Bourbonology (Gulch-Ciencia-El Gran Senor) |
I kind of feel like Gerald Ford when he said, “…our long
national nightmare is over.” Of course
in our case it would be that our long spring nightmare of losing shakes and
failed vet checks is over. The claiming
group has a horse – ironically she came via private purchase and not the
claiming box.
Bourbonology, one of the last of Gulch’s progeny to the
races, came to our stable on Friday and shipped in on Sunday. For those of you that wonder how these things
come about, I got a phone call on Thursday afternoon from our trainer, Bernell
Rhone.
“I need you to look up this horse right now,” he said to
me.
Usually he’s not that insistent but there was a time
crunch involved. Bourbonology
(Gulch-Ciencia-El Gran Senor) had just raced at Arlington Park but was not
stabled there, she shipped in from Kentucky to race and was heading back. Fortunately I wasn’t on the road at the time –
which is highly unusual for me – and also happened to be on my computer at the
time. I dug in and looked her up.
She made her debut as a two year old for Bourbon Lane Stables and trainer Joan Scott at Aqueduct, running
5th and 6th in Maiden Special Weights. She was given a few months off and came back
at Saratoga where she finished 4th three consecutive times in Maiden
Specials. She headed down to Tampa Bay
Downs where she ran another 4th in another Maiden Special before her
latest in Arlington, a 3rd in a $25,000 Maiden Claiming race. Every race but her secnid was over the turf
and she was competitive in every race – except her second. Needless to say she will head out over the
turf when the time comes that she heads out for us.
We went back and forth for a bit and Bernell secured her
for us at a fair price. A vet gave her
the once over, I overnighted a check and she came up to Canterbury to join
Ellie.
She settled in nicely and ate well from day one. She was going to be walked a few days to get
accustomed to the sights, sounds and routines of a new barn and a new racetrack
before heading over to the track to get ready for her GRS debut and so we can
see what’s under the hood.
She’s a beautiful looking filly and put together real
solidly. She almost looks male in her
stockiness and she has dinner plates for hooves. Though taller, I believe, she is very
Gulch-y. Let’s hope she has more than
just his looks going for her!
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