December 15, 2018 - Southeast: Waiting Room

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Wait a While and sire strength power Alan and Brian Cohen’s Arindel Farm

By Charlie McCarthy

ARINDEL FARM’S BRIAN COHEN arrived at the airport, ready to fly to Kentucky to watch homebred Cookie Dough run in last month’s Breeders’ Cup Juvenile Fillies (G1) at Churchill Downs.

Seeing homebred Blonde Bomber finish third in the same race last year heightened Cohen’s interest in the Breeders’ Cup even more.

Just as he reached the security checkpoint, Cohen’s cell phone rang. It was trainer Stanley Gold.

“Stanley called me and told me (Cookie Dough) was sick,” Cohen said. “I got out of the line and figured, ‘Ah, it’s not meant to be.’ ” 

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