Movement Best of the Rest Once Again

Movement ran an excellent race [chart - pdf warning] coming in second again. I am very pleased with her effort. She showed a lot of heart and she also showed that she can rate, which we didn't know if she would ever do. [Pictured left - Movement's jockey Jorge Bourdeiu & trainer Jamey Thomas in the walking ring before the race.]
[Picture above - Movement eyes the camera beneath the Northern California sky.]
She stumbled at the start and gave up a couple lengths, which could have been a blessing in disguise. The horse that went on to win was the best horse, and her trainer Steve Miyadi acknowledged as much. Had we popped out of the gate clean and gotten into a speed duel with his horse, Movement wouldn't have one the battle, and they may have both finished up the track. Worse yet, our filly could have come out of such a duel demoralized, but as it was she sat off the pace in third, then put away that horse. When Baze's mount came to her, she would have none of it, and dug in. She showed so much heart out there.

She came out of the race extremely tired. No one can accuse this horse of being lazy. She left it all out there on the track. She was still cooling out an hour and a half after the race. I think she's going to sleep well tonight.