tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9774009765078002252024-03-14T00:46:49.629-07:00The Science of Horse TrainingBillhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.comBlogger86125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977400976507800225.post-23978817139962988752011-02-27T06:21:00.001-08:002011-02-27T16:39:40.391-08:00The Curious Case of Richard Dutrow: Conditioning Genius or Drug Cheat?<div><p class="MsoNormal">Flashpoint breezed 3F in :37 <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal">the day before</b> his fantastic triumph over Travelin Man in the Grade 2 7F Hutcheson Stakes at Gulfstream this weekend. I love this move, babe. </p><p class="MsoNormal">Copying the practices of legendary trainer Carl Nafzger</p><p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://horsetrainingscience.blogspot.com/2010/10/nafzgers-secret-with-unbridled.html">http://horsetrainingscience.blogspot.com/2010/10/nafzgers-secret-with-unbridled.html</a> </p><p class="MsoNormal">with a blowout 24 hours pre-race instead of simply following the pack of supertrainers like Pletcher who allow their charges to go a full week prior to a race with no speedwork.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Now, here is where all horsemen chime in with the ol’ standby: ‘Horses are different, some can take more work than others, we never condition each horse the same.’ Bull. Trainers do condition all horses the same (see below) and each <b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">sound </b>horse responds to exercise in the same manner. For instance, all horses have spleens, and all equine spleens work identically – that is they store red blood cells and inject them into the bloodstream upon the onset of extreme stress (i.e. sprinting 3F in :37 or blasting out of the starting gate). </p></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitcjsJwjGKVXS6Sme73lRe5Co7TQuXVsQ6kk2SoM35rsiS7pI3uihuK2b2NhHQjSeReoOxrwkyhMteLg2831D9MadOe8la_8KADnwNX97CJF32EouVYKNhKarIozrNpLGVT3T461bHXEck/s1600/blood.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 198px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEitcjsJwjGKVXS6Sme73lRe5Co7TQuXVsQ6kk2SoM35rsiS7pI3uihuK2b2NhHQjSeReoOxrwkyhMteLg2831D9MadOe8la_8KADnwNX97CJF32EouVYKNhKarIozrNpLGVT3T461bHXEck/s400/blood.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578374444675397202" /></a><p class="MsoNormal">(Click pic to enlarge. Two drops of blood – one of the left that is full of oxygen and one on the right that is de-oxygenated. Which kind do you want coursing through your horse during the first quarter in :23?)</p> <p class="MsoNormal">So, when the gate opens all of our colts in the Hutcheson experience splenic contraction and 30% additional red blood cells are injected into the bloodstream. Here is where many bleed in the lungs, as the higher blood volume can overwhelm lung tissues that are unaccustomed to such stress, but that is a topic for another time.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>More importantly, every horse in the field has a spleen full of blood that is 5-7 days old, less one big exception. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Flashpoint: he who emptied and filled his spleen with fresh RBCs just 32 hours ago. </p><div><p class="MsoNormal">When blood cells lie sequestered within the spleen they become old, sticky, misshapen, and generally less able to transport oxygen to muscles – which is the key mechanism behind stamina. Fast-forward 60 seconds into the race and you have Flashpoint and Travelin Man side by side, at which point Travelin Man starts Travelin Backwards while Flashpoint cruises to a big win. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">In January each raced at 6F with the Pletcher horse carding a huge 106 Beyer compared to Dutrow’s colt with a respectable 91. Pletcher spends Jan and Feb with cookie cutter 4F works while Dutrow throws in a 6F, some 5F’s, and the aforementioned 3F blowout. Yet all the racing rags will conclude that Travelin Man is a sprinter – nothing can be done about it. Nature (pedigree) finished its job 3 years ago, now you can Nurture (condition) for more endurance – or you can simply play the cards you are dealt. In this case, Dutrow traded in a few of those cards more astutely than did Pletcher. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Anyway, yesterday’s PPs for the Hutcheson gives us a prime example of how all trainers condition their horses in the same exact manner: conditioning to me defined as – how FAR, how FAST, and how FREQUENTLY they breeze and/or gallop. Here is a screen grab of the PPs in question (click to enlarge).</p></div><div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_M2uLipWKfa_7q4TSK_ZwEsytF3FV-BvFL3ffwO3wmi2sTaMRMelwhIa2FGsy4dtlq-ah_jSdIFN_gZE8317tzwKKQ9tmQLihe_4BMLulOcbIBp8FsBupUhONjBszm5v-Z4KohsEO7Ly/s1600/dutrowgenius.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj6_M2uLipWKfa_7q4TSK_ZwEsytF3FV-BvFL3ffwO3wmi2sTaMRMelwhIa2FGsy4dtlq-ah_jSdIFN_gZE8317tzwKKQ9tmQLihe_4BMLulOcbIBp8FsBupUhONjBszm5v-Z4KohsEO7Ly/s400/dutrowgenius.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5578374443032489794" /></a><p class="MsoNormal">Travelin Man and Razmataz are conveniently placed side by side in this attachment. We can see each debuted this year at GP with 6F efforts. Then comes the requisite 14 days off after a race, Dutrow does this too (likely Lasix related says Kenny McPeek), and back to the 4F every 7 days breeze schedule. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Take this data, hold on to it, and watch Uncle Mo follow the precisely same regimen.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>To be fair, all I have is DRF published data, Pletcher and others could certainly do more behind the scenes, but I doubt it based on what I have personally witnessed on the backside with my stopwatch. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">4F works accomplish nothing in the way of stamina in horses of this caliber. The first 40 seconds of such an effort is mostly anaerobic (without oxygen) work – so this doesn’t count in developing endurance. What you are left with in these 4F breezes is about 10 seconds of stamina building exercise, whereas Dutrow throwing in a 6F just a week ago for Flashpoint, accomplished 300% more endurance-specific work. And before that he was popping a few 5F moves while Travelin Man was stuck at 4F. </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal">We have several hundred horses today that can run 8F in 1:36, but none that can get 10F in 2:00</b>. In America we rightfully train for speed because that is how our dirt races are strategically run – but we ignore stamina in the process – and we don’t have to do so. <span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Uhoh, I got carried away and forgot about the ‘drug cheat’ part of this post. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Do I really need to elaborate? Of course Dutrow is a drug cheat, his record speaks for itself. He won’t deny it, and I am no Pollyanna – most likely all the thoroughbred legends of the past had some drugs in them to accomplish such great things – but they were also conditioned quite aggressively to match. </p></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.com12tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977400976507800225.post-34775935045993080372011-02-25T07:53:00.000-08:002011-02-25T08:26:45.003-08:00Conditioning via High Speed Treadmill<iframe title="YouTube video player" width="480" height="390" src="http://www.youtube.com/embed/Jmc6r88YScQ" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe><br /><br /><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:black"><span class="Apple-style-span">Top trainer Mike de Kock<b>: </b></span>"When your horse may not have the bloodlines or ability of their opponent, fitness is the one area where you can beat them. Treadmills allow you to get that extra fitness and "the edge". That is how important they are."<o:p></o:p></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color:black">Mr. de Kock hits the nail on the head, and judging by his numerous successes in Dubai - this horseman isn't afraid to give a bit of credit to the use of modern technology within his operation.</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span">This isn't swimming and it isn't a slow moving water treadmill at your local veterinary or rehab center. Use of a treadmill at conditioning paces from 20-40mph is increasingly common around the world.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>Why?</b><br />The goal of any conditioning program is to give your horse exactly what he needs to get better, without increasing the risk of injury. Horses on treadmills:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><ul><li><span class="Apple-style-span">are not subject to rider error, and love to run with no one on their backs</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">can exercise precisely at the intensity needed for improvement, and not one step too fast</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">do not take 'bad steps' due to surface failures</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">can be observed by vets and farriers, who can intervene with suggestions</span></li><li><span class="Apple-style-span">never miss a training day due to bad weather</span></li></ul><p></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span"><b>How?</b><br /><span class="Apple-style-span">Here is one example of how treadmill conditioning works with traditional horsemanship in order to influence racing decisions:</span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span">In 2005 Lee Freedman, was mulling over a horse called Benicio, which he had bought to run in sprints. He carried out treadmill tests and found that, despite being bred for shorter distances, the horse would excel over longer trips. That year it went on to win the Victoria Derby, the top contest for three-year-old stayers in Australia.</span><span class="Apple-style-span"><o:p></o:p></span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span">So, how does using this piece of equipment give you precisely what your horse needs to improve? Well, having him in front of us allows us to easily gather heart rate, gallop speed, and blood lactate info in order to quantify how fit he is now, and prescribe what his physiology needs to improve. </span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="line-height: 115%; color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span">For example we would end up with exercise parameters like this to improve stamina:<br />'Gallop 1 mile at 20mph on a 6% incline'<br /><br />Using the incline allows us to take even more pressure off the front cannons and to more deeply involve the propelling musculature of the hind end.</span></span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%;">Who?</span></span><br /></span></span></span></p><p style="margin-top: 0in; margin-right: 0in; margin-left: 0in; margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 115%; ">Dubai/South Africa: Mike de Kock</span></span> <span class="Apple-style-span" style="-webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; "><span style="font-weight: normal; "></span></span></u></span></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom: 0.0001pt; display: inline !important; "><span class="Apple-style-span"><u><span style="color: black; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-weight: bold; "><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 18px; "><br /></span></span><span class="Apple-style-span">'It's great for problematic horses,' he said. 'When he came back from his pelvic injury, Eagle Mountain would have spent two months in England only on the treadmill. It is definitely less attrition on the horse and a better controlled, balanced workout at the heartbeat that you want.</span></span></u></span></p><p></p><span class="Apple-style-span"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; "><span style="mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">Read more: <a href="http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-1077008/Globetrotting-Kock-moving-times.html#ixzz1EiQTb5n9"><span style="color:#003399;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sport/othersports/article-1077008/Globetrotting-Kock-moving-times.html#ixzz1EiQTb5n9</span></a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; "><u>Australia: Michael Kent and David Hayes</u><br /><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="mso-bidi-font-family:Arial; color:black"><br />Although Kent left school at 14 to pursue a career with racehorses, his language is full of scientific jargon as he explains his methods. ''We're really concerned with one very simple concept: how to give a horse the maximum amount of work during exercise with the minimum amount of stress.”<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; ">Read more: <a href="http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/10/10/1255019653303.html">http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2009/10/10/1255019653303.html</a></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; "><u>USA: Kentucky Equine Research</u><br /></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; "> KER typically uses high speed treadmills to gauge the efficacy of their feed and/or nutritional supplementation. Simply put, researchers have long known that physiological terms like V200 and VLA4 are positively correlated with future racing performance and earnings. Mr. Joe Pagan recently put his money where his mouth is, purchased 4 yearlings at Keeneland, trained them on a treadmill in his lab, and recently finished 3<sup>rd</sup> with Harry and 4<sup>th</sup> with Ticky in their respective MSW openers at Turfway Park.</p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; "><a href="http://www.ker.com/research/blog/2010/07/hollywood-calling.html">http://www.ker.com/research/blog/2010/07/hollywood-calling.html</a></p><p class="MsoNormal" style="line-height: 115%; ">So, there you have it - keep in mind these things are not cheap, a top of the line model like this one below, with all the trimmings, will run close to $100k, but I feel the trainers above will testify that it has been a very wise investment.</p></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNCs3nuuT9ULz16l-p3jg5MPIbfX5SjvTbqOlClHv2BBjjvMmdHJFckznI-9zPBEVJQPFyw9EZDC808Cj3X3sTLzADRdRn6_CnOJc79tznfVqAGeyiVzUQuWCkrLm5NcTEl6VewhqHU-0/s1600/hstm2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 302px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsNCs3nuuT9ULz16l-p3jg5MPIbfX5SjvTbqOlClHv2BBjjvMmdHJFckznI-9zPBEVJQPFyw9EZDC808Cj3X3sTLzADRdRn6_CnOJc79tznfVqAGeyiVzUQuWCkrLm5NcTEl6VewhqHU-0/s400/hstm2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5577662946223052066" /></a>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977400976507800225.post-10472563347560256682011-02-22T10:32:00.000-08:002011-02-22T10:41:19.866-08:00Thoroughbred Genes Expressed on the Track<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ9YRcC3_q4XRVNEgsbs_7MUS08bHg0gP9n0j3T_5Kv5K_iYiV-EzVwcj_YelTCRZTTqbB_i2plG9lj6eqMJ6nXMQLGbSqzEvmRH4lyYtTej-W9uaIpq0iYYiWYU7dxwaEr0zLzg9qlrPS/s1600/tbheart.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 298px; height: 400px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQ9YRcC3_q4XRVNEgsbs_7MUS08bHg0gP9n0j3T_5Kv5K_iYiV-EzVwcj_YelTCRZTTqbB_i2plG9lj6eqMJ6nXMQLGbSqzEvmRH4lyYtTej-W9uaIpq0iYYiWYU7dxwaEr0zLzg9qlrPS/s400/tbheart.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5576583579770261186" /></a><p class="MsoNormal">Every time your colt’s heart beats during a morning gallop, how far does he travel?<br />If it’s 6 feet, you are never going to win a race with him, time to cut bait and save yourself the aggravation. If it’s 14 feet, don’t think of selling because you are going to be fishing at the stakes level.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">We call this the Thoroughbred Efficiency Score in feet per beat: (Distance in feet)/(time in sec)/(avg. heart rate) x 60</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">(For example: 660feet/22/165 = 10.91) - 6 feet up to 14 feet is the range of possible outcomes</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">70-80% of all energy in a TB race is aerobic in nature, meaning with oxygen, even during 6F ‘sprints’. This is your cruising speed as is very predictive of your ultimate success, or failure. </p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Think of a human miler who races for approx 4 min vs our Derby colt running for 2 min.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">If you take 2 humans who can each run a 4 min/mile, the winner will be the one in practice who can accomplish more quarter mile intervals in :50sec – as in a competitive race he will have more physiological strength to count on in trying to hit 3:55. Because of the nature of equine conditioning this is not safe to do, so we need an onboard HR/GPS monitor to gauge what is going on internally, without running him to death via repeated intervals.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" >All horses can gallop a furlong in 15-25 seconds, but the amount of aerobic fuel required to do so differs greatly. And when you stretch them out to a race of 6-10F in 11-12 second splits – the one who is more metabolically efficient will excel as he will go the furthest before fatigue sets in.</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Please look for me this September at the Pedigree and Genetics Symposium in Lexington where I will be giving a presentation on the intersection of genetic expression and real world measures of metabolic efficiency. The genesis for this idea comes from The Genetics of the Horse by Ann Bowling and Anatoly Ruvinsky, most notably pages 458-460:</span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a href="http://nicholnl.wcp.muohio.edu/dingosbreakfastclub/BioMech/PDFDocuments/GeneticConfGaits.pdf">http://nicholnl.wcp.muohio.edu/dingosbreakfastclub/BioMech/PDFDocuments/GeneticConfGaits.pdf</a></span></p>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977400976507800225.post-48123675363578831552011-02-09T12:41:00.000-08:002011-02-09T12:52:23.438-08:00Interval Training an Iron Horse, with PPs<div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Antrim County was claimed at CD for $7,500, interval trained, raced 9 times in 5 months, and lost back via the claiming route for $50,000. Not a bad ROI for this gelding out of Giant’s Causeway paired with former standardbred trainer Jay Wilkinson in Louisville. <u>That’s roughly $10,000 additional value per month, </u>for a single horse! Quite ironic that he also won the Claiming Crown Iron Horse up at Canterbury Park in this stretch. When I dissect his conditioning below you will see just how fitting the title ‘Iron Horse’ is in this case. </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Now, this horse was handled by D. Wayne Lukas to start, then Bernie Flint, Cody Autrey, Mike Maker, Clifford ‘Jay’ Wilkinson, and finally with Bret Calhoun. 5 household names and Mr. Wilkinson, who I doubt many of you have ever seen on TVG or HRTV. Jay is a former police officer, former harness trainer, and an old fashioned horseman with an open mind. Yet, Jay is the only trainer to get top performances out of Antrim County, and no Ragozin bounces – which every other trainer failed to avoid despite much time between races. Standardbred trainers and thoroughbred trainers are VERY different and only one of these two disciplines are actually improving in measures of stamina:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><a href="http://horsetrainingscience.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-can-thoroughbred-trainers-learn.html"><span class="Apple-style-span" >http://horsetrainingscience.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-can-thoroughbred-trainers-learn.html</span></a></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" >I can say with all certainty, that none of these ‘supertrainers’ ever sent Antrim County 6F from the gate at CD in 1:14 during the middle of a racing campaign.<br /></span></p><div style="text-align: left;"><span class="Apple-style-span" >Here is that work captured on my HR/GPS gear: (blue line is speed, red line is heart rate, x-axis is elapsed time, note the 58bpm HR while standing in the gate on a hectic training morning) - click images to enlarge</span></div><p></p></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br /></span></div><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl1SyihL4MQVmjxzLs3NB-psUvWe3ZxM3iy-xFsG1FwzJDHeI7U3e3sipdSz4cxTXS45ZsI50_-z8YemROgHZp0y2yBw_DHxo0HMyiDPNkbavDxW5LHMB0zhmOl-HCLH-rD8Oa-oKH0MhV/s1600/6Fwork.jpg"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl1SyihL4MQVmjxzLs3NB-psUvWe3ZxM3iy-xFsG1FwzJDHeI7U3e3sipdSz4cxTXS45ZsI50_-z8YemROgHZp0y2yBw_DHxo0HMyiDPNkbavDxW5LHMB0zhmOl-HCLH-rD8Oa-oKH0MhV/s400/6Fwork.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571793013224285298" /></span></a><div><div style="text-align: center;"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><u><br /></u></span></span></div><span class="Apple-style-span" ><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgl1SyihL4MQVmjxzLs3NB-psUvWe3ZxM3iy-xFsG1FwzJDHeI7U3e3sipdSz4cxTXS45ZsI50_-z8YemROgHZp0y2yBw_DHxo0HMyiDPNkbavDxW5LHMB0zhmOl-HCLH-rD8Oa-oKH0MhV/s1600/6Fwork.jpg"></a><br /><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSyYJh6gZssP93FrBVwiOSw9cU-uHrniV4n4H16P85j5yg4x-yjIheKu_TEbTjdjfvSdNGBnAB1KWPAiqidoMxKilX-I9aepV94-YiNnwLOQ6y6qQbnCc5hYILEQMOcbwUfLH4nO1jQwLy/s1600/antrimcountyPP.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 250px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgSyYJh6gZssP93FrBVwiOSw9cU-uHrniV4n4H16P85j5yg4x-yjIheKu_TEbTjdjfvSdNGBnAB1KWPAiqidoMxKilX-I9aepV94-YiNnwLOQ6y6qQbnCc5hYILEQMOcbwUfLH4nO1jQwLy/s400/antrimcountyPP.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5571793010592473266" /></a><span style="line-height: 115%; ">I can also assure you that none of these guys had Antrim County gallop a mile in 1:48, walk/rest 5 minutes, and gallop another in 1:40 during the madhouse that is Churchill Downs in the morning. But Jay did that too – and was scared to death in the process:<br /><br />Jay: “Bill - I have a race in 6 days, what the hell are you doing to me!”<br />Exercise rider: “He pulled my arms off, you are gonna kill him and me!”<br /><br />But the team was soon rewarded with 2 wins at 1.5 miles each by a total of 29 lengths. Turf at Kentucky Downs, dirt at Mountaineer Park, no matter – this is the definition of an Iron Horse. No BS here, PPs are included above.<br /><br />29 lengths, wire to wire, never seeing the stick – or any other horses either for that matter. I don’t care what class of races these are, this is the definition of STAMINA, and you don’t get it from 4F works spaced 7 days apart unless it is already present by virtue of winning the genetic lottery.</span></span></div><div><span class="Apple-style-span" style="line-height: 17px; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><br />Study those lifetime PPs, or catch this horse at the Fairgrounds in 2011 and you will see he has reverted back to normal. 4F works have become the norm and so have Beyer Speed Figures in the 70’s. What a waste.<br /><br />Jay’s Beyer numbers during his 9 starts (with 7 wins) over just 5 months? <b>86-90-90-88-90-86-97-84-89</b>. </span></span></div><div><span style="line-height: 115%; "><span class="Apple-style-span" ><p class="MsoNormal"> That 97 was Antrim County’s best career number out of 67 starts, and it came at age 5 with the trainer working for an outfit called Boys Haven here in Louisville that employed as stable hands teenagers who have met some misfortune in their lives. DWL’s barn was right across from Jay’s at this time on the CD backside and we walked by it on our way to the track with Antrim County every morning, small world. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Without objective, quantitative physiological feedback from your horse, interval training is akin to a death sentence. I get hundreds of people finding this blog searching for ‘thoroughbred interval training’ – so I finally bit the bullet and put up a real life example for all to see. Try these methods without appropriate HR/GPS gear at your own peril, and don’t blame me afterwards. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">I know, and will show anyone truly interested, how and why Jay was able to pull this off. I am sick of hearing anecdotal evidence of guys who say that they interval trained a horse and it didn’t work. It does work, if prescribed in the right situation and in the right dose. Many only try the tactic when they have a horse that has already proven to have no ability, expecting a magical outcome. That ain’t how it works, folks. When instituted properly, it moves up (relatively sound) claimers more than a few price points as evidenced by Antrim County – and if anyone has the guts to try it with a stakes horse – well, Afleet Alex comes to mind. He turned out alright.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">Now do you need interval training to succeed? Of course not, not with owners like Moss, Repole, Zayat, etc. But this isn’t just about winning. It’s about maximizing the genetic potential of each athlete – a ‘supertrainer’ doesn’t need to do that as he has a never-ending supply of royally pedigreed stock, but most others are not as fortunate and need to consider ROI. </p> <p class="MsoNormal">Comments, as always, are welcome from one and all – good and bad, as that is how we learn new things.</p> <p class="MsoNormal">P.S. If you need a full and clearer .pdf of the PPs, drop me a line at <a href="mailto:bill@thoroedge.com">bill@thoroedge.com</a>.</p></span></span></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977400976507800225.post-61870037473733980582011-02-04T10:36:00.000-08:002011-02-04T10:40:27.323-08:00Training when off Feed, and Winning<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQlHUDpaTDFe_tcVtHoGk46rG0uFZF5KjEqREVZdjyMdB8OAv54oPn6aIZ0kWYi-0rOh1FyZs4_z9geJzx4i88SYzRr1VMi91vdPVikdOgsW66Kd4Onqi5D1cCy3_UpJ2kYoJjxl4iIiy/s1600/tj.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 140px; height: 188px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTQlHUDpaTDFe_tcVtHoGk46rG0uFZF5KjEqREVZdjyMdB8OAv54oPn6aIZ0kWYi-0rOh1FyZs4_z9geJzx4i88SYzRr1VMi91vdPVikdOgsW66Kd4Onqi5D1cCy3_UpJ2kYoJjxl4iIiy/s400/tj.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569905397814159170" /></a><div style="text-align: left;"><p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#333333">“He’ll push a horse to a level, and then hold it there until he adapts. It might be off in its food or have some filling in its legs, but he’ll just decide to keep it at that level. After another run or two it’ll suddenly start eating, or the filling will go down. Sometimes it doesn’t and he has to back right off or send it to the paddock, but he’s a genius at knowing which ones to push. He’s not often wrong. Tommy calls it the ‘sound barrier’. He pushed them and if they take it and eat up and go on, they’re the ones at might be champions. You can tell in June or July of their yearling year (which ends on Aug 1<sup>st</sup> in Australia). So they are not yet 2 year olds. If they go off their feed but do OK in a barrier trial, then they might be a useful horse. If they fall away, you might as well get rid of them.”<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:3"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#333333">Quote from <u>‘Winning Trainers’ by Ross Staaden</u> on TJ Smith, who won 33 consecutive training titles in Australia:<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="mso-outline-level:3"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Tahoma, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">I will hold off on my opinion until a later date with a much more detailed post – but suffice it to say I don’t think there is one US based trainer who would continue training when a horse goes off his feed or gets filling in his legs, much less breeze 2-3x per week on a 2 year old. There is also not one US trainer who can boast 33 consecutive training titles. Sh!t, I have to add a disclaimer or I am going to get blasted with negative comments, so here goes:</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#333333">*I understand that some horses can thrive under more work and some cannot. However, it seems the greatest trainer in Australian history saw fit to give each developing horse an intense workload similar to that recommended by Nunamaker at the New Bolton Center; </span><a href="http://horsetrainingscience.blogspot.com/2010/08/ideal-2-year-old-training-program.html">http://horsetrainingscience.blogspot.com/2010/08/ideal-2-year-old-training-program.html</a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Tahoma","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#333333"> , </span><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><span class="Apple-style-span" >observe the results, and only then make a decision on whom to push forward with, and whom to back off on. </span></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" >In contrast, many US based trainers don’t take that risk – they simply go easy on everyone, hence the common 1.5 mile gallops and 4F breezes every 7-10 days. What I often hear is that young horses are just not psychologically ready f</span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: small; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">or that kind of regimen, but TJ Smith didn’t let that stop him. You can argue with my blog posts, but you can’t argue with his success. Triple Crown winners of the past breezed a mile between the Derby and Preakness, even when those 2 races were just a week apart! – This year, all will get 2 weeks off and the most anyone will do is a 4F cakewalk, many others will get nothing – and the streak will continue.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span style="font-size: 10pt; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">…..<br /></span><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); "><br />Donn Handicap Picks (in order): Morning Line, Rule, Giant Oak, I Want Revenge, Square Eddie, Fly Down, Ron the Greek, Eldaafer, Hear Ye Hear Ye. My first shot at handicapping a race based on my theories. We'll see what happens...most are conditioned the same, so it’s tough to find any perceived angles. If all goes well this weekend I will publish how I came up with this outcome, if not – well I’ll just refine my ‘system’ a bit and try again.</span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" ><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-size: 13px; color: rgb(51, 51, 51); ">P.S. I don’t mean to overly criticize Uncle Mo and Todd Pletcher in earlier posts, but I have to use a current example in my comments. From those I know in the industry, they tell me that Mr. Pletcher is actually one of the most open-minded individuals when it comes to stuff like this. So, I will keep using him and his Derby hopefuls, hoping that one day he Googles himself, finds this blog, and gives me a shot at changing the way he looks at conditioning his fantastic stock. Uncle Mo is either the next Secretariat, or the next War Pass. We will soon have the answer, and I genuinely hope for the former for the sake of Mr. Repole, the connections, and the sport as a whole.</span></span></p></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977400976507800225.post-8998525960845288582011-02-02T10:59:00.000-08:002011-02-02T11:02:45.208-08:00Uncle Mo: Why Winning the BC Juvenile is a Bad Thing<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3lGNiISzX61cp87StFZNBoP5QchT7bWqN9BdnRanTUUqdWOnpQZrF3B3Ijb8xh6gC6LwmHvDHGO-uKuP8JcuJIlvRkGrgtgKoi4gv90XM3QVCylkkX0RcznraPYcNWTSgT5QwPaRvKf-E/s1600/mo.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 263px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3lGNiISzX61cp87StFZNBoP5QchT7bWqN9BdnRanTUUqdWOnpQZrF3B3Ijb8xh6gC6LwmHvDHGO-uKuP8JcuJIlvRkGrgtgKoi4gv90XM3QVCylkkX0RcznraPYcNWTSgT5QwPaRvKf-E/s400/mo.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5569168860443688482" /></a><br /><div><p class="MsoNormal">No 2 year old Breeders Cup Juvenile champ has been around to ENTER a Belmont Stakes since 1985, not win, not hit the board, we are talking not even able or qualified to enter. That to me is a much more incredible streak than our lack of recent Triple Crown champions.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Legend Street Sense seems to be the only one that missed the race by choice; all others were either hit with the injury bug or simply not accomplished enough to continue after lackluster beginnings to their respective 3yo seasons, albeit just months after top 2yo campaigns ended with BC victories.<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>In fact, during this 25 year window, we only have 3 Preakness starters (Looking at Lucky, Street Sense, and Timber Country), as 22 out of the 25 other BC Juvenile champs were unable to attend. As Charles Barkley would say; “I may be wrong, but I doubt it.” I had to look it up 3 times to believe my eyes. Yet, time and time again Steve Haskin comes out with his list of The Derby Dozen in January with the BC Juvenile champ typically placed in that number one slot, no thank you DRF – his last 6 picks at this early stage have a single 10<sup>th</sup> place effort to show out of one start.</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>Not coincidentally, of this somewhat less than stellar group, Street Sense is the sole Derby winner and Carl Nafzger was known to breeze his other Derby champ, Unbridled, <u>4F the day before the Derby</u>:</p><p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; color:#0E774A"><a href="http://horsetrainingscience.blogspot.com/2010/10/nafzgers-secret-with-unbridled.html">http://horsetrainingscience.blogspot.com/2010/10/nafzgers-secret-with-unbridled.html</a></span></p><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: Arial, sans-serif; ">(again I don’t expect you to believe me, click this link or read his book entitled Traits of a Winner)</span></p> <p class="MsoNormal">So, we can rightfully assume that Street Sense was conditioned a bit differently than some of his other competition, which lines up just fine with my theories and observations, thankfully.</p><p class="MsoNormal">What else am I missing here? The top 2yo performances in November, followed by nothing 95+% of the time just 6 months later?</p><p class="MsoNormal"><o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Is this just horseracing and the fragile thoroughbred, or can we add anything to this mix to turn these numbers around over the next 25 years?<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Can we credit pedigree for 2yo precociousness and then turn around and blame pedigree for 3yo disappointments in the same damn colt?<o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><br />Other trainers in this group include – Lukas 5 times, Baffert twice, Pletcher, Zito, etc. Some big names, and some not so big names. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">With just one Derby win from the group, that of Street Sense and Nafzger, this certainly does not bode well for Uncle Mo. <o:p></o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">In summary: </p><p class="MsoNormal"> 25 BC Juvenile champs:<br />Ky Derby – 11: 1-0-1<br />Preakness – 3: 2-1-0<br />Belmont – 0: 0-0-0 </p> <p class="MsoNormal">P.S. Chief’s Crown was the 1984 champ, at the first BC held, and hit the board in all 3 Triple Crown races that year. If during reading the above, you already knew this, you are one sharp horseperson. Of course I had to leave him out until the end to hammer my point home, as all good bloggers do. Politicians would just bury this info, however. <o:p></o:p></p></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977400976507800225.post-6650281545728678722011-01-29T16:26:00.000-08:002011-01-29T16:33:15.108-08:00Uncle Mo, Comma To The Top, and the Great Wall of China. What?<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheRu8ePOQVBU-JL2gSIjv3zndBR62LuxjZH_Z3V1J8sS7vYfRNSneEWgwRWSRzUyOfOnDjyMZqK1m7I6OmZq4yLCc-6JUs5Qgko-4Rhu9O3YNeEFkkJWnFGb3cmTHZW3QeyM7e9Q-DfNe1/s1600/china-great-wall-07-2.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 300px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheRu8ePOQVBU-JL2gSIjv3zndBR62LuxjZH_Z3V1J8sS7vYfRNSneEWgwRWSRzUyOfOnDjyMZqK1m7I6OmZq4yLCc-6JUs5Qgko-4Rhu9O3YNeEFkkJWnFGb3cmTHZW3QeyM7e9Q-DfNe1/s400/china-great-wall-07-2.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5567769074392787282" /></a><br /><div><p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#181818">"When asked, "How do you write?" I invariably answer, "One word at a time," and the answer is invariably dismissed. It sounds too simple to be true, but consider the Great Wall of China, if you will: one stone at a time, man. But I've read you can see that mother****** from space without a telescope."</span></span><span class="apple-converted-space"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:#181818"> </span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height: 115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#181818"><br /><span class="apple-style-span">—</span><span class="apple-converted-space"> </span></span><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/author/quotes/3389.Stephen_King"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:#663300;text-decoration:none;text-underline:none">Stephen King</span></a><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#181818"><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#181818">That is what thoroughbred conditioning is to me: building an equine Great Wall one stone at a time. A stone is a breeze or race that results in the horse coming back days later stronger, fitter, and sounder. Doesn’t seem like much, a breeze every 6 days, 12 races a season (ideally) – but boy, oh boy can the results add up to something significant as most former Triple Crown champs followed a similar course back in the old days. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#181818">One key, of course, is not to drop any of these stones on your foot, because then it’s either off to the farm – or off to the pharmacy and a career filled with multiple injections and stall time designed to simply survive to the next race. See Revenge, I Want. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#181818">So, one has to be careful or aggressive, and often the decision is an economic one. It’s much easier to drill on a big sound colt in your backyard who you bought for $20k than it is to drill on a $200k purchase for a deep pocketed owner with the whole world watching.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#181818">Where am I going with this? To two descendants of Indian Charlie on the 2011 Derby trail: Comma To the Top and Uncle Mo. Two trainers, Peter Miller and Todd Pletcher. Two owners, a relatively unknown Hollywood partnership and Mike Repole (who I really like, by the way) – he’s no IEAH or David Lanzman. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#181818">Interestingly enough, Comma To the Top is gelded – so no stallion career here, we may see this gem race 50 times by age 5. I suspect no one endeavoring to develop a stallion prospect would race 10 times at 2, and breeze 6F in January of a 3yo campaign, this isn’t 1930.<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span><o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#181818">Pedigree, Shmedigree. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#181818">Here we have the genetics of Indian Charlie in two colts – so ideally we have a fairly similar starting point. Regular readers know I put little emphasis on breeding: genetics simply set the blueprint for what is possible – but conditioning/racing dictates how much of that blueprint is developed, or squandered. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#181818">Let’s take just one simple measurable (at autopsy) physiological trait: the number and function of mitochondria in muscles. Mitochondria are the energy powerhouses that take oxygen from the blood and transfer it into muscular energy which propels a horse down the track. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#181818">Genetics may dictate a colt is born with 20 of these things in a particular muscle, but appropriate physical conditioning increases this number, if done correctly. The more you ask the equine body to produce mitochondria – they more it gives you. The more it gives you, the greater your ‘cruising speed’ as Todd Pletcher astutely calls it. I define this as V200 – how fast you can travel when your oxygen carrying system is maxed out and you must tap into that 3-4F of anaerobic burst most thoroughbreds possess. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#181818">And you aren’t asking for much development when breezing a short 4F every 10 days and only racing 2-3 times in your 2 year old year. You are playing it safe to avoid injury and maximize residual value should you capture your black type.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#181818">When it comes time to physical conditioning the paths of Comma To the Top and Uncle Mo diverge very quickly. Who has developed more mitochondria since birth and therefore possesses more stamina at this moment in time? Let’s enumerate the training/racing schedules of each:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight: normal"><u><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:#181818">Uncle Mo</span></u></b></span><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:#181818"> – No DRF recorded workouts for this one. But Pletcher says he should get his first 3F move since last November’s Breeders Cup victory at Palm Meadows this upcoming week.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="100%" style="width:100.0%;border-collapse:collapse;border:none;mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt 2.25pt"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes"> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width:20.0%;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#CCCCCC;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Horse Name</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; background:#CCCCCC;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Date</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; background:#CCCCCC;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Track</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; background:#CCCCCC;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Dist</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; background:#CCCCCC;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Time</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width:20.0%;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; background:#CCCCCC;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Surf</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; background:#CCCCCC;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Cond.</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" valign="top" style="width:5.0%;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; background:#CCCCCC;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">B/H</span></b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" valign="top" style="width:5.0%;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; border-left:none;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; background:#CCCCCC;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:1"> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width:20.0%;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:10.0pt; font-family:"Times New Roman","serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">Comma to the Top<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">01/25/2011 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">HOL <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">6F <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">1:10.40 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width:20.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">All Weather Track <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Fast <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" valign="top" style="width:5.0%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">H <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" valign="top" style="width:5.0%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:2"> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width:20.0%;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"></td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">01/19/2011 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">HOL <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">6F <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">1:14.80 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width:20.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">All Weather Track <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Fast <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" valign="top" style="width:5.0%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">H <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" valign="top" style="width:5.0%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:3"> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width:20.0%;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"></td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">01/13/2011 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">HOL <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">5F <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">:59.80 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width:20.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">All Weather Track <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Fast <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" valign="top" style="width:5.0%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">B <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" valign="top" style="width:5.0%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:4"> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width:20.0%;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"></td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">01/07/2011 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">HOL <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">4F <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">:48.40 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width:20.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">All Weather Track <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Fast <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" valign="top" style="width:5.0%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">B <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" valign="top" style="width:5.0%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:5"> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width:20.0%;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"></td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">12/12/2010 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">HOL <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">5F <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">:59.40 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width:20.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">All Weather Track <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Fast <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" valign="top" style="width:5.0%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">H <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" valign="top" style="width:5.0%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:6"> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width:20.0%;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"></td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">12/06/2010 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">HOL <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">4F <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">:48.20 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width:20.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">All Weather Track <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Fast <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" valign="top" style="width:5.0%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">H <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" valign="top" style="width:5.0%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:7"> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width:20.0%;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"></td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">11/21/2010 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">HOL <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">5F <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">:59.40 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width:20.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">All Weather Track <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Fast <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" valign="top" style="width:5.0%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">H <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" valign="top" style="width:5.0%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:8"> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width:20.0%;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"></td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">11/15/2010 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">HOL <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">4F <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">:48.40 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width:20.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">All Weather Track <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Fast <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" valign="top" style="width:5.0%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">H <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" valign="top" style="width:5.0%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:9;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width:20.0%;border:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; border-top:none;mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"></td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">11/01/2010 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">HOL <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">4F <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">:47.40 <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="20%" valign="top" style="width:20.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">All Weather Track <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" valign="top" style="width:10.0%;border-top:none;border-left: none;border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">Fast <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" valign="top" style="width:5.0%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">H <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" valign="top" style="width:5.0%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CCCCCC 1.0pt; mso-border-top-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;mso-border-left-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt; mso-border-alt:solid #CCCCCC .75pt;background:#EEEEEE;padding:3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt 3.35pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 10.9pt"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Times New Roman","serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"> <o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#181818"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#181818">Career race results:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.85pt;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:.85pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-outline-level: 2"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333">Uncle Mo - Race Results & Past Performances<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: 11.7pt"><u><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family: "Times New Roman";color:#00366C">[Add Race Result][Add Horse]</span></u><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#7F7F7F"><o:p></o:p></span></p> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="1058" style="width:793.65pt;mso-cellspacing:0in;background:#F2F2F2;border:solid #9F9F9F 1.0pt; mso-border-alt:solid #9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #9F9F9F .75pt; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td style="border:none;padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="1" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="55%" style="width:55.94%;background:white;border-collapse:collapse;border:none; mso-border-top-alt:solid #666666 1.5pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #666666 1.5pt; mso-yfti-tbllook:1184;mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes"> <td width="12%" nowrap="" style="width:12.08%;border-top:#666666;border-left: #9F9F9F;border-bottom:#666666;border-right:#9F9F9F;border-style:solid; border-width:1.0pt;mso-border-top-alt:#666666 .25pt;mso-border-left-alt: #9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:#666666 .75pt;mso-border-right-alt: #9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-style-alt:solid;background:#EEEEEE;padding:1.65pt 2.5pt 2.1pt 2.5pt"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="65" style="width:48.55pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td width="44" nowrap="" style="width:32.65pt;padding:0in 4.2pt 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; 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border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #666666 1.0pt;border-right:solid #9F9F9F 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt:solid #9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-top-alt:#666666 .25pt; mso-border-left-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:#666666 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-style-alt:solid;background: #EEEEEE;padding:1.65pt 2.5pt 2.1pt 2.5pt"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="26" style="width:19.25pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td nowrap="" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#666666">Fin<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td width="5%" nowrap="" style="width:5.46%;border-top:solid #666666 1.0pt; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #666666 1.0pt;border-right:solid #9F9F9F 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt:solid #9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-top-alt:#666666 .25pt; mso-border-left-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:#666666 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-style-alt:solid;background: #EEEEEE;padding:1.65pt 2.5pt 2.1pt 2.5pt"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="26" style="width:19.25pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td nowrap="" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#666666">Tr<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td width="3%" nowrap="" style="width:3.2%;border-top:solid #666666 1.0pt; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #666666 1.0pt;border-right:solid #9F9F9F 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt:solid #9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-top-alt:#666666 .25pt; mso-border-left-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:#666666 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-style-alt:solid;background: #EEEEEE;padding:1.65pt 2.5pt 2.1pt 2.5pt"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="12" style="width:9.2pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td nowrap="" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#666666">#<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td width="12%" nowrap="" style="width:12.26%;border-top:solid #666666 1.0pt; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #666666 1.0pt;border-right:solid #9F9F9F 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt:solid #9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-top-alt:#666666 .25pt; mso-border-left-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:#666666 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-style-alt:solid;background: #EEEEEE;padding:1.65pt 2.5pt 2.1pt 2.5pt"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="66" style="width:49.4pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td width="44" nowrap="" style="width:32.65pt;padding:0in 4.2pt 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#666666">Dist.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td nowrap="" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#666666; mso-no-proof:yes"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_2" spid="_x0000_i1036" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="[Filter]" style="'width:.75pt;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" title="[Filter]"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><img border="0" width="1" height="1" src="file:///C:/Users/Owner/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif" alt="[Filter]" shapes="Picture_x0020_2" /><!--[endif]--></span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td width="5%" nowrap="" style="width:5.1%;border-top:solid #666666 1.0pt; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #666666 1.0pt;border-right:solid #9F9F9F 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt:solid #9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-top-alt:#666666 .25pt; mso-border-left-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:#666666 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-style-alt:solid;background: #EEEEEE;padding:1.65pt 2.5pt 2.1pt 2.5pt"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="23" style="width:17.6pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td nowrap="" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#666666">Sf.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td width="33%" nowrap="" style="width:33.6%;border-top:solid #666666 1.0pt; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #666666 1.0pt;border-right:solid #9F9F9F 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt:solid #9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-top-alt:#666666 .25pt; mso-border-left-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:#666666 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-style-alt:solid;background: #EEEEEE;padding:1.65pt 2.5pt 2.1pt 2.5pt"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="192" style="width:2.0in;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td nowrap="" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#666666">Race<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td width="12%" nowrap="" style="width:12.08%;border-top:solid #666666 1.0pt; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #666666 1.0pt;border-right:solid #9F9F9F 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt:solid #9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-top-alt:#666666 .25pt; mso-border-left-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:#666666 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-style-alt:solid;background: #EEEEEE;padding:1.65pt 2.5pt 2.1pt 2.5pt"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="65" style="width:48.55pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td nowrap="" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#666666">1st<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td width="10%" nowrap="" style="width:10.76%;border-top:solid #666666 1.0pt; border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #666666 1.0pt;border-right:solid #9F9F9F 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt:solid #9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-top-alt:#666666 .25pt; mso-border-left-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:#666666 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-style-alt:solid;background: #EEEEEE;padding:1.65pt 2.5pt 2.1pt 2.5pt"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="57" style="width:42.7pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td nowrap="" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#666666">Time<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:1"> <td width="12%" style="width:12.08%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">11/06/10<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" style="width:5.46%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">1st<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width="5%" style="width:5.46%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://www.horseracingnation.com/track/Churchill_Downs"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">CD</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="3%" style="width:3.2%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">7<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="12%" style="width:12.26%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">1 1/16 m<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" style="width:5.1%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">D<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="33%" style="width:33.6%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://www.horseracingnation.com/stakes/Breeders_Cup_Juvenile"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5494EA">Breeders' Cup Juvenile-G1</span></a><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="12%" style="width:12.08%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://www.horseracingnation.com/horse/Uncle_Mo"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">Uncle Mo</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" style="width:10.76%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">1:42.60<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:2"> <td width="12%" style="width:12.08%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">10/09/10<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" style="width:5.46%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">1st<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width="5%" style="width:5.46%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://www.horseracingnation.com/track/Belmont_Park"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">Bel</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="3%" style="width:3.2%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">9<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="12%" style="width:12.26%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">1 mile<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" style="width:5.1%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">D<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="33%" style="width:33.6%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://www.horseracingnation.com/stakes/Champagne"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">Champagne-G1</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="12%" style="width:12.08%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://www.horseracingnation.com/horse/Uncle_Mo"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">Uncle Mo</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" style="width:10.76%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">1:34.51<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:3;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td width="12%" style="width:12.08%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">08/28/10<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" style="width:5.46%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">1st<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td width="5%" style="width:5.46%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://www.horseracingnation.com/track/Saratoga"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">Sar</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="3%" style="width:3.2%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">5<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="12%" style="width:12.26%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">6 f<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="5%" style="width:5.1%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">D<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="33%" style="width:33.6%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">MSW<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="12%" style="width:12.08%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://www.horseracingnation.com/horse/Uncle_Mo"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">Uncle Mo</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family: "Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td width="10%" style="width:10.76%;border-top:none;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">1:09.21<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; 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mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333"><o:p> </o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-top:0in;margin-right:.85pt;margin-bottom:0in; margin-left:.85pt;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height:normal;mso-outline-level: 2"><b><span style="font-size:15.0pt;font-family:"Arial","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#333333">Comma To The Top - Race Results & Past Performances<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:4.2pt;line-height:11.7pt;background: white"><a href="http://preaknessresults.com/edit/raceedit.aspx"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#00366C">[Add Race Result]</span></a><a href="http://preaknessresults.com/edit/horseedit.aspx"><span style="font-size: 9.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#00366C">[Add Horse]</span></a><span style="font-size:10.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; 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mso-border-top-alt:#666666 .25pt;mso-border-left-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt; mso-border-bottom-alt:#666666 .75pt;mso-border-right-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt; mso-border-style-alt:solid;background:#EEEEEE;padding:1.65pt 2.5pt 2.1pt 2.5pt"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="60" style="width:45.2pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td width="39" nowrap="" style="width:29.3pt;padding:0in 4.2pt 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#666666">Date<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td nowrap="" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 4.2pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#666666; mso-no-proof:yes"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_23" spid="_x0000_i1032" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="(Descending)" style="'width:.75pt;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" title="(Descending)"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><img border="0" width="1" height="1" src="file:///C:/Users/Owner/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif" alt="(Descending)" shapes="Picture_x0020_23" /><!--[endif]--></span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td nowrap="" style="border-top:solid #666666 1.0pt;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #666666 1.0pt;border-right:solid #9F9F9F 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt:solid #9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-top-alt:#666666 .25pt; mso-border-left-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:#666666 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-style-alt:solid;background: #EEEEEE;padding:1.65pt 2.5pt 2.1pt 2.5pt"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="28" style="width:20.95pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td nowrap="" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#666666">Fin<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td nowrap="" style="border-top:solid #666666 1.0pt;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #666666 1.0pt;border-right:solid #9F9F9F 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt:solid #9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-top-alt:#666666 .25pt; mso-border-left-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:#666666 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-style-alt:solid;background: #EEEEEE;padding:1.65pt 2.5pt 2.1pt 2.5pt"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="29" style="width:21.75pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td nowrap="" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#666666">Tr<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td nowrap="" style="border-top:solid #666666 1.0pt;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #666666 1.0pt;border-right:solid #9F9F9F 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt:solid #9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-top-alt:#666666 .25pt; mso-border-left-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:#666666 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-style-alt:solid;background: #EEEEEE;padding:1.65pt 2.5pt 2.1pt 2.5pt"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="16" style="width:11.7pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td nowrap="" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#666666">#<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td nowrap="" style="border-top:solid #666666 1.0pt;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #666666 1.0pt;border-right:solid #9F9F9F 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt:solid #9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-top-alt:#666666 .25pt; mso-border-left-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:#666666 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-style-alt:solid;background: #EEEEEE;padding:1.65pt 2.5pt 2.1pt 2.5pt"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="60" style="width:45.2pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td width="38" nowrap="" style="width:28.45pt;padding:0in 4.2pt 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#666666">Dist.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td nowrap="" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><b style="mso-bidi-font-weight:normal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#666666; mso-no-proof:yes"><!--[if gte vml 1]><v:shape id="Picture_x0020_24" spid="_x0000_i1031" type="#_x0000_t75" alt="[Filter]" style="'width:.75pt;"> <v:imagedata src="file:///C:\Users\Owner\AppData\Local\Temp\msohtmlclip1\01\clip_image001.gif" title="[Filter]"> </v:shape><![endif]--><!--[if !vml]--><img border="0" width="1" height="1" src="file:///C:/Users/Owner/AppData/Local/Temp/msohtmlclip1/01/clip_image001.gif" alt="[Filter]" shapes="Picture_x0020_24" /><!--[endif]--></span></b><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family: "Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:#666666"><o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td nowrap="" style="border-top:solid #666666 1.0pt;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #666666 1.0pt;border-right:solid #9F9F9F 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt:solid #9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-top-alt:#666666 .25pt; mso-border-left-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:#666666 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-style-alt:solid;background: #EEEEEE;padding:1.65pt 2.5pt 2.1pt 2.5pt"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="21" style="width:15.9pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td nowrap="" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#666666">Sf.<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td nowrap="" style="border-top:solid #666666 1.0pt;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #666666 1.0pt;border-right:solid #9F9F9F 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt:solid #9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-top-alt:#666666 .25pt; mso-border-left-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:#666666 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-style-alt:solid;background: #EEEEEE;padding:1.65pt 2.5pt 2.1pt 2.5pt"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="138" style="width:103.8pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td nowrap="" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#666666">Race<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td nowrap="" style="border-top:solid #666666 1.0pt;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #666666 1.0pt;border-right:solid #9F9F9F 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt:solid #9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-top-alt:#666666 .25pt; mso-border-left-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:#666666 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-style-alt:solid;background: #EEEEEE;padding:1.65pt 2.5pt 2.1pt 2.5pt"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="132" style="width:98.8pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td nowrap="" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#666666">1st<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> <td nowrap="" style="border-top:solid #666666 1.0pt;border-left:none; border-bottom:solid #666666 1.0pt;border-right:solid #9F9F9F 1.0pt; mso-border-left-alt:solid #9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-top-alt:#666666 .25pt; mso-border-left-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:#666666 .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:#9F9F9F .25pt;mso-border-style-alt:solid;background: #EEEEEE;padding:1.65pt 2.5pt 2.1pt 2.5pt"> <table class="MsoNormalTable" border="0" cellspacing="0" cellpadding="0" width="52" style="width:39.35pt;border-collapse:collapse;mso-yfti-tbllook:1184; mso-padding-alt:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <tbody><tr style="mso-yfti-irow:0;mso-yfti-firstrow:yes;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td nowrap="" style="padding:0in 0in 0in 0in"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#666666">Time<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:1"> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">12/18/10<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">1st<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://preaknessresults.com/track/Hollywood_Park"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">Hol</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">9<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">1 1/16 m<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">S<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://preaknessresults.com/stakes/Hollywood_Futurity"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">CashCall Futurity-G1</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://preaknessresults.com/horse/Comma_To_The_Top"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">Comma To The Top</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">1:44.72<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:2"> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">11/27/10<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">1st<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://preaknessresults.com/track/Hollywood_Park"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">Hol</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">7<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">1 mile<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">T<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://preaknessresults.com/stakes/Generous"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">Generous-G3</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://preaknessresults.com/horse/Comma_To_The_Top"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">Comma To The Top</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">1:34.77<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:3"> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">11/06/10<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">1st<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://preaknessresults.com/track/Hollywood_Park"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">Hol</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">9<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">1 1/16 m<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">S<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://preaknessresults.com/stakes/Real_Quiet"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">Real Quiet</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://preaknessresults.com/horse/Comma_To_The_Top"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">Comma To The Top</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">1:43.56<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:4"> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">09/08/10<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">6th<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://preaknessresults.com/track/Del_Mar"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">Dmr</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">8<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">7 f<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">S<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://preaknessresults.com/stakes/Del_Mar_Futurity"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">Del Mar Futurity-G1</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://preaknessresults.com/horse/J_Ps_Gusto"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">J P's Gusto</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">1:22.95<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:5"> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">08/08/10<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">4th<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://preaknessresults.com/track/Del_Mar"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">Dmr</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">8<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">6 1/2 f<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">S<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://preaknessresults.com/stakes/Best_Pal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">Best Pal-G2</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://preaknessresults.com/horse/J_Ps_Gusto"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">J P's Gusto</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">1:16.61<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:6"> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">07/22/10<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">1st<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://preaknessresults.com/track/Del_Mar"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">Dmr</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">6<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">5 1/2 f<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">S<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">Mcl<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://preaknessresults.com/horse/Comma_To_The_Top"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">Comma To The Top</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">1:03.67<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:7"> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">06/12/10<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">6th<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://preaknessresults.com/track/Hollywood_Park"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">Hol</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">10<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">5 f<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">D<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">MSW<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://preaknessresults.com/horse/Western_Mood"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">Western Mood</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .75pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">0:58.02<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> <tr style="mso-yfti-irow:8;mso-yfti-lastrow:yes"> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">05/20/10<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><b><span style="font-size: 8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">2nd<o:p></o:p></span></b></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://preaknessresults.com/track/Hollywood_Park"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">Hol</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom: .0001pt;text-align:center;line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black">8<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">4 1/2 f<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">D<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">Mcl<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><a href="http://preaknessresults.com/horse/The_Great_Caper"><span style="font-size:7.5pt;mso-bidi-font-size:11.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:#5555FF">The Great Caper</span></a><span style="font-size:8.0pt; font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif";mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman"; mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman";color:black"><o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> <td style="border-top:none;border-left:none;border-bottom:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt; border-right:solid #CFCFCF 1.0pt;mso-border-bottom-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt; mso-border-right-alt:solid #CFCFCF .25pt;background:#F3F8F7;padding:1.25pt 2.5pt 1.65pt 2.5pt"> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt; line-height:normal"><span style="font-size:8.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; color:black">0:52.52<o:p></o:p></span></p> </td> </tr> </tbody></table> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-bottom:0in;margin-bottom:.0001pt;line-height: normal"><span style="font-size:9.0pt;font-family:"Verdana","sans-serif"; mso-fareast-font-family:"Times New Roman";mso-bidi-font-family:"Times New Roman"; 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line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#181818">Race info courtesy of Horse Racing Nation.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#181818">Comma To the Top also had 3 earlier races not reflected here, they were claiming class also – one of us could now own a Derby prospect with $500k+ in earnings for the princely sum of $30k or so, what a great sport this is!-<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#181818">Where do I get this equine Great Wall metaphor from? Here is a graph from an equine science journal out of Cambridge, Mass:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" align="center" style="text-align:center"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj2ChZTxtYjiutRYNQrmmqpTMd-0-pu_dRtbFrp8j1CaNsS4g6Q5DmN9anfFO2PJ_wEzdF_bQJnnEQuQCn3_8wwpA2m1x9OrNv4pKkYxcEhEP8qFft1huB4XTcC7G0FLcr_Loh64ASyyB0V/s1600/overcompensation.gif" alt="[overcompensation.gif]" /></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#181818">Training load is a breeze/race and the x-axis is elapsed time in days. You see, after a piece of work and the resulting fatigue, there is a period of Overcompensation where the systems of the body make positive adaptations in order to make successive training loads easier to achieve. More mitochondria being one such change. But, if you wait too long before adding another Training Load, you lose the overcompensation effect – and the benefits of cumulative fitness, as seen below in graphical form:<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt; line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#181818"><o:p> </o:p></span></span></p> <div style="text-align: center;"><img src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj3SagJLe_YlhKWCv12pKLLrBh6quBGqCU282xttbKJUJvjOhpGtTpamExCyU5K11l01T907QQEHXw9_PNN0dweZ6OmlrZSp895x9zehyj9kaVJLKrBkwh7z_8kPI2zV6M8NcQ57p1LHRKu/s1600/frequency.gif" alt="[frequency.gif]" /></div> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif"">Uncle Mo is line A – few and widely spaced works/breezes<span style="mso-spacerun:yes"> </span>resulting in less than optimal fitness development over time. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif"">Comma To the Top is line B – more races, more works, more closely spaced together in an effort to capitalize on the concept of Overcompensation.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif"">Line C is what happens if you breeze/race too much, too often and breakdown occurs – not too common these days – referred to as ‘overtraining’ by most in the industry.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif"">Both have 2 year old experience on dirt, which Nunamaker at New Bolton has proven is best for building strong bones, ligaments, and tendons. I suspect that Comma has many more breezes over this surface during his formative years, however, that does Uncle Mo. <o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family: "Georgia","serif"">Now Uncle Mo seems destined to a dirt prep season (which I recommend) – and so far Comma is back to synthetics at Hollywood. I hope the connections see fit to try him on dirt again before the Derby (Santa Anita perhaps), or at least train on the dirt loop at Hollywood in order to maximize neuromuscular coordination on that surface going into Churchill.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:#181818">My two cents: a 50% chance that Uncle Mo will get injured during his prep for the Derby. If he does survive unscathed, Pletcher will lose a few others in his place. He’ll only breeze 4-6F a few times, he’ll only race twice – and I think he comes up lame in the process. I hope not, but that is what I forsee. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:#181818">I can’t blame Pletcher, with his 2yo exploits, Mo seems like a fantastic specimen that I would be afraid to drill on too much also. Baffert, Lukas, Assmussen, and Pletcher himself win big races with such a prep schedule every year anyway, so they have no reason to change after listening to a nobody like myself. <o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:#181818">However, I will be pulling hard for Comma To the Top as his campaign to this point clearly illustrates the one advantage the little guy has over the big operations: conditioning – you can spend more time and effort on each one when you don’t have 200 prospects spread out over 4 strings nationwide. It doesn’t cost one additional dime to train in this manner, simply takes the will and the effort to stand out from the crowd.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:#181818">With his foundation of race specific works and races, he has the mettle to enter and be competitive at all three classics, while no other lightly trained horse could even run in all three last year. Look for him to be breezing miles in April while most others are still working 4F.<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:#181818">Say Comma To the Top pulls of a Mine that Bird type spring and fall – will trainers then emulate his aggressive prep program, or stay with the Pletcher model?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:#181818">Traditional horsemanship has pegged Uncle Mo as worth 10x that of Comma To the Top as evidenced by the auction results. Will that stand up throughout the 2011 racing season?<o:p></o:p></span></span></p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="text-align:justify"><span class="apple-style-span"><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%;font-family:"Georgia","serif"; color:#181818">So many questions, and so many answers to follow. I love horseracing.</span></span><span style="font-size:11.5pt;line-height:115%; font-family:"Georgia","serif";color:#181818"><o:p></o:p></span></p></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977400976507800225.post-61465570381828395282011-01-24T13:15:00.001-08:002011-01-25T17:19:35.191-08:00I Want Revenge (on my trainer...)<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj49ZsF8d3lO2sEUMf2bBgH9hZ0aLJIubcW0De_WNTN-3WWNWy8SW4ENflKlynE3pNfv0dUlPzfvKL2OqDzdI5kG-7VgDCJGaONeQRoxAC6_uNVFyFR978FOotGcX8I0jEpg8Knbhlct6F/s1600/Gotham_576_090307.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 225px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhj49ZsF8d3lO2sEUMf2bBgH9hZ0aLJIubcW0De_WNTN-3WWNWy8SW4ENflKlynE3pNfv0dUlPzfvKL2OqDzdI5kG-7VgDCJGaONeQRoxAC6_uNVFyFR978FOotGcX8I0jEpg8Knbhlct6F/s400/Gotham_576_090307.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5565864184884400962" /></a><br /><div>Old story, but somehow the New York Times was able to get a copy of the veterinary bill for this fantastic equine specimen during last April, the month before his unfortunate scratch the morning of the Kentucky Derby, here is a portion:</div><div><br /></div><div><div>The colt was x-rayed 04/10/09 and remained in training for the KY Derby.<br />Colt underwent ultrasound on 04/14/09 and remained in training for the Derby.<br />Colt had tendon sheath injected 04/15/09.<br />Colt had both front fetlock joints injected with HA on 04/29/09.<br />During the previous month the colt also received:<br />60 cc DMSO IV jug,<br />IV baytril X 6,<br />IV liquamycin X 4,<br />IM adequan X 2,<br />gastroguard paste ($280 worth),<br />panacure powerpack,<br />naquasone paste,<br />injected “enzymes” and “vitamins” X 5,<br />lasix X 3,<br />dormosedan X 2,<br />IV bute X 5,<br />IM banamine,<br />L-arginine (animo acid),<br />robinul (decreases stomach acid),</div></div><div>and anedotal evidence suggests more was involved but left off the invoice in question.</div><div><br /></div><div>Noted vet Dr. Larry Bramlage was quoted as saying this was a typical prescription for all Derby horses. </div><div><br /></div><div>I include this info because I have many foreign readers who perhaps don't allow medications in the countries in which they race. Also, because when we discuss conditioning practices in terms of how far, how fast, and how frequently horses are exercised - we need to realize that there are many factors of which we have zero knowledge about. </div><div><br /></div><div>My critics will state: "So what, he was scratched - the vets did their job." But he wasn't scratched until the morning of the Derby when he was unable to jog sound - even though he threw a bullet 4F work just 3 days earlier - a work he could have never attempted without multiple injections. We are all lucky he wasn't allowed to run 10F on Saturday.</div><div><br /></div><div>As trainer Jeff Mullins stated so eloquently: "People who bet on horses are suckers." I'll give the man this, he's a honest guy. </div><div><br /></div><div>How can you bet off of info from Ragozin and DRF when neither of them will give you the vet bills on the horse you back with your money? We spend all of this time and effort handicapping and arguing about surfaces when performances often result from good or bad drug practices. </div><div><br /></div><div>I, and my clients, WILL prove that you can win in the US without drugs. I am not anti-drug by nature, if all of this stuff added up to horses running Derby times under 2:00 I would be a big advocate for Lasix, Bute, and others. </div><div><br /></div><div>But, we breed the equine Michael Jordans and Marion Jones(track) a million times (80 years X 12,000 times a year) conservatively, and we still cannot run Classic races any faster than we did in 1930. What is wrong with this picture?</div><div><br /></div><div>How about we stop the drug use, employ old time training regimens with speedwork twice a week starting at age 2, and use 21st century technology such as interval training, massage, chiropractic, hyperbaric chambers, etc. on horses BEFORE they go lame, in an effort to product the next Secretariat?</div><div><br /></div><div>The alternative is to do the same stuff and waste another 80 years of potential development so we can watch the 2094 Derby winner come across the line in a pedestrian 2:03, what a waste of a fantastic animal.</div><div><br /></div><div>EDIT: Here is the actual vet bill: <span class="Apple-style-span" style="font-family: 'Trebuchet MS', Trebuchet, Verdana, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; ">http://graphics8.nytimes.com/packages/pdf/sports/20091003-racing-document.pdf</span></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977400976507800225.post-21640331696324292372011-01-21T13:31:00.001-08:002011-01-21T13:34:22.808-08:00ThoroEdge on the radio at Twin Spires<a href="http://www.blogtalkradio.com/twinspires/2010/12/10/twinspires-horse-racing-podcast-wderek-simon">http://www.blogtalkradio.com/twinspires/2010/12/10/twinspires-horse-racing-podcast-wderek-simon</a><div><br /></div><div>Something a bit different this week. I was on the podcast of Derek Simon last month, and we had a great discussion about the fragility of the modern racehorse and how it related to the 'perceived' increase in speed. </div><div><br /></div><div>Interestingly enough, we refer to the Bill Finley piece entited "Do we need a Sturdier Racehorse" from the Thoroughbred Daily News that recently won an Eclipse award. </div><div><br /></div><div>My portion is roughly from the 5 to 15 minute mark in the show, you will notice the blogtalkradio dashboard in the middle of your screen, that is where the controls are for the podcast.</div><div><br /></div><div>As always comments are welcome-</div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977400976507800225.post-18131131514234710572010-12-28T11:27:00.000-08:002011-01-10T12:07:27.838-08:00The NTRA Should be Certifying Horses and Trainers, not TracksMagnificent filly Eight Belles broke down during the gallop out after the 2008 Derby and this was the nationally televised impetus to establish the Safety and Integrity Alliance. <div><br />Did anyone blame Churchill Downs or the track surface for the incident?<br /><br /></div><div>Of course not, so why are we now wasting time ‘certifying’ tracks in an effort to avoid another such catastrophe?<br /><br /></div><div>Courtesy of www.ratherrapid.blogspot.com we know that:<br /><br /></div><div>-Eight Belles worked and raced less than any other entry in the field at just 52 furlongs total for the first 5 months of 2008. Next lowest was Big Brown at 56 furlongs, and both careers ended soon after their heroic Derby efforts.<br /><br /></div><div>-Eight Belles worked/raced only 1 time each in December and January, and just 2 times in February. But when March comes along, Larry Jones ups the workload 300% for the next 6 weeks prior to her Derby start.<br /><br /></div><div>-To hell with paraphrasing, I need to directly quote the RatherRapid blog here as he is much more a horseman than yours truly:<br /><br /></div><div>“Now, Jones claims his filly was in perfect health going into the Derby. Unlikely. I will guarantee with my last breath that after that :58 work on 4/27 followed by the 2 minute lick under Jones’ 215 lbs 3 days later that this filly showed significant heat in exactly the area where she fractured.<br /><br /></div><div>How do I know this? </div><div><br /></div><div>Again most trainers will understand you're unable to get away with this sort of back to back work unscathed. Never happens, and in particular would never happen with a filly this young, this tall, and this lightly trained. The probability: Pre-Derby this horse was showing heat in her lower cannons, which will explain why Jones went very easy from 4/30 to the Derby.<br /><br />By Derby day with the light work the heat would have disappeared and EB's legs somehow passed State Vet inspection. Too bad they never put infrared thermography on her. I feel sure that those fetlocks and lower cannons would have lit up that machine like a Christmas Tree.”<br /><br /></div><div>I just don’t buy the fact that this was ‘just racing’, a bad step, or a fluke accident. I could go along with that if the injury happened to one ankle during some jostling the first quarter of the race. But to break both ankles after the longest and toughest race of her young life – there is something else at work here.<br /><br /></div><div>In March 2008 at the Welfare and Safety of the Racehorse Summit in Lexington, the following recommendations were passed on by those in attendance:<br /><br /></div><div>Recommendation 2: Catastrophic Injuries<br />• Promotion of standardized pre-race exam protocol<br />1. Develop a standardized protocol and procedures for pre-race examinations<br /><br />Recommendation 4: Education<br />• Develop continuing education programs for trainers<br /><br />I offered my assistance, for free, multiple times and was ignored. </div><div><br /></div><div>Here was my proposal:<br /><br /></div><div>Many years ago you would have been reading about the spate of deaths in equine endurance racing, where some competitions last 100 miles. In an effort to curb these deaths, the powers that be in that discipline instituted the Cardiovascular Response Index based on heart rate recovery after exercise. Now no horses drop dead in that sport, as they are disqualified if they fail the CRI.<br /><br /></div><div>Why can’t we do the same for thoroughbreds?<br /><br /></div><div>The basis for my recommended *Pre-Race Cardiovascular Fitness Test for Kentucky Derby length of 1.25miles/10 furlongs*, comes from the following publicized work:</div><div><br />*David W. Freeman, Equine Specialist, Don R. Topliff, Associate Professor of Animal Science, Michael A. Collier, Professor of Surgery, Veterinary Medicine. Monitoring Fitness of Horses by Heart Rate. Oklahoma State University, ANSI-9118<br /><br /></div><div>Relevant material from the report:<br /><br />• The normal resting heart rate of a mature horse is between 30 to 40 beats per minute. Although the resting heart rate in humans can decrease dramatically as a result of physical conditioning, the resting heart rate of horses does not appear to change appreciably with fitness.<br /><br />• Recovery heart rate below 120 beats per minute at 2 minutes post exercise and below 70 beats per minute at 10 minutes post exercise suggest the horse is adequately conditioned to the level and intensity of exercise.<br /><br />• One method of monitoring fitness is to graph the heart rate response to an exercise bout of constant speed through the exercise program.<br /><br />• As a horse becomes more fit, heart rate at a constant speed decreases. It is probable that an injury has occurred if heart rate increases sharply during a specific exercise bout.<br /><br />• Careful monitoring of heart rate may assist in early detection of injury much sooner than is otherwise possible.<br /><br />• Elevated heart rates may also be a sign of chronic fatigue, or ‘overtraining’ as it is commonly termed in the industry. The training program may have to be completely stopped and the horse rested for 30 to 60 days if conditioning fatigue persists.<br /><br /></div><div>For the Kentucky Derby length of 10 furlongs, I would recommend the following:<br /><br /></div><div>-Test to encompass 12s/furlong pace at 60-70% of race distance for these elite horses<br />-1.25 mile race requires 6 furlongs breeze in 1min12sec<br />-Taken and passed, no less than 3 days before race, no more than 10 – ideal would be 7 days out.<br />-Recovery heart rate must fall to 120bpm within 2 minutes, and 80bpm within 10 minutes of peak work speed. (2min period reflective of horse being cooled down properly, 10min period reflects fitness level/conditioning of horse for the effort.)<br /><br /></div><div>In my opinion we must strive to prove that a horse is conditioned appropriately for a 6 furlong effort the week before being asked to race 10 furlongs. Horses that have undiagnosed problems with bone remodeling, tendon or ligament stability, or systemic illness or infection will not pass such a test.<br /><br /></div><div>Secondly, with respect to continuing education for trainers, I feel my background in exercise physiology would be a big help in the desire for future catastrophic injury prevention.<br /><br /></div><div>From my experiences with local trainers, I understand there is a great deal of reticence to listen to new ideas. However, I do believe that my focus on enhancing racing performance is more attractive to horsemen of all backgrounds – the promise of faster horses earning a greater purse share can then be used to promote sounder, healthier racehorses.<br /><br /></div><div>My final enclosure is:<br />*D. M. Nunamaker, VMD. On Bucked Shins. Proceedings of the 48th AAEP Annual Convention. Orlando, FL. December 4-8, 2002.<br /><br /></div><div>Relevant material from the report:<br /><br /></div><div>• Traditional training methods of long, slow gallops for yearlings that result in bucked shins are a major cause of saucer and stress fractures later in life, injuries that can contribute to catastrophic breakdowns when racing.<br /><br />The above is just one example of the research that has been done to help trainers mold sound and healthy thoroughbreds, but no system is in place to put this scientific work into practical application.<br /><br /></div><div>Some other topics to include:<br />-Proper warm up prior to race to decrease chance of injury<br />-Minimum training threshold necessary to ensure appropriate fitness/injury prevention<br />-How to spot the signs of overtraining syndrome<br />-Use of correct nutrition/diet practices to ensure proper recovery from exercise<br />-Establishing baseline resting heart rate data for each horse as a vital sign<br /><br /></div><div>Here we are in 2011 and the only progress made has been with regards to certifying track surfaces, starting gates, veterinary personnel, etc. – NONE of which was to blame for the demise of Eight Belles in the first place.<br /><br /></div><div>Now, you Larry Jones apologists are 100% correct in that he is a great horseman and possibly an even greater human being. But, if he believes the best way to build a sound filly is what he did in early 2008 with Eight Belles, he is sorely mistaken. Going slow with 215lbs aboard is no substitute for race-specific preparation via speedwork.<br /><br /></div><div>Please note I am not blaming this trainer, all others do the same. </div><div><br /></div><div>The great Michael Matz was on HBO’s special entitled ‘Barbaro’ just last week – did you catch his quote after the accident?<br /><br /></div><div>“Maybe we had him wound a little bit too tight for this one.”<br /><br /></div><div>Hmm, very few preps, no works in between the Derby and Preakness, etc. and two dead horses that could have made history for the right reasons - instead of the wrong ones. </div><div><br /></div><div>Sounds very familiar to me, but hey at least CD, PIM, and BEL are certified, right?<br /></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977400976507800225.post-77456793221703832322010-12-14T08:56:00.000-08:002010-12-14T09:14:43.738-08:00More Speedwork Plus Less Drugs Equals Faster Horses<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmxWVd5GJ4wZ837IkGNZWezOWxmXyUgSU9inVymFQ9_SyVn_XYglKU1UwjPCurV4P8ds77o_4cQBDcXwbqSvljxVnejwXSAHnCxK3lrtXdu2I7EzRhjys9qd93uLJsknIACaf-tZgL8uqe/s1600/arc.jpg"><img style="display:block; margin:0px auto 10px; text-align:center;cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 400px; height: 254px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhmxWVd5GJ4wZ837IkGNZWezOWxmXyUgSU9inVymFQ9_SyVn_XYglKU1UwjPCurV4P8ds77o_4cQBDcXwbqSvljxVnejwXSAHnCxK3lrtXdu2I7EzRhjys9qd93uLJsknIACaf-tZgL8uqe/s400/arc.jpg" border="0" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5550583099242791874" /></a>OK, last few posts dealt with the stagnant thoroughbred winning times over the past 80 years, but what about other countries? <div><br /></div><div>Let's go to France, where reader Gina at GallopFrance.com recently gave me some details on training regimens in her country. That got me thinking, what has gone on in the Arc de Triomphe, their flagship race, over the past century?</div><div><br /></div><div>A glance at the above chart shows that the improvement in winning times, averaged over a decade, is nearly <b>500% greater</b> than that of the American classics. 12.7 seconds is the improvement in the Arc, while the American races averaged a 2.7 second improvement.</div><div><br /></div><div>Coincidentally, or not, a previous post regarding American winning times in the Hambletonian found very similar numbers:</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://horsetrainingscience.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-can-thoroughbred-trainers-learn.html">http://horsetrainingscience.blogspot.com/2010/09/what-can-thoroughbred-trainers-learn.html</a></div><div><br /></div><div>Again, thanks to Ms. Rarick, we find that horses in her care in France are subjected to bursts of speed from 2-3 times each week. Also, training on the farm allows her to spend an hour a day per horse and she uses no raceday drugs, which are illegal in France. </div><div><br /></div><div>Sound familiar?</div><div><br /></div><div><a href="http://horsetrainingscience.blogspot.com/2010/08/ideal-2-year-old-training-program.html">http://horsetrainingscience.blogspot.com/2010/08/ideal-2-year-old-training-program.html</a></div><div><br /></div><div>I can only assume the great majority of the French trainers, like Freddie Head with the brilliant Goldikova, condition likewise. Slightly off topic, Goldikova will continue to thrill us in 2011 while Zenyatta is in the breeding shed, another casualty of the economics of racing in the US. </div><div><br /></div><div>As discussed earlier, nearly all US based horses train trackside, going at speed once every 7-10 days, exercising a total of 12 minutes or less on average, and competing with Lasix and Bute. </div><div><br /></div><div>I don't want to praise or condemn any country or style, but simply find what is the best for performance. For instance, there is no use of a stopwatch in France, while Americans use it for each breeze - I like this practice very much. </div><div><br /></div><div>So all of you on here finding this site while searching for 'interval training for the thoroughbred' need to first make sure you are putting sufficient speedwork into your charges 2-3x per week before even worrying about such advanced conditioning matters. </div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977400976507800225.post-39204069290913100922010-11-29T06:36:00.000-08:002010-11-29T06:40:31.664-08:00Triple Crown Times Have Not Improved in 70 Years, Why?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXlIOd2mk8a8cO-qTfJ2Fcr6AbFVw3YlHEqFW6xuKrbknh0lrskoQok-yZPYOrKNfVPu_VQDOBj0WFWLkF5OlTYv7e1xSuMK7Rssj1hdvnp17dNjvVKZa76q36heKonS8k9DWsLTXlAxqS/s1600/tcchart.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 259px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5544980635085319186" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjXlIOd2mk8a8cO-qTfJ2Fcr6AbFVw3YlHEqFW6xuKrbknh0lrskoQok-yZPYOrKNfVPu_VQDOBj0WFWLkF5OlTYv7e1xSuMK7Rssj1hdvnp17dNjvVKZa76q36heKonS8k9DWsLTXlAxqS/s400/tcchart.jpg" /></a><br /><div></div>Last week, the Thoroughbred Daily News published a 20 page article entitled “Do We Need A Sturdier Racehorse? You can access the entire work of Mr. Bill Finley at this link (free registration required):<br /><br /><a href="http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/restricted/pdf/magazine/Do%20We%20Need%20A%20Sturdier%20Racehorse.pdf">http://www.thoroughbreddailynews.com/restricted/pdf/magazine/Do%20We%20Need%20A%20Sturdier%20Racehorse.pdf</a><br /><br />Basically, the question asked was: What makes today’s racehorses start less and get injured more often compared to the horses of the ‘old days’? Reasons commonly given range from breeding, to drugs, to economics, to racing surfaces.<br /><br />Admittedly this is a very complex subject. But one thing we do know, at least in the Triple Crown races, is that horses ARE NO FASTER today than they were 70 years ago. Not one bit faster, despite our best efforts to breed ‘the best to the best’ over several generations. Please reference above chart. (Raw data available upon request.)<br /><br />Speed is a misnomer. No horse carries his top end speed for more than a few seconds in any race. I chart these efforts via onboard GPS system, much like Trakus does at Keeneland and other facilities. Stamina is what is missing from our horses these days, the ability to hold 95% of top speed for several furlongs.<br /><br />Is it in the breeding?<br /><br />YES<br />Arthur Hancock: “We are breeding a weaker horse, we are breeding a chemical horse.”<br />Mr. Hancock shares the opinion of many horsemen today. However, a leading equine geneticist disagrees:<br /><br />NO<br />Dr. Ernest Bailey of the Gluck Center at the University of Kentucky: “Many breeders believe that horses have become less durable. I do have some reservations. 40-50 years is a very short time to manifest such an extensive change in the population. The onset of the problem is fairly abrupt, and is more consistent with a change in management. Gene frequencies change at a glacial place.”<br /><br />Is it the drugs?<br /><br />YES<br />Trainer Gary Bizantz: “The veterinary community misled the American racing industry into thinking that increasing the amounts of medication we gave these horses would do numerous good things. It would make them run faster, their careers would be longer, field sizes would be higher, and they would get hurt less often. One hundred percent of what they said has gone the other way. Everything.”<br /><br />NO<br />Nick Zito: “How can you be over-medicated when a horse is just starting? If I end up with a horse that only races once or twice I can’t blame that on drugs.”<br /><br />Is it the economics?<br /><br />Trainers of big money horses, with big money owners, have to keep their winning percentages up over 20% in order to remain marketable, so they run their horses infrequently, and only when they have a good chance to win. Their main concern is residual value after a racing career ends. But what about claiming trainers at lower levels? Why do they follow the same pattern?<br />Breeders are in the business to sell horses and make money. I can’t blame them for breeding horses that people want to buy – and people want to buy a Super Saver, who wins the big black type race and is off to the breeding shed. Super Saver never had a published work over 5 furlongs in his brief career.<br /><br />Is it the surfaces?<br /><br />Bob Baffert and others think so. In all fairness, just a few years into the synthetic experiment, it’s probably too early to tell. The article goes on to mention how the bases of dirt tracks have changed over the years. Other countries racing over turf as opposed to dirt, generally report lower breakdown figures.<br /><br />What is missing from the equation?<br /><br />Back to Dr. Bailey, “Perhaps someone can identify a <span style="color:#ff0000;">management change</span> or a dietary supplement that has been universal and potentially devastating to the current generation of horses?”<br /><br />Many old timers, and myself, believe that ‘management change’ is the current trend of trainers to train and race their horses much less frequently than in the past.<br /><br />Hall of Famer Allen Jerkens: “The biggest change in racing is that people are of the opinion that you shouldn’t run horses very often. I can’t understand it. What’s going on, it’s a fallacy.”<br />Mr. Jerkens beat Secretariat twice within 8 weeks, once with Onion and once with Prove Out, both were running back in a week or less.<br /><br />Trainer Ben Jones and Whirlaway: 1941 Triple Crown campaign included 20 starts including a Derby Trial win the Tuesday before the Kentucky Derby. Also, an allowance win BETWEEN the Preakness and the Belmont.<br /><br />On the flip side, Todd Pletcher and others disagree, often referring to the Ragozin figures which are given credit for identifying the ‘bounce theory’, which states that horses coming off a top effort need time to recover, else they will run back poorly.<br /><br />Adds trainer Chris Englehart: “When I see what trainers did years ago it makes me scratch my head, if I tried to do that with my horses, they would all be on the farm.”<br /><br />I agree 100% Mr. Englehart. The key lies in the 2 year old season. If you miss that window of development, you will have to wrap your horses in duct tape to keep them sound. Here is the data to back that up:<br /><br />A Jockey Club study showed that despite conventional wisdom, modern trainers are not pushing their 2 year olds hard enough. In 1964 a whopping 52% of the foal crop raced and averaged 6.9 starts, but from 2004-2009 only 30 percent started and averaged but 3 starts per horse.<br />Prominent vet Larry Bramlage: “Horses that make their first career start at age 2 earn twice as much as those who begin racing careers at age 3. In addition, these horses show less predisposition for injury. These data strongly support the physiologic premise that it is easier for a horse to adapt to training when begun at the end of skeletal growth which takes advantage of the established blood supply and cell populations. If you wait longer, until age 3, the musculoskeletal system is allowed to atrophy at the end of growth because of the lack of training stimulus.”<br /><br />A very detailed exercise regimen was found by Dr. Nunamaker at the New Bolton Center along<br />with Dr. John Fisher, DVM, a trainer based out of Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland:<br /><br /><a href="http://horsetrainingscience.blogspot.com/2010/08/ideal-2-year-old-training-program.html">http://horsetrainingscience.blogspot.com/2010/08/ideal-2-year-old-training-program.html</a><br /><br />I have talked to dozens of trainers over the years, and found just one who follows such a program.<br /><br />We all are regaled with the many successes of today’s super trainers. Multiple graded stakes winners and winning percentages up near 25% are common, yet we rarely see what happens to the hundreds of horses given to these trainers that never make the headlines.<br /><br />Blogger Frank at RatherRapid took the time to document some findings that seem to show injury rates well over 50% from these stables:<br /><br /><a href="http://ratherrapid.blogspot.com/2009/01/trainer-summariesa-continuing-post.html">http://ratherrapid.blogspot.com/2009/01/trainer-summariesa-continuing-post.html</a><br /><br />The great irony is: Early race specific exercise and racing is obviously beneficial, but nowadays 2 year olds rarely breeze further than 5F, make 2-3 starts beginning in late Fall, and are then spelled. This ‘management’ dooms them to making fewer starts than the old timers, and running race times equal to those of the 1930’s, despite all the veterinary and technological advances of the past century.<br /><br />If I had a horse in training, and I wasn’t a billionaire, I’d send him to this guy:<br /><br />Gary Contessa: “I believe in watching a horse train, and if the horse is doing well, why not run them? Mighty Irish ran 4 times last month and that owner made money with a sub-par horse because of it. But she was good to go, so I ran her, otherwise I could have ran her once a month and lost money.”Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.com9tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977400976507800225.post-66085725164509709022010-11-06T17:46:00.000-07:002010-11-06T17:51:41.966-07:00Traditional Horsemanship gets Zenyatta beatSynthetic horses were 0-10 on the dirt at CD until Race 9 when longshot Dakota Phone broke the skid.<br /><br />Much like Zenyatta, he had a career mostly on synthetic with just 2 dirt starts.<br /><br />But unlike the great Z, he got a fast work over the dirt surface this week prior to her start. A 3F move on Wednesday, just 3 days prior to his start in the BC Dirt Mile, which is one of my ‘tricks’ to squeezing out a few extra tenths come raceday, best used by Carl Nafzger with Unbrided:<br /><a href="http://horsetrainingscience.blogspot.com/2010/10/nafzgers-secret-with-unbridled.html">http://horsetrainingscience.blogspot.com/2010/10/nafzgers-secret-with-unbridled.html</a><br /><br />Another trick is to break away from that stupid TV-friendly post parade and knock off a few 14 sec furlongs. Dangerous Midge did so in the BC Turf, perhaps by accident, and then came home a big longshot winner:<br /><a href="http://horsetrainingscience.blogspot.com/2010/03/using-exercise-physiology-to-handicap.html">http://horsetrainingscience.blogspot.com/2010/03/using-exercise-physiology-to-handicap.html</a><br /><br />Back to Zenyatta’s heroic effort-<br /><br />15-20 lengths back at the first turn, Jerry Bailey said it took her several seconds to get used to the track. Why not get her used to the track during a 6F work last week in the morning under the lights?<br /><br />6F in 1:11 flat put her 10 lengths further back than she had ever been on dirt at OP.<br /><br />Blame kept in front through the gallop out after the wire, didn’t shy away like females did for the past 2 years when hooked, but then again he ain’t Rinterval.<br /><br />Commentators act like nothing could be done, she just didn’t like the dirt – well they all ran over the same surface, the difference is that other horses had the experience. She could have had it, but was kept at home instead so as to not interrupt her routine.<br /><br />This is a game of inches, and you have to do all you can to put those inches in your column. A nice blow out 3 days before is one such edge.<br /><br />Another edge is familiarizing yourself with a foreign surface, not just one race over dirt in the last 2 years against a field of 6, that isn’t good enough.<br /><br />I’m not just guessing at this stuff, I collect GPS, heart rate, and blood lactate data on horses during training hours on a variety of surfaces. Through appropriate training on a surface, they can improve by 10% or more. All she needed was another couple of feet and she makes history.<br /><br />Traditional horsemanship, where you keep your horse psychologically happy instead of physiologically primed, came back to haunt the Sherriffs camp. You simply cannot play that game with the synthetic wrinkle thrown into today’s game. Would you take Goldikova into the BC Classic on dirt after a career on turf, of course not! Not without a prep and a month of training over the surface, that is.<br /><br />People realize that turf is different from dirt, and would never skip from one to another without much preparation, why treat synthetic differently?<br /><br />One key principle of exercise physiology is that of Specificity. You get what you train for, in other words. Go back 10 years when all was dirt and this point is moot. But now we have ProRide, Cushion Track, and Polytrack and the rules have changed.<br /><br />Blame won 3 other big races at CD and had the homecourt advantage, but could still only eek out a victory by a neck. Zenyatta is the better horse in my opinion, but could have been managed a bit better with respect to the surface question.<br /><br />The streak is over Mr. and Mrs. Moss, give her a break, unretire her again, bring her back in CA next spring, head East for some dirt action against the boys, and win this thing next year by 4 lengths. Please. Then you can have your well deserved Horse of the Year award and go down as one of the best ever, regardless of gender.<br /><br />Run this race again in a month and Zenyatta finishes on top in her customary style. She earned more respect from me today than she did in those other 19 wins, by far.Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977400976507800225.post-7934110945912226302010-11-05T06:10:00.000-07:002010-11-05T06:14:14.818-07:00Zenyatta works vs the competitionSome hope here-<br /><br />Looks like Mr. Sheriffs has made some adjustments, as many of her works the past month have been 6F in length, with one 7F thrown in. On synthetic of course.<br /><br />By contrast, Blame has been on poly at Keeneland and only going the traditional 4 and 5F distances. Likewise for QR and others on dirt.<br /><br />I assume, that many of them also gallop out another quarter quite aggressively.<br /><br />From elsewhere in this blog I have criticized her chances based on lack of experience on dirt, but his seemingly minor adjustment may give her some help come raceday.Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977400976507800225.post-6840247377024466302010-11-04T05:38:00.001-07:002010-11-04T18:45:56.382-07:00Synthetics are like a trampoline says Zenyatta's exercise rider<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2jvzaZIg9_8oWtqXiObrritoH26lIrViab6JsSZJKFdF0N-13nTNwmgBO3YV1EBe_-aV9o2qbhh_z1Uh9FztwdRsqhlaR-P1je5ERKr0gaP7uLAUpsFU3JWkuYWJlgkDKD3NOThcCKqQ/s1600/ZenyattaCD110310AEVertical.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 225px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 250px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5535676334483001346" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhR2jvzaZIg9_8oWtqXiObrritoH26lIrViab6JsSZJKFdF0N-13nTNwmgBO3YV1EBe_-aV9o2qbhh_z1Uh9FztwdRsqhlaR-P1je5ERKr0gaP7uLAUpsFU3JWkuYWJlgkDKD3NOThcCKqQ/s400/ZenyattaCD110310AEVertical.jpg" /></a><br /><div><strong>"She’s terrific," added Willard. "She couldn’t be training any better. She loves the dirt. I knew it two years ago, and I knew it going into Hot Springs (for the Apple Blossom at Oaklawn Park). She drives off it. It doesn’t have the trampoline effect like the synthetics."</strong></div><br /><div></div><div>Better than from the horse's mouth!</div><br /><div></div><div>By the way, that Apple Blossom in which she was so dominant timed at 1:13 for 6F, while Saturday will be around 1:09 for 6F on a similar surface. So, Z will use much more energy to be close - or be 15-20 lengths further back than usual.</div><br /><div>Ragozin, Thorograph, Beyer, all point to a disappointment for the legions of Zenyatta fans this weekend - and her backers believe that she transcends numbers/statistics. Gotta love this sport in that she finally gets to prove which side is right. </div><br /><div></div><div>Some of you know, I collect physiological data on horses during exercise. Most of my data comes from Churchill and Keeneland, I've never been out West. From these numbers, horses breezing on synthetic experience much smaller lactic acid build up than those on dirt.</div><br /><div></div><div>Amazingly, it takes 6F on polytrack to even get close to the lactic acid dealt with after just 4F on dirt. So after 6F of the BC, Zenyatta will likely be in uncharted lactic acid territory for her and still have a half mile left to go. Ouch. She is indeed the greatest racemare ever if she can overcome this against such a quality field. </div><br /><div></div><div>Don't just take my word for it, get out there yourself and feel the differences. </div><br /><div>Run 400m on blacktop(CD), again on your local high school rubber track(poly), and again on grass(turf). They will feel markedly different, both during the run and in the days after - and the stopwatch will differ greatly. </div><div></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.com23tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977400976507800225.post-21378644209184412112010-10-31T17:33:00.000-07:002010-10-31T17:35:30.995-07:00Why Zenyatta Loses Big on SaturdayI debated a week before posting this, and decided to go ahead and risk looking like an idiot. First of all, I hope she wins and cements her HOY and status as one of the best ever. But that won’t happen on dirt.<br /><br />Politics aside, synthetic and dirt are different, not good or bad, just different. Many of her rivals in the Classic have prepped the last few months on the hard surfaces out East, while she has remained in CA racing and training on the synthetic. Now if she was out there breezing a mile I would be happy, but 6F on synthetic is like 4F on dirt in what it takes out of a horse – not enough in my opinion.<br /><br />Imagine taking batting practice against fastballs for a month, then all of a sudden seeing a curveball. Unless you are supremely talented, you likely need some practice in order to hit the curve as well as the heater. Different neurological coordination is required, different firing and relaxing of the muscles, different eye/hand coordination, etc.<br /><br />Granted, she went to Oaklawn and won on dirt this spring, but none of those females have won a G1 this year and the Beyer pace figs rated the Apple Blossom as the slowest in 26 years.<br /><br />Furthermore, she has a one dimensional running style not suited towards a speed favoring track. She has made her living walking out of the gate, laying 10 lengths back, and coming home strong. Essentially she runs a negative split, where her final quarter or half mile is faster than her first. Physiologically, that is the most effective way to maximize her effort – but she will not be allowed that luxury in the Classic, she will have to battle the lactic acid buildup in the final eighth like everyone else – only this will be the first time in her life having to deal with that pain.<br /><br />Other trainers out West have started to see this perspective, after synthetic babies went something like 0 for 50 in the Kentucky Derby the past few years. Bob Baffert, for instance, took Looking at Lucky to Oaklawn for the dirt in March, and again took him to Hoosier Park last month for his final prep before the Breeders Cup.<br /><br />Why did Sheriffs not do the same with Big Z? She won’t even get to Churchill until Tuesday, a few light gallops over the track and boom, it’s racetime.<br /><br />At some point, the Mosses seemed to indicate that Zenyatta would travel East in 2010 and make the rounds on the dirt circuit, but that never happened. Why not, at the very least, bring her to Louisville a month early and get in several works over the surface?<br /><br />Her handlers seem to think she is 10 lengths better on dirt, but I bet you there are 100+ trainers who think their charges are ready to excel next weekend, and only about 10 of them will be correct.<br /><br />She is extremely talented of course, and if she can overcome the handicap of spending 99% of her life on a surface different than that at Churchill, she deserves the accolades she will surely receive with a rousing victory.<br /><br />But, I see her running out of time to make that patented move and finishing out of the money.<br /><br />Come November 7th I will either be a prophet or a bozo. Put your vote in the comments below, along with any suggestions about something embarrassing I can post as punishment should she win by 5.Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.com6tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977400976507800225.post-17987193302964126642010-10-13T09:23:00.000-07:002010-10-13T10:04:52.393-07:00Nafzger's Secret with Unbridled"The Derby is a day away. It's Friday. Time for me to use what I considered a small secret weapon with this particular horse. I had done it with him in nearly every race of his career, but had kept it secret from the press.<br /><br />A day prior to each of his races, instead of just galloping him for exercise, I would have the rider gallop about a mile and then quicken the pace to do the last half in 52 and change - a light breeze.<br /><br />I kept that a secret race after race because if he would have thrown in a dull effort, the critics would have said it was because he'd been breezed the day before.<br /><br />But, Unbridled could do a half in 52 and change and not really be extending himself. Instead of squeezing a drop from the lemon, I was merely adding to the potency of the contents."<br /><br /><strong>-from Traits of a Winner, by Carl A. Nafzger</strong><br /><strong></strong><br />Very smart fellow, he may not know why it worked, but it did and he kept it quiet to avoid the media onslaught of second guessers. <br /><br />Now, if you are reading this you likely don't have Unbridled in your barn and a half in 52 the day before a race will be way too much. Try a quarter instead, or 3F 2 days out, etc.<br /><br />The key is to empty the spleen and fill it with new, oxygen rich blood cells just prior to raceday.<br /><br />Many, many such 'uncharted' works are taking place out there every day - not too mention routine gallops ending in a few 13sec furlongs. None of this makes the DRF, so don't read the form and think you know everything that goes on behind the scenes to condition a horse.Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977400976507800225.post-20465438342902904282010-09-08T08:45:00.000-07:002010-09-08T08:58:02.810-07:00What can Thoroughbred Trainers Learn from Standardbred Conditioners?<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOXac5tTa0JivFXM4xVg5d-IhzWo5vFn4tASoiP-Vlt-Cum2MFFqzGP86zfK-dw1ndPDiN5HrN3jGXKG6fTFwzCmFTV9kiHkC9IaqNuK4b5sbl2An_j3sZjcMTT-dZay8s-UgrQHTk0U1/s1600/chart.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 258px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5514571152156210722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjkOXac5tTa0JivFXM4xVg5d-IhzWo5vFn4tASoiP-Vlt-Cum2MFFqzGP86zfK-dw1ndPDiN5HrN3jGXKG6fTFwzCmFTV9kiHkC9IaqNuK4b5sbl2An_j3sZjcMTT-dZay8s-UgrQHTk0U1/s400/chart.jpg" /></a><br /><div>For once in my life, I’ll try to stick to the facts and keep my opinions to myself, at least until a later date.<br />The fact is that harness racing times have improved markedly over the past 70+ years, while thoroughbred times have lagged well behind.<br /><br />To keep things simple, I decided to use the winning times in the Kentucky Derby and the Hambletonian – the two feature races for each discipline, please see above table:<br /><br />Both races feature a landmark effort to break the 2:00 barrier; first accomplished in the Derby by the immortal Secretariat in 1973, with the corresponding harness racing effort coming from Emily’s Pride in 1958 – both carding a 1:59 (for the purposes of this piece, I have rounded off all fractional times downward to the nearest second).<br /><br /></div><div>From the above chart, starting in 1930 standardbreds have improved winning Hambo times by 7.9%, while thoroughbreds of the same period have improved Derby winning times by just 1.8%. If you start analyzing the data at the time of the breaking of the magic 2:00 threshold the differences are even more striking – 7.0% for trotters vs. an imperceptible 0.08% for thoroughbreds. </div><div><br />So, we have seen a roughly 500% greater improvement in Hambo winners versus Derby champs. Those of you who have read my work before know of my interest in the training aspect of the game, so let’s take a look at all the variables that may hold some answers to the above discrepancy.<br /><br /></div><div><strong>Training and racing frequency</strong><br /><br /></div><div>Thoroughbreds these days are lucky to get 6 starts per year on average, yet standardbreds often race weekly – even needing to qualify prior to racing. Thoroughbreds, taking into account a few weeks off from speedwork after a race, may see 12 sec/furlong paces for a half mile every 10-14 days. Standarbreds train in an interval fashion, working miles each week at race pace of 14 sec/furlong.<br /><br /></div><div><strong>Use of technology</strong><br /><br /></div><div>Thoroughbred trainers are avid users of the stopwatch, and sometimes the scales. Standardbred practicioners have utilized heart rate monitors, lactate analyzers, resistance carts, etc. for long before I entered the picure.<br /><br />The first standardbred trainer I met was training a thoroughbred here at Churchill Downs, a former $5,000 claimer. After a few interval sessions at 1 mile with the HR/GPS monitor, his horse went on to win his next two route races by a total of 29 lengths – and was eventually claimed away for $50,000. Now with a new trainer and using the same old methods, that horse has done very little since.<br /></div><div>A Lexington-based equine rehab center with a modern hyperbaric chamber reports that after harness races at the Red Mile, she gets a line of vans with sound candidates for post race treatment in order to enhance recovery. Despite being closer to Keeneland, thoroughbreds never make the trip unless a horse is injured.<br /><br /></div><div><strong>Drugs, namely Lasix and Bute</strong><br /><br /></div><div>Lasix became raceday legal back in the 80’s for thoroughbred racing, and starts per career numbers have fallen ever since, while Derby winning times have remained stagnant. The Hambo outlawed raceday Lasix and Bute in the early 90’s, yet times have continued to improve at the same rate.<br /><br /></div><div><strong>Pre-race warm up<br /><br /></strong></div><div>Nonexistent for most US thoroughbreds, their pre race routine consists mainly of walking in the post parade followed by a gentle trot next to the pony before entering the gate. Standardbreds often warm up a few miles prior to completion, with several furlongs of race-pace efforts.<br /><br /></div><div><strong>Other factors</strong><br /><br /></div><div>All thoroughbreds start from a standstill, while trotters get a rolling gate, which is much easier physiologically on the Hambo competitors.<br />Thoroughbreds also travel much faster than the trotters, which can cause more skeletal and soft tissue problems.<br />In US racing, most thoroughbreds have to start quickly and come home dead tired, while trotters actually often complete final quarters faster than the first ones.<br />Add these factors together and you can see that thoroughbred racing is probably tougher on the equine athletes, which can explain a higher injury rate – but not a lack of performance improvement.<br /><br /></div><div><strong>Parting shot<br /><br /></strong></div><div>I have one client, a self made millionaire here in the US, who insists to me that all big time TB trainers have a very good grasp of equine exercise physiology – but the numbers just don’t bear that out. </div><div><br />Somewhere, someday a thoroughbred owner/trainer is going to copy the training methods of the standardbred guys, instead of the thoroughbred elite, and make history. Only then will everyone else copy his practices and we’ll see Derby winning times in the mid 1:50’s on a consistent basis.</div><div><br />Maybe it will be us in 2020?: </div><div> </div><div><a href="http://horsetrainingscience.blogspot.com/2010/09/thoroedge-racing-partnership-only-drug.html">http://horsetrainingscience.blogspot.com/2010/09/thoroedge-racing-partnership-only-drug.html</a></div><div> </div><div> </div><div> </div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977400976507800225.post-56203720495634201722010-09-02T11:24:00.000-07:002010-09-02T12:04:09.470-07:00Thoroedge Racing Partnership - the only drug free stable racing in the USTime to put my money where my mouth is. ThoroEdge Racing Partnerships is set for a January 2011 launch with 5-10 purchases of 2 year olds who are galloping regularly, but yet to begin formal speed training.<br /><br /><strong>What make us different than the rest?</strong><br /><ol><li> 100% drug free racing, no lasix, no bute.<br />Drug use for maladies such as coughs, colds, etc. is just fine, but drug abuse is not allowed. Vet bills to be shared with all investors.<br /><br /></li><li>Action, action, action!<br />Our economic model calls for 2 year olds to be trained in South America, where monthly costs are just $1,000. Without debilitating drug abuse, and through scientifically sound training methods, our stock will race every 10-14 days on average - like in the old days.<br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">Put just these two factors together, and you get 10x the excitement for your dollar vs traditional partnerships.<br /><br /></span></li><li>Quality horseman at every level.<br />Trainers with success in US-bases stake races, foreign assistants who have graduated from KY-based internship programs, and bloodstock agentswith decades of experience, make up the Management Team.<br /><br /></li><li>Auctions are for suckers, unless you are the seller.<br />All of our stock will be purchased privately, off the farm. If a seller doesnt allow me to monitor HR during a gallop - I'm not buying from him. Public auctions are where the world's leading breeders dump their unwanted horses - ones they have observed on the farm for many months that show zero hope. Some champions in that mix, but you have to spend millions to find them consistently.<br /><br /></li><li>With our physiological testing regimen we are targeting the best athletes, not merely the potential pedigree superstars. The magic happens when a horse is moving, and his HR behavior indicates superior physiological ability in real time.<br /><br /></li><li>Only those horses that can pay their way come to the US.<br />With an average shipping cost of $10,000 from South America, our best prospects will need to win 3-4 races overseas before coming to the states.<br /><br /></li><li>Our sport is horse RACING, not horse selling, not horse breeding - you want that other stuff, go join Team Valor, etc. Many of which, by the way, are fantastic organizations, just playing the game in a different manner than Thoroedge.<br /><br /></li><li>Our ideal campaigner will, in his/her career, race until age 6 and make 50 starts. This can only be accomplished by judicious training/racing and keeping them sound with frequent paddock turnout time.<br /><br /></li><li>All foreign races will be available via live webstream - perhaps not TVG or HRTV everytime out, but technology is pervasive enought to give us great coverage.<br /><br /></li><li>Nothing noble comes without sacrifice. Sending stock to the southern hemisphere for 2 year old training effectively rules out the Kentucky Derby and other classics, but not the Breeders Cup or many other quality stakes races at ages 4 and up.<br /></li></ol>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977400976507800225.post-68909213167687620142010-08-18T06:46:00.000-07:002010-08-18T07:09:55.138-07:00The Ideal 2 Year Old Training ProgramPedigree and conformation are what you pay for at the sales.<br /><br />Once you have your prospects, don’t simply train them like everyone else – invest a little extra time and attention, not money for once, and you can gain an edge on the competition by the time you get to the track.<br /><br /><strong>HOW TO GET THE BONE DENSITY OF A RACING 4 YEAR OLD IN YOUR 2 YEAR OLDS</strong><br /><br />My job is to comb through hundreds of pages of scientific studies put forth by the brightest minds in the equine industry and find things of use to my clients.<br /><br />By far, the biggest discovery was a specific exercise protocol for 2 year old horses hidden within the landmark Maryland Shin Study by David Nunamaker of the New Bolton Center for Veterinary Medicine:<br /><br />(<a href="http://www.ivis.org/proceedings/aaep/2002/910102000076.PDF">http://www.ivis.org/proceedings/aaep/2002/910102000076.PDF</a>)<br /><br />This study has been around for many years, yet my experience shows less than 10% of those who can benefit from the findings are actually putting the recommendations into practice. On a personal note, I work with an $11,000 yearling purchase that exhibits the same physiological ability of a Derby hopeful for an international racing concern that paid a six figure stud fee in 2008.<br /><br />My filly adds speed work at the end of gallops twice a week, while the regally bred colt is trained in a traditional manner of 2 mile gallops with a breeze thrown in every 7-10 days. Both will be at the races this fall, stay tuned for an update – but for now let’s look at how YOU can condition your two year olds for maximum soundness and earning potential in the upcoming season.<br /><br /><strong>Why is the practice of ‘legging up’ dangerous for racehorses?</strong><br /><br />Because 70% of traditionally trained two year olds develop some sort of repetitive loading injury in the shins, which compromises soundness and earning potential.<br /><br />Old school trainers would often buck shins on purpose, in order to ‘get it out of the way’, rest and resume training. Although many live through this process and come out OK, Nunamaker found that over 12% of these athletes suffer saucer fractures later on in their careers.<br /><br />Standardbreds don’t buck their shins because they train and race in the same gait, a trot or pace. Thoroughbreds have shin problems because they often train at varied paces – many slower than race pace.<br /><br />They build ‘gallop’ bone, not ‘breeze’ bone. Therefore when breezes are introduced, trouble often arises. When galloping slower than a 2:45 pace, the cannon bone strikes the ground at an angle, and new bone rapidly forms to counteract this.<br /><br />However, at breeze speeds of 13sec/furlong or faster, the cannon bone strikes the ground at 90 degrees, with more dense bone forming as a result on the front and inner surfaces of the cannon bones – which is ideal for withstanding the rigors of racing. Please see below:<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAIiRz4bffmKFyTOe7rixiT6FUmcUK5q7LU92ohA0EOwGUTcTIeZAkliPvjkrK9fK-sm7uu-xQ7_ifJoRtuoTbFOkzCuFZniXyQcRBPIaA73lxeTRwRKzEtTf4gp0WrWE6qGqMH5oAz_8B/s1600/jog.bmp"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 320px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506749509914910178" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAIiRz4bffmKFyTOe7rixiT6FUmcUK5q7LU92ohA0EOwGUTcTIeZAkliPvjkrK9fK-sm7uu-xQ7_ifJoRtuoTbFOkzCuFZniXyQcRBPIaA73lxeTRwRKzEtTf4gp0WrWE6qGqMH5oAz_8B/s400/jog.bmp" /></a><br /><div><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOezryvMFfSaRyyQjORJuLSMERaFN1nMVAXWBM9RiVVlffzyOBMxy5RHTU0ZxcLxJgC0PaMUCzfqQAxsOSuq5Sop6Q-dOTKOjDrDtVXXJ-iefSP06EepxOqiw3UOyIIBc0gk0HFDJLl2rZ/s1600/gallop.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 400px; HEIGHT: 285px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506748904435017106" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiOezryvMFfSaRyyQjORJuLSMERaFN1nMVAXWBM9RiVVlffzyOBMxy5RHTU0ZxcLxJgC0PaMUCzfqQAxsOSuq5Sop6Q-dOTKOjDrDtVXXJ-iefSP06EepxOqiw3UOyIIBc0gk0HFDJLl2rZ/s400/gallop.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><div>Before we begin, I need to indentify two terms: classical training and modified training.<br /><br /><em>Classical training</em> can also be referred to as traditional training and consists of many miles of long, slow gallops designed to ‘leg up’ the 2 year old for a future at the racetrack. Most gallops stop increasing distance at 2 miles, and paces are kept in the range of 18-20 sec/furlong, or about a 2:30 min/mile. Breezes are introduced at a frequency of once every 7-10 days and range from 1F to 4F in length, with speeds of approximately 13 sec/furlong. Sound familiar?<br /><br /><em>Modified training</em> can be referred to as scientific training, as its specifics have been devised from Nunamaker, John Fisher DVM, and others through rigorous testing and evaluation of several hundred 2 year olds over the past 2 decades. The gallops typically are shorter, from a mile to a mile and a quarter, and speedwork is introduced much earlier. Twice each week a gallop ends with speed work, starting with 1F in 15 seconds, and ending 3 months later with 3F in :40.<br />Here are the study details with pictures:<br /><br />A – Group 1 – traditional training on a dirt track, this horse bucked his shins<br />B – Group 2 – traditional training on wood chip surface, even less new bone than Group 1<br />C – Group 3 – control group turned out to pasture, cannon bone still mostly round<br />D – Group 4 – modified training group, thick/dense bone on front and inside of shin<br />E – Table of results – green line represents racing 3 year olds, our 2 year olds in Stable 4 (black line) demonstrate superior bone growth compared to this group of seasoned competitors, without even racing yet!<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBdCJeDW3kUEMVX-pnT6ZnRnyWnQw3Rdq5i2m9iq4L6AxpsPN5HURRvJuVREnz1fYBAPGSogk1IwD4xJksDSNFbNdvrdQDsVNbPjjsn_UdIRGeSPEpfESCNHlkEXiq2WU9sJNTwTtjeK7/s1600/nunamaker.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 465px; HEIGHT: 400px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506748474830910722" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEikBdCJeDW3kUEMVX-pnT6ZnRnyWnQw3Rdq5i2m9iq4L6AxpsPN5HURRvJuVREnz1fYBAPGSogk1IwD4xJksDSNFbNdvrdQDsVNbPjjsn_UdIRGeSPEpfESCNHlkEXiq2WU9sJNTwTtjeK7/s400/nunamaker.jpg" /></a><br /><br /><br /><div>After this initial study, Nunamaker and others went about testing their findings on a larger scale; where 226 two year olds were followed from 5 different stables over a period of 11 years.<br />Stable 2, with frequent breezes and modified training, was found to reduce the likelihood of bucked shins by 98.6%.<br /><br />Training traditionally, Stables 1 and 4 had the largest incidences of bucked shins, with weekly breezing found to increase the chances of bucked shins by 36.4%.<br /><br />Even if they didn’t buck, overall development was compromised by the failure to build race-appropriate bone and tendon strength as a juvenile.</div><div><br />So we now have ideal bone growth in our 2 year olds, imagine how this type of training similarly optimizes the condition of ligaments, tendons, muscles, nervous system, blood chemistry, capillarization of lung tissue, etc.?<br /></div><div>For instance, my 2 year old filly will make her debut without Lasix – as her lungs have been exposed to the pressures of speed over dirt in a very gradual manner throughout the past 4 months and the vet suspects, much like her bones, these structures will be well suited for racing.<br /><strong>Modified 2 year old training at Fair Hill in Maryland</strong><br /></div><div>Dr. John Fisher, DVM at Fair Hill Training Center in Maryland has been fine tuning this protocol for many years within his own stable.<br /><br />Young horses are broken to ride in the fall and are able to gallop one mile in 18-20sec/furlong pace by the end of December of their 1 year old year.</div><div><br />The principle Dr. Fisher operates under is that the bones of a young horse need to experience the strains associated with racing speeds as soon as possible so that bones can begin to remodel appropriately. </div><div> </div><div>A side effect of this practice is that all other systems of the equine body do as well, especially the tiny lung sacs that cause so much problems later on when they bleed (EIPH).</div><div><br />Rick Arthur DVM has expressed the need for cannon bones to be elliptical in shape, rather than round. Thicker bone development is desired on the inside and front edges in order to better withstand the rigors of racing.<br /></div><div>Galloping at 18sec/furlong and slower exposes bone to a stretching, or shearing, type of tension while breezing causes compression like forces which foster bone growth that is ideal for racing.<br /></div><div>The message to take home here is simply not ‘more speed is better’ but that when you progressively load bones with exercise specific to racing you get an ideal result: bones as strong as a 4 year old, with soft tissues to match, according to Allen Goodship, PhD at England’s Royal Veterinary College.<br /></div><div><strong>Details of Modified Training Protocol developed by Dr. John Fisher at Fair Hill Training Center:</strong><br /></div><div>-Fisher Stage 1<br />Finish 2 gallops (TUE and SAT) with final furlong in :15 for 5 weeks.<br /><br />-Fisher Stage 2<br />Finish 2 gallops (TUE and SAT) with final 2F in :30 for 5 weeks. </div><div><br />-Fisher Stage 3<br />Gallops are extended to 1.25 miles twice per week.<br />Finish 1 gallop (SAT) with final 2F in :26 for 4 weeks.<br />Finish 1 gallop (SAT) with final 3F in :40 for 3 weeks </div><div><br />From ‘On Bucked Shins’ by Nunamaker, with respect to the above exercise protocol:<br /><br />“This training program has shown no increase in the injury rate of young horses.<br /><br />An excellent by-product of this training program is the mental development of these 2-yr-olds. Because of the very relaxed atmosphere of walking to and from the racetrack, these individuals exhibit no anxiety about their work.<br /><br />For this training program to work the rider cannot be in a hurry to get back to the barn and on the next horse. The 2-yr-olds are not anxious about speed work because it has been in their weekly schedule since the beginning of training.<br /><br />All the animals walk back to the barn. Walking is a great exercise that does not seem to negatively influence bone modeling or remodeling.”<br /><br />Another take on the same concept from Dr. Jack Woolsey, DVM: </div><div><br />Distance Speed/Pace Total Time Frequency Duration<br />1F 15 sec/furlong :15 2x/week 2 weeks<br />2F 15 sec/furlong :30 2x/week 2 weeks<br />3F 15 sec/furlong :45 2x/week 2 weeks<br />4F 15 sec/furlong :60 2x/week 2 weeks<br />2F 13 sec/furlong :26 2x/week 3 weeks<br />3F 13 sec/furlong :39 2x/week 3 weeks<br />4F 13 sec/furlong :52 Every 5 days 2 weeks<br /><br />*31 breezes in 16 weeks, starting Jan. 1st and ending April 15th – conversely, traditionally trained 2 year olds may get worked from 2-4F on average 12 times before heading to the starting gate.<br /><br />*Notice how speed is kept constant as distance increases, then as speed increases, distance drops back off. Excellent example of changing exercise variables to induce positive adaptations, in this case as one variable is increased (speed) another is decreased (distance) in order to avoid overtraining.</div><div><br />This is the exact protocol I used with a client in the US who made a very modest purchase at Keeneland last fall. At first, local trainers told him he was going to ‘kill’ this filly with all of the speed work. Now these same guys think that he has a future stakes winner on his hands. The confidence that a young horse gets from being given achievable physical goals that progress logically is astounding.<br /></div><div><strong>The Science Behind the Results:<br /></strong></div><div>The overriding principle of exercise physiology is that of <span style="color:#ff0000;">Progressive Overload</span>. Doesn’t matter if you train a horse, human, camel, or greyhound – every living being grows stronger when stressed in a progressive manner. By simply manipulating the variables of frequency, duration, and intensity – you force the physiological systems to adapt in an effort to survive, i.e. grow stronger.<br /></div><div>Another key scientific term is <span style="color:#ff0000;">Specificity</span>. The closer the resemblance of the training is to the competition, the better the results. Nunamaker proved this over the past 20 years: gallops build a certain type of bone, and breezes build another. It’s the breeze bone that is needed to race safely. ‘Legging up’ may very well indeed aid in aerobic conditioning as well as development of other soft tissue systems, but the long slow gallops of the past are detrimental to bone structure – which is the key system in any developing 2 year old thoroughbred.<br /></div><div><strong>How to verify the program is actually working</strong><br /></div><div>In order to objectively measure actual performance in the mornings, I use a heart rate monitor/GPS setup and calculate V200, which is the speed of movement when HR hits 200bpm, about 85% intensity for most horses. In effect, this is maximum cruising speed.<br /></div><div>I consult with hundreds of horses around the world and I see V200 numbers ranging from 16mph to 28mph. Typically 2 year olds in training range from 20-23mph. However, at the age of 2 this filly is now at 26mph, which is exactly where some 2011 Derby hopefuls are up at Saratoga – classically trained colts of course with ideal conformation and perfect pedigrees.<br /></div><div>This is what a gallop looks like on my software when a 2 year old on this type of training regimen is progessing nicely:<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8L8GYi0CfKsFZe6APtuLDxJ41DL5rzSI25fsE25U16jUEausMSq85uqRqtkfzDFq5w1uKuTMww-lv-aePVcH1yDzMxlhH1oQzn4FLNeRaMpS_obSrpvBjyDYNqXtLp5cl_Vb6wG2YAzK7/s1600/chart.jpg"><img style="WIDTH: 535px; HEIGHT: 166px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5506749993517543634" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj8L8GYi0CfKsFZe6APtuLDxJ41DL5rzSI25fsE25U16jUEausMSq85uqRqtkfzDFq5w1uKuTMww-lv-aePVcH1yDzMxlhH1oQzn4FLNeRaMpS_obSrpvBjyDYNqXtLp5cl_Vb6wG2YAzK7/s400/chart.jpg" /></a><br /></div><div>Now here’s the tricky part – how to define when a horse is able to gallop a mile in 2:45 ‘comfortably’ and therefore ready to begin the program? </div><div><br />Also, how can one determine if the twice weekly speed works are too much for the individual?<br /></div><div>Again I rely on the horsemanship of my customers, along with quantitative data gleaned from my HR/GPS equipment. </div><div> </div><div>If a horse typically shows HR of 80bpm when walking to the track but one morning just won’t drop below 110bpm – the workout is aborted.<br /></div><div>If that same horse typically gallops at a 2:30 pace on non work days and shows a HR below 200bpm I am happy, but if one day he suddenly spikes to 212bpm – he is taken off the work tab immediately.<br /></div><div>More specifically, I define ‘comfortably’ as being able to gallop the required mile in 2:45 and exhibit a recovery heart rate of under 120bpm within 2 minutes of finishing the exercise, with this measurement taking place during the gallop-out via onboard equipment. Once a youngster passes this ‘test’ he is ready to begin the conditioning protocol outlined above.<br /></div><div><strong>In summary: </strong></div><strong></strong><div><br />Don’t take my word for it, but look to people way smarter than myself like David Nunamaker, John Fisher, and Rick Arthur for ways to structure training of your 2 year old in order to give yourself an edge over the competition.<br /></div><div>Horses will still pull up lame on this training schedule periodically, as in any other regimen – but your success rate and ROI will improve considerably when you utilize science and technology to the maximum at a young age when your prize prospect can set the stage for a firm foundation to last throughout his/her racing career. </div></div></div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.com8tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977400976507800225.post-86873741703438168142010-05-17T13:23:00.000-07:002010-05-17T14:14:50.203-07:00I Blame Trainers for Lack of Triple Crown Winners<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgEERH3yr7yGIdw0aucH88ar7iwNJuJyzo-QSL6tSF44q37H4n2I_Qri2syOhlgFEcr4QCmqHQdewnDGEUwqWFACKxuvLRGNO2EBPwnARExtJCf8M5Qv_NwmNQGJKTH5bIlIStHl9silD5/s1600/assault.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 340px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5472337776052985026" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhgEERH3yr7yGIdw0aucH88ar7iwNJuJyzo-QSL6tSF44q37H4n2I_Qri2syOhlgFEcr4QCmqHQdewnDGEUwqWFACKxuvLRGNO2EBPwnARExtJCf8M5Qv_NwmNQGJKTH5bIlIStHl9silD5/s400/assault.jpg" /></a> I'm sure I'll get skewered for this post from all the trainers out there, but here goes:<br /><br />We can't even have more than one Triple Crown RUNNER this year (Dublin as of this time), much less a winner.<br /><br />I don't need to go into training regimens of the top 3 year old contenders - because they are all essentially the same; gallop 1.5 miles a few times a week, never breeze further than 6F on dirt, no speed work 2 weeks after a race, breeze 0-1 times between the Derby and Preakness, etc.<br /><br />Every trainer laments the spacing of the Triple Crown series, then goes back to breezing once every 6/7 days and racing every 5-6 weeks in preparaton for such a challenge. Like Einstein said, "Insanity is doing the same thing repeatedly, while expecting a different result."<br /><br />During this 30+ year drought, I think we can safely assume all trainers copy off of what the big boys like Pletcher and Baffert do. Similarly, back in the 30's and 40's, everyone was also copying what the trainers of those throughbred champions where doing, there just isn't much evidence of what that was exactly - until I found detailed training schedules on the legendary Assault (pictured above) in a great book entitled "Training Thoroughbred Horses" by Preston Burch.<br /><br />Assault won the Triple Crown in 1946 for his trainer Max Hirsch, who also got 2/3 of the way towards immortality with Bold Venture in 1936 and Middleground in 1950.<br /><br />And away we go, all data courtesy of two thoroughbred hall of fame trainers:<br /><br />MAY<br />3 – 4F in :48<br /><strong>4 – Won Kentucky Derby by 8 in 2:06 on sloppy track</strong><br />5 – walked at CD<br />6 – shipped to Pimlico<br />8 – 3F in :40<br />9 – 8F in 1:45<br /><strong>11 – Won Preakness Stakes by a neck in 2:01 on fast track</strong><br />12 – shipped to Belmont<br />16 – 4F in :52<br />18 – 3F in :40<br />20 – 4F in :48<br />22 – 8F in 1:44<br />24 – 3F in :35<br />25 – 1.25 miles in 2:05 (:50, 1:15, 1:40, 2:05)<br />28 – 4F in :50<br />29 – 1.5 miles in 2:32<br /><br />JUNE<br /><strong>1 – Won Belmont Stakes by 3 in 2:31 on fast track</strong><br />5 – 4F in :52<br />7 – 4F in :51<br />9 – 8F in 1:43<br />11 – 3F in :36<br />13 – 8F in 1:43 at Aqueduct<br /><strong>15 – Won Dwyer Stakes by 5 lengths in 2:07 on fast track</strong><br /><br />To summarize:<br />A Triple Crown AND Dwyer win within 6 weeks.<br />16 breezes in that time, averaging nearly 6F per effort, in 12-13 sec/f paces.<br /><br />Currently our runners such as Super Saver and Lookin at Lucky, while still fantastic specimens, cannot breeze/race 4 times in this period, much less the 20 of Assault and no doubt all others during 1930-1948 when we had 7 Triple Crown champs.<br /><br /><span style="color:#000000;">Assault's mother never ran a race, and the colt himself had a foot injury early in his career. Today he would have been trained/raced like he was made of glass - instead of iron.</span><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;"></span><br /><span style="color:#ff0000;">So, what happened? Did we stop breeding for stamina? Did we stop training for it?</span><br /><br />Probably a combination of both, with economics no doubt the driving factor behind many decisions. Plus the introduction into the thoroughbred game of quarter horse trainers who seldom train aggressively cetainly didn't help matters.<br /><br />Human training has evolved through science and technology over the past 50 years.<br />As a result, athletes are faster than ever, with lower injury rates in all sports.<br /><br />Conversely, thoroughbred conditioning has went backwards during this time while our racing times fail to improve and lameness and bleeding runs rampant.<br /><br />Horses improve and get better after being allowed to recover from a bout of appropriate exercise. The more of these sessions you squeeze in, the more development you can expect.<br /><br />Every sound elite thoroghbred recovers from a half in :48 within 2-4 days - yet is forced to wait a week or more before sprinting again.<br /><br />Humans know they can't lose weight exercising once a week for 20 minutes, exercise science has proven you need 3-4 of those sessions each week in order to see results. If there is too long a break between exercise bouts, the positive adaptations made by the body come and go - there is no cumulative effect.<br /><br />Every horseman should read the work of Preston Burch, as well as David Evans - the father of equine exercise physiology:<br /><br /><a href="http://books.google.com/books?id=it-m5VlwKRgC&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=david+evans+equine+exercise+physiology&source=bl&ots=Qvl6kBYFI8&sig=VJ2YbpJYHNTlq6MazIbD66HoK2Y&hl=en&ei=crDxS4SQG4WINdb5qN8P&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false">http://books.google.com/books?id=it-m5VlwKRgC&pg=PA12&lpg=PA12&dq=david+evans+equine+exercise+physiology&source=bl&ots=Qvl6kBYFI8&sig=VJ2YbpJYHNTlq6MazIbD66HoK2Y&hl=en&ei=crDxS4SQG4WINdb5qN8P&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CBUQ6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false</a><br /><br />(nice long free preview above)<br /><br />Don't just train harder, train smarter.Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.com21tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977400976507800225.post-1637632192207067852010-03-29T13:32:00.000-07:002010-03-29T13:34:46.456-07:00Using exercise physiology to handicap racesDrosselmeyer - we all saw his performance in the Louisiana Derby; terrible trip and an impressive third place finish. But, how many of us noticed the aggressive warm up given to him by Kent Desormeaux? Breaking away from the pony after the post parade, Desormeaux cranked him up to a quick pace for about a quarter mile down the straightaway. When asked why, he replied: “I wanted him on his toes.”<br /><br />Contrary to popular belief, such a relatively fast paced warmup will not cause a well-conditioned horse to tire prematurely. As a matter of fact, due to the uniqueness of the equine spleen – a warm up away from the pony has a multitude of benefits that can add up to a winning edge.<br /><br />Unlike other athletes, the horse stores a large percentage of red blood cells in his spleen. When that gate opens and the race is on – the spleen contracts and shoots up to 30% more blood into the body. Many vets believe this contributes to bleeding as the arteries are not yet dilated enough to handle the increased blood viscosity.<br /><br />So in failing to contract this spleen during the warmup (away from the pony), you are dooming your athlete to dealing with this increased blood thickness during the first quarter mile of the race, as his arteries are not yet dilated to counteract the increased blood pressures. Lasix will surely help matters, but why not take advantage of the post parade warmup too?<br /><br />Additionally, red blood cells sequestered in the spleen for long periods of time can become oddly shaped and less able to carry oxygen to working muscles. The practice of blowing a horse out with a quick 3/8 breeze 4 days before the races addresses this problem – but how many trainers put this into practice on a consistent basis?<br /><br />Observe the pre race warmup if possible, as an aggressive one may not make all the difference in the world, but it surely can help buy you the few extra lengths needed to overcome other obstacles. I’ve spent many a day after the Derby at Churchill watching Calvin Borel do this consistently.<br /><br />I once consulted on a 4 year old colt who was 0-9 lifetime, a private purchase here in Louisville. His first work was a half mile at Churchill for his new trainer, and it was so slow it ranked 52nd out of 53 that morning. But, I had my heart rate/GPS monitor on him and his heart rate recovered to 94bpm within 90 seconds of that breeze – so we knew he had much more in the tank. He was then entered him into a MSW at Mountaineer and was a wire to wire winner paying $22.00. Any handicapper relying on speed of works would have been scared away – because a stopwatch only measures the workload and completely misses the horse’s physiological response, which is often times the missing piece of the puzzle.<br /><br />Now with regards to everyone’s favorite subject these days: synthetic vs. dirt surfaces.<br /><br />Physiologically, horses training on dirt are subject to as much as 50% more stress than those training on synthetics. Not all stress is bad, as the horse is a living organism that can adapt to stress and become stronger. So a 6 furlong work on the polytrack at Keeneland requires as much fitness as a 4 furlong breeze at Churchill. Dirt will make you fitter, but also increase the risk of injury – truly a double edged sword. Take note of the work tabs of the horses and don’t count multiple synthetic works of 4 furlongs or less as being enough to develop maximal conditioning.<br /><br />I think that Mine That Bird may have stumbled upon the ideal scenario last year. As a 2 year old with still growing bones, he spent his time on the soft stuff up at Woodbine. He then shipped to Sunland Park and prepped extensively on the dirt for several months before his unveiling during the Derby.<br /><br />That seemed to work out very well for him and his connections…Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977400976507800225.post-48096967087000371312010-03-26T09:01:00.000-07:002010-03-29T07:20:12.350-07:00Ahmed Zayat: behind the scenes of a world class operationFrom a magnificent piece in today's DRF:<br /><br />"Zayat loves to gamble. But in selecting and preparing his Thoroughbreds, he tries to hedge his bets by using as much science as he can in identifying runners. A hands-on owner, he applies analytical technology to his horses' early training, calling it "<strong>an added tool and an edge in a guessing game</strong>."<br /><br />"We film every breeze, even on the farm, and try to analyze nanoseconds," he said. "Some people say it's corny, wacky-wacky stuff, but, for example, we do heart measurements, too. It's all about the amount of oxygen you're pumping out, and if you have a better heart function, you're better able to carry speed at a higher distance and get a classic horse."<br /><br />----<br /><br />Wonderful to hear a top performing owner willing to do whatever it takes (legally) to get an edge on the competiton. One point of clarity however; it's not ALL about the oxygen capacity or VO2 max, but it's a huge factor.<br /><br />One human study looked at VO2max: and was suprised to find out the athlete with the highest scores didn't always win. That's when the concept of Running Efficiency came out. Namely, the largest oxygen capacity is nice, but only if you move in a way to maximize that fuel. So these large heart sizes touted at sales won't always predict racing performance, but it's a start.<br /><br />Lance Armstrong didn't miraculously improve his VO2 max after cancer, but he did increase his power/efficiency by a whopping 8%. He did this by increasing pedalling cadence - what we would call foot turnover in a horse. Stride length is meaningless if turnover is low. You can't teach a horse to have faster turnover, but you can count strides in a furlong to see who has higher values and act accordingly.<br /><br />Anyway, you can collect some HR data without any equipment.<br />Just head to the barn, stand with your horse for a few minutes until he is calm, place your hand on his heart (behind the left front leg) and count beats for 15 seconds. Multiply by 4 and you have bpm.<br /><br />Resting HR should be from 25-40bpm. Do this for 5 days and find out what is normal, or baseline, for your horse. Then check every morning, if that number is ever 10% higher - that can be a very early sign of illness, injury, or infection.<br /><br />P.S. Thanks to the folks at Thoroughbred Bloggers Alliance, <a href="http://www.tbablogs.com/">http://www.tbablogs.com/</a>, for accepting me as a new member this week - I am truly honored to be associated with such a great group.Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977400976507800225.post-16636618063706023782010-03-20T06:40:00.000-07:002010-03-20T06:48:37.475-07:00Mike de Kock: Top Dubai Trainer Uses Science to Win<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVri5mjlrkjZoDYdY-_2HIPEyMBz_QeAgus62lnC7GhsEcxRf3l3I8zXeqYyRTvCIGljqXPeVFI81WaPF05Z63bgnfVjdOc3IMo-w_qDdceLNCrqzQsQMk-s1S-qCVEaB_Op5CPZK4pZT/s1600-h/TREADMILL%25201.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 300px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5450710460601898066" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjQVri5mjlrkjZoDYdY-_2HIPEyMBz_QeAgus62lnC7GhsEcxRf3l3I8zXeqYyRTvCIGljqXPeVFI81WaPF05Z63bgnfVjdOc3IMo-w_qDdceLNCrqzQsQMk-s1S-qCVEaB_Op5CPZK4pZT/s400/TREADMILL%25201.jpg" /></a><br />'It's great for problematic horses,' he said. 'When he came back from his pelvic injury, Eagle Mountain would have spent two months in England only on the treadmill. It is definitely less attrition on the horse and a better controlled, balanced workout at the heartbeat that you want. '<br /><br />----<br /><br />I have spent hours online trying to read between the lines in an effort to determine what top trainers are doing with their charges in the morning - info that you cannot simply get from the published works on DRF. Earlier we found Aiden O'Brien and Coolmore using heart rate/GPS gear at Ballydoyle, now we find Mike de Kock using treadmills, fantastic!-<br /><br />Often times I prescribe a set pace that is ideal for a horse on a certain day in order to say, achieve optimal aerobic development. Think a 4:00 lick, or 15mph, for example. I then watch in vain as the rider is unable to control the wild animal and they gallop by me at 22mph.<br /><br />As Mr. de Kock has discovered, treadmills alleviate this problem. Find the ideal heart rate/pace scenario, enter it into the treadmill, and you are GUARANTEED a workout that is perfect in terms of stress: optimizing development and minimizing injury risk.<br /><br />Although he and I have never spoken or met, I know Mike is a subscriber to this blog, so a big 'Thank you' goes out from ThoroEdge Equine Performance, with best wishes for the upcoming $10 million Dubai World Cup.Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-977400976507800225.post-56952393407230231322010-03-17T16:40:00.000-07:002010-03-17T16:42:50.977-07:00A New Way to Select Yearling Prospects<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSPeqrZDNvrdcinXVTVjBQ5c5egJjZbCWPBxIvOUaS4azVge3rMlGYB0v7Lci47M5TAFKUcSte7VEC-TLqNZl7PN9QOUXyFurC3UoN_yijKs4OHDPVHjZJS2wLHmnENp5fCgKprC6G_pF/s1600-h/Current_View.jpg"><img style="TEXT-ALIGN: center; MARGIN: 0px auto 10px; WIDTH: 400px; DISPLAY: block; HEIGHT: 222px; CURSOR: hand" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5449752376233819282" border="0" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjZSPeqrZDNvrdcinXVTVjBQ5c5egJjZbCWPBxIvOUaS4azVge3rMlGYB0v7Lci47M5TAFKUcSte7VEC-TLqNZl7PN9QOUXyFurC3UoN_yijKs4OHDPVHjZJS2wLHmnENp5fCgKprC6G_pF/s400/Current_View.jpg" /></a><br /><div>Pedigree, conformation, biomechanics, heart score, etc. are facts and figures put on paper meant to predict future thoroughbred performance.<br /><br /><strong>But races are run on the track, not on paper.</strong><br />The real magic takes place when a horse is moving.<br /><br />Traditional means of evaluating yearlings has been limited to measurements/observations taken at rest – and therefore miss a very important piece of the puzzle.<br /><br />Luckily, the recent economic downturn has made consignors much more willing to allow access to behind-the-scenes information in an effort to sell their stock.<br /><br />Physiological testing of yearlings provides you with an inside glimpse of how efficiently all of the horse’s systems work together during the stresses of actual exercise.<br /><br />No longer do you have to rely on assessing potential, now you can select based on actual performance during the pre-sales conditioning regimen.<br /><br />I will have this data on over 100 yearlings being prepped for the Saratoga Select Yearling Sale this fall.<br /><br />For instance, V200 is the velocity/speed achieved at a heart rate of 200bpm (beats per minute) and is indicative of the aerobic capacity of the thoroughbred.<br /><br />This aerobic capacity is a measurement of the horse’s ability to utilize oxygen to fuel the demands of exercise, higher speeds at V200 will lead to better racing performance.<br /><br />Research has given us the following values for V200 in thoroughbreds:<br /><br />• V200 range for foals at 6 months of age:<br />8.51mph to 11.93mph<br /><br />• V200 range for yearlings:<br />9.94mph to 13.24mph<br /><br />• V200 range at start of 2nd year:<br />11.93mph to 14.91mph<br /><br />How do your prospects match up?<br />Which grow strongest during the pre-sales training regimens?<br /><br />Whether you are a buyer or a seller, this data can help you to dramatically increase your Return on Investment.<br /><br />More information online at <a href="http://www.thoroedge.com/yearling_selection">www.thoroedge.com/yearling_selection</a><br /><br />Bill Pressey<br />ThoroEdge Equine Performance<br />Louisville/Lexington, KY USA<br />502-541-5087<br />bill@thoroedge.com<br />“Measuring performance, not merely potential.” </div>Billhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01925835645395247607noreply@blogger.com0