Up next, BI 4yo Derby and the Elitlopp

Hectic period now. We're heading in to the Elitlopp weekend starting today with 15 races, Select Yearling auction and races Friday and two jampacked racedays Saturday & Sunday. Bunch of stuff to get ready for customers before then.

Thankfully the day's are long this time of year and we still manage to keep the mares going. Have added a couple of rides on Polly. She still gets mad when asked to move a body part somewhere other than forward but hasn't tried to go down again. She's getting better ever so slowly and I'm sticking with the calm and patient, grin, whistle and ride approach. Kick The Cat feels awsome! It has clicked  for her and she sure knows her job. Just gotta keep her from overworking the situation and getting out of possition. Annelie's been training Ritzy 5 day's aweek now (speedwork twice a week) and the mare looks great! A few more weeks and then a more serious test at the track.

The Breeders Invitationals derby go's are in the books and top 20+ties and wildcard winner will square off in the finals later in the week. Great runs from a bunch of LAE finalists from earlier in the year. Some "new" names also wich makes it all the more interesting.

Kit Kat Sugar

Bonanza champion Kit Kat Sugar & Pete Branch "won" the goarounds heading in to Saturdays Breeders Invitational 4yo Derby. A cumulative score of 440.  Grant Setnicka & Cat Belue, Matt Gaines & Smooth N Catacular and Craig Thompsons Oh Cay Do Over tied for 2nd with a 436.5. Craigs Futurity Champion Oh Miss Caroline missed the finals by 1.5 pts as did other notables like Ronnie Rices Jewel Bars Cat, Michael Coopers Jae Bar One Time, Sean Flynns Rey N Style Boyd Rices CR Sun Reys to name a few.

 

Cat Belue

Smooth N Catacular

The bubble should be around 433, but before the scores are final we won't know for sure. 

Leaderboard right now:

Kit Kat Sugar 440

Cat Belue 436.5

Oh Cay Do Over 436.5

Smooth N Catacular 436.5

Cinca de Maya 435.5

Time To Hangem 435

Peptos Supercat 434.5

WR Jillaroo 434.5

High Up Cat 434

Look The Look 434

 Betty Greyble 433.5

Once In A Blue Boon 433.5

Proud Lil Pepto 433.5

Spoon Fulla Cat 433.5

Austin Rey 433

Fay Reys Sis 433

Hottish 433

Juni Bob Jones 433

Katarack 433

Tassajara Magic 433

Of the remaining I really like Cinca de Maya (5th) and Austin Shepards Time To Hangem (6th). 

Also John Mitchells Look The Look and Lloyd Cox's super stylish Hottish should be up there in the finals top money. I'm rooting hard for James Payne & Once In a Blue Boon who I really like, might not have enough to threaten the favorites, but I really like the horse.

Cinca de Maya

Time To Hangem