Y14 January Week 1

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Mighty Moose Stakes
WIN Great Revenge
PLACE Palisades Pirate
SHOW Secret Success

Oh man, this was a close race. all of them have potential but great Revenge stood out to me today. The pace was incredibly fast with all being front runners. Secret Success lingered behind them and tried to close but the pace was too fast and she finished third a nose behind the top two. They will all go very far I can assure you.

[*Ripley*]

New Year Dirt Stakes
11F over Dirt

Win. Wish Upon A Star (three lengths)
Place. A Royal Legacy (nose)
Show. Dysphoria

Really guys, it's bad when even the three horse fields are hard to judge. I am a fan of all three, though I wasn't meant to rp Wish. Frosty you absolutely nailed her in that workout and I'm so excited, and slightly perturbed, for her to face top competition. Lol! Lucy, I loved seeing the affection your people had for Legacy, and how much they admire him. I hope he does make it to grade one for you. It'd be a long time coming for this horse to have some success. Next start and perhaps another workout and it'll be his day to shine I'm sure. Sarah, I think that was one of my favorite workouts you've done in a while. I love Dysphoria and, like you, think she is sitting on a big year in Y14. She just got edged out by A Royal Legacy and I feel she'll do well if you keep her in lower stakes to get her up. She'll be grade three very soon.

[Snowflake]

Yay Rev! <3

FLIPPING FROG STAKES

WIN Stiletto Allure
Place Lissome
Show Shenanigans
4th Star Fire
5th Coveted Faith

Shenanigans - I got the impression she was whip shy (but saw no mention of wearing blinkers or anything), and since she ran in preceder position she saw the whips going at the top of the stretch and wanted none of it. I find her height to be unrealistic of a two year old filly as well. I feel she will do better in longer races because of it - she was two hands taller than the other fillies here and they were able to get moving quicker than her for it.

Stiletto Allure - I think this filly will be a success just like all her siblings. I have nothing to critique - I really like her

Lissome - I think she will be better at 9-12 distances but other than that nothing to critique

Coveted Faith - Interesting lines! But I got the feeling that you didn't write her personality, and there was no workout which really is needed for a maiden debut.

Star Fire - Same feedback as Coveted Faith

[Kenren]

_{She's not whip shy, she basically just rebels if she's being forced to do something. Stopping dead when a whip is used on her is just an example of that. I guess I should have specified 'if a whip is used on her' in her personality. But nothing was said to suggest she's afraid of seeing them. As for her height, that's what she was given to me with... I mean, not sure what I'm supposed to do about it.}

[Cavallo]

New Year Turf Sprint

WIN Sugar Jayde
PLACE Prideful Limits
SHOW Ruler's Secret

Sugar Jayde was clearly the best horse today and though they were all front runners she was more used to the upper stakes races and easily ran away with the win at the end with a length and a half lead on Prideful Limits. Ruler's Secret was only a neck behind Prideful Limits and both horses learned a lot in this race running against the likes of Sugar Jayde. They will sharpen as the season progresses and should climb up in the ranks.

[Cavallo]

The height that Shenanigans has is when she's fully mature. I let people know that. Snow I believe modifies as her horses grow older, but I don't bother with that. I wouldn't get worked up about the height thing.

[Cavallo]

New Year Turf Stakes

WIN Nature's Dream
PLACE Grey's Wisdom
SHOW Mardi Gras
fourth Lookin' At Lucky

Nature's Dream was the seasoned champ here. Her time came after she ran solidly behind Grey's Wisdom for the duration of the race and she was off to take the win in-hand. The front end was moving so fast and since it was a smaller front end it was fast indeed and the closers just couldn't catch the leaders and so the closers were dueling it out. Lookin' At Lucky came to life too late to steal the advantage over Mardi Gras who was solely focused on the leaders ahead and so took third two lengths behind the leaders and Lookin' At Lucky a neck behind Mardi Gras.

[*Ripley*]

Greasy Giraffe Stakes
8F over Turf

Win. Gratis
Place. Daring Vision
Show. Indian Night
Fourth. Refute

Gratis: He had the best running style for this particular race and the perfect distance with 8 furlongs right down the middle. With so much speed on the front end, he was able to come from off the pace and be relatively fresh. He nipped Daring Vision right on the wire. In order to keep him doing well, you most definitely have to expand his personality and racing description a little more. He is an unknown factor so he has to be developed more than the average two year old. Congrats on the win. You picked an excellent spot for your horse's first race, even if it was unintentional.

Daring Vision: Excellent horse Cavvy. He had the lead from Indian Night and Refute half-way up the stretch, but got a little tired as he reached his maximum distance range. He beat the other two by a length. Some experience will do this one extremely well.

Indian Night: A very, very nice colt Sarah. His workout was great, but the company on the front end had him a little worried. A dual with another horse and another pressing horse is what got this one beat. Experience is definitely going to be key for this particular one. I see a very bright future and I am glad you decided to keep him.

Refute: Now he is the one colt I did not want to place last, but could put him nowhere else. He was preoccupied with the other front runners and was coming back at the very end of the race. The shorter distance may have been the problem as he seems like he would benefit from the longer races. With the other three being more precocious sprinter/miler types, I feel as though Refute looked like a fish out of water in his first start. A longer distance is surely going to be the key to this horse's success. With a longer distance, there will be less speed and he will be able to just cruise as he pleases. No personality or workout changes have to be made, just longer distance races.

This is a very good looking bunch.

[Snowflake]

Thanks for judging everyone, that wraps up the first week of Y14! Jan Week Two closes sunday 9pm!

edit: Kenren I think she's got a great personality (reminds me of some of my great horses ) and I'm sure she'll be great on the track. Maybe put WMT 17.3hh so people realise she's still growing. or maybe make it 17.1hh or something because although her sire was 18hh her dam was 15.2hh and it would make more sense to me if she was somewhere in between. Not saying you have to but just a suggestion. Good luck with her