Monthly Archives: September 2014

Dynamite Stick wins….and other news

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The stable went over $800,000 in earnings for the year. We are behind the last two years, but that happens. We still have 90 days to catch up. We will definitely go over a million this year with the horses we have. We hope to get some new ones to help boost it up even further.

We won a race at Indiana Grand today with homebred DYNAMITE STICK for owners Jack Danehy, Barry Ward, Terry Ward and Penny Lauer.

I went to the last day of the Kentucky Downs meet in Franklin, Kentucky with JANE’S HEIR and SNEAKIN AWAY finishing 4th and 2nd respectively. On the way down I stopped at the CorvetteMuseum in Bowling Green. The museum is entirely about the Corvette (and a little about the sink hole). It is quite unique how the building is completely in tact other than the sink hole in the middle of the building. Interesting. Just a little side trip for the day. I did have lunch at the Boyce General Store in Boyce, Kentucky. I enjoyed a Kentucky Fried Round Steak Sandwich with a side of Chocolate Chip Cookie. I could have had a moon pie (as I was in Moon Pie country), but went for the homemade cookie instead. Since the races are on central time, we didn’t get finished until right before dark. It is very much a county fair atmosphere. If you are ever in the neighborhood in the month of September you can tailgate and bring in your own liquor.

Tomorrow back to Indiana Grand.

 

August Recap

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Overall August was a very productive month for the stable. We ran at four different racetracks (Saratoga, Indiana Grand, Presque Isle, Belterra).

We made 5 starts with the three horses we took up to Saratoga for their 40 day meet. We had a win, one second, two thirds and one fourth. One filly was claimed and we collected over $72,000 in purse money. That is the first time we have had horses at Saratoga in over seven years.

We ran one horse SNEAKIN AWAY at Presque Isle the very last day of the month and he was a winner.

At Indiana Grand we won three races. Two of which were stake races. We won the Governor’s Stake for the second year in a row. This years winner was MISTER POLLARD for owners Scott Farrar, Jim Farrar, Falcon Racing (Mike Johnson) and Penny Lauer. We also won the 1st Running of “The Paul Tinkle ITOBA Stallion Season colts and geldings stake” with another homebred HOOSIER NEIGHBOR. DREAMIN BIG ran third in a stake and then came back a week later to win an Allowance race.

Hopefully we will get a few more 2 year olds running and with the three tracks (Indiana Grand, Churchill Downs, Kentucky Downs) all running in September; we hope to have another good month.

We always need your help. Ready and willing to claim one for you. Don’t forget the September Sales start on Monday!