2 | Madman
ID: 21020124 Sun, Jul 14, 2002, 17:36
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I've been having a hard time bothering to acquire horses. The week that I did my claiming utility, I got totally shut-out. Personally, this ad-click thing is a bit of a pain for me. Have to take extra steps all the time. Sigh.
Forgot to set jockeys again this week and paid for it with 4th place finishes. Ugh. 3 yo American Mint homebred last year as a 2 yo finally broke his maiden at 10f. Mediocre speed -- 87.0 -- and low purse, but I'll take it. We'll see if he has endurance. If so, he might be useful.
Bargain bred Starkly Secret slogged through a 61, but got a MC win. Paid for itself, at least. Kept the horse, too, so I'll get one more race.
Val's Desert got killed in a 6f sprint -- ran a 98. Without a decent jockey, it's really tough to win the competitive races, I think. Hard enough with a good jock. Private Count appears to be back from injury, she ran a 98.1 over 8f. Not a personal best for her, but good enough to indicate she's not totally out of it. Only finished 4th, of course. Danged jockeys.
4 90+ performances for me out of 8 races, and the best finish was a 3rd. UGHUGH. Competition in the sim is unreal. I really need to clean out my barns, but am too lazy to acquire new horses so I'm too afraid to drop these guys too far in claimers.
I am probably going to breed over homebred Ballroom Blitz and put a lot of points into it. I'll look and see whatever is left over toward the end of the week. Have to use up my points. Why did Mike do that???? Need to use up the points in other stables, too, but don't know exactly how many. Too lazy to figure it out. Sigh.
Also, still waiting for the changes that have been promised for awhile now. . . On the upside, a couple of my 2 year olds are starting to show some promise, so the future isn't totally bleak. Don't get me wrong -- I probably don't have a graded stakes winner in the group, but I a couple of high 70 speeds that should develop based upon breeding. Cross-fingers, knock on wood...
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