There is
nothing better than heading into a week off after two straight wins and that’s
exactly what In Over My Head has delivered in the past two weeks.
His win at
Maywood two weeks back was the typical dominating performance he has put up at
that track. After going winless in his
previous five starts, he was able to drop down in class and fit the Maywood
card. He came in and took care of business. Danny made a nice video of that win:
Last
Saturday at Balmoral, he was assigned an outside post position (#9), but it
didn’t do anything to slow him down. As
the horses turned for home, he showed his class and went right by. We don’t have a youtube video of that one up
yet, but if you’d like to see the race, just follow the link below:
Click the
link, then April 26th and Race #8
http://www.balmoralpark.com/Video.cfm?Cat=R
Mo’s success
has also earned some nice press coverage.
Take a look at the following links for more.
Going into
the Maywood race:
http://www.harnessillinois.com/node/1461
Going into
the Balmoral race (at the end of the article):
http://www.harnessillinois.com/node/1467
As much as I’ve
enjoyed seeing those articles, I think it was this quote from Casey Leonard in
the second link that was maybe the most important for me.
“In Over
My Head does have a lot of issues that we have to keep working on but when he’s
right, he’s a force out there.”
It is very,
very easy to forget that Mo’s success is somewhat fragile when he looks so darn
good on the track. If you just tuned in
to watch him race, you’d probably never know.
Your only tip might be that we race him rather lightly (always giving
him ample weeks off to stay healthy), but he doesn’t show it. It is a testament to the Leonard’s, who like
the Butenschoen’s before them, have done a great job keeping him fit, healthy and
happy. Let’s not forget that last
one. Mo deserves to be happy!
I’ve said it
before, but I’ll say it again. The key to this whole thing is to just really
enjoy success when you have it. We are
having it yet again with In Over My Head.
He is such a special horse. We truly
are lucky to have him.
Mo still has
some dragons to slay, most notably Al’s Hammered. He looked like a monster on Saturday night as
well, closing in 25.4 (same last quarter as Mo). Mo will have his chances to lock horns again
soon. Look for him be back next Saturday
at Balmoral Park.
Let’s Go Mo!
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