A. a Napa Valley vineyard
B. an author of a famous cookbook
C. the horse I had at 90-1 in the Kentucky Derby futures pool
D. the new Preakness champion
A, B, C, and D are correct
What did I see in Rombauer after his closing 5th in the BC Juvenile?
- Twirling Candy (Rombauer’s dad) has become one of my top 5 sires. He has become a great source of stamina, but can also give his offspring some speed as well. Dream Shake (son of Twirling Candy) nearly won the Pat Day Mile on Derby day. Twirling Candy was a late developer, doing his best running at 4.
- Twirling Candy is a son on Candy Ride and a Chester House mare. Chester House was best at 1 1/4 miles.
- Rombauer’s mom is the unraced Cashmere. Cashmere is a daughter of Cowboy Cal, who was best at 1 1/4 on the turf.
- Cashmere’s mom was Ultrafleet, who ran four horrible races and was retired. She has been a successful mare, producing a $1 million dollar winner named California Flag and two other $200,000+ route horses. Ultrafleet was the daughter of Vigors, a deep closing stamina horse and a Jersey-bred mom that was 1st or 2nd in 17 of 35 races.
If I were Rombauer’s owner I might look for a long turf race like the Belmont Derby, rather than try to run back in only 3 weeks and have to mess with Essential Quality.
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