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bruised feet may have bothered superior storm
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By Graham Ross, Staff Writer
NEW ORLEANS (Sunday, December 12, 2010) – Trainer Richard Jackson, conditioner of Jac Mac Stable’s Superior Storm, said Sunday that the daughter of Stormy Atlantic may have been compromised by bruised feet Saturday when she failed in her bid to become the first mare in history to become a four-time winner on a Louisiana Champions Day program at Fair Grounds.
“We had a little problem with bruised feet (on Superior Storm) yesterday,”
“I almost hate to talk about it because I don’t want to take anything away from the winner,”
“But with our horse, it was just one of those things,”
“She’ll be OK,” said
Superior Storm, bred by her owner Jack Dickerson, won the two previous renewals of the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Ladies before her runner-up finish Saturday, and also annexed the $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Lassie as a 2-year-old in 2007 at Fair Grounds. She is also fourth on the list of all-time money winners among Louisiana-breds, with career earnings now at $1,036,125 with 16 wins, five seconds and one third from 27 lifetime starts.
LADYZARBRIDGE, SNAKEBITE KIT DOING WELL SUNDAY – Charles Zacney and Eddie Johnston’s Ladyzarbridge, heroine of Saturday’s $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Ladies, and Steve Hartman’s Snakebite Kit, winner of Saturday’s $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Turf, both came out of their respective races in good order and were doing well Sunday morning, according to Bobby Felks, assistant to trainer Eddie Johnston, conditioner of both those Champions Day winners.
“They are both doing great this morning,” said Felks, speaking at
“As for her, she just thrives on this racetrack,” said Felks. “I mean thrives on it! She’s done a complete turn-around since she got here.
“I give a lot of the credit (for their performances) to our gallop boy Robert Mayo,” said Felks. “He’s the only one that gets on both of them in the mornings.”
STAR GUITAR STAYS IN TUNE – Brittlyn Stable’s Star Guitar, who became the only horse in history to win four Louisiana Champions Day stakes following his win in the Saturday’s $150,000
“I always get excited whenever he runs,” said Fitzgerald, who watched the Classic right next to the scale adjacent to Fair Grounds’ winner’s circle. “I was just glad to see him get back on track after that race he ran last time (a fourth in Delta Downs’ Gold Cup Nov. 5).”
DESERT WHEAT DOING FINE SUNDAY – Wachtel Stable, Brous Stable and Jerry D. Lee’s Desert Wheat, a disappointing fifth Saturday’s $100,000 Louisiana Champions Day Turf after winning the race a year ago, emerged unscathed, according to Hall of Fame trainer Bill Mott’s assistant Rudolphe Brisset.
“He’s fine today,” said Brisset Sunday morning. “I think the timing of the race was bad, coming just two weeks after his last race. I think probably that’s a little too quick for him, but that’s the way the schedule worked out this year.”
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