A Rarity

Oculuna races on Monday. I seem to remember racing on Monday just one other time (Wayuphi a couple years ago in Hawthorne). Yes, it is odd - I can't be 100% sure what I ate for lunch a few days ago, but I can recall a random race day in 2008. In any event, I took a quick look at the field and while it is softer than the stakes race a couple weeks ago, she will still need to be on top of her game to hit the board. As Tom indicated in his e-mail on Monday, strecthing her out around 2 turns is a bit of an unknown that we think she will like.

As for Stumbling Block's race on Saturday, I'll just say this, I would not trade spots with any other owner in the race. It was raining pretty hard at Tampa today. As he has shown in the past, a switch to the dirt will not compromise his chances at all. Although it does appear that at least one other runner (J's Sundance Halo) will appreciate the surface switch as well.