Saturday December 21st
"Christmas Delights On The Danube"
With Viking River Cruises
It was the final day of our epic Christmas cruise down the Danube and as Khloe and I packed for our 5:50am departure on Sunday morning I had my son Brad make the best for the day's racing at Gulfstream where it was "Pegasus Preview Day," featuring the Grade 2 Fort Lauderdale going nine furlongs on the turf. After running fifth with my first selection I scored with the "best" of the day in the Sugar Swirl. This formerly graded sprint for fillies and mares featured Mystic Lake who could be excused for her failure to last two turns in the Grade 1 Cotillion behind super star Thorpedo Anna after winning back-to-back graded sprints. Stalked in third through the turn, took off heading for home. Opened up and "held on" confidently for the win.
This was followed by a PASS and not one but two scratches. Then in both the Janus Stakes and the Grade 3 Harlan's Holiday I ran second. This brought us to the featured Fort Lauderdale. As I looked through the past performances it looked wide open because the glaring fact from the running lines was that NO ONE was a fan of today's 9f distance. But Todd Pletcher's Major Dude loves the Gulfstream course and was a multiple graded stakes winner. At Gulfstream you can't go wrong with a Pletcher runner in a big race. Split rivals in upper stretch and rallied with a fury to be just up in time!
Ran fifth in the final to finish 2-for-6 for the day. Next week is Opening Day at Santa Anita on Thursday that features six graded stakes!
Social Media this week......
Three of my gal-pals had birthdays this holiday week.....Florida Derby partner Chloe and Gator-gal friend from my teaching days Mishelle; and Stephanie from NC who became a friend on our one and only visit with our pal Shelly to So Fla many years ago.
CBS evening anchor and gal-pal Lauren Pastrana who "liked" every single day's set of pics also liked my comment about her reunion with former morning news girls.
Had many of my girl......friends follow my adventure (next to none of my guy pals). Appreciated everyone following along.
Lauren / Chloe / Kimmy / Petra
Mishele / Manuka / Melissa / Mandy
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