Heart of Destiny had a strong finish in her 2012 debut at Gulfstream Park on Sunday, February 26th just failing to catch Karlovy Vary. She came out of the race in great shape and will be pointed to the Ashland Stakes (G1) at Keeneland on April 7th on the polytrack.
It's kind of funny, but I raised 2 of the two year-old fillies under consideration for this year's Juvenile Fillies race, Miss Netta and Heart of Destiny. They were both very interesting fillies to watch grow up and work with every day. Miss Netta was very opinionated and would let you know that she, not you, was going to determine what she did and did not do. I had the privilege of selling her at Saratoga to Everett Dobson and his Cheyenne Racing Stable. Randy Bradshaw told me that she still has her ways and that you have to convince her that what you want her to do was her idea first. She is really a neat filly, one of the nicest I've ever been around. Heart of Destiny, who I still own with my old college classmate, Jamie Greene, was a different type of filly. She was always a little taller than her contemporaries and just kind of looked through you as if to say "I see things way beyond you!" She was a real competitor in the 30 acre pasture she and Miss Netta played in. I used to love to look out my office window and watch them run and play in their field. Heart of Destiny would always go to the lead and when they would turn and head back in a different direction, she would always go back to the front. Another filly that grew up with these two was second to Somali Lemonade in her 1st start. Her name is Conquesta, an Empire Maker filly. Given the company that she was competing with she may be fun to watch as she competes for Mr. Marc Keller.
It's kind of funny, but I raised 2 of the two year-old fillies under consideration for this year's Juvenile Fillies race, Miss Netta and Heart of Destiny. They were both very interesting fillies to watch grow up and work with every day. Miss Netta was very opinionated and would let you know that she, not you, was going to determine what she did and did not do. I had the privilege of selling her at Saratoga to Everett Dobson and his Cheyenne Racing Stable. Randy Bradshaw told me that she still has her ways and that you have to convince her that what you want her to do was her idea first. She is really a neat filly, one of the nicest I've ever been around. Heart of Destiny, who I still own with my old college classmate, Jamie Greene, was a different type of filly. She was always a little taller than her contemporaries and just kind of looked through you as if to say "I see things way beyond you!" She was a real competitor in the 30 acre pasture she and Miss Netta played in. I used to love to look out my office window and watch them run and play in their field. Heart of Destiny would always go to the lead and when they would toyn and head back in a different direction, she would always go back to the front. Another filly that grew up with these two was second to Samolia Lemonade in her 1st start. Her name is Conquesta, an Empire Maker filly. Given the company that she was competing with she may be fun to watch as she competes for Mr. Marc Keller.
That's my girl. She has so much heart and ability! One more race this year, then a little grass and turnout. See you at three!
Bred to go 2 turns & should like turf (inbred 3x3 to Mr. Leader. Showed a lot of heart winning a MSW at Saratoga on 9/4/11 coming through a small hole on the hedge.
Truth of It All, nicknamed "Dennis the Menace" by trainer, Sheldon Wolfe, has been a pensioner at Hurstland Farm near Midway, Kentucky for more than a decade where he was bred, born and raised. "Dennis" as he is affectionately called, passes his time now cribbing on fences, eating peppermints, and grazing with his fellow pensioners. The championship Sovereign Award that he earned the farm and the horse are reunited and his 1993 (Sea Hero) Derby was a very special event for his breeder as well as his owner and trainer. Alfred Nuckols, Jr.
Kissee came out of the Fleur de Lis with an ulcer on her epiglotis that was causing her to entrap. We put her on gentocin for a week and the ulcer cleared up, but we were going to miss our main summer target, the Modesty at Arlington Park. Then, she came up with a small chip in her right front ankle on 7/13 that was causing minor discomfort training. After all that she has done for us, I wasn't about to risk anything happening to her. She retired sound and has been letting down the past week in a paddock while getting her favorite treat, carrots. She has really settled in and will make a wonderful broodmare. In a way, it is a real relief to have her retired because you never know what will happen when they step onto a racetrack and give it their all. It left a big hole in my one-horse stable that will be extremely difficult to replace. But it's not about me, it's about her and what is best for her! Thanks for a great run big girl!
Kissee will be shipping to Churchill Downs tomorrow (6/13) in the Hurstland van with my son, Hurst, riding shotgun. We try to make a family occasion out of her races. My daughter, Leigh (co-breeder with her brother, Hurst and Stonerside) and my wife, Leslie, will meet up with us later. It is such a very special privilege to be around a mare like her that you have bred, foaled, raised and raced. She is certainly priceless and in this current economic climate, gives us something to look forward to every day. I guess that for everything else, there is MasterCard!
Kiss With a Twist will take on another Lemon Drop Kid mare by the name of Santa Teresita on June 13, 2009 at Churchill in the Fleur de Lis (G2). With Miss Isella, it should be a very competetive race.