Saudades Sem Fim

Ele vem! Meu irmão querido, chega aqui dia 3 de novembro junto com meu pai, vão passar 10 dias comigo. (nessa foto, a gente o meu restaurante favorito em Búzios, o Bar do Zé).

Full of Grace

One more star in the barn that I work for: House of Grace.
(Thoroughbred Times Article)- - Magdalena Racing’s House of Grace remained unbeaten in two career starts on Thursday as she made a determined bid in the stretch and lunged at the wire to capture the $150,000 JPMorgan Chase Jessamine Stakes on the main track at Keeneland Race Course. Moved from the turf course because of heavy overnight rains, the bay Limehouse filly covered 1 1/16 miles on the synthetic Polytrack surface in 1:44.32 to win by a nose over Smart Seattle. The race originally was scheduled to be a Breeders’ Cup Challenge “Win and You’re In” race for the Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies Turf, but the automatic bid was not in effect when the race was taken off the turf.
Racing along the rail early, House of Grace angled out in the stretch under jockey Mike Luzzi and wore down Smart Seattle for the narrow victory. Hatheer, the 2.20-to-1 favorite in the field of nine, finished another 3¼ lengths back in third.
House of Grace won her only previous start, a 1 1/16-mile turf race at Saratoga Race Course in August. Trainer Ken McPeek said House of Grace “definitely” will run in the Breeders’ Cup. “We’d like to get back to the grass,” McPeek said. “I think she’s better on the turf. It’s just a great situation.”