Kiaran McLaughlin
Kiaran McLaughlin
Kiaran P. McLaughlinis an American Thoroughbred racehorse trainer. He was born in an area of the country where horse racing and breeding is preeminent, McLaughlin was a student at the University of Kentucky when he decided to give up his studies and pursue a career in the Thoroughbred horse racing industry. He spent close to three years as an assistant for various trainers before going to work for U.S. Racing Hall of Fame trainer, D. Wayne Lukas in 1985. In...
ability beaten game kentucky miss pace tells
He was such a game horse. To be a part of that pace in this year's Kentucky Derby, to come nine-wide into the stretch, and to be only narrowly beaten tells you all you need to know about this horse's ability and heart. He was so consistent. We will miss him around the barn.
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We will definitely keep taking steps forward to the Kentucky Derby.
love mile wants
We would love to go there with this horse. We know he wants the mile and a quarter.
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We just thought it was a great fit for Mike to ride a gray son of Holy Bull if we get in.
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She finished second so many times, and I'm glad she finally got a graded stakes win. She's a very good filly.
backing dash doubt hopefully mad matter quickly running several
No doubt there will be a mad dash at the start, but for us it's a matter of how quickly some of them stop. There will be several of them backing up at the 3/8th pole, and hopefully they don't get in our way when we're running from the back.
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We're happy, very happy. We were very happy that he was able to close, that's his style. Fernando has been on him his previous three or four races, and he always comes running late. So, we were happy that he showed that same run today again, especially against this caliber of horse. It looks like he will like a mile and a quarter and we are sure looking forward to the opportunity.
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It gets more like Churchill ( Downs ) all the time.
hope
That's the least of our worries. He's our friend, and we just hope he's OK.
good
I can't get over how good that turf looks.
We don't know what we're going to do now (with Like Now). We'll just play it day by day.
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I hope this gray horse, like Giacomo, keeps improving with each race and is headed for a big performance on the first Saturday in the May. Of course, we're hoping for an equally good performance in the Florida Derby.
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I opted to give him a break after the Manhattan. He didn't have any major problems. I've been pointing for this race for a long time. I figure he runs well fresh, and he wants to go the distance. Naturally I'm a little nervous bringing him back off the layoff and asking him to go this far, but I think he should run well.
alternate run training
That's good. We were training him to run in the Derby. We didn't have an alternate plan.