Baby Steps

From conversations with the trainer, I was expecting improved efforts from our 2 runners yesterday in their second races over the Hawthorne strip. Improvement was achieved albeit in small increments.

Swift Progress deserved a better fate but had to settle for being DQ’d into 4th place after being severely compromised by other runners in the stretch. There is no way to know for sure how we would have finished with a clean trip, but I think he would have been no worse than third. Under our revised expense model, the difference between 3rd and 4th means losing a little money this month on him rather than breaking even.

We were able to break even this month on No Lip after his speed lasted much longer into the stretch and he hung on for third. Signs are encouraging that after leaving Canterbury in pretty rough shape physically, he is starting to come around a little and should be more fit for his next outing.