If you remember two years ago on Through Chat, I had posted about a then 2yo named Arcata, and how I started to follow him. Here is an update:
A few days after I posted the post about him, Arcata was claimed by Amy Randolph after finishing second in a race with a tag of $4,000. In his very next race which he won, he was reclaimed by David Geist for $5,000. While he wouldn't win again until October of 2010, he would finish worse then 3rd only once (6th place finish on June 22, 2010 which happened to be my birthday). His final win was in November of the same year. All of last year and for the first two months of this year, it appeared that he was not the same horse he was as a 2, 3 and 4 year old. It appears that he is now retired (since it doesn't have his latest workouts posted) and there is no death report on file with the Jockey Club. However, they are no required to report one I believe.
Sadly, Arcata's dam Arroyo Cottage passed away in 2010 while either in foal or after foaling a Broken Vow foal. His sister Cozy Cottage had a Birdstone colt this year, not sure who she's been booked back to. Wherever he is, I hope that Arcata is having a happy life.
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March 8, 2012
March 10, 2010
The Double Standard
Penn National is allowing Anthony Adamo back into their track after being banned with contraversional owner Michael Gill. However, what I find interesting is the following from the article I posted,
I also have an update on Arcata, as you may or may not know the piece I wrote on Arcata ended up on TBA's Bloodhorse blog (I've submitted another post which I'm hoping will be up withen the next few days). Anyway, since I orginally posted that post, Arcata has run once more finishing second and being claimed by Amy Randolph. I asked on TBC, what people may know about her and from what it sounds like he's in good hands. I've been thinking of e-mailing Penn National, but I also don't want to bother them as well. Actually he runs tomorrow, so I'm really excited about that. As useal I hope all of the horses come out of the race, safe and sound.
Tomorrow, we will start breaking down this weekends races focusing on the three Derby preps, the Rebel, TB Derby and San Felipe. Who knew that Derby preps would be overshadowed by a non-graded stakes and a weak G1? When the stars of those races are Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra, it's really no suprise at all.
The Penn National jockeys alleged safety issues involving Gill’s horses, though some of them have continued to ride his stock at Philly Park.One would think that that's setting a double standard right? I mean you are not riding his horses at Penn National because of safety issues, but yet it's okay to ride them at Philadelphia Park? I've got a big problem with that for one big reason: If you ride them at one track, then you have to ride them at another. The same goes for if you don't want to ride them. I understand that being a jockey doesn't pay much, but you also have to standup for what's right sometimes. I know this might strike a nevre for some people, but this is something I need to talk about tonight. This is a case where I think setting a double standard is wrong, you either ride the horses in both tracks, or you don't. Decidesion making is supposed to be hard right?
I also have an update on Arcata, as you may or may not know the piece I wrote on Arcata ended up on TBA's Bloodhorse blog (I've submitted another post which I'm hoping will be up withen the next few days). Anyway, since I orginally posted that post, Arcata has run once more finishing second and being claimed by Amy Randolph. I asked on TBC, what people may know about her and from what it sounds like he's in good hands. I've been thinking of e-mailing Penn National, but I also don't want to bother them as well. Actually he runs tomorrow, so I'm really excited about that. As useal I hope all of the horses come out of the race, safe and sound.
Tomorrow, we will start breaking down this weekends races focusing on the three Derby preps, the Rebel, TB Derby and San Felipe. Who knew that Derby preps would be overshadowed by a non-graded stakes and a weak G1? When the stars of those races are Zenyatta and Rachel Alexandra, it's really no suprise at all.
February 11, 2010
The Grey Heart
With the Triple Crown trail underway, I thought it would be a good time to share a story of a horse that is near and dear to my heart. He didn't make the Triple Crown, but he captured my heart forever.
The first time I ever went to a race track was November 16,2006, I was a freshman at a local Community College and always wanted to go to Delaware Park. Future Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic runner up Hard Spun was making his stakes debut that day and thought it would be a good time to go, figuring that he probably would never make a start at DP again. I had convinced my mom to let me get out of math class early, so that she could take me. It was a balmy day, with a gray sky and the track was sloppy. One of the races on the undercard was a maiden special weight, mom and myself made a bet on the favorite, and it was a small field. Unfortunately, the favorite Diamond Fever, along with the rest of the field was crushed by the Wagon Limit colt Arcata. Later on that day, Hard Spun showed that he was the real deal by winning the Port Penn, but I was enamored in Arcata's domination of his race. The irony of this is that Hard Spun had defeated Arcata in their last race.
A gray, which I was a sucker for, I immediately started following the Graham Motion trainee using Equibase's Virtual Stable. He stayed with Allowance company winning 5 more races. On March 29, 2008, Arcata made his first start in a stakes race. He won the Harrison E. Johnson Memorial Handicap, by a nose. Unfortunately his next stakes race, he finished last. Back to allowance company, eventually he was put in a tag. In his second to last race for Motion, he finished third to future Pacific Classic winner Richard's Kid. The very next race, he was claimed by Scott Lake, who he ran 3 races for. Then he was claimed by David Jacobson. He really was never the same horse again once he went to Jacobson.
As of January 2010, Arcata was running at Penn National for trainer David Geist. His last race, a 4,000 claimer, he won by a head. While he was not the best horse to come out of Delaware Park in 2006, he has one that captured my heart. Since that first start, I've also been following his two siblings, Cozy Cottage (by Pine Bluff), who has a few wins under her belt and Ennis (by Medalist). I had the honor to see Ennis in person when he ran for Motion in the Dover Stakes that was won by 2009 Remsen 3rd place finisher Citrus Kid. Ennis finished last that day, but showed that he has his big brothers heart. Their dam Arroyo Cottage (by Dynaformer) had a War Chant colt last year, and hopefully he'll have his big brothers heart as well. Arcata is a horse that I will never forget.
The first time I ever went to a race track was November 16,2006, I was a freshman at a local Community College and always wanted to go to Delaware Park. Future Derby and Breeders' Cup Classic runner up Hard Spun was making his stakes debut that day and thought it would be a good time to go, figuring that he probably would never make a start at DP again. I had convinced my mom to let me get out of math class early, so that she could take me. It was a balmy day, with a gray sky and the track was sloppy. One of the races on the undercard was a maiden special weight, mom and myself made a bet on the favorite, and it was a small field. Unfortunately, the favorite Diamond Fever, along with the rest of the field was crushed by the Wagon Limit colt Arcata. Later on that day, Hard Spun showed that he was the real deal by winning the Port Penn, but I was enamored in Arcata's domination of his race. The irony of this is that Hard Spun had defeated Arcata in their last race.
A gray, which I was a sucker for, I immediately started following the Graham Motion trainee using Equibase's Virtual Stable. He stayed with Allowance company winning 5 more races. On March 29, 2008, Arcata made his first start in a stakes race. He won the Harrison E. Johnson Memorial Handicap, by a nose. Unfortunately his next stakes race, he finished last. Back to allowance company, eventually he was put in a tag. In his second to last race for Motion, he finished third to future Pacific Classic winner Richard's Kid. The very next race, he was claimed by Scott Lake, who he ran 3 races for. Then he was claimed by David Jacobson. He really was never the same horse again once he went to Jacobson.
As of January 2010, Arcata was running at Penn National for trainer David Geist. His last race, a 4,000 claimer, he won by a head. While he was not the best horse to come out of Delaware Park in 2006, he has one that captured my heart. Since that first start, I've also been following his two siblings, Cozy Cottage (by Pine Bluff), who has a few wins under her belt and Ennis (by Medalist). I had the honor to see Ennis in person when he ran for Motion in the Dover Stakes that was won by 2009 Remsen 3rd place finisher Citrus Kid. Ennis finished last that day, but showed that he has his big brothers heart. Their dam Arroyo Cottage (by Dynaformer) had a War Chant colt last year, and hopefully he'll have his big brothers heart as well. Arcata is a horse that I will never forget.
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