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Silverton! - Nice one Rich

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 12:41 pm
by Hobby
Congrats on the grade one win in the Immense. I looked him up when Roys said you won the longshot and he sure is impressive.

He has been so consistently good and handled some really nice horses with relative ease this week. Plus he still looks like he'd be happy to cover more ground. Seems like the Derby is a realistic option with this guy (#5 ranked at this point). ;) What are your plans/hopes for him?

Re: Silverton! - Nice one Rich

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 2:49 pm
by Rharfo
Yes, congrats mate ... awesome run from a awesome horse.

All the best with Silverton's future endeavors.

Re: Silverton! - Nice one Rich

Posted: Sun Mar 04, 2012 5:59 pm
by lilbitfarm
142457Thanks very much guys!! SILVERTON(KY) has been an absolute dream so far. Yesterday was a big move up for him-his first G1 against some pretty nice horses. I kind of jumped him up a lot as he needed to get some points but his times were so good. My first big worry when I saw the card was that he drew a jock that hadn't won a race all year. I don't know how that happened??? Well, it didn't make much difference, as the jock didn't fall off or jump the rail with him. Turns out he won the race handily-lots of screaming and jumping up and down here. So now I can take a race out of the Derby prep schedule I had made up for him. I'm going to start him once more before the Bluegrass if all goes well. I've been playing the game too long to assume anything. Last year I had a colt in a similar situation and he virtually collapsed between now and than-I didn't even enter him. But thanks for asking. Sorry this is long (Roysian) If we had silks I would put a NWRC tag on the jocks sleeve. :D :D

Re: Silverton! - Nice one Rich

Posted: Mon Mar 05, 2012 7:26 am
by Roys
WTG Rich!!! I had narrowed the MB Contest down to Silverton and Lorenzo and of course i went with the other. :( How stupid am I? Good job from a good trainer and a wonderful horse.

Re: Silverton! - Nice one Rich

Posted: Tue Mar 06, 2012 4:20 am
by Phantom
Congrats Rich, Nice horse. Good luck in getting to the derby safely.

Cheers

Gav

Re: Silverton! - Nice one Rich

Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 8:14 am
by sledge4
Congrats! Please keep us updated on it's progress including when you think he will run again.

Re: Silverton! - Nice one Rich

Posted: Sat Mar 10, 2012 11:44 am
by lilbitfarm
I will keep you guys posted. "Silver" is scheduled to run week 5009-(if he is Sharp) I haven't picked the exact race yet. If that goes well it will be on to the Derby (fingers and toes crossd-lol) Thanks everyone for the nice comments about him. :D :D :D

Re: Silverton! - Nice one Rich

Posted: Fri Mar 30, 2012 11:46 am
by sledge4
Silverton is #7 on the Derby Watch list and according to the future odds listed is the second favorite.

Re: Silverton! - Nice one Rich

Posted: Sat Mar 31, 2012 7:52 am
by lilbitfarm
Thanks Will for the heads up on that article-I had missed it. Silverton will be entered next week for his final prep. Rich

Re: Silverton! - Nice one Rich

Posted: Fri Apr 06, 2012 9:16 pm
by sledge4
Congratulations to Rich and Silverton for winning the Wooden Derby.

Next up...Bluegrass Derby!!!

Good luck!!