Magical Ways Update

Disdainful has really taken the spotlight of late, but we have two more partnership horses getting set to debut. 

The plan remains to debut Magical Ways at Aqueduct on Nov. 11th. 

This colt produced another solid breeze yesterday at Belmont Park for trainer Bill Mott. The 3-year-old colt covered a half mile in 48.42 seconds (12/152) on the training track. 

His sire (Maclean's Music) made history on his debut by winning in the fastest time ever for a first time starter, and Magic's works have been great, so there's quite an undercurrent of excitement in the partnership to see what he can do!

We also want to mention that another son of Maclean's Music -- Jackie's Warrior -- is expected to run in the Breeders Cup this weekend...and may even be the favorite in his race! 

 

Milestone for Mo Temptation's Young Sire

As Mo Temptation continues to prepare for her upcoming career debut at Del Mar next month, we’re excited to share news that her freshman sire, Mo Town, was recognized with his first stakes winner yesterday at Keeneland. 

Key of Life provided Mo Town with a score in the $200,000 Myrtlewood Stakes with her 6 3/4-length romp in the six-furlong dirt race. Yesterday’s gate-to-wire win represents Key of Life's third career victory from 4 starts. 

We hope it's the harbinger of great things to come for Mo Temptation!

Freshman Sire Mo Town

Video from Keeneland Live Yesterday

We have the live feed of Disdainful's race yesterday via YouTube for anyone wanting to see the race.

Forward to about the 3 hour mark to see the saddling paddock and post parade for Race 5 (the link should take you there), or start it about 15 minutes after to see the race footage. And for a bit of Halloween flavor, if you want to see the Headless Horseman make an appearance on his black steed, back it up a little before that! 

Of note, Disdainful won the "Best Turned Out" title yesterday before the race, and the pre-race feed includes the presentation to his groom. Very nice! Not only did he run well, he looked great. 

We'll have some still shots from the race to post in the coming days.

Click here to view:  Keeneland Live Feed from 10/29/2022

Order of Finish and Notes -- Disdainful

We're extremely happy that Disdainful(IRE) performed so well in today's Allowance at Keeneland, where he rallied to finish a game 2nd after a not-so-perfect trip. 

Here's a look at his competition. General Jim (winner) is anticipated to move up to graded stakes company in his next start.

Order of finish today and notes about competitors. 

1st    #2 General Jim  Into Mischief x Inspired by Grace (Curlin) 

An $850,000 Keeneland Sept 2021 yearling purchase who ran a 1st and 3rd in 2 previous starts.

2nd    #3 Disdainful (IRE)    Kessaar x Shallow Lake (Bernardini)   2: 1-0-1

3rd    #6 Our Dream Rye'd   More Than Ready x On The Trail (Bernardini)

5 starts with a 1st and 3rd, including starts in a G2 (5th) and G3 (6th)

4th     #9 Oscar Award    Oscar Performance x Trade Agreement (Will Take Charge)

5th    #3 Otago    Speightstown x Mom's Deputy (War Chant)  4: 1-1(stakes)-1

6th    #12 Rarified Flair    Honor Code x Truth (Arch)   6: 1-1(stakes)-1

7th    #10 Mendel's Secret   Mendelssohn x Donnie's Secret (Tiger Ridge)  2: 1-0-0

8th    #5 In God's Time    Not This Time x Believe in Wonder (Aldebaraan)  2: 1-0-0

9th    #7 Blame The Good Times    Blame x Celebrategoodtime (Harlan's Holiday)  3: 1-0-0

10th    #11 Fastbyte    Oscar Performance x Gigahertz (Dynaformer)   4: 1-0-0

11th    #1  Steele Money   Brody's Cause x Sunlit Summer (Summer Bird)   3: 1-0-0

12th    #13  Housed    Ghostzapper x Lime Lady (Limehouse)   3: 1-0-1

Disdainful Runs 2nd in US Debut!

We think Disdainful ran GREAT today! 

John Velazquez piloted him expertly through traffic on the rail and powered him up in the stretch to take 2nd in this extremely talented field. We were super happy with his US debut in the 5th at Keeneland and based on the summary and recap from Aron, so was Eclipse.

We'll wait to see how he comes out of this race and continues to train over the next couple of weeks, but his next start could be very exciting! Stay tuned!

Here's a couple of screenshots from Keeneland today. Sorry the banners obscure part of the photo. 

Post Parade

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Disdainful at Keeneland Tomorrow

Good morning, all! We got the detailed pre-race analysis from Aron this morning, and Disdainful will be running against some absolute monsters tomorrow in the 5th at Keeneland, including a couple of proven stakes horses! Still, the mood seems to be quiet confidence, and we don't think he'd be entered in this race if there wasn't a lot of optimism about his chances, so we'll see how he performs against some extremely talented and top-bred horses. 

It's also a huge plus that John Velazquez is up--a hall-of-famer and one of the top jockeys in the country. John has won the Kentucky Derby three times, the Belmont at least twice, as well as at least 15 Breeders Cup races! We couldn't have asked for a better pilot on Disdainful's US debut. 

All systems are go provided it doesn't rain. If it rains, the race will come off the turf course and go onto the main dirt track, and Disdainful will be scratched. Rain is not in the forecast, however. 

As for us, we're just praying for a safe race for him, wherever he finishes, but if he runs well, we'll, of course, be absolutely ecstatic! 

We'll keep you posted.