Catching Up
Oh, hello. It’s been a while, hasn’t it? A few days off after the Breeders’ Cup turned into a few weeks away from Railbird. Like Foolish Pleasure, sometimes the year-round grind gets to me, not that I ever truly stop paying attention to racing. Google Reader doesn’t stop updating headlines and Equibase doesn’t stop sending stable alerts, which is how I learned that To Honor and Serve won the Remsen Stakes last Saturday at Aqueduct, giving trainer Bill Mott his most promising Kentucky Derby prospect yet. Mott told DRF that the Bernardini colt, who has no reason to get anything but better as a 3-year-old, could return in the Fountain of Youth at Gulfstream on February 26. If To Honor and Serve does start there, it sounds like he and Breeders’ Cup Juvenile winner Uncle Mo won’t be meeting, with trainer Todd Pletcher telling Jason Shandler that the Tampa Bay Derby is a possibility for his freaky young star. Could it be? I’m feeling stirrings of excitement for 2011. I think the turn-out time is paying off.
