The Churchill meet has come to a close!  Purses won totaled a little over $91,000 winning 4 races (had hoped to win 5 with over $100,000 in purses). We did break our first two-year-old maiden of the year with the filly DANCNINTHELILLIES for new client John O’Meara. She had a win and a second at the meet and he was quite thrilled especially since she had a few personality problems when she first arrived in April. (She spent more time on two legs than four.) We lost three horses in the claim box and gained three horses in the same manner.

It has been difficult working around the aftermath of the tornado. At one time we had horses in 4 different barns at Churchill at the same time from the front gate to the back gate. Any place we could find a stall, we would move in one day and then sometimes we would have to move out a day later. We had to shuffle horses to Trackside due to the shortage of stalls at Churchill and we found ourselves in up to six different barns over at Trackside at one time. Some mornings were very difficult on the employees, but the assistants (Tony Stephens and Troy Metcalf) have made the best out of a very difficult situation and we are thankful for that.

Indiana Downs is still running until July 13th. Then after that we will be running mostly at Ellis Park, Presque Isle, Arlington Park or Mountaineer Park. Then Hoosier Park will open August 2nd and we will have some stabled there. I haven’t ruled out taking a couple to Saratoga.

The first of the yearling sales start Tuesday over at Fasig Tipton. There is also a dispersal of Heiligbrodt Racing Stable which does also include some mares and yearlings as well.  Lets talk about getting you in the game.