Meese Rocks Stakes

We were informed last week that the classy folks at the New York Racing Association have named a stakes race at Saratoga in Meese Rocks’ honor.  Scheduled as the 7^th race on Monday, July 25^th, the Meese Rocks Stakes will be run over 6.5 furlongs and will feature fillies and mares, aged 3 and up, bred in New York state.  It is an appropriate choice of races to name after our late mare, as this is likely a race we would have been targeting for our girl.  We are incredibly thankful to PJ Campo and the rest of the NYRA secretarial staff for giving us a chance to gain a small amount of closure on what is still very much an open wound.  As a local stable, we train, stable, and race in New York and continue to keep a close eye on the New York racing and breeding circuit.  It will be an honor to see the best in Meese Rocks’ New York division compete for a black-type win in her honor.

To the family and friends that have supported us along the way, we invite any and all of you to come up to Saratoga to help us enjoy the day.  The picturesque upstate New York track is the site of some of our fondest memories as a stable, with a close 2^nd place finish in last year’s Fleet Indian Stakes and an open lengths victory in the 2010 Union Ave Stakes in the Saratoga slop.  And though things are still not quite back to normal around the barn, nothing would mean more to us that to have those we care about help us continue the process of moving forward.  It should be a special (if not bittersweet) day and we hope to see you all there.