I'm going to start off by - once again! - apologizing for the long gap between updates. I've spent most of the last week and a half on trains or in airports in transit from Rochester to Chicago to NYC for a media conference and back again. Finding time to check my e-mail - let alone write an entire blog post - was extremely limited. I'm getting back into the swing of things now, and will re-watch and recap last weekend's action, as well as preview this weekend, later this evening.
Before I get to that, though, there were two notable births last week who I just have to recognize. Isn't springtime fun? Rags To Riches (AP Indy-Better Than Honour, by Deputy Minister) produced her first foal, while La Ville Rouge (Carson City-La Reine Rouge, by Kings Bishop) produced another full brother to the late Barbaro.
Rags To Riches, winner of the 2007 Belmont Stakes and the first filly to take it in over a century, dropped her Giant's Causeway (Storm Cat-Mariah's Storm, by Rahy) filly on March 9. The Blood Horse has an awesome gallery of 'Rags' and baby up on their website. Check it out if you get a chance. It's just stunning how much this little girl looks like her mom - bright chestnut with a ton of chrome, including that big blazed face. Sounds like she's inherited a ton of personality, too. Rags To Riches is booked to Henrythenavigator.
A day later, La Ville Rouge gave birth to her fourth straight colt by Dynaformer (Roberto-Andover Way, by His Majesty). They cannot BUY a filly out of this mare! The 142-pound colt is a full brother to 2006 Derby winner Barbaro, three-year-old Nicanor (recently a solid runner-up in his second lifetime start) and two-year-old Lentenor. By all accounts, mom and baby are doing fine. La Ville Rouge is booked back to -wh0 else? - Dynaformer for 2009.
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