Lights, tunnels and trains

I received some welcome news this morning. Imalexus is back in training; she broke from the gate this morning after entering it with aplomb. The video is the avi-most people probably know that intuitively, ME-I was hitting links left and right.

NYRA announced that they will add purse monies to existing races depending on the field size. This is great stuff and from what I have been reading from N.Y. area bloggers, a surprisingly heads up one from the apparently dysfunctional organization. The purse additions are for route races with entries above six...well you can read the article.

If all tracks could implement this type of forward thinking the ship might not be lost.

Kerry at Thoroughbredbrief has a great piece about the roadblocks that some good ideas might face but the tide does appear to be shifting; industry insiders are beginning to think creatively about the problems and how to remedy them.

One of my favorite runners, Lonhro, has been getting it on and passing it on which I like to see. Outriderclarice did a nice piece on him a few weeks ago which is where I discovered him. I have looked into his record since then and it is impressive.

In more good news for yours truly, Red Rocks is pointed towards the Sword Dancer, which means that Curlin might head to the Arlington Million. Valerie at Foolishpleasure had a great argument for why Curlin should target the million. Makes sense to me.

Steve, Jess, pay attention.