Dolphin

[Emily Klein]

I was searching for races for my horse Dolphin and I came across a low stakes race in Santa Rosa (Luther Burbank Handicap) and I was wondering if I would be better off entering her in that race or entering her in a NW2 at Arlington Park that I found. She's in Kentucky right now so would it be too far to ship to California for the stakes race? Also I was wondering if I should add a tongue tie because she held position in her last race.

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[Kelse Mccann]

I'd go for the NW2 I think its important to get a few convincing wins before tackling stakes competition

[Emily Klein]

Thanks, I will probably enter her in the NW2. I still want to know if I should add a tongue tie.

[Eric Nalbone]

Try the NW2 and try the tongue tie. You know she *basically* fits in allowance conditions, so if she steps up dramatically you'll be able to see if the tongue tie helps. If you run her in a stakes and she runs horribly, you've got no idea if she was just worse than the horses in the race or if the tongue tie didn't work.

Finally, I'm not sure that the horses she's been losing allowance races to are of stakes quality. Generally you can drop a legitimate stakes horse into allowance competition for an easy win; stepping up horses that don't reliably win allowances isn't a good recipie for possibly winning a stakes.

[Emily Klein]

Thanks for the advice. I entered her in the NW2 with a tongue tie.