All Systems Go, Prepare for Takeoff

Mo is ready to go.

We hoped that Wednesday would be the final tuneup In Over My Head needed before starting his racing season. He would show us how ready he was based on a few things: his actual time, how driver Marcus Miller thought he was and how he came off the track in terms of health.

We are happy to report that all three of those items can be checked off the list.

His time was 1.55.0 with a great 27 second last quarter. Marcus said he did it very comfortably and felt very strong. Gary Rath told us that when he came off the track, he was great. No signs of soreness. The report really couldn’t have been any better.

Thanks to the wonders of online video (and Danny’s constant reminders that these videos are available), you can even watch the replay here (go to March 14 qualifers in dropdown box and then race 9):

http://www.balmoralpark.com/Video.cfm?Cat=R

So after a nice little break (Mo’s last race was on December 17th), it is time to race again. I remember when we went back to the barn after the race that night and it was a little bitter sweet. Mo had raced great, but ended up with a tough trip and still only got beat by just over a length. At the time, the thought of ‘one more week’ was stuck in my head, but we did the right thing by giving him a break. Winter was setting in and he had been through a number of tough months. Just think about the strain he had to endure with all those training miles while fighting through various forms of soreness to finally make it back from his injury. Now he is in great shape and feeling fresh and strong.

The plan is to race him on March 24th at Balmoral Park. I think we will have a nice little contingent of fans heading down for that one. Hopefully we can get 2012 off to a great start.

Let’s go Mo!