Tom McCarthy, owner and trainer
of General Quarters, last spring’s Grade I Blue Grass winner who
finished second in Saturday’s $75,000 Louisiana Handicap, reported his horse
came out of Saturday’s effort in fine shape and was doing well Sunday morning.
“I was pleased with (General Quarters’)
race yesterday,” said McCarthy during training hours as he supervised a
blacksmith filing a rear shoe on his one-horse stable. “He got a little tired
right at the end but I expected that. If the weather had been better earlier in
the month, I might have been able to do a little more with him to get him
ready. He came out of the race fine. He yelled for his breakfast this morning.
“We won’t decide on his next race until
we see how he trains over the next few days,” McCarthy said. “I’d like to get
another 35 or 40 pounds off of him, but he keeps showing me that tremendous
appetite he has.”
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