Lucky for lease

[Isabelle]

Hi everyone, I was wondering if anyone had time to take Lucky into their string for a while? He is my best racer and I just don't seem to be doing what is best for him. Since I'm holding him back could someone better at this take him on and give him the chance he deserves?

Here is his page: z13.invisionfree.com/Ivory_Storms_Stables/index.php?showtopic=2

I love him but I just don't seem to be picking out the best races for him, maybe someone else has what it takes to make him the champion I think he can be. I'm not sure how long for the lease or what the compensation would be I've never leased before, maybe whoever would take him has a preference/idea/suggestion?

[Snowflake]

Isabelle you're not holding him back. I don't think he was ready for the Preakness Champion, but if you find the right races for him he might be ready to face those same horses in the Breeder's Cup in six months time. Stick to lower profile but still HOTY* races with fewer entrants and I think he'll do better. Also my other suggestion is to put more emphasis in his record on the big races he has run. Capitalise it, colour it or something. Make sure if it's a HOTY* race you record it with the *. I can see two races in his 3yo record that don't have this and should. Also he didn't race in the Preakness Stakes - it was the Preakness Champion Stakes. Best of luck with him, I've always liked that colt

[Isabelle]

But that's just the thing I don't really understand HOTY races and stuff and I didn't get him ready for the Preakness . . . so how could I get him ready for the breeders if I couldn't get him ready for the Preakness?

[*Ripley*]

Run him in lower races and build up his record. Do workouts and he should be fine. He doesn't have to run in big races all year to snag a Breeders' Cup victory at the end. I've taken several similar routes and either placed extremely well in the BC or won it.

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May 22, 2014 14:24:18 GMT -5 *Ripley* said:

Run him in lower races and build up his record. Do workouts and he should be fine. He doesn't have to run in big races all year to snag a Breeders' Cup victory at the end. I've taken several similar routes and either placed extremely well in the BC or won it.

Exactly. Don't lose hope Isabelle! Take a look at my PM - don't throw it all away

[Isabelle]

I've been trying running him in low level races and then in a big race the judges tell me he doesn't have a good upper class background. So when I run him in the upper class races it seems that he places low because he lacks experience and wins in upper class races to compete with the better horses because I've only run him in lower level races. So I just don't know what to do.

**I am still offering him for lease