Barn Report - Sunday March 14, 2010

There was so much rain in New York this weekend that there was no racing at all on Saturday, and the training track was closed on Sunday -- AND Sunday was the first day of Daylight Savings Time -- so only the really, really brave, staunch, courageous, steadfast Castle Village Farmers made it to Belmont on Sunday morning. In other words, Joe was there. And Steve wasn't. Here's Joe's report on his wet, cold, lonely Sunday morning:

Strings and Arrows galloped around the barn this morning. With the training track being sealed, Leah felt this was the best way to keep Strings and Arrows sharp. Leah and Steve will be checking the overnights, so hopefully we will be racing very soon. There’s a race for him in the condition book on Sunday, March 21, so we should be running by then at the latest.

Talking Blues was galloping on the pony track today because the training track was sealed. Bruce Brown said Talking Blues needs a couple of gallops and breezes to get himself sharp.

Meanwhile, down in the slightly warmer south, Bagavond and Iguazu each goes about his spring training. We hope to see both of them back at Belmont by the time the horses are off the inner track at Aqueduct, around the end of this month.

If you’d like to join Joe (and Steve) at the barn on Sunday mornings, or any other time, just let us know.