Sunday, August 31, 2008

Xela - What a Race!



6 Furlongs 3 Year Olds And Up Allowance Purse: $41,790

Times in 100ths: :22.28 :45.47 :57.37 1:09.70

In tight traffic at the head of the stretch, about four lengths back, Xela exploded when asked, and had to angle sharply in to get around a horse, then straighten out and bear down on the leaders. One of those leaders was Liberty Bull, winner of $403,592 lifetime including the $600K WinStar Derby and the Smarty Jones handicap.

Xela was second in the photo by a head bob, just a head bob, bringing his 2008 earnings to over $85,000.

We're telling him he won.


What a race horse.

Saturday, August 23, 2008

Work outs today



Xela, a half in 47, in hand, no stick, no company, easy as pie.

And we got

Crawford County, five-eighths in 59.4, out in 1:12.1 . She wanted more.

Cohen and Fire Chief went together, in hand, a half in a nice 48.4.

Two year old Jacqueline continues to please us. She's training well. And we like what Nuclear Meltdown is showing us.

We've got some video we hope to share with you soon.

Friday, August 15, 2008

We're Having a Nuclear Meltdown!

We're excited to welcome the newest member of the Secor Racing Stables team:



Nuclear Meltdown, by MARQUETRY out of RADIOACTIVE, by Alleged.
Owned by Gwen O'keefe and IEAH Stables.

Saturday, August 9, 2008

Go Cohen!


Cohen breezed the bullet today. 1/15. Three furlongs in 34.80

Crawford County

Here she is, just this morning.





Still waiting on her two win pictures.
You can see her pedigree HERE. Nice filly. She made $44,300 in July for owners B & S Stables, Mark Toothacre, and Doug Robertson.

Thursday, August 7, 2008

A Cool Day at Keeneland



If you want to read an account of Xela's first race at Keeneland, click

Wednesday, August 6, 2008

At the Barn

This is Fire Chief. He's by Carson City out of Piping Hot, by Tabasco Cat












Fire Chief is owned by B & S Stables, Brian Klatsky, and Doug Robertson.

Cohenthebarbarian, owned by IEAH Stables, is by Pulpit out of Dama, by Storm Cat.







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The newest addition to the barn is this stunning two year old filly, Jaqueline

She's beautifully bred, by Diesis (GB) out of Spring Burst, by Nureyev.








We're proud to train Jaqueline for WW2 veteran Jack Trovato.

We'll keep you posted here on works and entries.

Tuesday, August 5, 2008

Crawford County OWNS July

Xela ran a huge third to Dominion (winner of the 2007 Grade 1 Bluegrass stakes, and runner in the 2007 Kentucky Derby) up at Presque Isle Downs, but the month of July belongs to "Cindy Crawford" (Crawford County).






Presque Isle is being slow to share the win photos, but this little filly showed what she's made of.

In her first start for us, she broke her maiden, in a $35.000 Maiden Special Weight going 5 1/2 furlongs. (click on the charts to enlarge, and use your back button to come back)






Then she came back on the 31st, and ran a mile in an Allowance race for fillies and mares, three years old and up, with a $38.000 purse. (click to enlarge)



She didn't even look back!

Here's her lifetime past performances, so far (click to enlarge) -



She's resting on her laurels and getting ready for her next start.



We'll post her win photos as soon as we get them.

Monday, August 4, 2008

May and June

In May, Xela ran in an allowance race at Churchill, finishing a game third, under a ride that was not quite to his liking. That made him mad, and so he went up to Arlington and ...

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Meanwhile, stablemate Crawford County was showing some nice speed in her works, and was getting ready to run herself.

Sunday, August 3, 2008

April at Keeneland - Xela Rocks!

Xela's first race from our stables - 6 furlongs on the polytrack



In the stretch




Next start at Keeneland the $54,000 Justice Allowance race, one mile on the turf, Xela!


In the stretch again- what a game little horse!


Getting all the grass he wants after doing his job