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Well its been a long time since I posted, so with only 3 weeks left in the NJ racing season I thought I would update how our horses did this racing season.

Beacon Beach: Beacon ran 10 times this year...and we had mixed results. Beacon struggled to get through his 1x condition. While it was frustrating at times it was a blessing. He kept finishing second and 2nd pays good money...and because of him we were able to pay the bills until the babies began to run. Finally on a cold October night Beacon won his 1x race by a short head. It was a great feeling. We decided to try him long since he was only sprinting and Beacon really did poorly and finished a weak 10th. He was mentally not their so we decided to give him the rest of the winter off and bring him back next year. Hopefully he can conquer his last condition and we can start running him on the turf. He has big feet, smooth action and Straight Man colts seem to take to turfing well. So we are excited about 2010 with him. He finished the year 10-1-4-3. His career earnings stand at $115,000 and we are pleased with this guy.

Frank the Barber- Frank was a major disappointment, and I can say to the other partners because I did not want to buy him but was outvoted. He started in stakes races and at one point we dropped him to 10k claimers. He wanted the turf but the weather back east was so poor he rarely got to go. We decided to take him out of NJ to run in Massachusetts to face easier company...maybe if he wins he would mentally get his mind back in the game and not quit every race. It did the trick and after two races in MA he won one and lost another by a short head. He came back to NJ and faced tougher company, while he ran well he finished 6th. He continues to remain in training to run some more but not sure how well hell do. His 2009 record was 7-1-1-1 and earning a paltry 18k. Trust me he cost a lot more in training bills.

Pinelands Pete- Pete was our 2 year old colt who really did not train well early on, toward August he started to get things together showing an excellent turn of foot but we were worried he had no heart and would quit if facing other horses. We were wrong. Much to our surprise he won his very first race he ever ran in Special Weight company. Shocked we were, using yoda speak. His second race he faced tougher company in PA and came in a game second. We decided to put him in the NJ Juvenile stakes last night and Pete came in 3rd. He missed second by a head bob, and had a tough trip, he slipped coming out of the gate and tore a quarter crack which probably was painful. All things considered Pete did great and in three races won one, second once and third once. We are very excited for next year...we may try one more race if the right race comes up otherwise we will shut him down until March for an exciting 2010 campaign.

Lastly, Karmageddon- our promissing filly lived up to expectations. Last night she WON the NJ Juvenile Stakes for two year old fillies. Staking her claim as the best NJ bred 2 year old filly this year. Video of her win found here: http://www.thoroughbredtimes.com/utils/flash_pop.aspx?vp=Web&vc=1&vid1=m...

In three races she won 2 and came in second in 1. We did not expect her to be that good. She still has a small butt and could use some time to grow into her body so we are going to give her the winter off. She has smarts and a very flexible running style. We even received an offer to buy her before she won her maiden, we said NO. In three races she has earned over 75k in earnings. With black type now in her pedigree, she may replace her mother (who died this summer) eventually as our broodmare.

Our 2009 record was 23 starts-5 wins- 7-seconds and 4 thirds with over $217,675 earnings. Thank you to those have been following us this season and will update you soon on any new developments.