Changes / WG Trivia

Swift Progress makes his debut for us on Thursday night. The horse will have a lot on his mind as he deals with a number of changes we are throwing at him. He will try grass and a 2-turn race for the first time; we’re adding blinkers, bumping him up in class and putting a new jockey on his back after spending a few weeks in a new stall. Regardless of how he runs, we probably won’t have a real good idea which of those changes will make the most difference. A lot will depend on the feedback from the new jockey (Lori Keith) – another debut for us. I have personally known Lori for a few years but have never had the opportunity to ride her (wink).

We have had 365 starts as a stable and only had female jockeys on 3 other occasions. Send me an e-mail if you think you know the others. Here are a few hints: you’ll need to go back a few years, the rides were not at Canterbury and one of the jocks rode 2 different horses at 2 different tracks under different last names. Anyone who can tell me the names of the 2 jockeys/3 horses will get an immediate induction into the WG Hall of Fame. It has been a while since we opened the doors to the WG HOF (Stumbling Block was the most recent inductee), so I look forward to hearing any guesses.