Valor's first breeze [00:51]
Valor breezing for the first time. He was with another horse and did everything very well except for switching leads. We went wide to give the other horse more confidence and so that we were covering more ground as he is further along than the 3 yr old filly that breezed with him. Valor is by Freefourinternet and out of Slewshi who is a grand daughter of Seattle Slew. She had 2 Wins, 4 Places, 3 Shows with Career Earnings of $22522 from 13 starts. Valor's sire had 44 Starts, 8 Wins, 5 Places, 6 Shows Career Earnings: $1106136 and he is by Tabasco Cat.
Tags: Parelli's Valor, Valor, breeze, racehorse, Savvy Racing, Rhett Fincher, Theresa Zenner, Freefourinternet, Seattle Slew, Parelli Natural Horsemanship, Horse Racing
DTR video - 110527 SSa.wmv [00:18]
Dream Team Racing Stable's Senior Statesman breezed "lights out" at the training center in Ocala, FL this morning. He looks fantastic and was an incredible surprised how he has moved forward over the last month. He is going to be another special horse as part of an excellent crop of two year olds in our barn...enjoy!
Tags: Dream Team Racing Stable, Senior Statesman, horse, thoroughbred racing, Ocala
Rachel Alexandra has final workout for Personal Ensign [04:58]
Making her final workout prior to the Grade 1 Personal Ensign on Sunday, August 29, Rachel Alexandra breezed four furlongs on the Oklahoma Training Track Monday morning. In addition to footage of the workout itself, this video includes shots of Rachel Alexandra cooling out back at the barn and an interview with trainer Steve Asmussen.
Tags: Rachel, Alexandra, Saratoga, Race, Course, Personal, Ensign, horse, racing
Super Saver: Travers Workout - August 21 [01:15]
With jockey Calvin Borel aboard, Kentucky Derby winner Super Saver breezed five furlongs in 1:01.13 in company with The Roundhouse on the main track. "I wanted to keep him focused down the lane, and having a target early on kept him focused," said trainer Todd Pletcher of the WinStar Farm color-bearer. "Calvin [asked him] at the top of the lane, and he really lengthened out." While Super Saver normally goes out later in the morning, Pletcher sent him out early because he wanted Borel, who was flying to Oklahoma to ride this afternoon, to get "refamiliarized" with the Maria's Mon colt. "Calvin was going to leave last night, but he rearranged his schedule so he could be on the horse this morning," said Pletcher. "I wanted Calvin to have a feel for him and he seemed to be pleased with the way he was going." The trainer said he expected an improved performance in the Travers from Super Saver, who following his Derby win was eighth in the Preakness and then fourth, beaten 4 ¾ lengths, by Lookin At Lucky in the Haskell on August 1. "I think he's going to run an improved race from the Haskell," he said. "Having that race under his belt has helped him. If you look at his form this year, he ran decently in Tampa [third in the Tampa Bay Derby], moved forward with a better race in Arkansas [second in the Arkansas Derby], and then another move forward, so I think he's going to respond the same way."
Tags: super, saver, workout, saratoga, travers, todd, pletcher, nyra, horse, racing
A Little Warm: Travers Workout - August 21 [01:19]
Grade 2 Jim Dandy winner A Little Warm, with exercise rider Tess Bischa up, breezed five furlongs in 1:01.58. "I am super-duper happy with him," said Tony Dutrow of A Little Warm, whom he trains for Edward P. Evans. "My horse went around excellently. It's so rare and so special to feel this good about a horse with such a big race in front of him." The homebred son of Stormin Fever goes into the Travers off winning efforts following a three-month break, having taken an optional claimer at Delaware Park on June 29 prior to his Jim Dandy win. A Little Warm is looking to become the ninth colt to complete the Jim Dandy-Travers double, most recently accomplished by Street Sense in 2007.
Tags: Little, Warm, Travers, nyra, horse, racing, saratoga, dutrow, workout, jim, dandy