Tough trip today for Swiss Minister as he got pinned down on the rail. The rail has been very deep and dead here at Del Mar, not the place we wanted to be. Swiss Minister was claimed out of the race for $20,000 by trainer Andy Mathis. Swiss has always been a barn favorite and will be missed but at this stage of his career needed to be in these claiming races to be competitive.
Author: Battle Born Racing
Workout and Race Target
Swiss Minister worked a half mile this morning in 49 seconds at Santa Anita. Brayan Pena was aboard for the workout today. I was very pleased with how Swiss Minister went. We will be targeting a race at Los Alamitos on July 13th, a California State Bred Starter Optional Claiming $20,000 going 6 furlongs.
Swiss Minister Update
We scoped Swiss Minister after his second straight poor performance and found he had a fair amount of mucus present. He was placed on some antibiotics and is already feeling better. Plan is to target a race at Los Alamitos in a few weeks and see if he bounces back.
Race Recap
Pretty simple today. First, not the easiest of trips as Swiss Minister checked a few times going down the backstretch being forced to take up, stop and stop multiple times. Very hard to run well when something like that happens. Secondly, we were a bit outclassed and will need to drop a class or two in competition next out. It appears that Swiss came out of the race no worse for wear and we’ll look to regroup in a few weeks at Los Alamitos if everything goes well.
Race Recap
Best performance to date from Soul Beam today. He broke alertly and was aggressively ridden by jockey Flavien Prat, putting him into the race early and finishing nicely. Unfortunately we were just second best today. Very proud of the effort. We’ll see how Soul Beam comes out of the race and how he’s feeling next week before making a determination on when we’ll look to run next. With another month left in the Santa Anita meet we could be looking at a start at Del Mar next.
Soul Beam Morning Routine
Here is a video we did with MyRacehorse this week on Soul Beam’s morning routine. Best of luck to all his owners today! Post time is 12:00 sharp.
Workout and Race Update
Swiss Minister worked five furlongs in 1:02.8 this morning at Santa Anita. He worked easily on the inside of a stablemate this morning (see video). He is targeting an allowance on May 25th at Golden Gate.
Swiss Minister Galloping
Soul Beam Race Entry
Soul Beam has been entered in Saturday’s 1st race at Santa Anita. It is a $40,000 claiming race going one mile on the turf with a purse of $46,000. Kentucky Derby winning jockey Flavien Prat rides from post 6.
Soul Beam Workout
Soul Beam worked five furlongs in 1:03.6 this morning on the training track at Santa Anita. He rated very nicely and as has been the case the track was playing very deep. This was his final drill before his next race on May 18th. Kentucky Derby winning Jockey Flavian Prat has committed to ride.
