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Crown at Keeneland

On the 10th day of racing my true love sent to me, another win thanks to the Ramseys!  Sarah and Kenneth Ramsey are the leading owners of Keeneland’s Fall meet currently.  The Ramsey’s have earned the leading owner title at 17 prior Keeneland meets.  So far, the Ramsey’s have 6 horses win at Keeneland this October.

Homespun Hero

On opening day, the Ramsey’s opened up their winning streak with two wins.  Walking the Kitten won the 7th race on 10/7/16.  Walking the Kitten is trained by Michael Maker and riden by Julien Laparoux.

That same day, race 10, Global Entry won.  Maker was the trainer and Jose Ortiz was the jockey.

I witnessed my first Ramsey win of the Fall on 10/15 with Homespun Hero, seen above, in race 4.  Maker was the trainer and Ortiz was the jockey.

Coalport

Later that day, race 7, I was fortunate to see Coalport with another consistent win for the Ramseys.  Coalport is seen in the above picture.

On Sunday, 10/16, the Ramsey family won again with Hunka Burning Love in the 2nd race.  That day the Ramseys won their 100th race of 2016.  Regular trainer, Maker won that with Robby Albarado in the saddle.

Kitten's Roar

Yesterday, 10/20, I watched as another Ramsey horse won.  Kitten’s Roar won the 3rd race with Maker and Leparoux.

It should be of no surprise that Mike Maker is the current leading trainer at Keeneland.  He now has 7 wins for the meet.  The other leading trainers are Graham Motion, Mark Casse, Todd Pletcher and Ian Wilkes.

Julien Leparaox leads the jockeys, several wins coming from Ramsey horses.  Leparoux has won  11 times this meet.  Other top jockeys include Jose Ortiz, Florent Geroux, Ricardo Santana Jr., Corey Lanerie and Robby Albarado.

Following the Ramseys, the top owners include John Oxley, Stonestreet Stables LLC, Maggi Moss, W.S. Farish, G. Watts Humphrey Jr. and Jim and Susan Hill.

With 7 days to go in the Fall Meet all titles are still up for grabs!  I can’t make it out this weekend but be sure I will be there the last 2 days of the meet.  If you have anything you would like to share with me about Keeneland, leave me a comment.

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Fourth Doesn’t Pay

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Say Cheese!  I love this picture, I took, of Edeline in the winners circle for the last race, the 10th race,  at Keeneland on Sunday, October 4, 2015.  She looks so happy to finally break her maiden in her 5th career start.  I’m also using this photo because of the significance of the number 4.

Today, 10/9/15, our tipster notes, “fourth doesn’t pay!”  He has been kind enough to kick in some free tips, for me to share, the past 2 days of racing but they both came in 4th.  Hopefully, this is the end of that streak and he is giving us something to look forward to about the number 4.  He wants us to look to today’s 4th Keeneland race and go with, what else, the #4. He says, “Ken Ramsey (owner) looks like he wants to get his picture made today. #4 Thank You Marylou named after Marylou Whitney has been running against much better and will be tough to beat from just off the pace.”

Ken and Sarah Ramsey have won leading owner titles at Keeneland as well as several other tracks.  I frequently bet on their horses because not only are they great Thoroughbred owners with a winning history but they frequently use Sarah’s nickname, “Kitten”, in the naming of their horses.

Marylou Whitney is an Eclipse winning owner and from the family with the most stakes winning horses.  She operated her own Marylou Whitney stables and was a founding member for the Thoroughbred Retirement Foundation.  She is the primary contributor to the Secretariat Center at the Kentucky Horse Park.  Her gifts to the Thoroughbred industry and to horse and human charity, nation wide, are remarkable.

Thank You Marylou, a 4 year old filly, will be ridden by Julien Leparoux.  Michael Maker is the owner.  The 4th race, at 7 furlongs, has a purse of $62,000 and is an allowance optional claiming race.  This is Thank You Marylou’s 15th career start.  Post time is 2:45 PM EST.

Go, Thank You Marylou, go!

Update:  She sure enough came in 4th.  Sorry.  Check out tomorrow’s tip! 

 

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