Foreign Territory

On Wednesday night, No Lip will venture outside his home state (Louisiana) for the first time in his career. He also will be racing against older horses for the first time and returning to the dirt on a track he has never seen. Since he is facing older and hasn't won a race for a while, he will get to tack a little less weight than some others in the field. This will be a good test for him - if he does not fare well against this bunch, we will likely consider sending him up to Canterbury to face much lighter competition. On the topic of CBY, we just bought a horse that we will eventually see up here. His name is Ready to Thrill - he is a 3 year old maiden bred in KY who has been running this year at Oaklawn Park. While winless in 9 starts, he has come close a couple times and should fit well in the lower claiming ranks at CBY. The initial plan is to run him once in Indiana and then bring him up here in the middle of May.