furlongs on the grass (Grass = Turf) on Sunday, May 9th. We want to see how she does on this surface with a look forward towards running her at a longer distance. Since, we didn’t want to lose her running her cheaply at this time, we are protecting her but making it very difficult for her to prevail.
We’re going to try and make the Sunday races but it’s a very tough season for galas, Bar Mitzvahs and weddings. We’ll be rooting for them from wherever we are!
Best,
A.
