As the 2011 racing season comes to a close, it became abundantly
clear Saturday that owner Charlotte Weber has a lot to look forward to
in 2012.
Weber is the head of Live Oak Plantation, which on Saturday at
Aqueduct sent out To Honor and Serve to victory in the Grade 1 Cigar
Mile and Souper Speedy to a runner-up finish in the Grade 2 Remsen
Stakes, in just the 2-year-old colt’s second race.
Mix in a respectable fourth-place finish by Wee Party in Saturday’s
Grade 2 Demoiselle and a solid third-place finish by Brilliant Speed –
the older brother of Souper Speedy – in the Breeders’ Cup Turf three
weeks ago at Churchill Downs, and Live Oak’s prospects for next year are
promising.
“I think we’re going to have a fun year, looking forward to it,” Weber said Monday by phone from her farm in Ocala, Fla.
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