Here's a YT clip about her:Admin wrote:Some of you may want to watch a filly named Texas Gem. I didn't get a good look at them today on the track feed, but there was a lot of talk about her "hound dog" ears. Apparently she had normal ears but had surgery to remove some cysts in the ears and as a result, her ears are in permanent flop mode.
Jeremy Balan Verified account@BH_JBalanserenassong wrote:So, I just noticed this- and it's concerning
Avanzare who is a multiple graded stakes winner- won over $500k- returns to the races after 1 3/4 years. I knew that he was working at Winstar and Keenland- and now shows up for a $16K tag. I realize that he is coming off a long layoff- but why not retire if he is truly having issues? Not sure what to make of this
http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Result ... y=T&rbt=TB
http://www.equibase.com/static/entry/FG ... html#RACE2
Sparrow Castle wrote:Jeremy Balan Verified account@BH_JBalanserenassong wrote:So, I just noticed this- and it's concerning
Avanzare who is a multiple graded stakes winner- won over $500k- returns to the races after 1 3/4 years. I knew that he was working at Winstar and Keenland- and now shows up for a $16K tag. I realize that he is coming off a long layoff- but why not retire if he is truly having issues? Not sure what to make of this
http://www.equibase.com/profiles/Result ... y=T&rbt=TB
http://www.equibase.com/static/entry/FG ... html#RACE2
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Karl Broberg claimed Avanzare and he was the only one to put in a slip. Broberg said he only put claim in because he knew Tom Proctor wouldn't run an unsound horse.
“Normally those are sucker horses. He’d been off 22 months & I’m normally I’m the one making fun of those people."
Jeremy BalanVerified account @BH_JBalan
Avanzare, the 7-year-old gelding, wins for fun in the 5 1/2-furlong turf sprint, which was never his distance. We'll see if he got claimed.
https://www.bloodhorse.com/horse-racing ... by-broberg...There was the drop to the claiming ranks—and a low level, on top of that—but Avanzare was also returning to racing off a 22-month layoff, since his last start in the Canadian Turf Stakes (G3T) at Gulfstream Park in February of 2016. Adding to the claiming game of poker was that Avanzare was set to go in an about 5 1/2-furlong turf sprint. In his 16 previous starts, he never ran in a race shorter than a mile.
"Normally those are the sucker horses," Broberg said. "He'd been off 22 months, and I'm normally I'm the one making fun of those people (who claim horses like that)."
But in the back of his mind, Broberg had a feeling Avanzare still had some run in him, and he was confident trainer Tom Proctor would not run an unsound horse at any level.
"When you look at the connections involved—Proctor is not going to run one that's just gone bad, and I know what the horse has previously done," Broberg said. "I just knew Proctor wouldn't run one with only one race left in him."
With all those elements of doubt working against him, Avanzare showed his quality in the second race of the day, closed from seventh in the field of nine, and surged to the wire under jockey Adam Beschizza to win by four lengths. Avanzare finished off the about 5 1/2 furlongs on good turf in 1:03.55.
And sure enough, Broberg was the only trainer who put a claim in. Avanzare is his, but he's still concerned he'll find something physically off in the gelding when he's examined Dec. 29.
"Let's be honest. He beat nothing. My excitement is very cautioned, because I'm expecting to see something horrible in the morning," Broberg said. "With a layoff like that, I'm expecting a tendon, but that's just speculating. We've brought horses back like that and odds are they bow again."
Broberg, who also owns Avanzare under the name of End Zone Athletics, said he doesn't expect the gelding to return to his previous graded stakes level, but that doesn't mean he can't target any number of minor stakes in the Southwest or other parts of the country, or remain successful in the claiming ranks. The Imposter, who rallied to finish second Thursday, obviously isn't of the class of grade 1 winner Talco (who Avanzare defeated in the Del Mar Mile) or multiple graded winner Za Approval (who he beat in the Arcadia), but Avanzare surely didn't look like he lacked an interest in racing when he kicked away from his rivals on the Fair Grounds grass.
People who sent him mares weren't paying? Or Acacia Racing wasn't paying Keen Farms board/fees?Sparrow Castle wrote:Just_Dana @Luvtheponez
13h13 hours ago
Replying to @ThorobredInfo @BreedersCup
Owner/trainer @Acacia_Racing please do the right thing. Maybe @donnakeen might have some answers as to what happened with his stud career ending or know how to contact current/past connections since Silentio stood at Keen Farms.
Donna Keen @donnakeen
12m12 minutes ago
All but one mare that he bred was confirmed in foal. His stallion career ended due to non payment. Not one cent the whole time he was standing. I had to threaten to have a sheriff's sale to get paid and have him moved to another breeding farm.
"have him moved to another breeding farm" implies Acacia wasn't paying their bills. Scumbags.Northport wrote:People who sent him mares weren't paying? Or Acacia Racing wasn't paying Keen Farms board/fees?Sparrow Castle wrote:Just_Dana @Luvtheponez
13h13 hours ago
Replying to @ThorobredInfo @BreedersCup
Owner/trainer @Acacia_Racing please do the right thing. Maybe @donnakeen might have some answers as to what happened with his stud career ending or know how to contact current/past connections since Silentio stood at Keen Farms.
Donna Keen @donnakeen
12m12 minutes ago
All but one mare that he bred was confirmed in foal. His stallion career ended due to non payment. Not one cent the whole time he was standing. I had to threaten to have a sheriff's sale to get paid and have him moved to another breeding farm.
