Since we have no entries for August 1 and only one result for July 31 (Stone Skipper), I thought it might be a good time to review how our boys are doing so far.

A red-letter day for Maiden Watch as we had 3 starters and 3 winners including Collegiate, the first winner for Saarland. The other winners were Medaglia d'Onore (Medaglia d'Oro) and Cradle of Peace (Peace Rules). Also, Rapid Redux (Pleasantly Perfect) returns taking on 5 including Prolific (Medaglia d'Oro).

The other Smarty Jones was Hip #35, a bay colt by Alaska Queen, a Time for a Change mare. Alaska Queen is the dam of 4 winners including stakes winners Keats and Fairbanks who finished 2nd in the Gulfstream Park Handicap (gr. II) earlier this year. Hip #35 worked a quarter in :21.4.