Actcel's Luck ran her first race 9-20-2014 at La. Downs. A 6 furlong race for 2 year old maidens. She broke well, but shied away when the jockey on the horse next to her fell off. As the dirt from the other horses started hitting her in the face was pulled back. Being her first race she was running with her ears up not understanding every thing going on. Just before the turn for home she started to speed up, probably 21 to 25 lengths back. As she hit the turn for the stretch it was like a light switch flipped on, oh this is what it is a bout. She pinned her ears and the burst of speed was impressive she made up 9 to 11 lengths in that short distance. Very encouraging for a first race. The trainer thought she might have won it with another furlong. She came out of the race sound with no soreness detected.

We had a very good jockey and he rode her very, very well and wants to ride her again. He thought she needed to run farther and in her next race we are sending her 1 mile. Wish us luck.

Thanks for sharing your story. Sounds like you have a nice young mare to be excited about.

The part about her figuring it out is why I love training.

The race race was a great learning experience for her. The jockey wants to ride her again, he is a good jockey and that is encouraging.