Fireball Birdie ~ for the WIN!

Fireball Birdie Rolls at Remington

Fireball Birdie sat a perfect trip and proved best in the 8th race at Remington Park this evening.

Our Uncle Mo colt broke well and sat just behind #1 Time Muse, the early pacesetter in the race. He always traveled well down the backstretch under a hold from Stewart Elliot. He made his move in the turn and pulled away late to a convincing victory.

The team will enjoy this victory and see how "Firebird" comes out of this race before making any calls as to what’s next for him. 

Lane Way Old Friends Update

Lane Way has settled in well at Old Friends but will be in quarantine for two weeks at the farm. Once he clears quarantine he can be turned out in a paddock. 

Gainesway Farm Introduces Seize The Grey's Stallion Page

Gainesway Farm has unveiled Seize The Grey's stallion page on their site. Here's the link:

Gainesway Farm: Seize The Grey

Malibu Bonnie 23 and Stylishly 23 Training Updates

Our two yearlings in training advanced this last week from working in the round pen to working over grass in an open field at Wavertree in Ocala. 

This is another new experience for the colts, where they work both directions and begin to learn picking up the right lead and balance with a rider on their backs. After this session, they perform figure 8s at a trot -- both directions - in columns of 2, each given a chance to be in the lead and to be a follower. They then formed a line and each backed up a few steps. Both horses did well for big this new step. 

MALIBU BONNIE '23 (by Munnings) was initially a little tense and picked up the wrong lead, but soon switched leads and began to relax and drop his head as the session went on. 

STYLISHLY '23 (by Not This Time) was more relaxed and on the correct lead from the get-go and Ciaran Dunn noted how he was going about his training "very professionally" and has "transitioned nicely." 

If all goes well, the colts will graduate to the training track around the beginning of December, where they will begin developing toward performing speed drills later next spring. 

Around Christmas, they'll be given a break, and then restarted sometime in January. This is where Seize The Grey began to make big moves forward in his early training, so we're obviously a little excited to see how these two come back from their "Christmas Vacation." 

Isle Blue Update

Our filly, Isle Blue, has shipped down to Two Springs Farm in Ocala, FL to take the next step in her training. This is the final step before she heads to Payson Park to join the Christophe Clement barn to get ready for her unveiling. 

Isle Blue is a striking chestnut daughter of Speightstown out of Blue Curl, an unraced daughter of Curlin.

Blue Devil Update

Blue Devil exited last week's race in good order and has since shipped to Oaklawn Park. He can be seen jogging in Hot Springs in the accompanying clip. As previously mentioned, we'll look to stretch him back out to his preferred trip next time and would expect that to make a major difference for him.

Our son of Uncle Mo earned an 82 Beyer Speed Figure for his comeback race--that's a pretty strong number considering where he finished and illustrates just how tough of a spot that was. The winner ran a 98.

Fireball Birdie Update

Fireball Birdie has been entered at Remington Park for Tuesday, Nov. 19. He'll be the #2 among a field of eight in the day's eighth race. Post time is 5:46 p.m. CT. This will be another one-mile allowance like the last two he's run in. We'll be back with a closer look at the competition in the coming days.