Three Chimneys Farm and John Ennis' Great White took the winning bite out of the $174,835 John Battaglia Memorial Stakes at Turfway Park Feb. 21, joining the Kentucky Derby (G1) trail with 20 points.View the full article
opps.. sorry for changing tack on your post!!!
A full member of the 1000+ W Club as a jockey! ! Often only after a serious effort to make that weight! Now a Trainer! Hard not to tip ones hat!
I did take photos of some,.. Did you see the collection of Horse Shoes from Famous Race Horses
also, the 'infamous' slope into one of the toilets!!!
@Chief Stipe by chance, have you been to Riverton? Well worth doing so! even with only a couple of 100 on course it has glamour and history! as the sunsets... <--- For most courses that I have taken photos of Grandstands and Out Buildings, most I do try and use that nice pre-sunset sun! That Golden hour...
The other thing I would point out and not wishing to be a smart arse but it is published knowledge that after the KiwiB Damask Rose underwent fetlock chip surgery. So her lead up to OZ racing wasn't that straightforward.
In her 2 and 3 yr old seasons she wasn't too far behind the likes of Velocious, Alabama Lass and Captured by Love.
But what have you "seen"? At least @hesi you have given some justification for your opinion. In terms of "improving" being nebulous perhaps I should have said if she gets back to the level she has shown in the past then she will be competitive in races better than Grp 3 in OZ.
She is currently rated at 103 which is just a few points below the elite level. When she first raced in OZ her rating was 104. Her first campaign lost her a point. There have been any number of horses that have won a Grp 1 with a lower rating at this stage in her career.
Then you rate Evaporate as only a Grp 3 horse?