The stable had a big weekend. We ran nine horses over the two days and they finished as follows:
DREAMIN BIG 2nd "Miss Indiana Stakes"
ON Z RUN 5th "Miss Indiana Stakes"
ELLENBERGER PARK 3rd "The Indiana Futurity Stake"
WHISTLIN' JEAN 1st "Hoosier Breeders Sophomore Stakes"
DABOSSMAN 8th "The Indiana Derby" Grade II
PURELY AMATURE 2nd Maiden Special
METRO DEVIL 3rd Claiming 5000
HEY THERE CUPCAKE 2nd Claiming 16,000 Indiana Bred
TRUST N SEVEN 2nd ALW Open
Total purses won for the weekend was $108,356.00. Leaving us just a little more than $13,000 shy of the million dollar goal. We really wanted to get it this weekend, so close, but no cigar.
To say the stable has benefited greatly with the Indiana program this year is an understatement. All but two of the nine horses running this weekend were Indiana Bred horses.
We thought Hoosier Park put on a very good event. They had some national riders as well as Bob Baffert, Mike Pegram and LOOKIN AT LUCKY. They were a great fan draw, and were very cordial as they signed autographs and talked with people all day.
Even though it started raining at 10 am and rained steadily until 3 PM (which I am sure hurt the attendance), they still had a great handle with more than 2.7 million bet for the day. The track was good old fashioned sloppy.
Ralph Piercy and son as well as Ralph's brother-in-law came to the races to watch ELLENBERGER PARK place in "The Indiana Futurity Stakes". George Berry stopped by long enough to celebrate WHISTLIN' JEAN winning the second Running of "Hoosier Breeders Sophomore Stakes". (Our homebred TRUST N SEVEN won this race last year.)
All in all a great time was had by everyone. And so we continue toward the million ………………….