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Traffic Jam & Summer School’s Out

Greetings Race Fans, Traffic Jam: Mary Jeans Wildcat will travel to historic Churchill Downs on Saturday, October 1 for a bumper to bumper challenge in race #2 beginning at 1:14 pm (EST). MJW will face more horses than we have on our…

Minor Leagues, Against All Odds and Rookie Sensation

Greetings Race Fans, Minor Leagues: After four lackluster performances at Penn National and Delaware Park the decision was made to ship Summer Classic down to the minor leagues. The handsome chestnut was nursed back to health and racing…

Turf Two and Home Game

Greetings Race Fans, Turf Two Summer Classic gets his second opportunity to run on the turf course at Delaware Park on Monday, July 25. SC banged his leg on the stall door and was scratched from his date with a seven furlong turf race last…

Guard Your Turf

Greetings Race Fans, On Wednesday, July 13th, the experiment with Summer Classic continues at Delaware Park. SC moves off the dirt track, for the first time, to challenge a full field of 12 in a Maiden Claiming going 7 1/2 Furlongs on…

Two Old Friends/How Old Are They?

Greetings Race Fans, On many occasions I have been asked "what is the age of a horse in human years?" Saddleback Stables cares for a string of thoroughbred mares, babies and retired race horses. The toughest horse on the farm, however,…

Strike Out King

Greetings Race Fans, Strike Out King: True Story: Nearly 60 years ago I played on my first organized baseball team in the Khoury League. Excited, but nervous and intimidated, I struck out more often than not. When parents, family or friends…

False Start and Classic Confrontation

Greetings Race Fans, False Start: When a "false start" occurs in the sport of track and field, all runners return to the starting blocks and begin the race again. In team sports, one blown call doesn't usually change the outcome of a game.…

Summer Winners, Some Are Not

Summer Classic is not yet a winner as he finished a disappointing 5th at Penn National on Saturday. After the race, jockey Andrew Wolfsont remarked that Classic has some ability, but ran a very "green' race. It is easy to forget that our…

Summer Runners…Some Are Not

Greetings Race Fans, We will find out soon if Summer Classic, our most recent acquisition, is a runner or not. Our 3yo gelding had his only start on Oct 30, 2015 at Gulfstream Park West. The Florida bred, who had been neglected, was…

The $15K Dark Chocolate Bar

Greetings Race Fans, Bissinger caught the eye of opposing owners and trainers and was taken for the $15K claiming tag at Laurel Park on Sunday afternoon. Our dark chocolate bay ran a troubled 6th as he was unable to find a comfortable position…