We added Renfro’s Reception to the team Tuesday evening. Multi-tasking? I was on a board meeting Zoom call and the Fasig-Tipton Digital platform at the same time. Beeps and buzzes, questions and queries, votes and vetoes, counts and countdowns.
The 3-year-old son of Street Sense, fresh off a 4 3/4-length score at Laurel will join Jack Fisher for a dual-purpose campaign next season. With just three starts and improving with each one, the Kentucky-bred looks like our kind of horse. Young. Turf. Stamina. Connections. Low-mileage. And, yes, shares available.
We declared Sherminator for the British EBF “National Hunt” Novices’ Hurdle at Cheltenham Friday. Salty race with 10 entries from the likes of Nicky Henderson, David Pipe, the red-hot Joe Tizzard, Dan Skelton, Ben Pauling and a few other maestros. We are making our seasonal debut, off of a 277-day layoff (has it been that long since that great day at Taunton?). We are 2-for-2 over hurdles. We started at 9-1 and have drifted to 14-1. But who’s watching? Who’s looking? Who’s already checking the odds for Friday?
Tick tock. Tick tock. Tick tock.
Renfro’s Reception. Named after a hard-nosed wide receiver who had 323 of them in a stellar career with the Cowboys and Oilers.
And Happy Birthday to Miles!
