Post by S u N f r O s T ~ on Nov 24, 2014 12:46:26 GMT -5
BATTLE WINGS AND KRYSTAL YHATE
SILENT SNAP AND AMBER BLACK
BATTLE'S WORKOUT FOR PALM TREE PARADISE INVITATIONAL
SNAPPER'S WORKOUT FOR SOUTH OCEAN STAKES
An angry Battle Wings was a horse to be avoided, especially when she had been denied so many times in her quest for victory. And right now, that was exactly the case. Krystal Yhate knew she would have to hang on tight to Battle Wings today. Krystal was the rider of the two best three year old fillies Stride Of Perfection had trained in history - Eternal Phantom, and then Battle. But Battle had broken Phantie's and Paradise Island's ten furlong record in the Coaching Club American Oaks. She may have hit the Triple Tiara instead of the Triple Crown, she may not have won the Kentucky Derby but the Acorn Stakes, but this filly was just as good as Phantie had been at this age - and that meant she was dangerous. Phantie had become an undisputed queen from as early as this time in her life, and at five years old was marching through a spectacular final season on the track. Battle Wings's season was also a spectacular one despite recent disappointments. She was going in all guns firing for the Palm Tree Paradise Invitational before a month break brought her into the Breeders Cup Distaff. And she only got deadlier with each passing week and each workout.
Battle Wings was trotting well in hand when she was joined by the juvenile colt who already thought himself as king of the world. Silent Snap strutted onto the scene with a beaming Amber Black in the irons. The son of With A Snap and Silent Wings was actually Battle's half brother, and it showed in their similarly muscular hides and pristine arrogance. Snapper was a lot more open about his arrogance though - Battle simply showed it in her cold ignorance of the horses around her. Except when she was feeling competitive, as she was now. Now, she glared Snapper down and received a firm challenge right back. Amber was smiling, feeling the colt underneath her. He was very on the muscle, very ready to roll. He was rolling into the South Ocean Stakes and the Breeders Cup Juvenile Sprint with all of his powerful speed at command. Development and maturity meant that more and more of this speed had become available over each month and after each successive start. And now he would be face to face with Battle Wings, the stable's most successful Triple Tiara candidate ever who had only missed in the second leg of the series.
to be continued
