Mr. Fantasy continues to thrive in Florida. Mike reports that he is moving well and is ankles look good. He is starting to fill out and continues shedding his winter coat."

The Defense Rests worked a solid four furlongs in 50:44 on Thursday at Belmont over the training track. The work was 40th of 72 at the distance. The track was not that fast, so this was a nice move forward. He continues to look good as we start to ramp up the pressure with him. Mike reports that the gate has been closed for several days due to the holiday, so he has fallen a bit behind in his gate schooling. He will continue to train daily, and will resume gate schooling when possible. Overall, Mike has been very pleased with his progress thus far."

Workout Updates

Phosphorescent worked a good half-mile 49.60 on Thursday at the Fair Grounds. The work was 6th of 28 at the distance. Dale's assistant Tom Morgan noted that Phosphorescent is still a little chubby, but he'll work that weight off. Phosphorescent took a little longer to bounce back after the work, so he jogged for an extra day after breezing. His hocks can bite him a bit. Accordingly, he will be on a roughly ten day breeze schedule.


The Defense Rests worked a solid four furlongs in 50:44 on Thursday at Belmont over the training track. The work was 40th of 72 at the distance. The track was not that fast, so this was a nice move forward. He continues to look good as we start to ramp up the pressure with him.

"Mr. Fantasy is galloping daily at Palm Meadows. Mike reports that he is shedding the pounds and getting fitter and fitter. His coat is shiny, and he is starting to regain his muscle tone. He is moving soundly and Mike is very happy with his progress thus far."

"Phosphorescent is doing well at the Fair Grounds. Dale's assistant, Tom Morgan reports that he is moving much better behind. The same exercise rider who rode him at Churchill gets on him in the mornings at the Fair Grounds and said that he feels better than ever. He will continue galloping, and will likely start breezing within the next 7-10 days." UPDATE he worked 4F today in 49:60 6 of 48 so i think he is moving pretty well

"The Defense Rests worked an extremely easy four furlongs in 53:81 on Saturday at Belmont over the training track. Mike wanted him to go slow by design as we sought to beat the weather. We are ready to start increasing the intensity of his training. Mike will start asking him for more speed in his works as we move forward. He looks fabulous and is moving well." UPDATE he worked 4F today in 50:44 40 of 72

Update

The Defense Rests worked an extremely easy four furlongs in 53:81 on Saturday at Belmont over the training track. Mike wanted him to go slow by design as we sought to beat the weather. We are ready to start increasing the intensity of his training. Mike will start asking him for more speed in his works as we move forward. He looks fabulous and is moving well.

Mr Fantasy is doing very well in Fla galloping daily and is starting to lose his belly as well as losing his long coat

Thinks are looking good for the start of 2010

Mr. Fantasy is galloping daily for Mike Hushion at Palm Meadows. Mike reports that he looks great and is moving well. We will let Mr. Fantasy tell us when he is ready to move forward with speed work. For now, we just are getting the miles under his belt as he gets fitter.

Phosphorescent shipped in good order to the Fair Grounds in good shape. He jogged for a couple days before beginning to gallop this week. Dale's assistant Tom said he's a little sore behind, but it's nothing to cause us to stop on him. They want him to work through it.

Here is our Readthefootnotes and Sew and Sew filly taken at training centre in SC this morning we did suggest the name Sew your Notes we will se if it gets in .

Sunday Morning at Belmont

9:15 am on a brisk Sunday Morning at the Belmont Training Track before the rain we were at the rail to watch The Defense Rest breeze 3F doing so in 37:85 11 of 21

We had the change to talk to Mike after the work he said he`s pleased with him and the next work will be half slow half speed he said not to look for really fast works as that is not his training style he would not give a timeline for his 1st start concern is the weather which could hold up his training . Talked to him about Mr Fantasy he said he is looking forward

to seeing him in Fla and would be delighted to have him back on the
track in Feb .

Mr. Fantasy shipped to Palm Meadows from Ocala yesterday. He settled into Mike Hushion's barn nicely. He is not very fit yet, but we are happy to get him back into a regular training program. He looks good, and we will slowly increase the intensity of his training

Phosphorescent shipped to the Fair Grounds over the weekend. He will breeze in short order. Dale chose to have him winter at the Fair Grounds because we have the ability to run on the turf, and also because the dirt track closely resembles Churchill. We know Phosphorescent runs well at Churchill, so this was a logical decision.

Why We Changed Title

We changed the title due to further purchases outside of Westpoint and a venture into the breeding side . Along with our friends and partners Scott and Marty ( others with Selena) we have purchased 2 Broodmares one at the NY Sale Affirm Promise which sadly aborted her Hook and Ladder Foal . We also have a Read The Footnotes filly who is being broken and trained in SC we have had good reports on her so far and looks like she should be good enough to run on the NYRA circuit .


The pictures are of our other Broodmare Six Zeroes which we purchased for $37,000 at the Keeneland Mixed Sale she is pregnant
to After Market

This is Selana`s So Mad at a nice sunny day at Saratoga she did not run well that day so was scoped and found to have bled . She has been running at Finger Lakes and is still to break her maiden as a 2yo . she wil be given the winter off and come back next year

The Defense Rests

The Defense Rest put in his first official breeze of 3F today in 37.91 22 of 29

After stopping in at Anna House we dropped in at Mike`s barn to see him he looked relaxed as you can see was eating well .. (like they all do ..lol ) his coat nice and shinny and he was happy for me to stroke his head and neck

Funny Link

www.youtube.com/watch?v=PrtQhkibZ8M This is from the UK for Weetabix a well known cereal eaten in our house ...

Mr. Fantasy arrived in Florida on November 20. He has settled in well. We gave him a couple weeks. Mike would like to get him into his system as soon as possible. He will ship to Palm Meadows in the second half of next week

Phosphorescent arrived to Churchill Downs on Monday. He has been galloping. Dale is evaluating him this week to determine where he'll go over the winter, Fair Grounds or Gulfstream. The likelier spot appears to be the Fair Grounds. Dale said Phosphorescent appears to have benefited from the time and is carrying good flesh and looks really well.

The Defense Rests worked an easy unofficial three furlongs this week at Belmont. Mike reports that he went well and cooled out fine after the work. Mike has been schooling him quite a bit at the gate. Everything looks good physcically, and this colt should be on a regular work schedule in short order. Mike wants to get him very comfortable with the gate now, so once he's fit, we can easily get his gate card and then run.