Of course Mikey is Little Mike one of my three year olds that I was bloggin' about the other day. He actually LOVES the turf. Little Mike went wire-to-wire today in an allowance optional claiming $50,000 non-winners of two other than at Belmont in a one turn mile turf race. This was Mikey's third win in a row all on the turf. After four sprints on dirt, trainer Alan Iwinski decided to stretch Little Mike out and switch to turf. Great move Mr. Iwinski and Mikey sure does winski.
I'm so proud of this young kid if you can't tell. In the three races on turf, he has never trailed at any point-of-call. Today he opened up early, clicking off the first three quarters in about 24 second each and came home in the final quarter in 23.65 on a course that was listed as 'good' stopping the clock at 1:35.75! With the winners share of the $56k purse, Mikey has now earned $113,000 in just seven races. Next up has to be a stakes race.
Now you breeders don't start thinking that I am just a turf sire. Actually, my average earnings per starter for turf is $14,155 according to the good folks at Thoroughbred Times. Mikey is sure going to raise this average. At the same time, my average earnings per starter on dirt is $18,400 and $19,279 on synthetic. Consider me ver-sa-tile! Gotta go, Zman and I are going to make fun of the yearlings when they get turned out tonight.
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