As the year is coming to an end  the stable is racing mostly here in Kentucky at Turfway Park. Racing is pretty sparse right now in the Midwest. The only tracks running are Mahoning Valley in Youngstown Ohio,  Hawthorne in Chicago and Turfway Park in Florence, KY.  You can go to the deep south in Florida and New Orleans. In the next ten days we will take some to Oaklawn in Hot Springs, Arkansas. They open January 15th for their first day of racing. Bottom purse is $23,500 for $5000 claimers. A lot of claiming goes on at Oaklawn Park.

I attended the Racing commission meeting in Indiana yesterday. It was more positive than any meeting I have been to since they legalized the slots. They approved next years racing schedule which will be roughly the same amount of days. There are some definite improvements on the Indiana Bred side of the program. In the past they have had 20 stakes for Indiana Bred horses at $85,000 and next year the 20 stakes will all be at $100,000. A nice increase. Also, there will be an estimated 48 more Indiana Bred races at a minimum claiming price of $10,000 or more next year. Those same races will have an additional purse increase of $1000 per race. This is a pretty big step forward. Good news for us as we have a good group of Indiana Bred Yearlings and weanlings. We would gladly take on some partners if anyone is interested in taking advantage of these purse increases and additional racing opportunities being offered in the upcoming Indiana Grand Race meet. If you would like some more information on what we have available, let me know and we can forward pedigree’s and prices. There are advantages to purchase before year end as you can start depreciating in 2015.