Y14 March Week 2

[Kenren]

March Maiden Dirt
1 - Furious Flyer (two lengths)
2 - Honorary (nose)
3 - Beyond The Stars (head)
4 - Lime Light

This race favored speed. Furious Flyer had things all his way, and controlled this field wire-to-wire. He was unchallenged, setting his own pace, and he had a lot left in the tank for his final kick. Honorary had a slight edge over the closers, who didn't get the sort of speed up front they needed to perform to their best. Beyond The Stars had the edge of experience over Lime Light and knew better when to make her move.

Side note: Honorary's year of birth would be Y12, not Y10, as a two-year-old.


March Dirt Stakes
1 - Aquatic Addiction (two and a half)
2 - Speed Rush (head)
3 - Attractive Flight

Aquatic Addiction has been sitting right on that cusp of G1, and this race was the one he needed to make that leap. Speed Rush led most of the race, but had an unfortunate bad step down the stretch, putting him off his stride and therefore making way for the charging Aquatic Addiction. He got his feet under him when Attractive Flight passed him up, and rallied hard to get his head back in front of his stable mate.


PRINCESS CUP
1 - In The Spotlight (neck)
2 - Prima Donna (one length)
3 - Mardi Gras (nose)
4 - Lost In Memories

Mardi Gras and Lost in Memories would both benefit from running a race or two in lower-caliber races to build up their resumes a bit before hitting the series preps again.

Also Lucy, you should somehow differentiate the HOTY races from regular races in your race records, as the judge doesn't always know the names of every big race. And caliber of race can make a difference. So just a helpful suggestion.

[Kirsten Jade]

March Juvenile Turf Faceoff
win. Refute
place. Black Magic
show. Eavesdropper

Good horses. Black Magic is an extremely gorgeous horse. It was really close between the top two. Refute just had it today, ready to go and wanting the run. Kenren I like how you set up your new layout on his page.

[Kirsten Jade]

March Juvenile Dirt Faceoff
win. Palisades Pirate
place. Baciami
show. Like A Lioness
forth. Barely A Sound

I really felt it was mostly a two horse race once again between the top two competitors. In the end I chose Pyrite because his personality stuck out more to me. But that's it, it was really close! Snowy Lioness will need a new workout soon and Lucy I really just didn't feel like Barely A Sound was in the race today. It just wasn't her day, sorry

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Feedback on eavesdropper please?
Very disappointed.

[Kirsten Jade]

He needs a recent workout. The other two were much better prepared for the race.

[Kenren]

I'm not complaining about the results of that race, honestly, because I'm happy with the win, but I don't think Eavesdropper should have been penalized for not having a workout more recent than Feb Wk 1, especially since it wasn't even a high-level race. Workouts are supposed to be good for two months, so yeah. Idk, that's just my two cents.

[Kirsten Jade]

omg. i'm sick of judging already. i know that... the other horses just stood out more but i had to find something to say to work on... screw this.

[Kenren]

Kirsten, it's nothing to freak out about. If you just thought the others stood out, just say that. Frosty often says, in these situations, 'there's nothing you should change, it just wasn't his/her day.' That's perfectly acceptable, especially when these are juveniles and pretty evenly matched. Way better than telling her she needs to write more workouts, because that sends the message to the rest of us that we're going back to practically needing to write a workout for every race if we want to win. That's the exact thing we were trying to get away from at the end of last year. And that's stupid when it's not even something you took into consideration. You don't need to freak out every time somebody asks you for feedback. Every other judge is willing to do it.

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Feb 6, 2014 14:07:19 GMT -5 Kenren said:

Kirsten, it's nothing to freak out about. If you just thought the others stood out, just say that. Frosty often says, in these situations, 'there's nothing you should change, it just wasn't his/her day.' That's perfectly acceptable, especially when these are juveniles and pretty evenly matched. Way better than telling her she needs to write more workouts, because that sends the message to the rest of us that we're going back to practically needing to write a workout for every race if we want to win. That's the exact thing we were trying to get away from at the end of last year. And that's stupid when it's not even something you took into consideration. You don't need to freak out every time somebody asks you for feedback. Every other judge is willing to do it.

I couldn't have said it better myself. Kirstykins, don't freak out about it - if you'd rather just say "the others stood out more", say it Relax!

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Yeah, workouts should be fine for at least two game months. He had one a month ago.