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IRISHLADSTABLE · 10-12-2004, 12:33 PM

Philadelphia Park - October 12th, 2004 - Race 9
Estimated Local Post Time: 3:50 PM
Race Type: Allowance
Breed: Thoroughbred race
Age Restriction: Two Year Old
Purse: $21,000
Distance:Six And One Half Furlongs
Surface: Dirt
Post Horse
Jockey
Owner Age Sex Weight
Trainer
Breeder Odds
1 Rockport Harbor (KY)
Stewart Elliott
Fox Hill Farm 2 Colt 115
John C. Servis
Heiligbrodt Racing Stable & Taylor MadeFarm, Inc.

Stewart Elliott turned down some live mounts at the Meadowlands this afternoon to stay in Philly Park.
The reason Rockport Harbor . Let see what happen's

Jimmy

IRISHLADSTABLE · 10-12-2004, 04:16 PM

http://www.drf.com/charts/12/cPHA12.html?rn=856509#9

The horse won easily, only negative was horse needs to be
schooled in the gate .

Bubbles · 10-12-2004, 05:04 PM

Why is an Unbridled's Song colt being put in a race at Philly Park?

melman · 10-12-2004, 05:23 PM

Hey Bubs, watch what you say about Philly Park. Vinnie and Bruno know where you live and they enjoy their "bat" work. LOL Also with the coming increases in purses at PHA you may see many more well bred colts are the PHA.

Bubbles · 10-12-2004, 05:26 PM

Nah, I keep 'em at bay by buying cheesesteaks whenever I'm in town.

OTM Al · 10-13-2004, 09:39 AM

Bubbles- I would say your question would be a good one were the horse being trained by anyone else. What we may very well have here is an owner that believed he had a special colt and instead of sending him off to a Zito or Pletcher where he could get lost in the shuffle of promising colts in some brutal 2yo races on the NY circuit, he instead sent him to an operation where he will be the focus of the training efforts by a trainer who put together a very well planned 3yo campaign for Smarty Jones. Not a bad idea. The horse pops a couple real nice efforts pretty much under the radar to get his legs under him and now Servis can gear him up, just like he did last year

TriSuper · 10-13-2004, 09:40 AM

According to a story at Bloodhorse.com
Rockport Harbor will make his next start in the Nashua Stakes at Aqueduct.

The story also mentioned that Rockport Harbor galloped out strongly and was 20 lengths in front, a sixteenth past the wire.

Trisuper

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