A LITTLE LOOK AT WORKOUT TIMES IN THE SPRING
You can still use workout times as a guide even if you don’t see the workout yourself MICHAEL BURNS PHOTO/WOODBINE ENTERTAINMENT
Have you been following along with the worktabs each day at Woodbine? In the spring, before horses make their first start of the meeting, it is useful to tab, the tabs!
Of course, we can’t see how the workout was accomplished but as a general tool, taking notice of horses who had good times on surfaces that were on the slow side, can sometimes yield a good price horse. (Also, a horse that has fast workouts on tracks that were very fast sometimes do not look as good)
I have made note of some horses with good times – note that some have already raced on opening weekend and fared well.
I also rate the surfaces each morning as slow, fair or fast to give myself an idea if the times were all slow or fast, etc.
WORKOUT INFORMATION
APRIL 15 – polytrack is fair to fast time-wise – BEAR NO JOKE, THREE RING CIRCUS, THE FEATHER LANDS, PARTYONTHEPATIO rate a look
APRIL 14 – POLYTRACK – fair
DIVINE SONET/EKATI SONET CONGRATS TO YOU, SOLO PLAYER, RIVER MAID
APRIL 13 – POLYTRACK – FAIR
– I’M A KITTYHAWK, ON THE ZIP, MAYTHEFOURTHBEWITHU, RUARC, SURE WOULD, KEEN GIZMO, AUNTS ELS
TRAINING TRACK – FAIR
APRIL 12 – POLYTRACK – ‘FAST’ times –
ESCAPE SHAFT, MISSILE THREAT, SPLASHY GIRL, TRAFFORD, ZAZINGA
many sub 1:00 for 5 furlongs
TRAINING TRACK – FAIR TO FAST – DUPES
APRIL 11 – POLYTRACK – fair – ADVENTURE AT SEA, KAY’S GRACE. MILLIONINTHEMAKING, MISS DEFY, REBEL LIONESS, SAMUEL DECHAMPLAIN , WHY THE RING, WICKSTEAD, COPPER KITTEN, PHIL’S DREAM, SWEET CRASS CREEK, SILENT STAR
TRAINING TRACK – fair to slow – ROSE’S DANCER, SUDDEN BID
APRIL 10 (Friday) – POLYTRACK – fair surface – PALADIN BAY, SHE’S EXPLOSIVE, BEHOLD THE BEAR, SNIPPETS OF TIME, WEATHER BILL, SKYLANDER GIRL, BLACK HORNET, MORNING HAS BROKEN, CONQUEST TITAN
APRIL 9 – POLYTRACK – fair TO FAST surface, PHIL (3 fur). lots of 48 workouttimes for 4 furlongs – DREAMAKER (gate), RUN TO THE BANK, FOREST PIKE – BANGKOK continues to post bullets, MELMICH, BIG BROWN BROOSKI
APRIL 8 – POLYTRACK yielding fair times, horses with good time include FRIEND DALE, GREEN DOCTOR, VENTUOURS GAL, SAVANNA CITY
TRAINING TRACK – Fair to slow surface – SOLO PLAYER, LINE OF BEST FIT
APRIL 7 – POLYTRACK yielding fair times – horses to tab include URBAN FORESTER, KEEN GIZMO, BE MIND PHIL
APRIL 6
POLYTRACK was yielding fair (average) times,** SPLENDID GLORY continues to work fast, SWEATER WEATHER and THE FEATHER LANDS and SLY GOLD worth tabbing.
**raced on opening weekend and had a bad start
TRAINING TRACK – times were slow so you could look at horses such as CLICK, **MACHITO, SURE WOULD, ROYAL GREATNESS who had good times
** finished 2nd
APRIL 5
POLYTRACK – fair to fast; 48 times for half a mile; SPRING LIGHTNING, SEFFEARA, JOHNNY WHITEBIRD; GREEN BAY, X SQUARED
TRAINING TRACK – fair to fast;
APRIL 4
POLYTRACK – fair to slow times; CHARLIE’S WISDOM, **TAP O THE MOUNTAIN, MARTEN LAKE, **CONQUEST BIGLUCK E
** finished in top three
DIRT TRAINING slow – ERMA LEE, LOOKINGFORANEWHOME
APRIL 3
POLYTRACK – fair to slow – TARANGIRE, UNDERCOVER CAT, BLACK HORNET, ENDOGENY are names to watch for
DIRT TRAINING – fair to fast, **EXECUTIVE FIVE, LUNAR LIGHT, OBERIN. R COCO CHANEL
**finished 2nd
WOODBINE – APRIL 2
POLYTRACK – fair to fast, horses with works 47 – 48 seconds worth a look (about 8 of the 26 workers at half a mile)
DIRT TRAINING – fair surface offering average prep times
WOODBINE – APRIL 1
POLYTRACK – on the average side for times, **SPLASHY GIZMO, ZIA post good times for four furlongs, VINOLICIOUS continues to work fast
**winner on opening weekend
MARCH 31 – small samples of workers on both tracks
MARCH 30 – both of the DIRT TRAINING and POLYTRACK yielded slow times, the former moreso than the latter
take note of WHERE’S THE DUKE and the tandem of CHIRICAHUA SIGNAL and MARTEN LAKE plus MORE THAN BANDEAU
MARCH 29
Polytrack was average to slow for times; training track continued on the slow side
HIDDEN TO WIN, **SWEET SUPER SIX and HOT KISS are names to watch for
**winner on opening weekend
MARCH 28
Training track – fair to slow
Kitten Candy (ON) Gelding 5 49.00 b 3/17
Sweater Weather (ON) Filly 4 48.80 b 1/17
The Feather Lands (ON) Gelding 3 48.80 b 1/17
Three Ring Circus (ON) Gelding 3 49.00 b 3/17
MARCH 27
Training Track – fair
Ascot Martin (ON) Colt 4 48.40 b 2/46
Lord of Greatness (FL) Horse 9 48.60 b 4/46
Oro Vero (KY) Gelding 6 48.00 b 1/46
River Maid (ON) Filly 3 48.60 b 4/46
Spadina Road (ON) Gelding 4 48.40 b 2/46
Wild N Clever (ON) Filly 4 48.60 b 4/46
MARCH 26
POLYTRACK
Assail (ON) Filly 3 47.60 b 2/10
Vinolicious (ON) Filly 3 46.60 b 1/10
Training Track – fast
Big Brown Brookski (ON) Mare 5 47.40 b 1/47
Egbert’s Best (ON) Gelding 4 48.40 b 6/47
Executive Five (ON) Gelding 7 48.40 b 6/47
Golden Hatchet (ON) Gelding 4 48.40 b 6/47
Maythefourthbwithu (ON) Filly 4 47.60 b 2/47
Moonlite Glint (ON) Filly 4 48.40 h 6/47
Phil’s Dream (ON) Gelding 7 47.80 b 3/47
Sly Gold (NY) Colt 3 48.40 b 6/47
Splashy Gizmo (ON) Filly 4 48.20 b 4/47
Wickstead (ON) Gelding 4 48.20 b 4/47
MARCH 21
In speaking to several trainers who were aboard their horses and working on the training track on this particular morning, the surface was on the cuppy and powdery side, so the times were not fast for this busy morning.
Castelao (MB) Colt 3 36.40 b 9/119
Dupes (KY) Gelding 6 36.40 b 9/119
Lady Madeleine (ON) Filly 3 35.20 b 1/119
Paso Doble (KY) Gelding 9 36.40 b 9/119
Pollywannacracker (KY) Colt 3 36.20 b 7/119
Racen (ON) Filly 3 36.40 b 9/119
Ring for Maddie (ON) Filly 4 36.00 b 5/119
Shackleton Hill (KY) Gelding 7 36.00 b 5/119
