Setonwinnen

Setonwinnen is another of Bruce Jackson's many 2008 maidens but distringuishes himself by managing to make it through the year, and finally winning, though that was mostly accomplished on turf. He should be a good e.g. of Bruce Jackson training in terms of scheduling speed work. Setonwinnen appears on the scene 2/23 and is last seen 12/31. He has 27 breezes and 7 races for 3.4 breeze/race per month. That's significant contrast to stakes performer Starvinsky from last post who avaraged 2.66 breeze/race/month, and possibly shows Jackson tailoring his program.



Setonwinnen

the first race will be 5/2. we start out with a nice breezing progression:

2/23 37.3

3/1 37.1 7 days

3/8 50.2 7 days

3/15 50 7 days

3/22 1:01 7 days

3/29 :49 7 days--back off in distance, for some reason.

4/5 1:02 7 days

4/19 :37 12 days--injury, swelling possibly. I'm unable to figure.

4/26 :50.1 7 days, but now 21 days since going 5f.

5/2 RACE the race is the first time the horse gets a 6 day gap between works. do they pay attention to these little details? But, seems a decent work tab. Would you guess this horse can go 5f in :12.25s. Let's see what he does:
4th in maiden claimer at Pimlico. no time given. Looks to me as if the horse ran to his training.
What now?

5/17 :49 they wait 15 days. Were have we seen this?
5/31 1:00.1 14 more days. We now have 2 breezes in 29 days. Did he retain his fitness through this?
6/17 RACE 17 days entered in 1 mile maiden claimer at Delaware where he finishes 3rd. What I notice is that Jackson has completely stopped on the nice progression he had with this horse a couple of months ago.
6/28 :52 11 days
7/4 :52 6 days
7/8 RACE 4 days later. Those breezes really set him up, eh? Finishes 6th in 1 1/16 maiden claimer at Delaware. RR is getting a little pissed here. I can imagine the owner.
7/26 1:00.4 18 days this time, and we go right into 5f in :12s. If he'd only race that fast.
8/4 :50.4 9 days later and he's back to slow 4fs. about 2 workouts in last month now.
8/9 1:03 5 days. owner must have called to complain.
8/23 :50 14 days later.
8/30 1:02 7 days
9/5 :50.1 6 days
9/20 1:02 they wait another 15 days, then
9/24 RACE 2nd in 1 1/16 maiden claimer at Delaware.
Now what? I'd be anxious to get him back in.
10/11 :50 17 days
10/18 1:01.2 6 days. every time i see one of these 5f works now I'm thinking they're ready to enter.Kudos on the 5f breezing. phewee on the spacing.
10/25 :50. 7 days. they back off.
11/8 1:02 13 days
11/12: RACE. aND 4 days later he wins. Oh my! 1 16th maiden claimer at Philly.
Connections excited. What do they do now?
12/4 :50 They wait 22 days, of course.
12/13 :52 9 days
12.31 51 18 days

There you have it. If you followed this progression closely you see why owners get gray hairs. Still going though. Kudos for that.

Training:
Sat. 1/10 Warmer than expected. We could have gone weather wise, but had to rest 'em after yesterday's elongated fast works.