Sunday, January 31, 2010

Barn Report - Sunday, January 31

February is here, and Castle Village Farm is looking forward to upcoming races.

Talking Blues will not be running at a distance of a mile and one
quarter in his next race. At an extremely cold, but crowded Belmont
training track, Steve and I were able to have a fairly long discussion
with Bruce Brown this morning. Bruce thinks at this stage of his
career, Talking Blues is not ready to be trained to run the mile and one
quarter distance. Bruce feels one mile to mile and seventy yards is
best suited for Talking Blues at the present time. Steve and Bruce are
discussing an Open Claiming $10,000 race at a mile and seventy yards that is
in the condition book for Sunday, February 7th. As soon as the entry
is confirmed we will do a posting. Hopefully it will not interfere with
any Super Bowl plans and everyone will be able to attend.

Strings and Arrows is being pointed towards running in a NY Bred Maiden
Special Weight race at one mile on Thursday, February 11th. Steve and I
were able to have a good discussion with Leah Gyarmati this morning.
Leah feels Strings and Arrows will show much better of himself this time
out. No decision has been made yet on the jockey. Leah is looking to
get a jockey on Strings and Arrows for a morning workout or two.

Away from Aqueduct, Iguazu has been galloping at Palm Meadows in Florida, and we are awaiting word from Bill Turner on when Iguazu's next breeze will be.

And Bagavond continues to act like a happy horse on the farm in Virginia. Turf season can't get here soon enough.

We have had a spike in interest in the Claiming Partnership. Steve and Bruce agreed on Sunday that the claiming market is fairly thin at the moment, but they’ll continue to analyze every available race. Steve will continue to scour the pp's and keep everyone updated. With possibly additional partners joining us, we might soon be looking at higher quality horses.

I can be reached at 888-989-7223 or email cvfsales@gmail.com for anyone that would like additional information on this partnership.

Some of you may be interested in checking out www.nyra.com . Click on "Backstretch Buzz", you will be able to see interviews with two of the Castle Village Farm trainers. Leah Gyarmati gives her opinion on using a journeyman jockey as opposed to a bug boy. Bruce Brown gives his views on training horses during the winter months.

Steve and I are usually at Belmont Park every Sunday morning.
Sunny-chilly mornings are not so bad at Belmont Park. All are welcome
to join us and speak with our trainers and view morning workouts.
Anyone wishing to see behind the scenes in thoroughbred racing, please let us know.


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